Category Archives: Photography

Welcome to Visitors from 100 different Countries!

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Barbara

I have been blogging for just over one year now (I started on the 21st of July last year) and have published 238 posts! Since I installed the flag counter I have been visited by people from 100 different countries! … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cocker Spaniels, Photography, Wilson | Tagged , , , , , , | 16 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Fresh Flowers in my Garden

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Barbara

This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is Fresh As I said in my last post for this challenge this week we have been experiencing the third week of a wonderful heatwave and nobody is complaining as we have had enough of … Continue reading →

Posted in England, Flowers, Gardening, Lilly Plankton, Photography, Summer, Trees | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 15 Comments

Photography 101: The Quality of Light

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Barbara

I love the new series of posts devoted to photography as visual storytelling.  For me, that is what my camera has been for many years.  As a child I wrote a diary, but i would have phases of intense writing, … Continue reading →

Posted in England, Hayling Island, Photography, Summer | Tagged , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Fresh

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Barbara

This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is Fresh This week we have been experiencing the third week of a wonderful heatwave here in northern Europe.  We haven’t had a good summer in ages, probably since 2002, so while the country has … Continue reading →

Posted in Boats, Chichester Harbour, England, Photography, Summer, Water | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: The Golden Hour

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Barbara

This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is The Golden Hour In photography, the “golden hour” is the first and last hour of sunlight of the day. Photographers venture out on sunrise hikes or sunset treks to capture a magical shot, due … Continue reading →

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Gordon & Doris’ Poppies

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Barbara

I love poppies, I always have.  I read a book a long long time ago called Mr God this is Anna by Fynn. If you haven’t read it give it a go.  I’ve read it several times, and to my … Continue reading →

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Photography 101: The Fundamentals of Light

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Barbara

Thank you so much for this post, it is EXACTLY what I have been looking for! Idiots guide to my camera settings in plain English that even a dyslexic like me can follow! I have recently been given a ‘bridge … Continue reading →

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I remember that summer in Dublin

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Barbara

Whenever the sun comes out in Dublin in the summer, and people start taking lunch breaks in the park, this song comes into every Dubliner’s head who was around in the 80’s In the olden days, as my children say, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dublin, Photography, Summer | Tagged , , , , , , , | 25 Comments

If you go down to the woods today….

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Barbara

Al’s post about the strange garden he passes on his walks sometimes reminded me of a very strange sight we found a few years back when walking in the woods near Farnham in Surrey

Posted in Art, Autumn, Boats, Dragonflies, Photography, Surrey Hills | Tagged , , , | 17 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Companionable

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Barbara

This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is Companionable Wilson is one of the friendliest dogs, he only ever barks to let us know there is someone at the door, and when we open it he is so excited to see who our … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Birthdays, Camping, Pets, Photography, Teenagers, Wilson | Tagged , , , , , , | 13 Comments