Weekly Photo Challenge: Journey #2

Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia

In 1997 I journeyed all the way to Australia. This photo was taken on Fraser Island, just off the coast of Queensland. We spent four days journeying around the largest sand island in the world.

It was spectacular! And I can’t wait to do it again.

I love you Australia, you are forever in my heart.

These photos are not the best. I was 20 years old and had no clue about cameras. And I’m pretty sure digital cameras didn’t exist then. I remember clearly carrying around dozens of film tubes, taking them for printing, waiting a week, sometimes longer.

Have you been to Fraser Island? Tell me your story.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Journey

Posted on April 6 by Jennifer Avventura

“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” Lao Tzu

New Years Eve 2010 was spent in Bern, Switzerland. Under the sparkling fireworks of the frosty Swiss sky, we saluted to journeys past, present and future.

I snapped this photo towards the end of the evening, and no … this is not my husband.

Happy and Safe Journeys.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Arranged #2

Posted on April 2 by Jennifer Avventura

This is my second installment for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Arranged.

It was Sunday morning and we headed off to visit our artichoke farmer friend. This time we were picking fresh fava beans for lunch when I noticed an oddly arranged scarecrow.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Arranged

Posted on April 1 by Jennifer Avventura

Nuraghe Paddaggiu was arranged in the Nuragic age between 1900-730 BC and is now a symbol of Sardinia. There remains over 2500 Nuraghe scattered throughout this island paradise.

Nuraghe Paddaggiu is located just outside Castlesardo in Northern Sardinia. It has been neatly arranged by some of the strongest men and women in the Sardinian culture, as a religious temple, military stronghold, deterrent for possible enemies, and ordinary home dwellings.

I couldn’t decide between these two photos. I’m impartial to the second, I love the road veering left, then the strong fortress of the Nuraghe to the right. Everything over time, perfectly arranged.

Can you see the moon? Puo vedere la luna?

Playing with Macro Photography

Posted on March 26 by Jennifer Avventura

This past Christmas I was given a new super-duper camera. By super-duper I mean amaze-balls, well it’s amazing to me! It’s a Sony Cyber-shot, 16.2 mega pixels and I am in love.

There are so many fantastic features on this camera, that I am in awe. My favourite feature is the Intelligent Auto setting. The camera automatically sets to landscape, portrait, macro and many more. All I have to do is arrange the photo to my liking and point and shoot. Easy. Love.

I’m slowly learning the ropes of photography and have recently begun to play with the macro setting.

How did I do? How can I improve my macro photo shooting?

Weekly Photo Challenge: Through

Posted on March 24 by Jennifer Avventura

This weeks photo challenge is rather, well, challenging: through. I’ve never been good at taking these type of photos, although I do enjoy trying. What I have envisioned in my mind, never seems to come out in the photo. I’m submitting two photos for this weeks challenge as I can’t make up my mind.

Through ancient granite doorways we see the rolling hills of central Sardinia.

My second submission for this weeks challenge is rather cute and carries a wonderful story, close to my heart.

Through this window, and though this fog. If I look close enough I will find my angels.

I hope I’ve managed to capture this weeks challenge.

Buon weekend!

Weekly Photo Challenge: Unusual

Posted on March 17 by Jennifer Avventura

This photo was taken in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Canada. This is the stomping ground of my childhood. The house sold, left to rot, infested with addicts, demolished.

If you look close enough, you can see the outline of the grand ole house.

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A Sheeply Affair | Photo Post

Posted on March 11 by Jennifer Avventura

A Sheeply Affair

A beautiful Sunday afternoon spent hiking in the mountains of Sardinia, in search of asparagus. I could hear the ding-a-ling of sheep bells, but I couldn’t see the sheep. That faded fast.

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The Rule of Thirds | Understanding Photography

Posted on February 23 by Jennifer Avventura

Photography has been a hobby for some years and I’ll be the first to admit that I know nothing of this snappy profession. What I do know is that I love to take pictures, of anything, and everything.

A few days ago I went shutter happy on some beautiful cows and calf’s in the hilly mountains of Sardinia, Italy. I then asked for some advice.

Michele over at Our Italian Table offered me the best advice a beginner could ask for!

The Rule of Thirds – A Beginners Guide

When you look through the viewfinder, or the LCD display on the back of your digital camera; imagine a perfect tic-tac-toe board displayed. (Most digital cameras have a grid setting which will display the grid automatically for you … hey, I found mine, you can to.)
The first horizontal line, at the top is the Eye Line. This is where you put your subject’s eye, line.
The second horizontal line, at the bottom is the Horizon Line. This is where you want to level your horizon.
You can play with the horizon on both horizontal lines, it all depends on what type of photography you wish for the final picture.
A high horizon line creates depth in the photo.
A low horizon line helps eliminate boring foregrounds.

Rule of thumb

The experts agree, if you want a dynamite photograph that pops out from the page, or a photo that expresses justly a moment in time – then do not center your subject in the middle of your grid.

By centering the subject in the middle of the grid, you are creating a static photo. A static photo has no depth, movement or flow. A static photo is boring, and who wants boring? I don’t.

Remember …

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