THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: PICK A WORD IN FEBRUARY – Y2
Selfie
A HOW-NOT-TO GUIDE FOR SENIOR SELFIES
Two of my cameras, the Olympus PEN E-PL5 and E-PL6 have flip screens. You can turn them 180 degrees and aim them at yourself. Advertised as “selfie-friendly,” I felt obliged to personally test the function for myself. My results were traumatic and be forever… Read More ›
SENIOR SELFIES FOR THE PHOTO-CHALLENGED
My new camera, the Olympus PEN E-PL5 has a flip screen that you can turn 180 degrees. It is, as they say, “selfie-friendly.” Unable to resist, I took a few, just to see how it worked. The results were just… Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD, WEEK 3
Share Your World – 2015 Week #3 Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest? There was time when I would have chosen favorite authors or even fictional characters. Maybe somebody great… Read More ›
VITAL ORGANS WILL PLEASE REMAIN VITAL
Great Expectations – Tell us about one thing (or more) that you promised yourself you’d accomplish by the end of the year. How would you feel once you do? What if you don’t? I’ve promised myself to keep living right through the… Read More ›
IF YOU LOOK GREAT BUT FEEL LIKE CRAP, SMILE!
I decided to take a selfie this morning. I look pretty good. I walk like Quasimodo and mumble “Oy” under my breath a lot. My chest hurts … not only the new incision, but the implanted breasts my surgeon built a few years… Read More ›
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME
Weekly Photo Challenge: Selfie Despite the suggestion that self-portraiture is a modern phenomenon, it most assuredly is not. The wide-spread availability of cameras and cell phones have made it easy for everyone to participate, but artists have been doing self portraits… Read More ›
THE SELFISH ART OF SELF-PORTRAIT
WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: SELFIES I have a few words I’d like to say about this. The first — and most important — is it ain’t as easy as it looks. Unless you have very long arms … and are young… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 