“When to the sessions of sweet silent thought / I summon up remembrance of things past…“—Shakespeare
I’ve been thinking a lot about memory lately. About my memories. About creating new memories. About capturing them. I think memory is what attracts me to photography, the ability to freeze a moment in time. To capture a feeling. I have so many photos from the last few months, many of which I won’t post here. But these…I want to share with you.
I hope you like them. Maybe they will spark a memory in you.
- These were taken with my Olympus E-M1 MarkII, using several different lenses and edited with Lightroom Classic.
Cute little buddy in 20. No memories prompted, but some definite vibes going on with some of the photos, especially the long horned cattle.
That little guy was outside my window singing every single day I was there. I think we are friends now! Glad you liked these photos and those beautiful Highland cows. I love photography so much and sharing it with my friends. Thank you for looking at them ❤️❤️❤️
So many beautiful photos, Bridgette! I’d love to spend some time on that beach, haven’t seen the ocean in many years. I saw Patrick Star but not Spongebob! ❤️😍
Northern California beaches are wild and foggy. I love them. So glad you like these photos! You’d love it here I think.
I just might!
I want to say you eye is getting so much better, but truthfully your eye is suiting me more. I can’t use the valuing word “better”. I can’t single out photos either. Is it the Arm of the Starfish? The Girl Against the Waves? The beautiful sunset? Or perhaps the numerous birds which make me want to be there? Thanks for sharing these.
Thank you!!! I really enjoyed walking the beach with my camera and seeing what I could find. Every time I visit this same beach I think, I’ll not find anything new to photograph, but I’m always proven wrong. There’s always a new angle, a new way to see the world. I’m so glad you like these. Photography feeds a part of me I didn’t know was starving.
Lots of wow and many memories Bridgette. Thanks for sharing them.
The sailor gnome made me laugh as did the crab wanting to be rescued #21. Wonderful bird photos and I like the Long-horn cattle ones as well
Thank you so much! I took so many photos as it’s really such a beautiful place with so much going on. Glad you liked that gnome statue and the Highland cows. That crab was actually buried but my brother-in-law who accidentally unearthed him with his trekking pole thinking he was a rock. Needless to say, he wasn’t happy with us! We made sure he was buried again before leaving him vulnerable to all the seagulls.
Thanks for reburying the crab 🦀
Always!
There are a lot of stories in that evening on the beach. the promise of Shakespeare dominates the opening photos.
Indeed! So many stories of life and death. Struggles and survival. It’s not the beaches of warm sun and relaxing, but fog and cold. I love it.
Beautiful images.
So glad you like them. Thank you ❤️
The first two remind me that I haven’t visited the beaches north of San Francisco in a long time. They’re more rugged and wild than the beaches on the Northeastern part of the US. The beaches on the Jersey Shore are very pleasant, good for putting up an umbrella and reading a book for a few hours; but on the Pacific coast that umbrella would be blown out to sea by the breezes and it would be too chilly to sit, unless you were lucky enough to have a fire pit going. (And maybe the fire warnings are out by now, so no clambake for campers on the PNW!) Your photos evoke the smells and feel of a summer day on the beach. It sounds like you had a very nice day with your young companion.
It was a really remarkable trip! I’m so glad you think these capture that feeling for you. You are right, Northern California beaches are just different. Cold, foggy, windy and filled with life. They suit me just fine ❤️❤️❤️
You are a very good photographer! Keep doing this. It feeds your spirit.
It does feed my spirit. Photography keeps me grounded and moving. Thank you ❤️❤️❤️
Wonderful Bridgette!
Thank you for sharing.
So glad you like these! I’m in love with so many of them, especially all the birds and those gorgeous Highland cows.
You are so talented Bridgette !
You are so kind! Thank you.
All are great! the crab grabbed my attention.
The crabs were so fun on this trip, covering the beach, and scuttling about. My brother-in-law accidentally unearthed one with his trekking pole and it was so angry that it made us laugh. We made sure to protect him from birds while he reburied himself.
That must have been a site to see many crawling around.
I’m always amazed at how different each trip to the same exact beach is.
A lovely set of pics. In #13 and #28 I’d love to know if those young minds were picturing anything somewhere beyond that which they were looking at.
Both my kids used to do this when we visited the beach. My daughter would yell at the waves. I think it’s just so overwhelming to hear the waves and feel that massive energy coming at you. I often find myself making the same pose, almost like absorbing it.