Louella Lester – Seeing and learning while holding camera and pen between me and the world.
I've always liked heights, looking down from above onto the big world below, as long as I'm standing on something sturdy and still, haha! I’m not sure I would enjoy being on those suspended movable platforms that construction workers or window washers use when they work on tall buildings. I was cutting across a parking …
I almost always have my camera with me in the side pocket of my backpack or in my jacket pocket, so, on a grey morning in the middle of May, I pulled it out when I saw a small tree in front of an old apartment building, just off Osborne Street in Winnipeg. The tree …
I’ve been taking photos from my balcony for years, many of them include the house and trees across the river. One day, in early April this year, I noticed they were cutting down a tree near the house. Maybe it was damaged or diseased, I don’t know. Anyway, I decided to take some photos as …
It isn’t always pretty in the early spring in Winnipeg— all those dead leaves and plants leftover from fall. The gravel and mud left after the snow melts. And the dust before the spring street cleaning gets done. But there is still shadow and light. Enjoy! If you go to the Published Writing & Photos …
A friend, Guy Biederman, thought socks was a good idea when I asked for photo suggestions. Now, I don’t mind the look of socks, but I’ve always hated wearing them. As a child, as soon as I could doff the socks and shoes in the spring, I ran about barefoot until fall temperatures dropped. The …
When I asked my Facebook friends for photos ideas, Sheila Yeoman suggested the inside of kitchen cupboards. My cupboards really aren’t that interesting, so when I was at a friend’s place I took shots of the insides of his kitchen cupboards. Now you can sneak a peek, too. If you go to the Published Writing …
In the winter, when I don’t feel like going outside, I sometimes take still life shots indoors. In February, I asked my Facebook friends to give me suggestions. Lori Broadfoot suggested snowballs. Elaine Pollard suggested reflections in puddles on a shiny surface (and there’s a bit of that in the kitchen sink shots). I brought …
This is the sixth, and sadly the last, season in a series of graphic stories, which I photographed and wrote starting in 2015 or so. I serialized each season of adventures by creating daily posts on Facebook. They developed a bit of a following, haha, and I have now decided to put them together as …
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There’s an art/light installation that was put up, years ago, at the corner of Osborne & Stradbrook in Winnipeg. The lights change colour and I’ve always loved watching it happen, especially on a winter night. Back in January, one super cold evening, I was walking home from a friend’s place and I stopped to take …
I love trees, with or without leaves. The vibrant shades of green in the spring. The cool shade on a hot summer day. The yellows, oranges, reds, and browns of autumn. The shelter on windy winter days. I love the bones of them. The shapes against the sky or a snowy landscape. It was a …
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