Labeling this post a “tour guide” might bit of a stretch as I’ve left out all the touristy bits about landmarks, photo-ops and directions but it fits the theme of the weekly photo challenge and it’s been years since I spent time in our State’s Capital so when we took Ryan to Olympia to begin his week as a Senate Page I made sure to arrive early enough to wander around and take a few pictures.
The capital complex is a beautiful place, full of interesting history and architecture and one day I might write a more traditional post walking us through those points but today I’ll share some small snapshots of little vignettes that spoke to me.
Posted as part of the Weekly Photo Challenge: Tour Guide
Nice, I really like how you responded to this challenge.
Thank you!
These are wonderful. They give objects and places an almost haunted look. I love how black and white can change the perspective of photographs.
Thanks Carrie! That’s one of the reasons I like black and white too. The emphasis shift from daily life views you might look past on your way down the street to something you stop and reconsider because the image isn’t framed in a way that you absorb automatically.
Your captures worked well in monochrome.
Thanks so much, Sally. Hearing you like something here always makes me happy. 😊
Works for me, Lisa. 🙂
janet
Thanks, Janet!
Lovely BW photos. Some of them look rather haunting. So excited for Ryan being a Senate Page. Hope he enjoys it and learns heaps 🙂
Thanks so much for the nice comments and Twitter share, Mabel. 🙂 Ryan had a wonderful time as a Page and learned a lot about how our government really functions on a State level.
Beautiful monochromes. I am especially moved by words on the Vietnam War Memorial. Will we ever learn?
I’m afraid not. 😦 Looking through my pictures I found the majority were of the monuments. WWI, WW2 and Vietnam…