Pittsburgh Pride makes Pittsburgher proud!!

My Thoughts Exactly

Umbrella with Tu-Tu

Shakin' It

Cop Masquerade

The Pittsburgh Pride parade was a real celebration!  It lasted for an hour with colorful displays of happiness and courage throughout.  My photographs were awful.  I was standing in the shade near the Macy's clock with the sunny side of the street as my background.  (That is why three of the above four have a glow filter on them.)  But, I was standing beside the most mesmerizing group, two mothers and their 5-week old baby who was the main attraction for many of the parade participants.   The mothers and baby were festooned in rainbow colors and received the hoops and hollers from one and all as they marched by.  The penguin was delighted to hold the infant as photographs were snapped.

Another group behind me had a cheerleader who called out to every group as they passed.  The spectators near by, including myself, joined in his shouts and clapping to the the parade participants delight!

Be brave, be happy and be proud!

Working on a project using grave stones .....

Under the Old Maple Tree

Family Tree

Crosses in the Grass

Mother and Son

Close Company

This is the second post related to graves in the last week.  I am not thinking sadness, so much as honor and remembrance of loved ones.  There is a lot of reverence for beliefs and beauty in my thought process as I incorporate my photography into a  fabric piece for an upcoming exhibit. Others in this series can be found in the flickr album here:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/foxchapelimagesllc/sets/72157644902806071/

Black and White at 57 - Day Fifty-one

Day Fifty-one

The scene - The deck.  The date - May, 2009.

The title - Viburnum Angels.

Black and White at 57 - Day Forty-nine

Day Forty-nine

The scene - South Side ceramic store.  The date -April, 2008.

The title - Organized Religion.

Celebrating Summer Solstice

Stonehenge, 1985

Stonehenge, 1985 2

To the inner Druid in all of us!

Happy Summer!

Black and White at 56 - Day Thirty-six

Day Thirty-six

The scene - Troy Hill. The date - today.

The title - Jesus.

Black and White at 56 - Day Twenty-five

Day Twenty-five

Photography and Faith Part II

Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken, a hymn from the Episcopal hymnal, immediately had me reflecting on photography and faith. Written by John Newton (1725-1807) with music by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), this old standard is quite visual in its teaching. For example, "...on the Rock of Ages founded, what can shake thy sure repose?" - I could not help but think of the rocky coast of Maine.

"See! the streams of

living waters, springing

from eternal love....."

"Who can faint when

such a river, ever will

their thirst assuage?....."

"See the cloud and fire appear for a glory and a covering....."

Photography and Faith

On July 28th, John Craig posted on his facebook page, "let's talk about photography & faith...anybody interested?" Two others and I are interested in such a discussion with John.

I thought that posting several photographs motivated by my faith would be a good beginning. I often see physical representations of my belief in nature, such as heaven and angels. I also think that forests were the first blueprints of cathedrals.

Perhaps these views came to me genetically - my mother rarely felt comfortable with organized religion. She always said that nature was her church.

Heaven Breaks Through

Cathedral

Angels Linger Above