More flowers

"The goal is not to change your subjects, but for the subject to change the photographer"

Anon.

My garden

I haven't spent as much time photographing my garden this summer as I did in other years, but I did catch a few shots.

"You're only here for a short visit.  Don't hurry, don't worry.  And be sure to smell the flowers along the way."

Walter Hagen

Summer's end

This was one of my favourite shots of the summer.  It seems a fitting photo to post as summer ends.

"To see the Summer Sky

Is poetry, though never in a book it lie"

Emily Dickinson

 

More downtown photos

Downtown

I participated in a photo walk a few days ago.  It was a cloudy dull day.  However, I was intrigued by the reflections.  These were some of my favourite.

"Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness."  Frank Gehry

Texture

A friend told me recently that when he returns to a place he has visited many times, he goes with a particular type of shot, or camera setting, in mind.  One morning I walked around a semi-truck that had been parked close by which I have walked around many times and could not think of any way to photograph it.  It was a bright sunny morning, and the contrast would be high, so I decided to look for textures.  It didn't take long and I was seeing them everywhere. 

A running board

The grille

"The beauty does not live out there; the beauty's in my eyes."  Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Rock

"A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be explained in words."

Ansel Adams

Taken in Joshua Tree National Park, 2013 (I think of it as "Turtle Rock")

 

Windows and doors

A walk through the Exchange district in Winnipeg.

"All the windows of my heart I open to the day."  John Greenleaf Whittier

Flowers along the road

I learn a lot about macro photography from reading Rob Sheppard's book on the subject and reading his blog posts.  I remember reading a chapter on capturing subjects in their environment.  Each summer, I try that with the wild flowers I find along the road where I walk.  I like finding these little spots of colour.  These plants are tough and resilient. These are my favourite from this year so far:

morning glory

wild rose

Western Salsify

"Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."

Hans Christian Andersen

Creativity

I am always amazed by the different ways there are to create a garden.

"My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams.  The thoughts grow as freely as flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful."  Abram L. Urban