Photography and Writing by A. Cemal Ekin
I Like Fair Weather Yes, I am a fair weather photographer. I don’t like to go out on cold or rainy days, but when the air is dry and the temperature is comfortable I enjoy my walks, short ones as you all know by now! Today was one of those days and I have been …
Springtime is Here Springtime has arrived on Spring Green Rd. A short walk, as usual, rewarded me with plenty of buds, opening flowers, blue skies, and warm weather. All the photographs are taken on Spring Green Road on the other side of the Narragansett Parkway. That is the start of the area known as Governor …
Winter kept us inside, especially me. Combined with cold allergies, my persistent cough prevented me from taking even short walks. Today, after supper, I pulled up enough courage to take the first walk in a long time. It was not especially warm, but 42° F was better than zero or even below zero we have …
Don’t Avoid the Ordinary Many photographers look forward to trips to special places, landmarks, awesome nature, monumental views, and the like. In between the trips, we spend our lives driving on the roads we have traveled countless times, looking out the window and seeing the same neighborhood for the umpteenth time, and visiting the same shopping …
Elif and Mina came to visit us for a couple of weeks. Mina has grown so much and so elegant. I missed the pilgrimage visit to the American Girl Doll store. The weather was too hot for me to be outside. The girls enjoyed the visit and returned home after a couple of stops on …
It Is Quiet, Really You may think I am bragging about our quiet neighborhood. You may be right! But, in a reasonably short distance that I can walk in 20-30 minutes, there is something new to see every time I take a walk. Of course, I do not always follow the same route, but the …
My walks around our neighborhood are short and later in the afternoon or early evening. The light is a bit softer, quieter, warmer, highly directional, and weaker in power. Therefore, the photographs are also a bit quieter and darker in tone as I prefer to convey the mood. But they all reflect the qualities of this …
Empty Streets Are Not Seen Holidays, especially Christmas Day in most of the United States mean gathering, small crowds of family and friends, and celebrating the holidays. As they all get off their cars in front of the family member’s house holding the dinner, they enter a cheery house with people greeting them with open …
How far do you travel to photograph? Many readers of this blog travel to faraway places to find “good” photographs. They even hope that some will be great. And, that magic place may be hundreds, if not thousands of miles away. I would rather stay in my neighborhood and discover new things in it. “The …
Cruise Nights Are Colorful Oakland Beach is a nearby neighborhood on the water, with a beach no less! There are several restaurants and a small Warwick City Park. Every Tuesday evening, a large number of old and new cars drive to Oakland Beach. They take their positions in the middle of the small park for …
Photography is an analytic art form. We aim our lenses to specific parts of the world around us to pick a frame because, in our analysis, that particular frame presents the photograph we wish to take. Ideally, it should reflect our seeing. We can certainly raise the camera, lower the camera, rotate it, pitch it, …
A New Canon G1X, Mark II A few years ago, I purchased a Canon G1X, a large sensor compact camera. Its image quality and portability are highly enjoyable. After I gave it as a gift, I found another one on eBay and purchased it. Recently, I received as a gift the new and improved Canon …
Spring arrived suddenly. I have even noticed the growth of little shoots of flowers waking up overnight. Around this time, I see a green glow around the trees. The buds or leaves are not yet visible but their tiny buds turning green adds that green haze. Very lovely. Spring Vista From High Above Aside from …
We live in a nice neighborhood, modest but nice. It is close to many amenities yet away from the main drag, heavy traffic, and the hustle and the bustle of busy centers. The streets are wide enough to make it feel incredibly open, all single-dwelling houses with their well-kept appearance and mostly flat terrain augment …
Yesterday started just like the day before, the pump cycling every so often and doing a yeoman job of keeping up with the water in the sump area despite its age, probably 30 years old. The rising water pushed through the floor, and the carpet on the finished side showed wet footprints. The furnace depression …
Despite the flood, yesterday morning I had to go visit my doctor on North Main Street in Providence. After a circuitous but reasonably quick detour, I found my way to Rt. 10 North and traveled comfortably to make my appointment. Afterward, I went to my office and had a meeting until 1:50 PM and headed …
