Historic Close-ups

29Jun17

Museums are great places to take your camera, if they let you … not all museums do. So when an exclusive opportunity arose for a photo club trip to the local, ‘Museum of the Mountain West’ I was in. Because it was in the middle of a bright, sunny day I decided ahead of time […]

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Tags: antiques, artifacts, close-up, details, macro photography, museum, old, old fashioned

New, Old Windows & Doors

11May17

Old windows and doors have been a favorite and recurring theme since starting my photographic journey years ago. They are popular subjects among many of my photog friends as well. For me they can hold a mystery about what is on the other side. A reflection, often distorted can have a playful and sometimes magical quality. Traditional […]

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Tags: americana, doors, gate, old, old fashioned, photograph, print, reflection, weathered, wheels, windows

Out Of The Past

21Apr13

Museums and historic sites are great places to have some photo fun. When I was in school my favorite subject was Art (of course) but my second favorite was History. I’ve always been drawn to movies and shows that are set in a time gone by. I love old-fashioned visuals and settings. It makes sense […]

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Tags: barber chair, bottles, farmstead, fine art, framed, gears, Holcombe-Jimison Museum, lambertville nj, mailbox, old fashioned, photo, photography, prints, things from past, typewriter

2012 Gallery: Images From My Year

08Jan13

You are cordially invited to attend the opening of my virtual 2012 Gallery at: http://www.denisebush.com/photo_home.html The exhibit features 40 favorite images from 2012. Displaying my work this way has been a 1o year tradition, dating back to my digital beginnings in 2003. The pages are easy to navigate by clicking on the ‘first/next photo’ link. […]

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Tags: 2012, abandoned, art, barn, Catskills, Chincoteague, denise bush, digital photography, fine art, fine art photography, fog, fonthill, framed, gallery, HDR, landscape, new jersey, new jersey photographer, old fashioned, photographs, photography, prints, reflection, scenic, silk mill, Smoky Mountains, sunrise, sunset, wall art, waterfall, year in photos, year in pictures

Smoky Mountains Mills & Barns

05Jun12

The Great Smoky Mountain National Park is loaded with historic structures; mills, barns, schoolrooms, churches and many cabins. It was both interesting and a fun exercise to stop at each site and create some compositions. Even though the light was not always ideal, I tried to make the best of things, worked the scenes and […]

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Tags: barns, Cades Cove, fine art, fine art photography, great smoky mountain national park, historic, mill, miller, mills, old fashioned, photography, Roaring Fork Motor Trail, Smokies, Smoky Mountains, structures, Tennessee, TN