Louella Lester – Seeing and learning while holding camera and pen between me and the world.
There are four rivers, lined with thousands of trees, that flow through Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They often flood in the spring and also swell during heavy summer rains. There’s a walkway, near the city centre, that takes you along the Assiniboine River to where it joins the Red River at what is called The Forks. …
I decided I wanted to create some still life photos including leaves, so a friend and I went walking in our Winnipeg neighbourhood, including the Assiniboine River walkway, and collected a bunch of leaves. I took them home and here are the results. I started in the bathroom. Then the bedroom. And into the living …
There are a variety of trees, mosses, mushrooms, reeds, and flowers along the Brokenhead Wetland Interpretive Trail, which is less than an hour north of Winnipeg. The wooden walkway, seen in the feature photo above, takes you through an ever-changing landscape. I took a lot of photos while there in early September. What really caught …
This is the forest area where I grew up in Victoria Beach, Manitoba, Canada. It’s near the sand cliffs along Lake Winnipeg. The ground in the between the trees is covered with moss and lichens. There’s a mix of fir, spruce, aspen, jack pine and birch. We would sometimes gather strips of birchbark and use …
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This is where I grew up—Victoria Beach, Manitoba, Canada—a bit less than an hour and a half drive north from Winnipeg—on the shores of the Lake Winnipeg. A couple of friends and I went out there two weeks ago and I took photos, of course. My family lived about a five minute walk south of …
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You know that I like riding my bike down back lanes—stopping along the way to take photos. In the featured photo (above) you can see my bike resting while I take shots of an old garage. I love it when weeds and flowers push their way through concrete and gravel. I love that the garage …
Hollyhocks are the perfect flower for a back lane. They’re big and hardy and beautifully coloured. They distract your eye from the broken glass, potholes, and litter. I love walking or cycling down back lanes to find photo opportunities and there’s nothing better than finding beauty in a back lane parking lot. Sometimes people don’t …
It’s a stretch for me to take photos of the moon because I don’t use fancy camera equipment. I’m not interested in owning or hauling around a heavy camera bag. I love my tiny camera with it’s tiny zoom. I like that it fits in my pocket or can dangle from my wrist as I …
I rode my bike to McNally Robinson Booksellers for a curb-side pickup, the other day. It was a nice cool morning for a change and I got there a few minutes before they opened. The sky was cloudless at that time, clear blue, and while waiting I thought about how quickly a Manitoba prairie sky …
It’s summer now—really hot and humid in Winnipeg—so I’m feeling a bit lazy. I wandered slowly in my neighbourhood and took a few photos. An old house is now gone, but the developers, making what will likely be condos on the property, had to save the gate. I’ve always loved the balls capping the gate’s …
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