Louella Lester – Seeing and learning while holding camera and pen between me and the world.
You can find beauty anywhere, if you look for it. As you know, I like a back lane. I was out riding my bicycle down one, in an area of Winnipeg where I used to live, when I had to stop because a truck was blocking the way. While I waited, I realized I was …
I love biking or wandering down back lanes. You get a whole different feel for a neighbourhood. And if there are a lot of vines, so much the better. While on this wander, a woman became suspicious when she saw my bike was poking out into the lane beside a garage. I was standing in …
I never met a shadow I didn’t like, but when the sun comes in at a certain angle the shadows on the sidewalk are the best. I caught these shadows dancing along the sidewalk a few blocks from my place in Winnipeg. You can pretend you were walking there, too. My book, Glass Bricks, is …
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I was sitting reading, in a chair facing the window, when I looked up. The blue sky and cumulus clouds looked so beautiful I thought I should share. I took a photo every five minutes or so to show you how the sky changed. My book, Glass Bricks, is out (since April, 2021) and now …
It’s so great to wander about looking at the green plants growing along the sidewalks in Winnipeg after such a long horrible winter. Enjoy! My book, Glass Bricks, is out (since April, 2021) and now available worldwide in/through your local bookstores or from https://atbaypress.com/books/detail/glass-bricks. The digital version is available if you email the publisher. And if you …
I don’t even want to discuss the weather we had in March and April, in Winnipeg, except to say I decided it was easier to take some photos indoors. I used those photos to setup my May blog posts, in advance. I’m hoping as you are reading this, the weather has improved. So, enjoy my …
These are my hands, not so strong as they once were. A number of years ago, I noticed the tip of the pinkie on my right hand was leaning left. Other fingers started to bend and my knuckles started to bulge. Then I noticed pain in my knuckles and in an old volleyball injury at …
If you saw Part 1 of this post you will know that these are photos taken in the underpass below the train tracks and SW/SE Transitway on Osborne St, in Winnipeg. This post includes vehicles and people, unlike Part 1. This is a favourite place for me to take photos. Enjoy! Can you see the …
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This is the south side, heading in. I ‘LOVE’ it. I love an underpass: the rusty steel beams and rivets, the dirt, the drips, the graffiti, etc. So, when I wandered into one of my favourite underpasses, below the train tracks and SW/SE Transitway at Osborne St, in Winnipeg, I took a lot of photos. …
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It’s funny that I often love stark photos. It certainly isn’t how I like to live. My apartment is filled with a variety of books and photos and other things—no blank walls here. When I look around I want my eyes to have a lot of choice, lots of places to land. It also surprises …
Through Camera & Pen 