...AND SPEAKING OF LANDSCAPES

Aloha. I found my Hawaii disk. I love my Hawaii disk. It disappears, then reappears when I least expect it. The photos are not on the computer, but on this precious little disk. The photos were created long before I had any inclinations of becoming a photographer. They were shot with a simple point and shoot. An old point and shoot, not one of these super megapixel point and shoots you can buy these days.

But I reviewed the disk again because I love the landscape of Hawaii. Or I should say the seascape of Hawaii. The photos were shot in 2004 on the island of Oahu. The reason I’m bringing them out is because I stated in my previous post that I don’t have the photographic talent to shoot landscapes (or something of that sort). When the Hawaii disk does show up, I realize I underestimate my own talents. And this before I took the whole photographic thing seriously.

Now to be fair, I did do a little touch up on these photos, added some contrast, pulled the color for a sharper image. But the skies and the sea are real. That’s why I love Hawaii. The skies and the sea are absolutely beautiful.

So maybe I do landscapes (or seascapes or cityscapes or riverscapes). To me a landscape is rolling hills, but I do know there's more to it than that. Rolling hills bore me. But the sea and the city and the river, just my style. And black and white (yeah, that's a style thing too).

Aloha!

UNTITLED 1

Seriously? I honestly don't know what to call this. The photography? Piece of cake. Titling? Well, sometimes it just boggles my mind.

But the trip, the trip to get this photo was unbelievable. It started on the Canal Walk in Richmond, VA, by Tredegar Iron Works (now the Civil War Museum) and ended on Belle Isle.

Tredegar Iron Works has all this beautiful, black, industrial ironwork that makes for wonderful shots. I've been working with black and white lately and there's nothing like industry to make a great black an white. I only touched the surface.

Belle Isle was once a prison for Union Soldiers (a pretty nasty prison from the historic markers around the place) and served many other functions before it became a city park. It's a great point of exploration. I only walked a small part of the island and will definitely return.

The whole place is surround by the James River which in and of itself is a beautiful body of water. Over the next few weeks, I'll share some of what I found.