tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899779031397633353.post253512954428972144..comments2023-05-22T07:19:27.418-07:00Comments on Out Of The Writer's Closet: Spring BranchNatalia Lialinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07552652475347261756noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899779031397633353.post-83737470412823871722014-06-26T06:09:51.616-07:002014-06-26T06:09:51.616-07:00Such a lovely post Natalia! I think you describe...Such a lovely post Natalia! I think you describe things with so much detail and feeling that I feel like I was there in that darkroom with you. I love photography, my step dad taught it in high school and we share in that love. He used to have a dark room in his classroom that I loved going too, I remember the smell, and the excitement of as the picture revealed itself.<br />One of the saddest but also best moments I had was after my dad died I looked through his pictures for hours, most I had never seen and moments I was not a part of but I loved seeing my dad alive again in photos. Is that weird? <br />XxxxxooooooKristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350442910321860733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899779031397633353.post-15969798024442451652014-06-24T14:12:57.788-07:002014-06-24T14:12:57.788-07:00Ja nie umiem robić zdjęć, ale wszystkich, którzy t...Ja nie umiem robić zdjęć, ale wszystkich, którzy to robią i to dobrze, podziwami :)))<br /><br />http://lamodalena.blogspot.comlamodalenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10625438433378534706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899779031397633353.post-91927173668852951762014-06-23T11:39:15.595-07:002014-06-23T11:39:15.595-07:00Beautiful moment, do not pass away! :) You describ...Beautiful moment, do not pass away! :) You described it wonderfully, Marlen. At the end, what we do, I think, is capturing our own feeling - happiness? inspiration? what is that feeling? :)Natalia Lialinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07552652475347261756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899779031397633353.post-44073390651697700272014-06-23T11:35:33.158-07:002014-06-23T11:35:33.158-07:00Oh yes, those moments when images appear from unde...Oh yes, those moments when images appear from under "water"... oh that was a true magic! We also used our bathroom (toilets were a separate tiny rooms in our apartments) as a dark room, and I think we tried to work in our storage room too (both of those rooms did not have windows, so they were naturally darker than bedrooms). But it was such a tiny space, so when there were three of us, we had to transform one of bedrooms into a dark room for an evening. :)<br /><br />Boring beyond words... yes! You live in such a beautiful old town, Mascha. You understand what it means to be surrounded by the real architecture. My Mom always had books on art and architecture, and beautiful gardens, so I was introduced to them in very early age. I remember going through them endlessly, admiring the photos.<br /><br />Your photos are wonderful and very expressive! I don't think it matters much what camera we use. Small cameras can be very good (Justin sure knows how to make artistic photographs with them). But I am like you, not especially inspired by small cameras these days. Natalia Lialinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07552652475347261756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899779031397633353.post-48912948063199671862014-06-23T11:26:27.761-07:002014-06-23T11:26:27.761-07:00All you said here sounds very familiar. :) I have ...All you said here sounds very familiar. :) I have no desire to learn technical side of photography as well - at least, not now. But I can see that the lack of understanding how this amazing machine called camera works will become a limiting factor in my self-expression, if I want to go a bit further with it (not in a practical sense further - just further as an artist). Then, I believe, I will be craving for learning more, and at least some of it will stay "in". :)<br /><br />And yes, I enjoy your Beautyscope very much - you are definitely talented in this field, as in many others!Natalia Lialinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07552652475347261756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899779031397633353.post-70994544081960816532014-06-23T11:21:03.907-07:002014-06-23T11:21:03.907-07:00I enjoyed learning this about you! You are a very ...I enjoyed learning this about you! You are a very gifted lady, Glenda - no wonder that you are also a gifted photographer. You can do anything you want to. :) I think we all can - we'll at least get better at it as we go. But the limitation is only us.<br /><br />Is it brain? Is it soul? That is the kind of question scientists will get to the bottom of... some day. :)Natalia Lialinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07552652475347261756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899779031397633353.post-86129012408850477382014-06-23T06:42:54.463-07:002014-06-23T06:42:54.463-07:00Oh I know Смена and also know how boring could be ...Oh I know Смена and also know how boring could be Soviet architecture ...- - -<br />Had formerly makeshift photo lab in toilet (whole family was waiting at the door ...) and I felt it always as magical moment when image is created.. <br />Today have only a small digital camera, but it does not interest me so much. My eyes are too bad to work on the screen and to use all the possibilities. Only "daily use" now, not serious.<br />Your photo is amazing!Maschahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551663590430844725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899779031397633353.post-36062613702434355282014-06-22T21:41:39.792-07:002014-06-22T21:41:39.792-07:00As you know I do a lot of photography, especially ...As you know I do a lot of photography, especially since I have had my blog. But I've always done this sort of photography and shared it with no one except family. I've done a course at art school, and learnt to develop film etc. but I'm afraid it is in one ear and out the other! I now have a gorgeous camera Canon G15 which has some manual settings, but I have yet to use them much. I'm like you, photography to me is a way to capture a moment and frame artistically a scene or detail that has captured my eye. I now share with some photography circles, but only for appreciation, not critique, because I'm afraid all the details while useful would destroy my love for it.<br />Lovely spring branch. XOJazzy Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899779031397633353.post-64103062432568512912014-06-22T15:52:46.813-07:002014-06-22T15:52:46.813-07:00I agree, photography is so fun and interesting. I ...I agree, photography is so fun and interesting. I had aspirations to become a fashion photographer while in high school. I entered a view city talent shows and actually got a couple of awards. But then my interest in fashion changed to more styling and writing. <br /><br />I enjoy taking my camera out to and taking pictures of things that are typically mundane and seeing the beauty in the ordinary. I just read an article today that stated our brains are pre - wired to appreciate the arts. Isn't that fabulous?!Glendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07234209134434888157noreply@blogger.com