This scene has an ethereal quality that evokes reflection. It is the sort of photo that deserves to have insightful and inspirational words accompanying it. If only I were a poet. Stillness shrouded in morning dew... uncertainty yielding... Fortunately, the photo speaks for itself so I won't go on. I hear the silence, feel the …
Category: Captured Moments
Captured Moments – We Time
You might think that being retired means that all of our time is "we time," but that isn't necessarily so. We have separate obligations and interests, and the distractions of every day life interfere with "we time," very much like it did when we were working. Getting away restores that much needed connection that we …
Captured Moments – Opportunity
"Luck is preparation meeting opportunity" Oprah Winfrey Our Captured Moment this Sunday is of a Snowy Egret. I focused my lens and followed the bird for several minutes while it did absolutely nothing, and then finally, she lifted her wing and revealed my reward for being patient - a beautiful reflection. As an amateur photographer, …
Captured Moments – Spontaneity
A few months ago we were wandering around Mounts Botanical Garden taking photographs and enjoying nature when we stumbled upon a thick patch of bamboo. While I pondered light, perspective, settings and composition, Malcolm squeezed into the middle of the patch with his camera and this was the result. There are those who do things …
Captured Moments – Contentment
It is amazing to me that I can look a a photograph that I took months or even years ago and be instantly transported to that moment. That sense of freezing time and capturing a feeling is what draws me to photography - moments stitched together representing lives lived. I see contentment and joy. What …
Picture Retirement 