Posts Tagged ‘Inspiration’
an apricot
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged apricot, colors, food, food photography, fruit, Inspiration, Photography on July 14, 2014| 3 Comments »
sunday-school windows at trinity church
Posted in Inspiration, tagged architectural masterpiece, architecture, art, churches, Clayton & Bell, colors, faith, Inspiration, Photography, preservation, religion, stained glass windows, storytelling, sunday-school windows, Trinity Church on July 13, 2014| 3 Comments »
It is another one of those hidden gems in an architectural masterpiece that sits in the heart of the city of Boston. The Sunday School Windows were designed by Clayton & Bell of London, England. The left window depicts the story of the Presentation of Jesus, with Simeon holding the baby in his arms …
while standing nearby are Mary and Joseph.
The right window tells the story of Jesus in the Temple, with the doctors in the room …
as a young Jesus both listens and asks questions …
with two little children beside him.
Most captivating to me are the hands and the eyes, and the mix of colors and patterns within the glass, and how all of these components are pulled together to tell stories without words.
While these windows, a gift of the Children of Trinity Sunday School, are not viewable as a part of a traditional tour of Trinity Church in Copley Square, many other beautiful works can be seen as part of a tour of this historic landmark. Learn more here. Meanwhile, I look forward to sharing more images from this building and other structures in the future.
scenes from one year ago …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, beauty, Charles River, Charles River Esplanade, Inspiration, landscape, nature, nature photography, Photography, surreal, water on July 10, 2014| 4 Comments »
… while peering into the Charles River.
I think I was tucked at the base of a bridge along the Esplanade trying to photograph fish, and then I thought, why not photograph the patterns forming in and on the water.
I have not been back to the river much at all. We’ll see what happens before this summer’s end.
if the Sun were to star in a Wagnerian opera …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged creativity, Creativity Portal, imagination, Inspiration, musings, nature, photo essay, Photography, shadow, sun on July 9, 2014| 3 Comments »
… well, I do believe there would be a supporting cast of shadows. With that seed planted, I hope you enjoy the following photo essay now available at Creativity-Portal.com: A Cast of Shadows.
the vacant lot is now a garden
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, colors, gardening, green, Inspiration, landscape, nature, Photography, urban landscape, vacant lot on July 9, 2014| 2 Comments »
For the past few years, through the rippled glass, I have most often photographed a nearby vacant lot where dandelions would grow rampant.
But in time all things change.
In late spring, a new neighbor moved in and he has turned the field into a garden.
It is quite lush with green mounds of this, green hills of that and …
probably green peas spiraling up a new terrace made of string.
When the wind blows just right, I can catch a glimpse of gold squash blossoms.
a robin in the woods
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Arnold Arboretum, birds, hiking, Inspiration, landscape, nature, nesting, Photography, robin on July 8, 2014| 1 Comment »
water at the arnold arboretum
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Arnold Arboretum, colors, Inspiration, landscape, light, nature, Photography, water on July 7, 2014| 5 Comments »
more food images from the week
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged colors, cooking, creativity, flavors, food, food photography, gardening, indoor gardening, Inspiration, Photography, recipes, textures on July 6, 2014| 2 Comments »
An impromptu dinner salad: two tomatoes sliced, topped with chopped red onion and fresh basil leaves, drizzled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
Filling for a 3-egg omelet: chopped smoked salmon, gruyere cheese, tiny bit of red onion, and an assortment of chopped herbs (parsley, chervil and whatever else caught the chef’s eyes).
A quick breakfast: a few slices of bread, buttered and then toasted, served with a handful of fresh raspberries. Coffee and cream on the side. Overall, a yummy week, I must say.
p.s. Thanks to all for the potato recipes. In the end, they were cooked with some butter and garlic and sprinkled with herbs. You never know what the future holds, but if I do grow potatoes next year, I have my eyes on a bigger pot. 😉
and we have potatoes!
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged food, food photography, gardening, Inspiration, Photography, potatoes, vegetables on July 4, 2014| 4 Comments »
You can read the backstory on my indoor potato growing experiment here. Not exactly a bumper crop, but what fun!
ephemeral beauty
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, dandelion, flowers, Inspiration, musings, nature, nature photography, Photography, plants, urban landscape on June 30, 2014| 7 Comments »
I’m not sure if it was a dandelion. The wispy head was the size of a softball. I’d never seen one so large before. There were, in fact, three growing on the side of the hill. I saw them as I raced to the train station. Running late, I couldn’t photograph them at the time. A few hours later, heading home, I saw that there was only this one remaining. The others had blown away.
This one’s placement on the hill was too high, and the plants around it too thorny, for me to get too close. I zoomed in as best I could but I could not brush away the grasses growing in front of it. Later, I considered deleting the image — it was not what I had expected — but something stayed my hand long enough to see the beauty of what I had captured, and which existed no more except in memory.
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