by thadmin | May 20, 2011 | Travel
Here are some images from Guatemala in 1995 – during the same trip as the Guatemala post I made last week, but in colour this time, and just some random portraits and scenes. Fisherman on a pier in Retalhuleu (El Reu) on the west coast of Guatemala near the El...
by thadmin | May 18, 2011 | Beauty, Joy, Nature
First, some apocalyptic weather shots from Murray’s and Jean’s cottage: Owen, feeling pensive about his perch: Finn’s footsteps, running down the beach: Panorama photo of the Cockburn cottage, the next...
by thadmin | May 17, 2011 | Joy, love
Here are some random images from our visit to Montreal in 2008… Carrie, in sartorial comfort. My mother, spry at 76. My Aunt Marilyn. A beautiful woman. Carrie and my mum. Mum trying out a new earring Carrie made. My...
by thadmin | May 15, 2011 | Beauty, Contrast, Nature, Travel
In August of 2009, our niece, Alice, came for a visit as she does each summer. That year we took her down to see St.Jacob’s and Elora where there is a concentration of strict Mennonite communities. We stayed at a hotel in Kitchener and I woke early one morning...
by thadmin | May 14, 2011 | Joy, love
Owen was, more or less, in his final days of single-childness when these photos were taken in early 2004. It has been vitally important for him to have a sibling, but I can’t help feeling nostalgic on his behalf for the halcyon days of dual parental attention...
by thadmin | May 13, 2011 | Beauty, Nature
These photos were taken just outside the entrance to the Bowmanville Zoo a couple of years ago, within about 3 minutes as the Elephant was being taken back inside.
by thadmin | May 12, 2011 | Historical
I’ve chosen a handful of images for today’s post from a vast quantity of BW (and some colour) prints given to me to curate from my mother’s side of the family. There are so, so many wonderful images in the collection that I thought it might be fun to...
by thadmin | May 11, 2011 | Beauty, Travel
In March of 2000, my last visit to Egypt, I hauled along an old Graflex Press View camera. Dating from the late 50s, this is a single-frame-at-a-time 4×5 inch film camera. I also took along 40 sheets of Polaroid Type 55 film – yes, Polaroid film. Type 55...
by thadmin | May 10, 2011 | Beauty, Travel
In the summer of 1995, I was asked to travel to Guatemala on behalf of Pueblo Partisans to photo-document some of the work they were doing there with regard to on-the-ground facilitating with embroidery, tree-planting, and weaving initiatives. The road from Guate City...
by thadmin | May 9, 2011 | Beauty, Travel
I’ve thought to post a photo each day from my Aperture library(ies). They languish on my hard drive(s) and I would like to get some of them out there. So…an early one: This photo was taken in Cancun back in 1992, just outside the Youth Hostel there when I...
