Category: Essay

  • Roasting Cashews on the Corner of Third and Broadway

    Roasting Cashews on the Corner of Third and Broadway

    I love poking around in department stores.  Saturday mornings, with a dollar or so in my pocket, I ride the bus downtown to roam around in the department stores to buy my treasures for the coming week.   These stores are filled with many colors, textures, smells, sounds, and people bustling around.  So much to see…

  • Orange

    Orange

    The photography challenge of the week was “orange.” I was pretty sure I would not be able to find too many scenes or items containing the color orange to photograph. In this area at this time of year snow mostly covers the ground and there is not too much life around outside that might exhibit…

  • A Face in the Crowd

    A Face in the Crowd

    Ever stop and watch people? It is especially fascinating if you are in a crowd. A Face in the Crowd was a photography assignment that turned out to be more enjoyable than I had anticipated. I love street photography but I find it intimidating so I have to work up my courage to get out…

  • Faces in the Crowd

    Faces in the Crowd

    A Word Press Challenge Sometimes when I take pictures I catch items in the photos that I did not intend to capture.  In the following photos I was intent on capturing photos centered on places with a certain feel.  They are taken in cities and people found a way into the photo. Vivid colors. The…

  • Seeing Structure

    Seeing Structure

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  • Looking at Life from different Angles

    Looking at Life from different Angles

    Nature by itself does not have too many angles.  It has curves.  Humans have used the angle to create and have placed it everywhere. The greatest cities in the world are replete with angles.  Most great architecture is composed of angles.  There is an element of the divine when you look up and the eye…