Several people made comments that they liked the photos that we took during our Environmental Portrait workshop with wide open apertures to create blurry backgrounds. Hélène Dujardin and many other food photographers also like playing with blurry backgrounds as she demonstrates in … Continue reading →
Our discussion of photographic portraits at the St. Louis Art Museum on Friday, especially about the theme of photographers taking nude portraits of their wives, reminded me of an exhibit we saw in June at the Musée d’Orsay called Confusion of Genre. … Continue reading →
Good morning! Time: // 8:32 am The scene: // A changing scene with a mix of clouds and sun. We have a predicted high temperature of over 70°F. Weird. The weather radio just went off — we’re under a tornado … Continue reading →
After we had a terrific experience at the Environmental Portrait photography workshop out at Shaw Nature Reserve, we decided to continue the theme with a class called Exploring the Photographic Portrait at the St. Louis Art Museum. This isn’t a workshop … Continue reading →
This week’s theme for Nonfiction November (hosted by Kim at Sophisticated Dorkiness and Leslie at Regular Rumination) is Become the Expert. Check out the links for Nonfiction November Week 2. As I revealed in a post about Reinvention in September, one … Continue reading →
Book: Brave Genius: A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize by Sean B. Carroll Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: Crown Publishers Publication date: 2013 Pages: 581 Source: Accepted an offered copy from the … Continue reading →
Good morning! Time: // 7:46 am The scene: // The sun is so low in the sky, now, that we have the shades down in the sunroom so my view is obscured, but it’s definitely sunny and cold. Today and … Continue reading →
Book: Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley Genre: memoir (in comic format) Publisher: First Second Publication date: 2013 Pages: 173 Source: Library Summary: Lucy Knisley grew up in New York and New England living with her mom who worked in a variety of food … Continue reading →
Good morning! Time: // 8:12 am (I slept most of my extra hour) The scene: // Sunny and cool with a view of the neighbor’s maple that has turned a lovely orangey-red. Listening to: // My Sunday playlist, currently “Amazing … Continue reading →
For the final week of the October Memoir and Backstory Challenge hosted by Jane Ann McLachlan our theme is Gratitude and Regrets. I’ve been playing with the notions of Roads Not Traveled and Roads Taken: Childhood Abroad (Not) — October Memoir Challenge Career Steps and … Continue reading →