Early morning in Florence and not a soul in sight. I’d already been up to see the bronze version of Michelangelo’s David with its aged green patina on top of the hill overlooking the city. A slight chill in the … Continue reading The Venice Diaries – The return home – Part 1
This week’s theme explores the concept of infinity. Narrow alleys and streets that disappear seemingly into infinity always fill me with a sense of wonder and exploration, and I can’t help but stop to take a photo then go and … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge – Infinite
This week’s theme focusses on ‘saturation’, which is loose in its meaning as it could encompass a number of different ways of looking at photography. So I’m presenting a selection of yet more Venice pics (it’s never going to get … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge – Saturation
This week’s challenge is about exploring and perhaps exploiting unusual points of view. Framing the subject of your shot so that it isn’t the centre of focus, but using surrounding features to draw your eye to it, at least this … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge – Unusual Point of View
This week’s theme: Sea When I received the e-mail with this weeks photo challenge I got quite excited. Me and the sea, yep that always floats my boat, so to speak! If you haven’t guessed by now I love taking … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge – Sea
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Wednesday 14th August 2013 Venice was particularly beautiful today, with the rain cascading down her bridges, forming rivulets that trickled back into her canals making the relationship between land and water… Continue reading The Venice Diaries – Rain
Theme of the week: The Golden Hour. The first and the last hour of the day. Maybe it’s just my warped sense of humour but that sounds like a terrible title, but hey ho I’ll run with it lol! 😉 … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge – The Golden Hour
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It’s getting to that time of that year (yes once a year only) when I really need to get away from being someone’s somebody. I need to go and be me… Continue reading Burgeoning Atavism
This week’s theme: Curves I am particularly drawn to architectural curves, especially when I travel to Europe where fabulous arches and ornate vaulted ceilings are the order of the day. Moorish curves in particular fill me with passion, and a … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge – Curves
