Our grandson and granddaughter had never seen the ocean before or been to the tropics. It was delightful to see them enjoying this warm and beautiful environment.
Harbour Island is one of the Bahamian archipelago of islands.
The beach at Harbour Island is judged one of the best in the world, featuring pink sand the texture of cornstarch.
Love the colourful and fun signage.
Our beach house was a feast for the eyes.
Flying over the Bahamas Banks you can clearly see the coral reefs. I thought seeing rainbow was a good omen.
Uplifting colour was everywhere.
My favorite colours…
On our recent trip to the Bahamas for a family reunion, I was presented with a bit of a photography dilemma. There was so much beauty around me that I wanted to capture — not to mention wonderful images of family members enjoying themselves — it was tempting to never let my camera leave my eye!
But knowing that other family members would be taking shots and portraits to remind us of events and activities, I gave myself permission not to be everywhere at all times with my camera — and chose simply to focus my camera in directions that delighted me. It turned out to be a good decision; I got the images I most wanted and was able to be a participant as well as an observer. So I took no pictures of the scavenger hunt that was organized for us — I simply got into racing around the island with the rest on golf carts.
While it is true that used well, a camera can be a tool for slowing down, being present to your experience and seeing in a new way, if used without discernment, it can also separate you. I tried to keep this in mind..
As anyone knows who has spent time with a camera, the light changes constantly — and some light is more pleasurable to shoot in and makes for softer, more appealing images. I no longer try to fight with it and choose my shooting times more carefully. I also bracket my landscapes more often these days to allow for exposure fusion and making HDR images.
Two things I strive for in my photography are simplicity and harmonious colour palettes. The combination of blue and green is my all-time favorite colour combination — as well as the tones of turquoise and teal that result from a mixture — so I was in heaven in the Bahamas.
Here’s a rhyme that sailors share to read the colour of the water.
“Blue, blue, go on through.” The blues are safe water.
“Green, green, nice and clean.” Greens mean it’s starting to shoal, but still safe for all but large ships.
 “Brown, brown, run aground.” The browns are trouble-don’t go there.
“White, white, it just might…” White water, as in gin clear, is most confusing of all. It marks a sand bottom that might be inches or fathoms deep.
I’m fortunate to have been to the Bahamas a couple of time before, as well as all over the Caribbean — and the colours  I love are of course everywhere in the region. That’s why I’m an island gal at heart…
For now, I’ll leave you with an impressionistic portrait of an unforgettable trip — in blue and green.
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Blue mind is a mildly meditative state characterized by calm, peacefulness, unity and a sense of general happiness and satisfaction with life in the moment. It is inspired by water and elements associated with water. It takes advantage of neurological connections formed over millennia, which we are only beginning to understand now.
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