Photography
I have been taking photos since I was 7 years old. Over the years I graduated from my Brownie box camera to 35 mm reflex cameras to the several digital versions I use today. I have always loved photography and my computer is cluttered with over 16,000 images that I have made throughout the years. My photos encompass nature, wildlife, people and places of interest. While I often use them to illustrate some of my blog posts, I don’t make them the subject of my posts…. until now.
Recently, a friend asked me to post a few of my photos on my blog. Since she is a professional photographer (With two capital Ps), I was more than a little hesitant at first. After some thought, I said why not. These are not necessarily my best photos but they are the ones that I like the most. I hope they inspire thought and questions.
Meyers Beach, Oregon 1987
Spring In Portland, Oregon. 1987
Oregon Vulture. 1988
Montana Elk. 1993
Lake Resia, Italy. 1997
Our Cat Jessie’s Headstone. 2003
Mozart’s Grave. Vienna, Austria. 2005
The Tunnel My Great-Grandfather Helped Build. Rieneck, Germany. 2006
Church Fresco. Faliraki, Greece. 2007
Colosseum. Rome, Italy. 2007
Dorf Tirol, Italy. 2008
Luxor, Egypt. 2008
Hatshepsut’s Temple. Deir el-Bahari, Egypt. 2008
Luxor, Egypt. 2008
Misery. Luxor, Egypt. 2008
Roman Tiled Floor. Desenzano, Italy. 2008
Funerary Urn. Volterra, Italy. 2009
Tuscany, Italy. 2009
Tower Of Pisa. 2009
The Car Accident. Val di Fassa, Italy. 2010
Beauty And Impatiens. Lago di Garda, Italy. 2011
Santo Stefano Church. Cloz, Italy. 2013
Etowah, North Carolina. 2013
Lago di Garda. 2014
Ganajuato, Mexico. 2014
Friendship. Senale, Italy. 2015
The Last Geranium. Tret, Italy. 2016
Tignale. Lago di Garda, Italy. 2017
Insalata Capresse. Tret, Italy 2017
Santa Teresa In The Santo Stefano Church. Cloz, Italy 2017
Saint Romedio. Senale, Italy. 2018
Mushrooms. Davidson River, North Carolina. 2018
Please share your comments about these photos. I would be happy to hear them.
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Very good. Sorry about your cat.
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Thanks – We miss our cat still
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Understandably so. Our last cat left us 2-3 years ago. She was an “inheritance from my parents. When my father died we took her in. She had no name. I called her “Miaow DzeDong.” 😉
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好名字!
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Haha! Don’t tell me you do calligraphy?
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No. 好名字!= Good Name in Mandarin…. 😊
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Still, I am impressed. 🙂 Xie xie.
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The tower in the lake begs a question, for sure. The Luxor photos are really cool. I like what you did with the Tower of Pisa – original! Overall a beautiful selection. You have an exceptional eye.
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Thank you. The church bell tower is the result of the town being purposely flooded to make a reservoir decades ago.
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Beautiful☺️
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Thank you.
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Oh yes! Photo need to be shared. I do all the time (my blog has only my photos, except when it is not possible such as for the Lagerfeld post). Sharing photos helps you grow into photography, you can confront your with other and try new angles, perspectives or subject. The opinion of others is also important.
I love the Garda pictures by the way, because I love Garda Lake so very much. I also have pics from Egypt with similar subjects.
I use almost always my iPhone (sigh, ig is laziness though the phone are capturing images quite well these days), although I have also a Leica D-Lux 6, and a Canon D5 with some good lenses but I use seldom because of the bulk and weight.
I hope you will keep doing and posting photos.
Cheers
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Thanks. Garda is our “third home.” We are there very often and have many friends there in Tignale, Limone, and Bardolino. It is the only place on this earth that I am completely mellow.
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Ah, and thank you for posting a Different view of the tower of Pisa!
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That was purposeful. 😎
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Oh, how I LOVED seeing your photos! I am going to be revisiting this post while hoping you continue to share your work. Now you can fill up your blog space too 🙂 Okay, gotta quit typing so I can spend more time taking in each image and reading what you wrote about each one.
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Thanks Kim (You are the “PP”)
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Aww, thanks Allen. I love the way each one has a story. Heck, maybe if I ever finish year end paperwork, I’ll see you out on a trail with your camera, instead of just in writers group. I’d like to get back to both more. I think my favs are Misery. Luxor, Egypt. 2008 because I just know there is a story there. I also really like the light and shadows on Funerary Urn. Volterra, Italy, 2009. It’s neat to see someones world through their lens.
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All these photos are amazing!!!
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Grazie dal cuore. Sono alcune delle riflessioni della mia vita.
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… e sono stupende
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♥️♥️
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Thanks.
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Lovely photos Allen. Glad you friend encouraged you to post them. Which one is your favorite?
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I’m prejudiced: The photo of my wife is my favorite
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Your wife is Beautiful, but my favorite is of the Vulture, they are amazing animals!
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Thank You!
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Wise answer. No one can argue with that.
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Che belle anche le tue foto .👍
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I have included your blog in INTERESTING BLOGS in FRIDAY FOSSICKING at
https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2019/03/friday-fossicking-1st-march-2019.html
Thanks, Chris
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Thank you very much!
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You’re welcome, loved the photos…
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I would like to
thank you for everything.☺️🌸💕
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Belle foto! You love Italy 😉😉
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You have a excepcional and sensitiva eye.
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Thank you very much.
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I enjoyed seeing every photo–and especially the ones of places we visited (with a good camera) like Italy and Egypt. Thanks for posting them and taking me “away” for a while.
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Sono foto stupende! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Grazie dal cuore!
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🙏🙏🙏
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Great photos, Allen. That vulture and the elk in velvet really caught my eye. 🙂
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Glad you liked the, My favorite, or course, is my wife.
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That makes perfect sense.
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👍👍
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I think your photos are quite remarkable. Balanced, well focused and interesting – who could ask for more?
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Thank you! My favorite is my wife.
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I can understand that!
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You have a natural eye as can be seen by your various subject matter. I especially loved the one of your beautiful wife.
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Thanks Tom – She would have to be my favorite as well.
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Love these! The train tunnel is my favorite.
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Thank you!. My great-grandfather helped build that tunnel in 1878.
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Amazing!
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Excellent photos.
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