Windows and Doors

Each week or so, I participate in an exchange of pictures with my photography friends in Canmore. We all contribute 5-6 pictures, based on a chosen theme. We offer encouragement and critique of one another’s efforts, in the pursuit of learning.

This week’s theme is “Windows and Doors”. The themes are not intended to be interpreted too literally, in the interest of promoting creativity. My blog post today shares a few of the many pictures I took for this week’s exchange, including some that I did not submit.

The following picture shows the shutters on the office windows at our home in Arizona. It’s really about the lines created by the shutter’s elements and their shadows. This is similar to an image I created in 2018. In this case, I chose to use a different style of black and white, termed “high key”.

In my quest for interesting window and doors, I went to the nearby community of Cave Creek. This town has a strong southwestern heritage, apparent in much of its architecture. I was confident I would find some good subjects.

One of my stops was this Mexican restaurant, El Encanto on the town’s main street. It has a very colourful, front entrance featuring a tiled portal and a wrought iron gate.

The El Encanto also offers pick-up, as well as in-house dining. Mexican fare is available for pick-up at this fortress-like door around the corner, on the side of the building.

My favourite picture from this excursion is this window photographed at the Rancho Mañana Resort, also in Cave Creek.

Rancho Mañana has a good restaurant called the Tonto Bar and Grill. I chose its doorway as one of my selections for today’s post.

This glass block window as photographed at our house. It’s located in the master bathroom, contributing to a very light and airy atmosphere.

My last picture for today has nothing to do with the “Windows and Doors” theme. Consider it a bonus shot. It was taken at Rancho Mañana in the course of my visit there to photograph windows and doors. What’s unique about this picture is the appearance of the water, virtually frozen in time. The picture is “stop action”, captured at a shutter speed of 1/8000 of a second. Those droplets don’t travel far in that space of time!

I really enjoyed this week’s theme, a lot of scope for interpretation and in my case, a great selection of windows and doors to choose among. Oh, and did I mention, a lot of fun.