Fall in New England

Fall in New England is inspirational!  Hard to stay at home when color abounds.  Eye popping color, with dramatic black and white possibilities as well. Weather is brisk and reawakens the spirit.  Rain or shine, there are beautiful images to take!  Piles of pumpkins or apples at a farm stand.  Ponds and swamps with grasses turning colors ranging from gold to purple. Turkeys being raised for the big feast day so we can give thanks for this bounty. Enjoy the season.

New Web Portfolio_Flora and Nudes

http://j_monteferrante_flora.photoworkshop.com/

http://j_monteferrante_nudes.photoworkshop.com/

Here is a new link to my updated Floral and Nudes Gallery on the Photoworkshop.com Website. 
This is a great site to explore photography with learning centers, assignments, contests and on line member galleries.  http://photoworkshop.com/

REFLECTIONS ON BEAUTY

http://www.swansongart.com/

What is beauty?  Is it really in the eye of the beholder?   Perhaps we should look to help women of all ages see themselves in a new light, not what they see in magazines promoting unachievable perfection.  Unfortunately, beauty has been commercialized and distorted in our society. It presents a standard of comparison that can cause dissatisfaction when not achieved. Attractiveness across many cultures is equated with symmetry and balance as well as fertility, with inner beauty factored in. Physical attractiveness is only skin deep.

Africa 2009

I have been in Africa traveling through Namibia and South Africa over a wide range of conditions.  Cool and damp in Swakopmund near the skeleton coast of Namibia; even cooler at the Cape Cross seal colony; hot and dry at the Sossusulei dunes; warm to hot watching the animals at the salt pan waterhole in Etosha; and cold in the morning to hot in mid-day at Kirkman's Camp in Northeast South Africa.  The variety of wildlife is quite amazing.  I found their behavior facinating as well.  I hope to share some of my images as well as stories over the next few months, as soon as jetlag resolves and I catch up with life. 

Eyes of Africa

The wildlife of Africa have such soulful eyes.  Perhaps due to the struggles of their day to day existence.