Saturday, July 28, 2012
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
L'art nouveau - Musée des Beaux-arts de Virginia
Le mardi 3 juillet la classe de français est allée au Musée des Beaux-arts de Virginie. Je suis allée avec le professeur, Elle a conduit sa voiture et moi, j’ai parlé, parlé, parlé.
Au musée, le professeur a expliqué l'époque d’art nouveau. Elle a dit que cet art a commencé environ en 1890 et qu’il a terminé avant la première guerre mondiale.
Les pièces de l’exposition d’art nouveau étaient au deuxième étage. Il y avant une collection de meubles, une affiche d’Alphonse Mucha et un tableau de Monet. Les meubles étaient un lit, beaucoup de chaises et lampes de Tiffany, une armoire et des bureaux. Il y avait un vitrail avec une femme très élégante, un vitrail bleu et autre vitrail avec arbres. Ma chaise favorite était la forme du cobra. L’affiche de Mucha était avec un bureau. Je voudrais écrire avec une affiche ou un tableau de Monet a côte de moi.
J’aime l’art nouveau beaucoup.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Coffee - iPhone and Lensbaby
This is my 2,000th photo on Flickr! Well, I have photos and a few videos.
This shot was taken with an iPhone and a Muse Lensbaby®, which is a very nice lens if you like art photography. Since the iPhone lens is smaller than the Lensbaby, there is a black circle that serves as vignette in this photo. Is it possible to obtain a clear image with this combination? Yes, but I like this bokeh-out-of-focus feel better.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
My Broken 3GS iPhone :(
My old 3GS iPhone is no more. It died a few days ago. I have now an iPhone 4. It's faster, the battery is better, but there is no doubt that some photography apps render nicer images with the 3GS.
My iPhone 3GS has died, long live the "old" iPhone.
Mi viejo iPhone 3GS murió hace unos días. Ahora tengo un iPhone 4, que es más rápido y tiene una mejor batería (o pila). No cabe duda que algunas aplicaciones de fotografía crean mejores imágenes con el viejo teléfono.
Mi iPhone 3GS ha muerto, ¡viva el viejo iPhone!
Friday, June 1, 2012
Zen Bird
A minimalist photo of a bird. I was about to start driving when I saw this bird. I got out of the car and snapped this photo. :)
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Farouk's House of India Buffet
One of my favorite restaurants in Richmond is Farouk's House of India. It's a very small restaurant in Carytown. My husband loves this place so much that he could eat there every day.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Failed Postcard: The US Capitol
How many times have you been in a great location and taken a photo that later you discover didn't come out the way you imagined?
Maybe not that many times if you have used a digital camera or a cameraphone. Well, even with a digital or mobile camera you make mistakes, but there is always a way to fix them. Photoshop and all those mobile apps including Instagram can always make a failed photo look just fine.
But if you use film and have only a few seconds to set a toy camera, you may end up with a so-so photo. Still, the analog camera provides a good way to produce memories. If the photo is not perfect, it's still a starting conversation piece.
Now, add to the toy camera a film that is treated with household agents and food ingredients, and the fact that you have no idea what the result will be. Then you have a serendipitous image that you can laugh at or display on social media.
And that's what this photo is: a failed shot at an important building with a toy camera, loaded with a roll of film treated with a sort of Aztec chocolate.
I'm not laughing at the US Capitol. I love this building! And I have taken several photos from the same spot with different cameras and different times of the year. Instead of throwing away this image, I decided to share it and describe the process that made it a failure.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
A Kiss
Our two cats, Van Helsing (left) and Bela Lugosi (right), usually fight a lot. But some times they also seem to kiss each other.
