By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity
Nature isn’t all about green leaves and sandy beaches 😉 One of the beauties of running a blog such as DS is the possibility of regularly viewing the work of creative photographers (you know who you are 😉 ). This obviously percolates through my mind and makes me more aware of scenes that I […]
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By Bob Kruger | Art & Creativity , How-To
Blame it all on Levon Biss and his TED talk. Inspired by his son, Sebastian, Levon related his experiences making really large photographs of really small things over several years. After watching his talk I said to myself, “I can do that.” That launched me on my ongoing macro photography journey. Rather than me […]
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By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity
Welcome to this month’s collective post featuring your favourite photographs of August. As ever, thank you to all who participated, and to those who will comment and share. Life’s better together 🙂 Leslie Ashe 3 from a short break in the west of Ireland. Deigh Bates From the Oregon Coast. Philippe […]
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By Nancee Rostad | Art & Creativity
While visiting my favorite beach town, I was delighted by the sight of an old-fashioned cottage garden designed to lead one to the entrance of an equally charming store. Billowing mounds of white daisies, stunning vintage roses, pert pansies, and raspberry-hued hydrangeas filled the 15 x 20 ft. area with color & beauty. […]
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By Paul Perton | Art & Creativity
The Paulerspury Rolls Royce Enthusiasts Club used our (the Priory Marina that is) parking facilities on Sunday 20th, while the members took an afternoon voyage on the John Bunyan tourist barge. This left a dozen and a half virtually priceless cars in care of a security guard, who was happy to let me wander and […]
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By Ian Varkevisser | Art & Creativity
The elbow is a much under appreciated part of the body. Its often ignored. Look at them closely and you will see they are all unique and they are everywhere you look. You may be forgiven for thinking I am about to give you the elbow but you would be right. No man lives without […]
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By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity
To me, it all boils down to whether you enjoy using it. This is a real photograph, made with a real camera (not even a Smartphone) by a human being (me) in a real-life location (Leadenhall market in London). Its ethereal quality bears some resemblance to the polished look of images generated by diffusion […]
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By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity
Here is your selection of favourite photographs for July 2023, all 22 entries of them 🙂 What do you think? Al Bionyst Here are two photographs of my twin daughters taken during a trip to the Swedish coast. We had glorious weather and the sunsets were incredible. Both taken with My Pentax 6×7 and 105mm […]
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By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity
Welcome to the gallery of your favourite photos of June 2023. Thank you to all who participated. The photographs are presented below in autor alphabetical order. I am again very happy to see so much variety in style and personality, two things I value far more than most. Let us know what you think of […]
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By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity , How-To
In most areas of life and tech, it’s best to stay in the center of a specification range. But maybe we can stray a little in our creative endeavours? On your daily commute, you probably wouldn’t want to drift your car through intense traffic, nor would you tolerate your rush-hour neighbour doing so. Or […]
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