All I Have Time for is the Scavenger Hunts!

I warned you: once I began work, I would not be able to dedicate much time to blogging. So, for now, I will entertain you with my interpretations for this week's scavenger hunt. More to come soon, I hope!

My camera has been returned, but I haven't had a chance to charge it. Next week will be a fresh batch of pics, I promise.

1. Black and White

This photo was taken in Lyon, France. 

2. I Ate This

I made beetroot soup last week. It turned our poo purple for days. Delicious, but be warned...it may make you think you are bleeding from your bum!

3. Historic

I found this book in the library of Leeds Castle. It was published in 1791. It is such a wonder to hold something that is 219 years old. 

 4. Off-Centre

Another photo taken in Lyon, France.

5. The End

An end to an amazing holiday and an amazing sunset over Bucerias Bay, Mexico.

A Great Photograph

Just finished a photography course and I am keen to start improving my photos. I've been reading a lot about photography, photojournalism, pictorialism, and I am trying to discern what makes a 'great' photo. I am quite fascinated with architecture and I love taking photos of flowers. My weakness lies in capturing human images. I am going to start online photo scavenger hunts and learn more about Adobe Photoshop/Lightroom techniques. I am not sure where this obsession with taking photos will lead me, but for now, it is such a fun hobby to experiment with! The following photos are a random selection from the last few years, combined with a few quotes from my readings. I don't claim to have found 'a great photo' but I am aiming to take it one day. 

Jodyxx

A great photograph is endlessly interesting because it is both fact and fiction, dated and timeless, explicit and mysterious, unforgettable yet impossible to fully remember...

Leah Bendavid-Val

Photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as of a precise organization of forms which give that event its proper expression....

Ace Hotel, Portland

Ace Hotel, Portland

Through the act of living, the discovery of oneself is made concurrently with the discovery of the world around us, which can mold us but which can also be affected by us.

Winery, Oregon Coast

Portland Fire Escape

Street Sculpture, Portland

Diner, Portland

Photographers work in unison with movement as though it were a presentiment of the way in which life itself unfolds.

Mike and Alexis's Wedding, August, '10

Beautiful Alexis, Summer '10

But inside movement there is one moment at which the elements in motion are in balance. 

Ali, 2010

Romantic Kiss

Just Married!

Ali and Andrew Wedding, 2010

Strathcona Lake, Vancouver Island

Strathcona Camp, Vancouver Island

Photography must seize upon this moment and hold immobile the equilibrium of it.

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)

Strathcona Camp, Vancouver Island

Strathcona Camp, Vancouver Island

Strathcona Camp, Vancouver Island

Hike, Vancouver Island

BC Trees, Vancouver Island

The photographer must adopt an ultra-receptive posture and put himself in a state of grace with chance.

Andre Breton

Magnetic Island, QLD 2008

Magnetic Island, QLD 2008

Townsville, Qld, 2008

Magnetic Island, QLD 2008

Seattle, 2009

Seattle, 2009

Manzanita Beach, 2009

Portland, 2008

Portland, 2008

Ace Hotel, Portland

Portland

Manzanita Beach, Oregon Coast

Sydney, Darling Harbour, 2010

Granville Island Cherry Blossoms, 2010

Granville Island Cherry Blossoms 2010

Claire and Bo, Lyon, 2010

Lyon, 2010

Lyon Cafe, 2010

Lyon Basilica, 2010

Don't Mess with the Fed's: Lyon, 2010

Croix Rousse, Lyon, 2010

Croix Rousse, Lyon

Puerto Vallarta, 2010

FLYING MC, Bucerias, 2010

Gaucho, 2010

Bucerias, 2010

Bucerias, 2010

Jenn, 2010

Ann, 2010