Louella Lester – Seeing and learning while holding camera and pen between me and the world.
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 …
When Winnipeg has the most snowfall it’s had in years, the snow piles up a bit. It also takes time to melt away. I took these photos right at the end of February, before temperatures started to warm up a bit. It’s now mid-March, so some of the snow has disappeared, but it'll be while …
We’ve had a long cold snowy winter in Winnipeg, this year. Some will say that we always have that in Winnipeg, but we have had more snow than we have over the past few years and more super cold days. Though I dress for the weather, it’s still hard to feel enthusiastic about taking photos …
This post has nothing to do with to do with Valentine’s Day, except that photographing this row of townhouses makes me happy. They are located a few blocks from my place and I often wander past them, and sometimes take photos. These townhouses are really nothing special until you notice the shape of the trees, …
I like naturally foggy days and I think most people like foggy photos, but I wasn’t expecting unnatural fog when, one summer day, they changed the air venting system down in the courtyard way below my living room window. And I never found out about that fog until months later. Now, in winter, depending on …
Sometimes you just need to get outdoors and, if you’re lucky, there will be sun and fresh snow. I had been writing all morning and I knew I needed a break because my eyes kept pulling towards the snow-covered view out the window, then settling on my little camera. I checked the weather app and …
When the weather is cold, and I don’t feel like going outside, I sometimes take photos indoors. For today, I gathered up some vegetables and a few raspberries, and then took a few shots. I liked the shapes and bright colours, but also the black and white versions & the silver tone versions. Enjoy! My …
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