Category Archives: joyce meyer photography

People of Paris #6… Parrot and Conversation

The “Lady in Red” puts down her accordion and stops to amuse an equally colorful parrot while the vendor strikes up a conversation.

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Image by Joyce Meyer

Near the steps of Sacre Coeur in Paris, France.

People of Paris #5… Gizzards and Potatoes

Hungry?  Try some chicken gizzards and Noirmoutier potatoes, the “Rolls Royce” of potatoes, named for the French region it is grown. There’s no doubt as to who is in charge of this business found in the Paris Farmers’ Market.

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People of Paris #4… Caricature + GoPro

GoPro video of your own caricature…

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Image by Joyce Meyer

Because you can never have enough pictures of yourself, right?

Artists’ Market in the Montmartre district. Place du Tertre is where the legends of 20th century art used to roam. Now it’s filled with watercolors, portrait sketchers and caricaturists.…

People of Paris #3… Beggar Woman

Waiting to enter Notre Dame Cathedral.

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Image by Joyce Meyer

Well known scam in areas with plenty of tourists. It’s a living, I guess…

People of Paris #2… The Butcher

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.  ~ William Morris

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Image by Joyce Meyer

Farmers’ Market in Paris, France.

 

Summer on the prairie

This time of year finds the prairie grasses blooming with the splendor of the season.  Children of the prairie, I believe, lead somewhat of a “charmed” life filled with textures beneath their toes, fireflies lighting up the night and the soothing sounds of frogs croaking in the night.

Ahhhh… summer.

 

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Lens flare added in Photoshop CC 2015

Through the eyes of a turtle

Attach a GoPro Hero 2 camera (Redneck style) to a Turtle shell and you have a whole new way of looking at life. Images and video captured with the GoPro camera mounted on the turtle during the Gary, South Dakota July 3rd, 2015 Turtle races. GoProTurtlecr

Below is a short slide show put together on iMovie and uploaded to Youtube including a video clip featuring the results…

A long walk

Click, click, click, the sticks

Rhythm of the path while walking

Lost yet found in thought

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Image by Joyce Meyer taken on the Camino de Santiago near Burguete, Spain.

I walk…

Click, click, click… walking sticks

The rhythm of the path and breath

Lost yet found in thought

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Image by Joyce Meyer along the Camino de Santiago between Roncesvalles and Zuburi, Spain.

 

 

 

From here to there and around the globe…

Blend of two images: Background was taken in the French Pyrenees while the foreground, including the couple, was taken on the county road in front of my home in Lac Qui Parle County in Minnesota.

artcamino-1060914blend3webForeground taken with Canon 5D Mark 2 with Canon 70-200 IS L lens. Background taken with a Panasonic Lumix camera. Click on the image for a larger viewing window.