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Weekly Photo Challenge: Weight(less)

January 8, 2016photography, Uncategorized, Weekly Photo Challenge35 mm film, ballet, black and white photography, photography, postaday, weekly photo challengeAndrew Seal View all 7 comments

This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Weight(less) from Ben has given me the perfect excuse to open up the archives once again and revisit a never-to-be-forgotten afternoon nearly fifty years ago shooting rehearsals at Covent Garden in London. You may remember my other archival visit in response to the Photo Challenge: Broken last May, which I cheekily entitled “Peeping Beauty”. As I wrote then, my negatives are as pristine today in their protective sleeves as they were all those years ago.

Although I love the convenience of modern day digital photography, I have to confess there is something magical about 35 mm film as I think back and remember waiting anxiously for those images to slowly appear in the dim orange light of the photographic dark room.

I hope you’ll agree the image I have chosen has “the air of weightlessness” about it that Ben has asked us for.

moment of zen

January 7, 2016photography, Uncategorized, Weekly Photo ChallengeAdvent Calendar, David's Teas, photography, postaday, watercolorAndrew Seal View all 14 comments

One of twenty-four terrific teas to taste from David’s Teas 2015 Advent Calendar.

…for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Circle

Weekly Photo Challenge: Circle 2

January 1, 2016photography, Uncategorized, Weekly Photo Challengecircle, family, love, photography, postaday, weekly photo challengeAndrew Seal View all 18 comments

Our beautiful six month old granddaughter is having so much fun this New Year’s Day I couldn’t resist posting this second circle of life and love to join the first.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Circle

January 1, 2016photography, Uncategorized, Weekly Photo Challengefamily, love, photography, postaday, weekly photo challengeAndrew Seal View all 14 comments

Welcome to the happiest circle in the world this New Year’s Day,
the circle of life, love and family.
Happy New Year to everyone.

Studio 365: Day 364

December 30, 2015photography, Studio 365, Uncategorized365, Los Angeles, photography, postadayAndrew Seal View all 5 comments

December: As you will have read yesterday we spent Christmas in Los Angeles. On Boxing Day morning we walked through Grand Hope Park in downtown LA where this poetic plaque welcomes you at its entrance…

…It was a beautiful, clear, warm, sunny morning and the trees, buildings, blossoms, shadows and architecture, all created a perfect reflection of the magic of the city. It was also an opportunity for me to experiment with my new iPhone 6S with which all the photos were taken…

…and Star Wars The Force Awakens in the afternoon did not disappoint

Day 364 xix

See you for New Year’s Eve and Day 365 tomorrow.

Studio 365: Day 363

December 29, 2015Painting, photography, Studio 365, Uncategorized365, Art, Art studio, photography, postaday, Spanish Banks, travel, Vancouver, watercolorAndrew Seal View all 4 comments

Spanish Banks and the Vancouver Skyline 29.12.15

Back from a wonderful Xmas with family in Los Angeles to enjoy Vancouver at its best today, and this first for me, a rider and his horse on Spanish Banks against the shimmering skyline of the city.

Only two more days to go and just two more months to look back on.

November: After attending the 91st Annual Remembrance Day Service in Victory Square, Vancouver on November 11th…

…two days later another day of horror and tragedy in Paris was added to an ever-growing list of days to remember, and Je suis Charlie became Je suis Paris

After our never-to-be-forgotten visit to La Belle France in October with dear friends studio-time painting the beautiful places we visited took on a new meaning during November and became a way of showing solidarity with the people of France who made our visit so memorable. This slideshow brings together those paintings, some of which will be familiar to you after yesterdays photos of all the places we visited. I have also included a couple from our visit to London where we began our journey.

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One final painting from the end of the month for Day 330 and another favourite for obvious reasons, my father’s tools some of which I had been using to create my representations of the Cave of Lascaux.

Studio 365: Day 362

December 28, 2015Painting, photography, Studio 365, Uncategorized365, Art, Art studio, Dordogne, France, London, Périgord, photography, postaday, review, travelAndrew Seal View all 5 comments

October: The header today is of my table top in the studio, which I posted on October 11th, the day before we left for our two week visit to England and France, and the day the studio was tidied up for the first time in months as you will have seen from the photos that day.

The previous week we enjoyed Autumn in all its glory on our final walk along the Admiralty Trail before leaving on our trip, a walk I posted about on October 5th for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Boundaries.

The table top and the trees seem to complement each other just perfectly, which I have to add only became apparent as I composed today’s post; serendipity working its magic once again.

Those of you who joined us, albeit virtually, on our European adventure will know what an unforgettable time we had. The photos I posted each day said it all so as a little reminder here is a slideshow of some of my favourites, many of which became paintings on our return. If you are visiting thechangingpalette for the first time and would like to learn more about the places we visited in London and the beautiful Périgord region of south west France why not browse through Days 287 to 299.

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October was not entirely without its paintings. These are from the beginning of the month before we left.

Studio 365: Day 358

December 24, 2015Painting, photography, Studio 365, Uncategorized365, Art, Art studio, blogging, photography, postaday, reviewAndrew Seal View all 6 comments

April: What a sensational month this was in every way and in the true meaning of the word in which our senses were stimulated by landscapes full of color, light, shadow and depth, with vistas stretching as far as the eye could see in Agassiz, British Columbia or Bryce Canyon, Utah and no further than the length of one’s arms in Antelope Canyon, Arizona.

The memory of the Tulips of the Valley Festival in Agassiz BC lingered for days and resulted in some joyful paintings later in the studio. If you would like to relive the day visit my slideshow of those glorious fields of colour that I posted on April 12th under the title Petal Power.

But as you know more was yet to come. What can I say about our visit to the canyons of Arizona, Utah and Nevada? I had seen so many photos of Antelope Canyon and finally had the opportunity to see for myself. Nothing compares to being enveloped by the natural beauty that surrounds you, which can only be described as simply awe inspiring. The galleries of photos on Days 109 and 110 say it all; here are just three from them.