Most of the time, confining this blog to what happens on our property of fifteen acres works well. There is certainly a lot to photograph and research. Over the past year I have been doing many more things which take my focus away: involvement in the community and trying to progress my artwork being two major focal … Continue reading Catching Up
Tag: Reflection
A New Photography Portfolio
If you are a long-term follower of Fifteen Acres, it’s possible you may be wondering if I have run out of species to photograph and write about. The posts in 2015 have been fewer than in other years. Happily, the answer to that question is “No!” there are heaps of species I am either yet to … Continue reading A New Photography Portfolio
Mind Shifting Moments 2: Art
Photography has always called me, but until we moved here, I really had no time to learn any photographic skills. I would simply take snapshots, usually of family, friends and pets. The first photographs I took on this property were snapshots too. A quick, unthinking capture of a bird or plant for identification. Sometimes I … Continue reading Mind Shifting Moments 2: Art
Taunting the Photographer
Good photographers make us look more closely at things we may never have considered before. They have an artist’s eye for subtle differences in light, colour, form and texture, and they’re able to frame their shots in a way that pose a question, or highlight a detail. When I first bought a good camera, I thought … Continue reading Taunting the Photographer
Familiar Faces: Wildlife, Home, and Making Contact
The first thing I do when I get out of bed each day is look out the window to see ‘who’ is there. We recognise individual birds and animals within a species because they seem to have made their regular patch of turf the land outside our windows. It is their home as much as … Continue reading Familiar Faces: Wildlife, Home, and Making Contact
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