Reflections on the Cigar Factory by olivetreeann

Reflections on the Cigar Factory

Today was our final class of Shutterbugs. I'll still see the students one more time at our gallery show, but I miss them already! They were inspirational, full of personality, fun and it was great to watch their skills develop. To think that at some point in their young lives they faced (or were still facing) cancer, made their pictures even more poignant. While our class was not meant to be therapeutic and more in the line of "just having fun", it was obvious that Shutterbugs helped them in their journey. I'm looking forward to seeing their pictures hanging in the Cigar Factory Gallery on June 6th (picture to follow) but the real life pictures of their faces will hang in my heart gallery forever.
Nice composition! Lovely shot.
May 17th, 2015  
Love this shot and sentiment!
May 17th, 2015  
Cool shot.
May 17th, 2015  
Nice shot and I'm so pleased you were able to use your skills to help out with the Shutterbug class.
May 17th, 2015  
fantastic patterns
May 17th, 2015  
Great brick patterns
May 17th, 2015  
Awesome shot
May 17th, 2015  
Wonderful wonderful lines and patterns. Love that one open window!
May 17th, 2015  
Fabulous looking building. What a wonderful memory to hold. Children seem to be much more courageous than many adults!
May 17th, 2015  
Great lines, shapes, colours and building Ann Fav
May 17th, 2015  
Love the repeating pattern in the 'arches' and windows and then there is the open window - fab!
May 17th, 2015  
What a great shot
May 17th, 2015  
Awesome detail.
May 17th, 2015  
pleasant colors too -- the sky is unusual.
May 17th, 2015  
thank you for taking us with you on their journey, it was so nice to read about it :) this is a fabulous shot! love the textures here!
May 17th, 2015  
Great view on and capture of this nice bricks facade of the factory.
May 17th, 2015  
@aat3877 @kt8ird @joansmor @mzbull @annied @juliac @kerristephens @aikimomm @salza @thistle @dibzgreasley @bkbinthecity @leananiemand @francoise @nicoleterheide @pyrrhula

Thank you Ann, Kate, Joan, Mz, Annie, Julia, Phoebe, Kerri, Sally, Joyce, Debs, Brian, Leana, Francoise, Nicole, and Pyrrhula!

@francoise Good spot- the color was somewhat altered when I was getting the bricks to the color I wanted. I sort of liked it, so I left it rather than masking it back to the original.
May 18th, 2015  
I tried to get one like this today. Miserable fail!! ;)
May 18th, 2015  
@kt8ird Thanks Kate! Keep trying. I took about 10 shots of the building from this angle. Some with more, some with less. In the end I had to straighten this one a little but it had just the right amount of brick and sky. It takes time to develop an eye for these shots- but you've got it, so keep at it until you get one!
May 18th, 2015  
Love the patterns and textures!
May 18th, 2015  
@radiogirl Thanks Kathy!
May 19th, 2015  
Beautiful capture of the building! Sounds like you had a wonderful time with the shutterbugs. I hope their exhibition goes well too - can't wait to see pics!
May 19th, 2015  
@alia_801 Thanks Alia! Me too. We send in a contact sheet to the national headquarters and the kids pick out their favorites, but we never know until the show what the headquarters will pick. Should be interesting!
May 21st, 2015  
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