Capturing “Symmetry” in your photos is a conscious effort for a photographer, especially for a hobbyist like me. Thanks to Pati for this challenge that I come to realize as I checked my photos that I have not been really conscious about “symmetry” at all. Haha! I have so many should-have-been-the-one photos for this challenge but it was not captured fully or symmetrically. Gottseidank I still have some that can qualify and here they are…
As you go up the Planetarium in Deutsches Museum in Munich, you will notice this staircase spiraling down/up. It was one sunny afternoon and I was fascinated by this so I took a shot. To be honest, I do not know that this could be an example of a radial symmetry. Thanks to Patti again for the education. You will see these buildings around Munich Lehel – this kind was very famous during the Founding Time or Gründerzeit in German – which happened at the end of the 19th century wherein there was a rapid industrial expansion.The windows in this Church in Munich shows so many horizontal symmetry.
I see symmetry all over in old but magical cities in Europe like Paris
“She was staring blankly at the wall for almost an hour now thinking of what lies ahead. She could not believe what she is about to face in the next months, in the next 9 months to be exact. Cara is pregnant! ‘That explains the puking and the sudden weight gain’, she silently exclaims. She wondered how could this happen! Her doctor explicitly said she is unable to bear a child. This must have been a miracle! A miracle indeed, even after all the many cocktails she and her husband consumed in the past weeks. And suddenly the doorbell rings.”
This 100-word-challenge is from Tara – https://thinspiralnotebook.com/2020/04/24/100-word-challenge-face/ and she instructs: “Using “face” for inspiration, write 100 Words – 100 exactly – no more, no less. You can either use the word – or any form of the word – as one of your 100, or it can be implied. Include a link in your post back here, and add your story to the Mister Linky list. If you don’t have a blog, you can leave your submission in the comment section, or as a Facebook status post. Remember to keep spreading the love with supportive comments for your fellow Wordsters.“
So tickle your creative mind and dare to write your first 100 word challenge using the word “Face”.
TRAVEL. VACATION. WANDER. These words bring joy to the heart if only we are not facing this pandemic. And that although we have been longing to have finally a contagion-free travel wandering the streets of New York (for example), or discover old medieval towns of Europe, or be sun-kissed in a tropical island while sipping Peña Colada, etc.- it is still not 100% possible to date without being hassled with wearing masks, social distancing, and worse getting the virus itself.
So in the meantime, looking at old travel photos like below, will do. It somehow creates that promise that one day, all these chaos will be over and that we will be able to at last, travel free: to meet family and lovedones located at the other side of the world or just simply be lost in the marvels of places you have not yet conquered.
a remnant of an old church in Sestri Levante, taken in 2018 during my vacation there.Nothing is more wonderful than a breakfast delivered in your hotel room. Being served – is one of the true essence of vacation. I just love it all the time. I took this photo in our hotel room balcony in Sestri Levante, Italy. It is worth mentioning that the hotel used to be a palace. People from all over the world travel to Munich to attend the Octoberfest but due to the pandemic, this is cancelled for this year. For sure, we all are looking forward to the next possible Octoberfest. Let this photo taken in 2018 be an inspiration to the next possible OctFest, hopefully next year already!at the Louvre in Paris. Discovering museums of arts fascninates always a traveller. Someday, discovering museums and art will continue freely.
Lastly, I would like to end this post by higlighting the photo below. In the end, we will be triumphant against this pandemic and we can freely roam the streets shouting any cause we have to fight for.
I took this during the CSD Parade 2019. I have another post about this on the kind of courage that glitters.
so this is it, after a year of hiatus due to pregnancy and now mommy-hood, I am back! Scouring over my portfolio of old photos, here is my response to this week’s LAC#114…
in Romo shore, Denmark taken a year ago, a day before my wedding….still in Romo shore, Denmark taken a year ago, a day before my wedding….on the way to Denmark from Hamburg….travelled for my wedding last yearam not sure if this fits to the theme but here it is… taken in Karlsplatz Stachus in Munich during one hot fine day…
It has been a long while since I posted something here. Motherhood has taken over my time and energy this past year and now I am thirsty for making art. As as a jumpstart into artdom, in between my kid’s nap and independent supervised playtime, I get to edit these photos (double exposure, thanks to snapseed) which pretty represents my life at the moment.
Motherhood is a mixture of all emotions – joyful yet tiring, rewarding yet patient-evoking and so many others. But all in all happy. It is amazing to see your own kin grow everyday or every other day or so. This Netflix Docu titled “Baby” said babies do not grow everyday but instead they have growth spurt here and there.
So that’s it for now. I have been also really thirsty to go back to participating the Lens-Artist-Photo-Challenge and guess what, this post actually is very timely for the #62 challenge – Silhouettes. So this is my entry to that….although late challenge already but anything to jump start back into art is good.
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