By pascaljappy | Opinion
A beloved lost photograph and the opportunity to shoot it again, along with my attempts to emulate film in digital. Above is one of my favourite personal photographs. Ironic, really, as landscape photography usually does very little for me. That photo – the source file – was lost to one of my many backup […]
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By John Wilson | Travel Photography
Yes … it’s been a while! The COVID clouds have parted and it’s been two years since the “6 pack” hit the road into the hinterlands cameras in hand. After a month of planning and discussion we took to the road on May 27 for 12 days exploring south eastern BC. All told with side […]
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By Lad Sessions | Travel Photography
Pascal once suggested that each Dear Susan contributor might offer a post about their local habitat—whether neighborhood, home town, city or countryside. So here’s my portrait of Lexington, Virginia, a small town nestled in the great western Valley of Virginia. (It’s not technically part of the Shenandoah Valley, which lies to the north, but locals […]
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By pascaljappy | Travel Photography
Dozens of American muscle cars in a rural village of Provence? I had to grab my best camera. Being a dumb dumb, I, of crouse, forgot it at home, and had to make do with my slightly ancient smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S9. But seeing this riot of colours and shapes makes me feel […]
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By Paul Barclay | Travel Photography
This past March we once again made the journey from Seattle to Tucson, Arizona, for some sun and heat therapy. Shortly after arriving in Tucson we needed to travel North to Phoenix to join friends and family for lunch. During the drive north I spotted these road side attractions that are captured here. Except I […]
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By Lad Sessions | Travel Photography
The small city of Lexington, located in the western Valley of Virginia, has two cemeteries. One is Oak Grove, about eleven acres in extent, located prominently on Main Street. The second one, Evergreen, is half the size and down a back road. Oak Grove is far better known, even famous. It was formerly called the […]
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By Pascal Ravach | Travel Photography
(The title came to me from an Asian movie I like a lot, « Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring again »… not for « blockbusters fans », since it is so slow… but wonderful in its meditative state). Type “Thailand temples” in a search engine, and you’ll get zillions of photos, each one more […]
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By Pascal Ollier | Travel Photography
The French have an expression which says “tell it with flowers!”. After a number of posts of mutiple scenic locations, I thought the timing was right to display a few pictures of flowers as a way to put an end to the grim times of the ‘rona, the dark times of winter and celebrate spring. […]
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By Pascal Ollier | Travel Photography
While the island of Sicily is “technically” part of Italy, it is somewhat a world of its own. If there is one word which can characterize it in my mind, it is contrast. To begin with, it has historically been occupied by numerous populations, Greeks, Romans, Saracens, Normands, you name it. Geographically, it is a […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To
Italy offers a wide range of sleeping accommodation, from charming locandas, to classy hotels and luxurious palazzos. So why would anyone in their right mind choose a white tin box instead? I’ll try to answer this from multiple points of view. Independence Maybe I’m just an old fart. But eating at a restaurant once […]
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