Author: westseventhfreelance

  • It is gloomy outside…  

  • (This will be a first, as I have never participated in a writing post!) Red dot to red dot. Then the satisfying ‘click’ of the threads meshing; lens to body. The tax return was spent. All gone. A clandestine trip to the camera store under cloak of suburban mall traffic over, I was now free…

  • “Yo mama! What kind of lens is THAT?!” asked Dylan. Bagheera sniffed, “couldn’t much care. I am on the porch basking in the sun. Let her do what she wants…”

  • Caroline was shopping at Sophie Joe’s Emporium. I happened to have my backdrop and camera… I know, spectacular, right?!! She is getting ready to travel abroad where she will be teaching English as a second language. Anna was studying at my favorite coffee cafe, Claddagh, where I met up with my friend Halle: Anna, also spectacular!…

  • Our mom went on an urban photo expedition and came back with some really dumb pictures. No cats to be seen- anywhere. Meanwhile, we are bereft, depressed, bored… we have asked for new toys.

  •   Dear Mr. Bowie, I am sad too. It is so white outside…very boring, eh?

  • Gabriela is a blues musician- and a cat lover. Minnie crashed the shoot. Eliot chilled downstairs on the radiator. Peace out.

  • This picture of myself, my sister Ginny, and her daughter Thea, was taken 15 or 16 years ago. Thea is now married, her partner expecting a baby. My sister, who lives in Florida, turns 70 on February 11th. As some of you know, I recently turned 55. As geography, time, and life experiences separate us…

  • Maya As you may have noticed, my interest in photography runs the gamut of subject matter. I really like the idea of portraits; photographing people posed, or simply doing what they do.  Arjun Bagga recently posted a photograph that has so many interesting layers- color, artistry, social and political undertones- really quite amazing… http://arjunbagga.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/hello-guess-who/ I continue to…