Louella Lester – Seeing and learning while holding camera and pen between me and the world.
I first noticed this fence because of the lovey blue colour, then the angles. I also like how the snow, some melted into ice, is caught up in those angles and the way the winter leaves and branches poke through. So, enjoy! My book, Glass Bricks, is available through your local bookstores, Amazon (paperback/digital), or …
Like I’ve said before, at this time of the year, after a few months of snowy cold days with fewer hours of daylight, I’m ready for spring. There are things I like about February, though, no matter the temperatures. The angle of the sun changes and the sun feels warmer. The amount of daylight time …
By the time February rolls around I’m getting tired of outdoor shots in the snow and cold. So, one morning, when I went down the apartment building hallway to do the laundry, I decided to take photos of random stuff I put in the hall. Some of my neighbours must wonder about me, ha ha. …
Usually it’s very cold in January in Winnipeg and I am tempted to take still life shots indoors. But this year the weather has been pretty good, compared to the rest of North America. This week temperatures have dropped, but I took these shots a week or so ago. I wandered about one day and …
Winnipeg was in a classic winter wonderland situation in late December and early January, with lots of rime frost on everything, especially trees. Rime frost forms when it’s well below freezing and there is fog. The water vapour turns into liquid water droplets that then freeze onto branches and other things. Hoarfrost is different, it …
To me, most modern cars are kind of boring to look at and very similar to one another. I think that’s why I often see people searching for their cars in parking lots as I wander by with my little camera. Frost can help pretty up those vehicles, though the people scraping it off the …
On warmer winter days in Winnipeg, if the snow has not all been fully scrape from the sidewalks, walking can be a good workout. In the mushy sections, it’s a full step forward, then a half back. You can see it when you look down at the slip and slide footprints. I somehow don’t think …
Every winter, when we get our first big snowfall, I head out to take photos. I do love shots of leaves/plants/seeds sticking out, or lying on top of, the fresh snow. Lately, I say to myself: Enough already, you have so many shots like that. Then I see something different, a shot I haven’t got …
Winnipeg has a few rivers and, of course, they all freeze every winter. But the river I live near is the Assiniboine River which runs west to east under a number of bridges. These shots were taken from the Osborne Bridge, a bridge I have walked over many, many times. I like the shapes the …
If you’ve lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, or visit a lot, chances are you’ve seen the Buena Vista Apartments (40 St Mary’s Road) as you zipped along St Mary’s, just after you crossed the Norwood Bridge (at the end of Main St & Queen Elizabeth Way), coming from downtown. They're bungalow style apartments with small …
Through Camera & Pen 