New Zealand
The late-November sun casts long shadows, even at high noon. Russet leaves still hang on the oaks, though the maple and walnut and birch are bare. The stream alongside the driveway runs blue and black and cold as it makes its way past the house and through the woods beyond. I am grateful every day... Continue Reading →
Guest Post By Karen at Bottlebrush Red Photography (Fine Art Flower Photography). What is Beauty and Where can you find it? To see beauty, to feel it, to breathe it and portray it In your Photography, you must have an open heart. [Click photo to read on]
Any aesthetic experience which leads to a loss of sense of self, a stepping out of time and just being - this is beauty to me. We speak of being absorbed in an experience and it's as if our self - right down to the molecules - is blending with what we encounter. Blending into... Continue Reading →
Beauty can be found where you least expect it. Sometimes you don't even realise it's there. In our busy lives, you actually have to make a conscious effort to pause and take a closer look. My partner, Tom, and I are Zoologists. We love the beauty we find in the natural world, just as all... Continue Reading →
Thank you Liz for your invitation to describe my thoughts about beauty! When I fell in deep depression I lost my sense of beauty. I looked in the sky above and all that I saw were clouds, colours and light. But I couldn't feel any joy. In the night I... Continue Reading →
"Beauty surrounds us." Jalaluddin Rumi Many years ago I tried my hand at oil painting. The teacher was much too kind to tell me I had no talent, but I was smart enough to figure it out pretty quickly. Not being one to give up easily, I then turned to photography as my avenue for... Continue Reading →
Tina began shooting with her first camera, a Nikon FM1, some 40 years ago. She put her cameras aside when her career in technology became all-consuming. After retiring to beautiful Kiawah Island (South Carolina, USA) in 2000, she revisited her love for the lens and fully-embraced the world of digital cameras and creative post-processing.... Continue Reading →
As part of her series Liz asked if we could write about our challenges when finding beauty. As wildlife/nature photographers our search for beauty takes us to places off the beaten path and often we are the only humans in view. Our ‘studio’ is in the marshes and swamps of the Lowcountry in South Carolina,... Continue Reading →
I was really happy when Liz asked me to present this guest post on beauty. Where do I begin. Let us start with some music, shall we? I really enjoy listening to music from all genres, and I especially like Claude Debussy. One of his best known pieces is Rêverie, which I recommend everyone should... Continue Reading →
Pete Hillman has kindly agreed to contribute a guest post for my series "Where and What is Beauty?". We've followed each other's blogs since I first joined WordPress in May this year. His posts are both an education and an inspiration to me, and its an honour and a privilege to include his post in... Continue Reading →
On Beauty. When Liz reached out and asked if I would be interested in guest posting on Exploring Colour, I enthusiastically accepted. What a BEAUTIful gesture! Then I started thinking..... What do I know about BEAUTY? Should I share my love of the beauty of photography? Should I share my love of the beauty of... Continue Reading →
I'm delighted to introduce to you the second guest contributor in the series Where and What is Beauty?. Her guest post will be published on this blog tomorrow! This beautiful watercolour of A Bumble Bee Named Buzz was painted by Jodi McKinney, from Mars. Yes, really! Jodi is from Mars which is a suburb in... Continue Reading →
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