Indian Lake "Moon-set"

Indian Lake "Moon-set"
The moon was setting over the south shore last month.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

A Place For...

I cannot resist the triangles of the Narragansett Seawall. I've taken this picture many times. This is a quiet landscape with a horizon that extends forever. It just draws me in. It makes me feel small. It is never the same, changing with the weather and the light. It is a place to watch the clouds go by. A place to run or to walk. A place for reflection.

Jan Armor
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Monday, March 15, 2010

Lady in waiting

Here's Veronica, at around 6 months. She and her husband are quite a story. They immigrated from Brazil in the early nineties, coming here separately with nothing but the shirts on their backs, and speaking no English to boot. V lived alone, worked at MacDonalds, and learned some rudimentary English by watching TV. Eventually got a position in a kitchen counter store, which is where we met her, and instantly loved her. Hard working gal, now has a good man, a house and a car, and both have good jobs. It an old American tale, still an inspiration. Although I rarely do this type of photography any longer, they were both so excited about the coming little girl, I just could not say no to her request.

Jan Armor

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Emilio never stops shooting

It's easy to forget we fighting a war, even while we shop. People are dying. Our people. For a real live look at Afghanistan go here. Amazing images all. The image here is from a screen grab of photo journalist Emilio Morenatti still shooting even after surgeons amputated his leg, thanks to a bomb blast.
Go here:  Afghanistan

 Amazing images...
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Sunday, March 14, 2010

A Time For

A time for... peace, cooperation, love, sharing, family, me.
You get the idea, add your own "time fors."

This from a wall in downtown Portland, ME, with several texture overlays added.
Jan Armor

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Saturday, March 13, 2010

Texture overlays

I just downloaded some new textures from a new Internet acquaintance who subscribed to my Posterous blog:

Thanks Nick for these new overlays. Here are a few doodles this AM using them:

Xray hand over impressionistic figurative painting of a woman, in Musee d'Orsay, Paris 
Flags from a wall in Portland Maine
Crucifix from gravestone in Ireland

Same overlay yet again over ann old image of St. Mark's Basilica, Venice

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Friday, March 12, 2010

Windows and doors in Ireland

It's almost St Paddy's day! In celebration, here's 13 images from my gallery entitled "The Emerald Isle". For more of Ireland, go to my website.

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Contrails

We can see the contrails of the planes coming and going from PVD. The setting sun highlights these tracks in the sky, reminding us that it is time to go somewhere, anywhere, and soon. 

Jan Armor

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Getting itchy

This portrait of two Irish gardeners working at Glenveagh Castle, County Donegal, is one of my favorites from our travels to the Emerald Isle. It awakens in me "restless feet." We'd love to return to Ireland, and/or Scotland, again. These were two of our very favorite places.  This is  a land where folks will stop and talk for a while, where asking for directions leads to a good conversation, or at the very least the often asked question, "Oh, you're from America, are ya. Would you be happening to know my brother Tom Murphy in Boston?"


Jan Armor

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Monday, March 8, 2010

Like Weeds

These kids are growing so fast, like weeds... good weeds. Our grandchildren are a joy. To watch them grow and thrive is such a wonderful experience one can never appreciate until they are YOUR grandkids. Here's J as a tiny baby and now, blowing out nine candles. She always makes wonderful eye contact, right from the very beginning.  Always has that adorable smile. We have always had a special connection, she and I, and it is one I cherish.
Happy birthday, Girl.

Jan Armor
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Sunday, March 7, 2010

Four Abstracts, Indian Lake

The weather has turned, again, this time pointing towards Spring. Wonderful day here on Indian Lake, and the sunset was spectacular, again.
We spent the day gardening and I spent the late afternoon making images of the water, the sky, and the sunset. Kathy was on grandson-sitting duty  and I was alone with the setting sun.The whole southwestern shore turned orange, and a peace settles in over the lake. Once again I felt my connection to the earth. Once again I felt the universe tugging at my soul. I told Kathy later, "Spread my ashes here please."
Jan Armor

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Friday, March 5, 2010

Hoping

The Oaks of Goddark Park seem to be reaching for the sun, hoping for spring, like me. Recent Whine: "Are we ever going to see anything but this all too familiar sleet, snow, slush, rain, wind, cold, etc. etc?"  Goddard is still stark and gray, with those withered oaks I love. However, the signs of the changing seasons are everywhere, giving me hope, even in today's slush storm... 


Jan Armor

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Thursday, March 4, 2010

Longing

It has been a while since we've climbed the dunes in Death Valley, and at this time of year I'm longing for it. Here in Rhode Island Mother Nature is teasing us, gorgeous and balmy one day, then snow, sleet and rain for the next two. At dawn these hills are swept clean by the evening winds. I long to feel the cool sand in between my toes  once again as I leave first prints up the side of a giant dune.  Death Valley is calling us back to one of the most beautiful places on earth.
Jan Armor

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Transformations

I have been exploring motion in my photography for years. I love the ability of the camera's shutter to either stop action, or intentionally blur it.  We can literally see the unseen. I have always admired the lovely murals on the walls and ceiling in the Young Building on the Salve University campus. While teaching there, I had the opportunity to photograph them. I crafted these images by shooting in the  darkened ballroom using a slow shutter speed with a low ISO. The exposure was one half second at f/8.  I held the camera in hand, and zoomed the lens during the exposure. Later, in Photoshop, I added grain and an texture overlay, as well as a wide border to further realize my vision. 


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Monday, March 1, 2010

Duck Days

Rainy gray day but the diving ducks are loving it. The dirty snow has washed away and we actually can see buds peeking out of the earth here and there. Spring IS on the way but it sure doesn't feel it.

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Perfection

Once in a while the wind and the tide and the light come together to create a certain kind of perfection, for both the surfer, and the photographer. January 2oth at Narragansett Beach was just such a day. Wave after perfect wave rolled off the horizon, and I stood for a long while watching these beautiful shapes swell up and release themselves. Sensuous blue lines of quiet power and infinite grace that held me close and connected me to some ancient natural rhythm.
 

Jan D Armor
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

All tied up in knots.

This technology is moving so damn fast I'm feeling like I'm being left behind, farther and farther behind. Sometimes it leaves me feeling anxious, all tied up in knots, like this photo taken of detritus on a windswept beach in Matunuck, RI. 


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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

So little time...

So much to do, so little time. Photographically, thinking negatively (pun).
I have China, Japan, Bristol, RI, Europe, Patagonia, etc. etc. etc. all to post up to the web. 

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Monday, February 22, 2010

Feeling like spring???

Feb 22...  Melting ice... melting fast. Things are changing down here on Indian Lake. Everyday is different, just like our sunsets, different every night.  Friday's high winds  pushed the ice around, and longer days, with more sunshine, have combined with the warmer temperatures to open up large dark patches of open water. Flocks of ducks and geese are back in profusion, along with the gulls. They are fluttering black and white patterns out in the distance. I spotted a large hawk on the edge of the ice, dining on something delicious.  However, he would have none of my camera and flew off. Bottom line, we do love it here.
Jan D Armor
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Sunday, February 21, 2010

Matuneck Beach, South County, RI

I'm always drawn to the beach on a cold winter's day. The surf lifting in the wind, the light sparkling on the waves, the empty long lines that stretch out forever. It all appeals to my tragic romantic soul. Blow wind, blow...

Jan D Armor
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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Dawn on Indian Lake

It was a lovely dawn down here in Wakefield, RI, Feb. 20. Soft pink clouds were clearing off to the southwest. We've noticed that the light on the lake is changing by the day. Our sunsets are shinning right into our kitchen. At sunrise the light is no longer skimming the far shore, rather coming right over our house and illuminating the trees across the way directly. It must make for a dramatic show to the few folks living way over there. And the ice is breaking up. yesterday the wind was howling but now has quieted down. Signs of spring! Kathy even found some mysterious buds popping up in the front yard.

Jan D Armor
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