I've caught a cold from my air conditioning by being exposed to a chilly environment for almost a week or so.
By the end of the week I had a nice cold going. I've not been feeling so well lately...been coughing non-stop. It's so annoying! I apologize for not personally commenting on each and every post of yours, or getting back to you for a while. In case you're wondering...now you know why.
Bantham Beach, one of Devon's best known beaches, UK. {Photos taken in November 2010.}
It has been nearly seven months since my last trip to Devon, but these photographs keep making me feel happy.
I'm excited to share these images with you and take you all on a journey within my photos.
Bantham Beach is a beautiful sandy beach on the south coast of Devon, UK, ideal for water-sports, especially surfing.
I love to watch people surfing.
I'd love to take a stroll down the Bantham beach. I've been feeling the travel bug pretty strongly as of late.
Composition And Perspective
A brilliant photographer and wise person once told me.
"Use your creativity to:
*"build" your image,
*figure out what perspective would be best,
*make your photographs tell a story."
Actually, I've seen pictures with stunning color combination and perfect exposure - taken with big, fancy, expensive cameras, but they look quite ordinary. Because in my opinion they lack two major things:
Composition and perspective.
If you're into photography you may have heard of "The Rule of Thirds". It is one of the basic techniques and refers to the way a composition is constructed. (Of course, there are many Photography Composition Rules - but rules are meant to be broken, right?
The Rule of Thirds is to imagine breaking an image down into thirds- both horizontally and vertically. Ideally your picture will fall in or near one of those intersections. (Highlighted in red.) The human eye tends to be more interested in images that are divided into three parts, vertically and horizontally, with the subject falling at or along one of those divisions.
What makes a great photograph? What are the elements that make a picture great?
What are your thoughts? I'd love to hear.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend, my lovelies! xx
Are you a minimalist or a maximalist? They say "Less is More",
"Do less and do it better". I definitely like that!:)
Most of us may possibly be unaware of how little we need to truly live and be happy. I am not quite sure I deserve the label 'minimalist' living in a materialistic and globalized world and era.
I actually am a city girl and I can honestly say it is not easy for me, but I've already simplified my life a lot, and cleared a lot of unneeded possessions.
I'm trying to downsize...giving non-essential stuff away.
De-cluttering is great fun! looking at the open uncluttered space,
I love it!
"Living in a tent"...is it really starting to appeal to me? Definitely not, but I do strongly believe that the pursuit of wealth has made more people unhappy than happy.
How about you? What are your thoughts? I'd love to hear. xx
Tip: Shooting from a bus or any moving vehicle can present
some difficult challenges like distracting reflections and dirty
windows; yet it's really hard because you have a little control
since it is usually moving and carrying you along with it, but
it was worth it. I think the lush landscape and these pretty cows
really afforded a great subject matter.
My sweet readers, I just wanted to know about my health- what's going on with it, so I went to my doctor who advised me several tests.
