https://imageryphoto.net/ Creative works and thoughts of Richard Burke en-US https://imageryphoto.net/2026/05/08/end-of-an-era/https://imageryphoto.net/2026/05/08/end-of-an-era/Fri, 08 May 2026 15:51:00 +0000This blog is shutting down on June 1st. After 16 years I find that I am not paying much attention to it. I have found a larger audience on Facebook. I want to thank all of the thousands of followers for their comments and appreciation of my photography. You can still follow my work at https://imageryphoto.net/2025/12/24/happy-holidays-and-joyous-new-year/https://imageryphoto.net/2025/12/24/happy-holidays-and-joyous-new-year/Wed, 24 Dec 2025 20:19:45 +0000Wishing all a healthy and happy season with family and friends. May the new year be a prosperous and healthy one in a world full of peace and good will towards all. To buy apparel or prints, please visit my commercial gallery. https://imageryphoto.net/2025/07/03/independence-day-2/https://imageryphoto.net/2025/07/03/independence-day-2/Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:32:29 +0000This use to be my favorite holiday after Thanksgiving. Celebrate American triumph over the English King. Barbecue, warm weather, fireflies and freedom. I don’t feel that way anymore. Today the City of Miami postponed the mayoral election until next year. A sign of things to come I am afraid. Be strong, fight the power. https://imageryphoto.net/2025/05/26/all-gave-some-some-gave-all-10/https://imageryphoto.net/2025/05/26/all-gave-some-some-gave-all-10/Mon, 26 May 2025 15:10:56 +0000I realize that wars are necessary sometimes. However it now seems that we are engaged in forever wars and the military industrial complex prefers to have conditions of permanent warfare, something I do not support. However the people that do battle for our country deserve nothing less that our full support and respect. Memorial Day https://imageryphoto.net/2025/04/29/reading-is-fundamental/https://imageryphoto.net/2025/04/29/reading-is-fundamental/Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:10:58 +0000I took this picture a number of years ago before the explosion of smartphones. Recently I revisited the image and created this selective color version. It was taken at the Sorbonne in Paris. It made me think if today would this young lady would be reading a hardcover book or would she have her head https://imageryphoto.net/2025/02/24/best-of-the-week-photos/https://imageryphoto.net/2025/02/24/best-of-the-week-photos/Mon, 24 Feb 2025 16:59:10 +0000These are this week’s award winners. Horse Looking at Me from Vienna Austria. Pond Reflections from Lettuce Lake in Tampa Florida. The color image is The Platzjabbeck from Cologne Germany. It is a puppet that appears at the top of Town Hall every hour and sticks it’s tongue out at the town below. To buy https://imageryphoto.net/2025/01/22/photographer-of-the-year-2024/https://imageryphoto.net/2025/01/22/photographer-of-the-year-2024/Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:15:59 +0000I have always considered myself to be a better monochrome photographer than a color photographer. Most of that is just experience. When I started serious photography in 1973 I couldn’t really afford color film. That makes this award even more special. in 2022 and 2023 I won Photographer Of The Year for street photography and https://imageryphoto.net/2024/12/24/merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year/https://imageryphoto.net/2024/12/24/merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year/Tue, 24 Dec 2024 19:37:36 +0000To all who celebrate the holiday I wish you the happiest of time with family and friends. I also hope if you travel you are safe from the pandemic and other travel woes. To buy apparel or prints, please visit my commercial gallery. https://imageryphoto.net/2024/09/06/return-to-nova-scotia-part-2-bay-of-funday/https://imageryphoto.net/2024/09/06/return-to-nova-scotia-part-2-bay-of-funday/Fri, 06 Sep 2024 15:40:59 +0000In 1982 my wife and I visited Nova Scotia. Mostly we camped except for three nights in an inexpensive motel outside Halifax Nova Scotia. Through the years we have traveled extensively only occasionally returning to previous locations. However, we vowed one day to return to Nova Scotia and this year we did just that. The https://imageryphoto.net/2024/07/04/return-to-nova-scotia-part-one-peggys-cove/https://imageryphoto.net/2024/07/04/return-to-nova-scotia-part-one-peggys-cove/Thu, 04 Jul 2024 19:36:00 +0000In 1982 my wife and I visited Nova Scotia. Mostly we camped except for three nights in an inexpensive motel outside Halifax Nova Scotia. Through the yers we have traveled extensively only occasionally returning to previous locations. However, we vowed one day to return to Nova Scotia and this year we did just that. The https://imageryphoto.net/2024/07/04/happy-birthday-america-2/https://imageryphoto.net/2024/07/04/happy-birthday-america-2/Thu, 04 Jul 2024 14:09:56 +0000Independence Day is one of my favorite holidays. Except for the fireworks. I used to love fireworks as a kid. However now I realize how upsetting they are to veterans and also to pets, I have revised my opinion. However it is a good time for a great barbecue with friends and usually great weather https://imageryphoto.net/2024/05/25/all-gave-some-some-gave-all-9/https://imageryphoto.net/2024/05/25/all-gave-some-some-gave-all-9/Sat, 25 May 2024 18:35:15 +0000I realize that wars are necessary sometimes. However it now seems that we are engaged in forever wars and the military industrial complex prefers to have conditions of permanent warfare, something I do not support. However the people that do battle for our country deserve nothing less that our full support and respect. Memorial Day https://imageryphoto.net/2024/04/26/a-visit-to-the-national-aviary/https://imageryphoto.net/2024/04/26/a-visit-to-the-national-aviary/Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:50:14 +0000One of the first things we did as we emerged from the pandemic was to renew our membership to The National Aviary. We are blessed in Pittsburgh to be the home of the only independent indoor nonprofit aviary in the United States. It is also the country’s largest aviary. Eventually some images will be uploaded https://imageryphoto.net/2024/02/14/ten-year-anniversary/https://imageryphoto.net/2024/02/14/ten-year-anniversary/Wed, 14 Feb 2024 20:38:34 +0000Hard to believe it has been ten years since we published our first novel, DreamMap! To celebrate we have lowered the price of both our novels on Amazon. Both novels are available in Kindle, paperback and hardcover. You can buy both Kindle versions for under $5.00 and both trade paperbacks for under $20. You can find https://imageryphoto.net/2024/01/26/photographer-of-the-year-2023/https://imageryphoto.net/2024/01/26/photographer-of-the-year-2023/Fri, 26 Jan 2024 21:03:09 +0000For the second year in a row I received a Silver Camera Award and selected as Photographer of The Year by Noir Magazine. 310 photographers were selected from over 85,000 members with submissions of almost 200,000 images. It is quite a selective group. This years winner was The Wrigley Building in Chicago Illinois. Last year’s https://imageryphoto.net/2024/01/03/my-top-ten-images-of-2023/https://imageryphoto.net/2024/01/03/my-top-ten-images-of-2023/Wed, 03 Jan 2024 19:18:29 +00002023 was a special year for us. Early in the year we traveled to Australia and New Zealand for the first time and experienced Summer in January! I took almost 1000 images and sure many were bracket exposures and multiple angles but it is still difficult to pick the ten best images. So I may revise https://imageryphoto.net/2023/12/31/wishing-all-a-happy-and-healthy-new-year/https://imageryphoto.net/2023/12/31/wishing-all-a-happy-and-healthy-new-year/Sun, 31 Dec 2023 16:24:44 +0000I want to wish everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year as the sun sets on 2023 and we look forward to new adventures in 2024. This sunset is at The David Lawrence Center in Pittsburgh. To see other images and buy apparel or prints, please visit my commercial gallery. https://imageryphoto.net/2023/12/22/happy-holidays-2/https://imageryphoto.net/2023/12/22/happy-holidays-2/Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:28:31 +0000Wishing all a joyous solstice event of your choosing and a happy and healthy New Year To see other images and buy apparel or prints, please visit my commercial gallery. https://imageryphoto.net/2023/11/20/happy-thanksgiving-4/https://imageryphoto.net/2023/11/20/happy-thanksgiving-4/Mon, 20 Nov 2023 19:02:24 +0000Wishing everyone a healthy and happy Thanksgiving Holiday with family and friends. Its not to early to order blank Holiday cards for a personal message, check my selection here. https://imageryphoto.net/2023/10/23/the-national-aviary-2/https://imageryphoto.net/2023/10/23/the-national-aviary-2/Mon, 23 Oct 2023 18:34:46 +0000Last week we returned to the National Aviary for the first time since the COVID Epidemic. We happily renewed our membership and were a little giddy to be back with our avian friends. We were wondering if some of the flamingos were the baby chicks we saw years ago. here are a few images from