18 September, 2009 – 12:23 am
This is another post based on photos from the recent holiday in Liguria, Northern Italy.
I came across this curious little one seater car on very hot day in Sanremo. Its driver had parked and gone off somewhere, leaving the keys in the ignition.
I was so tempted to jump in and have a ride, but [...]
12 September, 2009 – 3:20 pm
While preparing a salad in the kitchen of the house in Liguria, I nearly jumped out of my skin when this fierce looking scorpion scuttled out onto the work surface. Amazingly, I happened to have the camera handy….
(Click to see terrifying detailed view.)
More photos coming later….
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This tiny fellow had made a web on one of the panes of the back door.
What you see below is an extreme close up of the spider, who is very very tiny indeed. It was a really tricky shot because the camera’s auto-focus was easily confused by the foliage beyond the hammer pattern glass.
If [...]
Richard Keith Wolff has been patiently taking photos of people in the animation business for nearly twenty years.
Paul Chung, Russell Brooke, and Molly Jo Sanderson, Soho 1995
Richard has a long standing reputation as a rostrum cameraman. He has concentrated on his hand held camera work for many years now, and has been [...]
23 January, 2009 – 1:55 am
A modern building has sprouted up in my town, and while it waits patiently to be occupied by suits, it shimmers quietly in the morning sun looking for all the world like a swimming pool, tinted by the greenish cast of the windows.
I just happened to have my camera with me….
(Click this picture to make [...]
15 January, 2009 – 2:38 am
Mon frêre ainé m’a envoyé ces images…
Il dit: “…en cette période de crise, si on peut se permettre un petit voyage ……
Profitons – en….;-)
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Bonne Année, Paul, et merçi!
9 December, 2008 – 3:48 am
Sometimes I have to just stand back and admire the sheer awesomeness (ossumness) of the internet. Its amazing variety and capacity to surprise will amuse, tantalise, and entertain me as long as I have a broadband connection1 .
Have a look at this extraordinary random find that demonstrates the enduring usefulness of the [...]
30 November, 2008 – 3:29 am
Yes, even “Uncle” Frank had parents, but what Francis and Rosemary thought of his purple home décor was not recorded by the Life photographer, John Olson, back in 1970 when this photo was taken.
(Click this small picture to reveal the whole purple gloriousness of Franks lounge area)
This image is another treasure released from Life magazine’s [...]
20 November, 2008 – 2:02 pm
Who was this animator? He appears to be working on the Siamese cats in Lady and the Tramp (Click for full crew list on IMDB). Can you name him?
You can find his picture alongside ten million others in Google’s new image archive of Life magazines photos. A staggering ninety seven percent of the [...]
23 September, 2008 – 12:47 am
When you look at the photographs below that show father and children walking together and playing together, it’s almost impossible for us, or them, to imagine people a few hundred kilometres away who wanted to kill them. Those complete strangers who’d never met the father or his children, were plotting to put them to [...]