“Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.”
~Paul Strand
Fog and Pier
Umbrellas, Santa Monica
Blue Hour, Transamerica
Aerial, San Francisco
“Taking pictures is savoring life intensely every hundredth of a second.”
~ Mark Riboud
Ready!
Welcome the Whale
Morning Masts
Tokyo Movie Posters
“Photography is an itch that won’t go away. No matter how much you scratch it.”
~ Dara McGrath
Mourning Dove and Tree, Oahu
Cliffside, Santa Monica
Ramen Stall, Kyoto
Sea Foam and Fence
Jane Lurie Photography 
Those photograph taken through your iphone are better than my DSLR. I’m reblogging this on https://icloudsoftwarebypass.wordpress.com/
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Thank you very much.
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All the photographs are wonderful compositions. I think cell phone photographs stand a bit more because one is naked of the big sensors and luminous lenses; you are alone with your personal skills and your personal way to view the world, I feel them in the same way I feel the skill of a Japanese archer sending the arrow to the target from a horse in movement. I love specially the aerial countryside. Thank you, Jane. n_n
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Hi Francis, I apologize for not replying to your insightful comment. I am pleased you enjoyed these and I think cell phones are a great addition to a camera arsenal. Thanks so much for your encouragement- much appreciated. 🙂
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Wow, what you can do with a phone camera is astounding, Jane. Really enjoyed meandering through your incredible gallery here. I pressed myself to pick out my favorite, and it was the mourning dove from the underside of the Oahu tree. Exquisite. Runner-up was the little girl on the play structure. And I always love your Bay Area shots, because you find unique angles.
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Hi Jet, Thank you so much. I am amazed at times that my phone shots often rise to the top of my favorites. Happy you enjoyed the Oahu shot…it was such a beautiful moment under that tree with the dove. And, that little girl is my granddaughter — extra pleased you enjoyed that one! 💞 I really appreciate your reaction to these. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
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Beautiful shots, Jane. I’m always amazed at the quality of the Smartphones. But I’m wondering when you’re going to try the Google Pixel 3 camera?? My husband loves it. 🙂
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Thanks so much, Patti. Some of my favorite shots are with my phone. I smiled when I read your comment…sounds like a Google ad. 😁 I suppose I’m an Apple loyalist at this point but it sure gets great reviews! Happy holidays to you and yours!
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Fantastic shots, Jane. As usual.
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Hi Jessie, Thanks! Great to hear from you and I hope you’re doing well. 😁
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A great offering of images! I almost always have my phone along with me and have gotten some really nice images that way.
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Thanks so much, Amy. Agree, it’s great to be able to know you can capture a moment at any time. Glad you enjoyed these. 🙂
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Hi Jane! Hope you’re well. Loved your quotes and those pops of colour. Photographs are great to re-live a moment or memory. Your phone has captured some incredible moments! 🙂
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Hi Cheryl, Great to hear from you! So glad you enjoyed this eclectic mix. Thanks very much and hope you and Basil are well. 🙂
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We are surviving a cold winter here. But, yes, we’re good. 🙂
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There are some womderful records here, Jane. The Santa Monica umbrellas, with all those tracks in the sand, and the Santa Monica reflection are very appealing to me. I love the Tokyo movie poster and the ramen stall, too. Phones just have a different way of seeing the world, and they can surprise us sometimes.
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Thanks, Lynn, for your appreciation. My phone photos are often favorites, and I agree, a way to capture surprising moments on the fly. Happy you enjoyed them. 🙂
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We’re probably more spontaneous with our phones, dpon’t you think? And sometimes when I’m walking and don’t want to carry too many lenses, the phone becomes the wide angle one. 🙂 But I’d hate be limited to a phone. It’s nice that we have choices.
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Agree, nothing like having some good glass to look through! 😉
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What are all these colours on the aerial photo from San Francisco?
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Hi Awa, They are salt ponds in varying stages of “saltiness”. Aren’t they beautiful? They supply salt for many different uses.
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Indeed. They look like a painting.
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Lots of favorites on this one Jane so I’ll just say beautifully done. (OK , must say esp loved your little one💕💕)
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Thanks, Tina. Fun to put together the latest. And having fun moments with our little one. 😍
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Fine set!
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Thanks so much, Harrie.
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Fabulous captures!
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Thanks very much, Tom. Appreciate your visit.
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What intriguing photos. They’re all lovely.
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Thanks so much, Jane. Miss you.
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Love them all, particularly Aerial, San Francisco. What a cool view.
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Thanks, Lisa. Those salt ponds are always a treat when I fly into SF.
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Interesting. Salt ponds. I will look that up.
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Oh my, what an eye! stunning as always.
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Thank you, Paula. Pleased you enjoyed this assortment from my wanderings. 🙂
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Such fun seeing through your eyes! Thank you.
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Thank you, Gunta. Fun to put these together and I’m happy you enjoyed them!
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Great managery of pics… love love love
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Thanks so much, Linda. ❤️
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Wonderful pictures again. I love the umbrellas floating just above the horizon. Oh, and now I crave a bowl of ramen too 🙂
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Thanks so much, Peter! We had all kinds of ramen during our Japan travels. Yum!
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Well there’s such a lot to like here! The first shot, peering into the Fog & Pier, gives the impression those folks are on a movie set, walking toward a painted backdrop, very nice! The salt ponds’ in Aerial, S.F. make such a neat artist’s palette, with terrific curves, too. And my favorite is the Tokyo movie posters, which were probably a bit garish back in the day, but now begin to look very cool, as they tatter and fade, like those old church frescoes on flaking plaster.
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Thanks very much, Robert. I really appreciate your observations on these. Glad you liked them. 🙂
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I keep on repeating myself – you have a good eye for the unusual.
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Thank you, Jude. And the phone makes it easy to capture things on the fly. Glad you like them.
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Excellent shots.
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Thanks very much, Rabirius.
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Your first two photos really capture my attention. Your B&W is superb, as usual, and the umbrellas give me a chuckle.
Happy Monday.
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Thank you so much, Allan. I really loved the pier shot in B&W– glad you agree. The umbrellas made me laugh, too. 🙂
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Interesting that you call the picture “Umbrellas” when the many tracks in the sand fill so much more of the frame.
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Hi Steve, Honestly, I often question adding any captions (and never any description) to my images just for that reason. I prefer to let the viewer glean whatever they choose from a composition. And you’ve done just that. Bravo and thanks for your perspective. 🙂
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And for yours, with an excellent abstraction.
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Who needs more than an iPhone? Those are great.
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Thanks, Sharon. A question I often ask myself. 🙂 Glad you enjoyed!
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hi jane i like all your pictures again, but especially the 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th and the 11th.
thank you for introducing us.
greetings robert
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Thank you, Robert. I’m so glad you enjoyed those in particular. I had fun compiling this eclectic mix. Hope all is well with you.
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hi jane, yes I’m fine thank you.
regards robert
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Great images Jane, love the first one with the fog rolling in over the Golden Gate.
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Thank you, Conspicari. Pleased you enjoyed them- that pier is a favorite spot for an inspiring morning run.
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These are beautiful Jane 🙂 Your images prove that the best camera is the one you have with you, and it’s not the camera that produces images it’s the photographers eye. Brilliant work.
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Thank you, Joe, that means a lot to me. My phone shots are often faves– maybe it’s the satisfaction of capturing a surprising scene on the fly. So glad you like them. 🙂
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Wow, these are iPhone photos Jane? Amazing and beautiful! ❤️
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Thank you, John. So glad you like them! 🙂
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Neat captures, Jane. What are we looking at in the Aerial of SF? They almost look like tailing ponds, but that doesn’t sound like a CA thing.
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Hi Eliza, They are salt ponds that have remained and are owned by Cargill. Aren’t they amazing? I love seeing them when we fly in. Here’s a link to a story about them: https://www.kqed.org/science/1918301/what-are-those-weird-pink-ponds-in-san-francisco-bay
Thanks for enjoying!
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Interesting history, thanks for sharing the link.
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These iPhone images prove the point that “It ain’t th wand, it’s the magician.”These are up to your usual intensity and technical quality. I have not got an iPhone but I am using smaller mirrorless cameras and they all provide a big enough file for my purposes. Again, I love your work.
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Thank you so much, Bruce, and I love that saying.. 🙂 Many of my iPhone images float to the top as favorites probably because I seem to rely on it more and more. I do love my mirrorless– glad you do, too. They are great and so lightweight. Your response to my posts is greatly appreciated.
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Excellent, such great variety, Favourite? ‘Morning Masts’
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Thank you, Brian. I love that marina for its reflections. Happy you enjoyed these. 🙂
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For all the years I have been involved in producing images and for all the gear I have owned in my 75 years to do just that it continues to amaze me how far photography has advanced in such a device as a phone. The images are beautiful Jane and it once again proves that it is not the camera that makes an image into an incredible story, it is the photographer.
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Hi Elliot- I am endlessly amazed at the advances in technology, but I so appreciate your comment that there’s more to it than just the camera. Thank you for your appreciation and it’s great to hear from you. Hope you are doing well!
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I’m happy to see you are making the most of the capabilities of your phone, Jane. Well done!
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Thanks so much, Ken. My phone shots often rise to the top of favorites in a time span. Glad you enjoyed. 🙂
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