Honk if you own a camera and it works. Honk twice if you know how it works and some of your pictures are good enough to hang in frames! I rarely bother to write about the same thing twice in… Read More ›
portraits
WHAT IS INNER BEAUTY? CAN I BUY IT ON AMAZON?
I read a lot about inner beauty. I notice it most when someone posts a particularly terrible selfie on Facebook. They look dreadful. Haggard. Sickly. It is a bad picture. Typically, the subject didn’t bother to put on a clean… Read More ›
CAPERING OR AT LEAST NOT FALLING DOWN
Photos by Garry Armstrong I should know by now that whenever we are out shooting, Garry is going to take a bunch of pictures of me. Like many photographers, I hate having my picture taken. I feel old and lumpy… Read More ›
TWO LADIES – THURSDAYS’ SPECIAL
THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: FEMALE This house is nicely divided between two guys, and two ladies. Well, even better because two of our creatures are Scottish Terriers and the rest of us are … people. Last I looked, anyhow. I tried to… Read More ›
PROFILING IN A GOOD WAY – THURSDAY’S SPECIAL
PROFILES – THURDAY’S SPECIAL This week’s photo challenge are profiles, or as some people say, the side view. Popular for people, pets, and other living creatures. Most photographic profiles are actually about 80% profile, with at least some part of the… Read More ›
FACES – MY CROWD
There’s a world of difference between shooting portraits of your friends and family when everyone is young … and doing the same thing forty or fifty years later. I’m always bemused … and occasionally infuriated … by people who think… Read More ›
PORTRAITS – CEE’S BLACK & WHITE PHOTO CHALLENGE
CEE’S BLACK & WHITE PHOTO CHALLENGE: HEADS OR FACIAL FEATURES When I was a young woman learning to take pictures, I used black and white film which I developed and printed. In those days, black and white was preferred for portraits, especially for head… Read More ›
Best Bonnie Portrait Yet
Two reblogs for the same site in one day? Absolutely! This is THE best picture of Bonnie ever. By anyone. She looks grand and very Scottish. Thank you Bob!!
SOFTLY, SOFTLY – A PHOTO A WEEK CHALLENGE
A PHOTO A WEEK CHALLENGE: SOFT FOCUS IN A NEW POST CREATED FOR THIS CHALLENGE, SHARE A PHOTO OR TWO (OR THREE…) THAT HAVE A SOFTER FOCUS, WHETHER ACCOMPLISHED NATURALLY OR THROUGH POST-PROCESSING. Confession time. All my portraits of people… Read More ›
SHOOT TIGHT, STAY FOCUSED
CEE’S COMPOSE YOURSELF CHALLENGE: WEEK #2 WHAT ALL WELL-COMPOSED PHOTOS HAVE IN COMMON I suppose it ought to be instinctive that a picture should have a subject, just as a book or a movie should have a plot. Those of… Read More ›
BIRTHDAY PORTRAITS – GARRY ARMSTRONG
On her 68th birthday, a few pictures. Wearing her new “Writer” sweatshirt. Happy birthday, Marilyn!
THE HUSBAND GALLERY – PHOTO A WEEK CHALLENGE
The only person I seem to be able to get to sit still for me is — you guessed it — my husband. So I have a lot of portraits of Garry. Most of them profiles or half profiles. Pictures… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 