photography

Praying Mantis: Garden 2010

praying mantis
Mr. DeMille, I am ready for my close-up.

The praying mantis was kind enough to pose on a red rose with a neutral background.

New cliches in photography

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Anchorage in the 70s, Photos by Stephen Cysewski

dog in car photo by Stephen Cysewski
Photo by Stephen Cysewski

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Awesome Family Photo including Bayonet...and Parrot

awkwardfamilyparrot

Did she carry that through the mall for the photo shoot? Those were simpler times.

 

Kid with a piggy

Kid with a piggy

Albert Kahn - Color Photographs from a Lost Age

Yes, I know you can navigate the Interwebs and that this has been posted elsewhere. But, did you read this post, and click through all the images?  Did you see this one?

Holland by Albert Kahn
Great color photographs from the early 20th century
Albert Kahn, a French banker, set out to document the peoples of the globe using the world's first user-friendly, true-colour photographic system.  He hoped the project would ultimately promote cross-cultural understanding. The anthropologist in me is captivated.

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Shooting Tourists

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May flowers

cactus flower

April showers bring May flowers...if you are lucky. This winter has had a hard time deciding to move on and let spring do it's thing.  But after late snows and freezes we are enjoying the spring flowers.

Iris

A Collection a Day, 2010

Day 97, A Collection a Day, 2010
As a person with too many things and too many collections, I am intrigued by Lisa Congdon's blog, A Collection a Day, 2010.  Some things I covet while others do nothing for me. But isn't that really the crux of the collection?  What matters is what the collection evokes or conjures for you, not its monetary value or relevance to anyone else.   I picked something related to sewing but I promise there is something for everyone!