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.

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.