Sunday, January 26, 2014

Looking, Finding, & Seeing

Recently I have had some delightful accidental findings. I travel a lot with my camera or  cell, so I often can catch the unexpected.

For example, on Granville Island, not far from the new bakery close to the market... oops! 
I love the story the flour tells.


 The whole mess, like something out of a fairy story.... with the princess trailing the flour to show the way to the rescuer...



Then there was the carwash. I have always loved getting my car washed because of the visuals. Well, this time I had my trusty Lumix. Finally!
 Preliminary hard spray
Soaping...
 

                                                                 First rinse

 Hard rinse going through the machine frame, & harder & hardest


                                 Draining

 The irresistible urge to use the wipers & them what happens when you move


What else? I saw a forlorn phone booth near Britannia High School, a thing of the past...

And an old crow's nest nearby where I live... I'm drawn to them....

 The fog makes for fun with cameras for the whole city. We are all gaga! 




That's it for now.



Saturday, January 11, 2014

From the Shadows

These are the dark days & so when shadows happen there is excitement. Me & some special
photos. 
                        

In both cases the light is bouncing off apartment windows across the park from us. 
In the dark days the only sunlight we get is reflected.

Recently I saw this: What a profusion of shapes!

I seem to gravitate towards these... a special kind of 'selfie'.



I love this umbrella in a lunchtime garden in Kahalui.

 Interference patterns: fence, shadow, & sand ripples... also on Maui.

I love the distortion of glass, condensation, reflection, & shadow.

This wall sculpture in Mary Price's home is greatly enhanced by shadows during the day.

I love the ambiguity of some shadows......and the clarity of others.
 In our apartment this the best shadow wall.


When you see repeated shapes it means there is a pin-hole effect with light coming through trees. 


A paper-cutting artist's work threw wonderful shadows. Beautiful things make beautiful shadows.


                            I have taken many photos of glasses. Simple, ordinary & shapely.


The next one is super ambiguous.

Oh, my, I'm having trouble "reading"this photo. The arm clues me into the shadow on a white shirt.

From my garden looking into the living room. Shadows & reflections.

I have a transparent clock & transparent calendar. One rare day I saw this. I had to move fast, because shadows come & go!

Shadows have had life long fascination for me. In my thirties I published a book called Shadow Geometry. It's for kids & it's basically about projective geometry (though I never say that). The book is still sold in China-- it was translated. Twice a year I get a very small (or sometimes surprisingly large) royalty check.

That's it for now.