rose - M&M's Musings

Hi Folks:

July holds the birthdays for both of Marcia’s parents, and while her Dad turned 93 this year, her Mom passed away several years ago. To honour her Mother’s memory, every year Marcia buys a rose and gives it away to a passing stranger – usually an older woman with whom she feels an affinity. Below is an image of this year’s gift:

Mom’s Birthday Rose

One day while Marcia was away celebrating her Dad’s birthday, Mike went for a walk in John Dean Provincial Park, just north of Victoria. There are many levels of beauty in this park, from the old Douglas fir trees to the salal berries, to an insect superhighway cut through a leaf. One only needs eyes to see.

Insect Highway

Okay, that’s it for now. Go out and make some photographs!

Hugs,
M&M

P.S. For Marcia’s Dad’s birthday we put together a 40-page book containing 68 of Marcia’s photographs. If you’re interested you can see a preview of the first 15 pages (and purchase the book) here: My Photographs

Hi Folks:

End of the month again, and that means it’s time for my favourite image made in the past month.Â This month is a little different because the image of choice was sort of a collaborative effort between three people: Marcia, Freeman Patterson, and me.Â Granted, my input was limited and Freeman Patterson’s was purely inspirational, because this is Marcia’s image, made with her cell phone camera.Â For some inexplicable reason Marcia doesn’t share my fascination with f/stops, ISO and shutter speeds, but she has a very good eye.Â To that end, I borrowed a copy of Freeman Patterson’s “Photography and the Art of Seeing” from the library for her.Â It remains one of my favourite photography books of all time, and it’s now one Marcia appreciates too.Â It’s changed the way she looks at the image in her viewfinder.Â As I said, she has a good eye.

This image was taken at the rose garden at the Empress Hotel here in Victoria.Â You can see some more images of Marcia’s, made the same day, here: Empress Rose Garden.