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Photography 101: Glass – Incorporate glass in today’s image: a window, a mirror, a wine glass, sunglasses, or something else. It doesn’t matter what form the glass takes.

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We brought this beautiful glass sculpture back from Prague some years ago. I hope you agree its perfect for Cheri’s Photography 101 task today.

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the answer was yes

Photography 101: TreasureShow us something (or someone) you cherish, and get up close.

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This treasured ring belongs to my greatest treasure of forty years who happily answered yes.

a bridge for all

Photography 101, Weekend Three: Hone your camera eye

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This weekend’s exercise covers most of the assignments from the past three weeks of Photography 101 all in one post, and even manages to meet the weekly Photo Challenge: Angular.

On Saturday morning, after reading Cheri’s suggestion to observe and capture an entire scene, I took my trusty Pentax Kr and did just that. Burrard Bridge is an Art Deco style bridge that was opened in July 1932 and is one of Vancouver’s three bridges that cross False Creek with English Bay shimmering to its west. Saturday morning saw the usual joggers, walkers, cyclists and cars all making up a wonderful potpourri of colours and movement, which I hope you will enjoy.

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Angels on the donor windows of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels overlooking the Los Angeles Hollywood Freeway.

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for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Angular

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Photography 101: Swarm …to move about in great numbers…

The swarming colors of the festivities in Cusco’s Plaza de Armas leading up to Inti Raymi, the Inca festival of the winter solstice: from a gallery of photos that I posted after our Peruvian adventure last year.

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Photography 101: Moment – Cheri reminds us that… Our lives are made up of big events and tiny moments. Ultimately, life is fleeting, and oftentimes it’s these small moments we love to document…

…such as this little boy and his sister playing in the fountains of the Los Angeles Music Center.