Category Archives: Traveling and Travels

Phoneography and Non-SLR Digital Devices Photo Challenge: Black and White (Destination: Brooklyn Bridge)

Posted on July 21, 2014 by lensandpensbysally

21 July 2014 Lens: Let me know which you prefer and why. Pens: Bridges have always intrigued me. They demonstrate humanity’s ability to work with (and against) Mother Nature. I cannot overstate my respect for those that design and build these … Continue reading →

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Phoneography and Non-SLR Digital Devices Photo Challenge: Nature (and the Marin Headlands)

Posted on July 7, 2014 by lensandpensbysally

07 July 2014 Lens: Let me know which you prefer and why. Pens: Mother Nature has been my muse for longer than I have given her deeply-committed thought. As years add to my experiences, a rising level of emotion accompanies … Continue reading →

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Phoneography and Non-SLR Digital Devices Photo Challenge: Travel to San Francisco

Posted on June 23, 2014 by lensandpensbysally

23 June 2014 Lens: Let me know which you prefer and why. Pens: “As a child, yearning to leave home and go far away, the image in my mind was of flight – my little self hurrying off alone. The word “travel” did … Continue reading →

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Phoneography and Non-SLR Digital Devices Photo Challenge: Black and White (Train to Berkeley, California)

Posted on June 16, 2014 by lensandpensbysally

16 June 2014 Lens: Let me know which you prefer and why. Pens: My small town of Newark, Delaware, USA, has daily Amtrak and freight trains, which are woven into the fabric of the community. A train’s rhythm and syncopation … Continue reading →

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Phoneography and Non-SLR Digital Devices Photo Challenge: Travel (Ode to Ansel Adams)

Posted on May 26, 2014 by lensandpensbysally

26 May 2014 Lens: Let me know which you prefer and why. Pens: During my youth travel meant short excursions throughout the East Coast and Canada. In my thirties the unexplored pierced through my veins. The unseen, the unknown, the … Continue reading →

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Phoneography and Non-SLR Digital Devices Photo Challenge: Black and White (Following the Sun to the West and Then to the East)

Posted on May 19, 2014 by lensandpensbysally

19 May 2014 Lens: Let me know which you prefer and why. Pens: When I travel by air, I do relish the opportunity to view the world from above. The topography always astounds and shakes my thoughts. I have difficulty … Continue reading →

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Phoneography and Non-SLR Digital Devices Photo Challenge: Macro (and Textures at Hirschman Diggins)

Posted on May 12, 2014 by lensandpensbysally

12 May 2014 Lens: Let me know which you prefer and why. Pens: As you explore the above ground archaeology of Northern California, it can be uncanny how easy it is to ignore the small, detailed and barely seen. But … Continue reading →

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Phoneography and Non-SLR Digital Photo Challenge: Nature (The Tame and the Wild, Part One)

Posted on May 5, 2014 by lensandpensbysally

05 May 2014 Lens: I. Colfax, California II. Crystal Hermitage Gardens, Nevada, City, California III. Yosemite National Park, Yosemite, California IV. Point Bonita Lighthouse at Marin Headlands, California Let me know which you prefer and why. Pens: If you are … Continue reading →

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Phoneography Challenge: Black and White

Posted on November 18, 2013 by lensandpensbysally

18 November 2013 Lens: Let me know which you prefer: black and white (conversion) or full color (the original is in the Tip of the Week section). Pens: If you’d like to join the fun, please click here for details. If you have … Continue reading →

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WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: My 2012 in Pictures

Posted on December 28, 2012 by lensandpensbysally

28 December 2012 Lens: Let me know which you prefer and why. Pens: WordPress’ Weekly Photo Challenge is about the way in which 2012 became a reality through an individual’s lens–an individual’s way of seeing their intimate and wider universe. … Continue reading →

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