DAVID BOWIE,DOWNTOWN NORTH BAY

On Sunday we took a little walk downtown and when I said a little walk, that is exactly what it was Even though the sun was shining, it still was bitterly cold. So i did not get many pictures except this image of another mural of a famous musician and artist David Bowie. I like to see these portraits of musicians on the walls of downtown. It might be a great idea to see more of them. Maybe it could be expanded to include portraits of Canadian visual artists and writers.Well it's just a thought, which could be spruce up the downtown area.

ABANDONED BLUE

Another image from Saturday's trip. This time I preferred a colour version. The subdued colours gave the image the Winter cold feeling of the day and of abandonment of the place.

ABANDONED

Yesterday John and I went on our first photo trip of this year. We decided to visit an old abandoned industrial site. I had never been there but as soon as I wandered around the place I was thinking of the work by the German conceptual artists and photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher. The site is a great place to photograph. We regretted not bringing snow shoes but I am certain both of us will be returning there in the Spring to explore the site more thoroughly.

WINTER LANDSCAPE, POWASSAN, ONTARIO

This is a picture I took many years ago in a time when photographers used film. I still miss using the traditional silver based processes. Digital photography allows you to have a much greater control over the final look of the image, but the result is that so much of photographs today are technically exquisite but lack meaning and are visually quite boring.