A collection of my art and photography.
7 Jun 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Lori Svensen - viking ventures
A couple weeks ago, we took a trip to Thermopolis, Wyoming, - a place with a famous mineral hot spring. But first, we had to get there. In Wyoming, a two-hour road journey is nothing - and goes through a lot of nothing (except stunning landscape.) Th...
6 Jun 2019 1 minute read 2 comments Lori Svensen - viking ventures
Here's another pretty plant I found at the top of Ayres Natural Bridge.I don't know what this plant is called, my research has not yet found the answer. This was using my new macrotubes - very successfully, I think!Considering how crouched down I...
4 Jun 2019 1 minute read 2 comments Lori Svensen - viking ventures
Last time, I shared some pictures up LaPrele Creek. I finished up on the other side of the bridge. First, a pair that I can't choose between. The first was dark because I was learning about a known defect of the Pentax K30 (the light sensor sometimes...
3 Jun 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Lori Svensen - viking ventures
I mentioned in the last post that flowing water can be photographed in either an active (flow towards camera) or passive (flow away from camera - or across the scene). Almost surprisingly, I had an opportunity to photograph that difference today. It'...
2 Jun 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Lori Svensen - viking ventures
Last time I shared some pictures up LaPrele Creek from the lowest part of the park at Ayres Natural Bridge in central Wyoming. It seems like everywhere you turn in this park, there are different scenes, backgrounds to serve for photographic subjects....
1 Jun 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Lori Svensen - viking ventures
Last time, I shared some pictures from on top of Ayres Natural Bridge. I also shared the Slender Wild Parsley that grows on top of it. Today, I share a couple of images from along the LaPrele Creek after it flows under the bridge and downstream. Here...
31 May 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Lori Svensen - viking ventures
Nothing to get a passerby's attention than suddenly sitting on the path, hunched down over a plant! "Are you okay?" the kind person asks."Yeah, I'm just taking a picture!" I reply. I was playing with my macro tube for my Pentax K30 - and these plants...
30 May 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Lori Svensen - viking ventures
Last time, I shared some photos from the ground on one side of Ayres Natural Bridge. Today, I share some of the pictures I took standing on top of it. The eastern face above... The western face looking up LaPrele Creek. Looking across the gor...
30 May 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Lori Svensen - viking ventures
Childhood memoriesMy favorite cityMarked with the mysterious tower. I would watch itIn the distanceDisappointed to simply pass by. From the window inMy cousin’s roomTeasing, torturing, beckoning! Tantalizing viewOver the skylineLike a beacon guiding...
28 May 2019 1 minute read 1 comment Lori Svensen - viking ventures
Newbury, England, is an important place to me. I spent almost a year there getting myself back together after leaving an abusive relationship. Newbury is an interesting market town which is divided by two things - the railroad and the Kennet and Avon...
