Connections to time in Italy through the world of small bricks!
Welcome to week 210 of the Tuesday Photo Challenge!
It’s been a long time since I’ve felt motivated, so one might consider this a New Year’s resolution! I’m looking forward to bringing back the challenge and getting reacquainted with all my friends in the blogosphere!
With everything that is going on in this world of ours, I was puzzled to come up with a theme, so why not go with that sense of puzzlement to use the theme of Puzzle? If you like to participate, please share a photo of what might puzzle you or a puzzle that you have solved. As always, feel free to use your imagination on interpretation of the theme.
Looking forward to seeing your interpretations!
Here’s a puzzle I solved during the holiday break…
Thoughts of Italy
As I was buying some Lego kits for a nephew’s Christmas presents, I found some rather interesting kits in the Creator Expert series, such as this Fiat 500. I added a lighting kit to it to create a bit more interest for this display. It was a fun puzzle to solve!
The full rules of this challenge are in TPC Guidelines, but here’s the tl;dr:
Create a pingback link to this post, so that I can create a post showing all of the submissions over the week (note: pingbacks may not appear immediately, as my site is set up to require approval for linking to it; helps against previous bad experiences with spamming)
Have fun creating something new (or sharing something old)!!
A Fresh Perspective
Photography is more than just a vehicle for capturing the world around me; it provides me with a palette and a set of brushes, with which I paint not only what I see, but also look to express the emotions that are evoked by the scene in front of me in that moment.
Growing up in the Netherlands exposed me to a wide cross-section of visual arts that laid the foundation of my photographic view of all that surrounds me. Early influences were the Dutch Masters of the 17th century, to whom I was introduced by my grandfather during museum explorations; favorites among them are the scenes of quotidian life depicted by Jan Steen and Frans Hals and the vivid landscapes of Jacob van Ruisdael.
My classical high school education was supplemented by the Boijmans Van Beuningen museum, where I spent many a lunch hour exploring its great collection. Here I was introduced to surrealism with a particular love for the approach taken by Salvador Dali; Dali also rekindled my appreciation for the work of Hieronymus Bosch, who often showed the folly of us mortals.
Universal Connections
My approach to any photographic subject is to look for understanding first; in this I look to establish either a connection between the viewer and the subject or capture the connection of the subject with its surroundings. The captured image then aims to portray this connection from a perspective that is part of my personal interpretation.
This interpretation is often a form of externalized introspection, which may alternately display the connection of isolated beings and items with their environment or highlight the whimsy of the profound world, in which we find ourselves. The universe is full of connections, many of which are waiting to be discovered; part of my journey as a photographer is to document these connections.
Any assignment, be it an event, a product shoot or a portrait session is always approached through communication with the client; this is where the first connection is established. Ideas are exchanged and a collaborative plan of action forms, ultimately resulting in a set of images that aim to exceed the expectations of each client.
And, lest we forget, it is important to have fun while practicing the serious business of photography!
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45 thoughts on “Tuesday Photo Challenge – Puzzle”
How wonderful to see your photo challenges up again Frank. Look forward to joining in at some stage. Cheers to a less puzzling year in 2021. 😊
How wonderful to see your photo challenges up again Frank. Look forward to joining in at some stage. Cheers to a less puzzling year in 2021. 😊
we’ll solve the puzzles 🙂
Hey Frank,
This is certainly wonderful to have you back with your challenge. Perfect topic to pick for re-starting the challenge 🙂
Thank you, Hammad!
Yay! Welcome back 🙂
🙂
Great to have you back Frank. Here’s to a better 2021.
I love your Lego model (a great shot) and am even tempted to get some myself.
For now, though, I’ve gone with a natural puzzle: https://travelwithintent.com/2021/01/12/natures-puzzle-monkey-chile-pine/
Those trees are just fantastic!!
So happy to have the challenge back, Frank. I shall puzzle over what to enter in the hours ahead!
Looking forward to your puzzle, Susan!
Glad to see you back Frank. I’ve gone with jigsaw puzzles.
https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2021/01/12/tuesday-photo-challenge-puzzle/
Thank you, Diane! I love jigsaw puzzles too
Thanks Frank.
Nice to see you back, Frank. Here is mine https://mywanderings.travel.blog/2021/01/13/looking-up-at-fed-square/
Lovely puzzle entry, Teresa!
Thanks much!
Great to see you back!
Thank you!
Welcome back!
Thank you!
great to have you (and your challenge 🙂 back Frank. I didn’t realize at first it was Lego car. nice miniature photography.
Thank you! I enjoyed the effect that I got in the shot; it’s amazing what you can do with an iPhone these days 🙂
Good to see you back!
Thank you!
Hi Frank. So great to have you back1
Here’s my take on Puzzle: https://outofmywritemind.com/2021/01/14/perfectly-pieced-together/
Thank you, Sandy! Great entry!
Thanks, Frank.
Awesome way to interpret this puzzle…
Nice to see you back in the new normal. I saw this post late, but I thought I would join in anyway.
https://anotherglobaleater.wordpress.com/2021/01/14/egrets-regrets/
Thank you!!
So glad you are back Frank 🙂
Good to be back, Brian!