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Category: One Word Photo Challenge

Abstracts, One Word Photo Challenge, Painting, Rock Formations2 Comments
folded 2-ply paper mockup for large piece

Folded Paper Paintings

April 23, 2018November 18, 2021 Albatz Travel Adventures

The assignment was to think about what we did with paper and then construct an artwork of it. For me, as a commercial artist, one of my favourite things to do with paper was to construct brochures with a surprise … Continue reading Folded Paper Paintings

One Word Photo Challenge, Painting, Textures2 Comments
Green & Yellow Paint on a Paint1563w

Textures: Pixels Vs. Paint

April 10, 2018April 11, 2018 Albatz Travel Adventures

Pixels can never truly reproduce the tactile quality of real textures created by paint; textures so delicious you want to reach out and touch them. There is however, visual texture, such as in all the fine detail in an old … Continue reading Textures: Pixels Vs. Paint

Flowers, One Word Photo Challenge, Photography, PhotoshopLeave a comment
Red Bougainvillea flowers in Huatalco, Mexico

Macros of Bougainvillea, a Tropical Vine with Bright Papery Flowers

December 21, 2017 Albatz Travel Adventures

Just back from Huatalco in Mexico where I was taking macros of one of my favourite tropical flowers, Bougainvillea, and running into an old problem which I call ‘red flare’. These shots were from 2010. My old camera had a … Continue reading Macros of Bougainvillea, a Tropical Vine with Bright Papery Flowers

One Word Photo Challenge1 Comment
Tofino Wharf: the Letter C is for Crow

Single Letters

October 31, 2017 Albatz Travel Adventures

‘A’ is for antique. On an old building made of corrugated metal on the former industrial site of Granville Island, the letter ‘A’ has almost faded into oblivion.  ‘C’ is for crow. The letter ‘C’ made abstract by graffiti. Sculptural signage of the … Continue reading Single Letters

One Word Photo Challenge, Painting, Photo Apps, Watercolour1 Comment
Sooke scene with fog on the water in Waterlogue overlaid with photos

Landscape Paintings

October 17, 2017October 17, 2017 Albatz Travel Adventures

Here I am trying to create landscape paintings using photo apps – mostly Waterlogue which has a dozen different watercolour styles. Ireland’s Bloody Foreland is sort-of okay but the Waterlogue app seems to need more details in the image to … Continue reading Landscape Paintings

One Word Photo Challenge, Photo Apps1 Comment
Nomadic Tempest : Ghosts of butterflies

Insects, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

August 22, 2017 Albatz Travel Adventures

Once I had to illustrate the ‘all about bugs’ section of a grade seven Science textbook. While admittedly I felt a bit crawly drawing all these insects I also learned a lot about their place in our world. As far as … Continue reading Insects, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

One Word Photo Challenge2 Comments
Statue of Pancho Villa on a horse in Zacatecas, Mexico

One Word Photo Challenge: Horse Art from Around the World

August 9, 2017 Albatz Travel Adventures

Horse art from around the world. The yellow horse riders in Vancouver’s Chinese New Year parade. Statue of Pancho Villa on a horse in Zacatecas, Mexico.Old wooden rolling horse in India.Strange creature with horse hoofs at a temple in Hanoi, … Continue reading One Word Photo Challenge: Horse Art from Around the World

One Word Photo Challenge, Photo Apps1 Comment
Multiple grains of wheat in a field next to one of our many French picnics

One Word Photo Challenge: Grain

July 5, 2017 Albatz Travel Adventures

Grains of wheat in a field next to one of our many French picnics. A comment from one of the few bakers in Canada that is capable of producing bread that tastes like real French bread: “In France they use … Continue reading One Word Photo Challenge: Grain

Cosmic Challenge, Flowers, One Word Photo Challenge, Photo Apps5 Comments
Screen grab of 'Bird of Paradise' flower run though the photo app Snapseed showing the 'frame' options

Adding Frames in Photo Apps

May 31, 2017 Albatz Travel Adventures

Several photo apps that I use extensively have ‘frame’ options. This screen grab of a flower run though the photo app Snapseed shows some of the current 23 ‘frame’ options. The ‘frames’ all print out high quality, the ‘Frame Width’ … Continue reading Adding Frames in Photo Apps

One Word Photo Challenge, Photography, SculptureLeave a comment
Strange plaster sculpture of a fish in Hoi An, Vietnam

Fish Art from Around the World

April 17, 2017 Albatz Travel Adventures

A collection of fish art from around the world. A shop decorated with metal fish of all sorts in the harbour of Carnlough, a small town on the Coastal Causeway Route of Ireland, UK. Photo exhibit in Siem Reap has … Continue reading Fish Art from Around the World

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