addendum to light

I'm adding this image as a post script to Friday's posting on the theme of light, taken this weekend at the Cloisters.

photo friday: gold

I was attempting to put this post together while Charles listened to the vice presidential debate a few feet from me.  But maintaining my apolitical artistic bubble was too much effort, and I went and lay down on the couch and promptly fell asleep. Now it's nearly midnight and whatever I had to say a few hour ago has evaporated.

The top photo was taken a few weeks ago walking around Riverdale. The second was painted by Isaiah this week--the sun, the rain, and a rainbow. The third photo was taken this summer in Cape Cod, three high school girls standing in on a dry slope with their cell phones. The final shot was taken on Monday when Charles and wandered leisurely around SoHo.

Next week: reflections. Any suggestions for new themes?

photo friday: white

© 2012 by Amber Schley Iragui

© 2012 by Amber Schley Iragui

© 2012 by Amber Schley Iragui

© 2011 by Amber Schley Iragui

© 2011 by Amber Schley Iragui

I had a difficult time with the post this week. The different whites didn't want to sit next to each other: a perfectly nice white would suddenly grow green or flush pink when posed beside another white. Such squeamishness from my otherwise pleasant photos.

To make matters more complicated, hidden in a bag that I was not allowed to open till Sunday, was a Mother's Day present Ike made for me in preschool. I wanted to include a photo of him with it, and I begged and pleaded with him to sit for me with it. After all that fuss, the photos turned out blurry and greenish. So I made him do it again, with better results. But the image sort of set the tone for the other images to follow, and I had to leave out other images I liked. So, those other photos are posted here. (Perhaps my favorite of these others being this one.)

All that said, I'm happy with the images I settled on. The last two photos were not taken this week: the lovely white cows were at the country fair in Lac Brome, Quebec last September and the final image is of Carlito Carvalhosa’s “Sum of Days" on display at MoMA in November.

We are off to the hospital at 5:30 AM this morning with Genevieve (so be patient if I do not comment on your photos till later tonight or tomorrow). Thank you for all the well wishes and prayers!

Next week's photo Friday theme: on the sidewalk. Or, if you live somewhere without a whole lot of sidewalk: on the street, or even, perhaps: on the driveway (I think this last one covers  you, Jenny). I am looking forward to seeing the things you all step over or around!