Gasparilla Island, Fla. Feb., 2015. By Eileen Goldfinger ©
SEAN BONES and NORAH JONES “Turn Them”
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Faces at the Lakes Park Farmers’ Market, Ft. Myers, Fla. (southwest)
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Lakes Park Friday Farmers’ Market. Ft. Myers, Fla. 8:30 am. March 18, 2016. Paul Goldfinger photo. © Click to see wassup.
—-Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger reporting from Fla. 2016.
The Farmers’ Market is supposed to open at 9 am, but many arrive a little early. We got there at 8:30, and few shoppers were there, but many of the displays were ready to go, and I like that morning light which was spectacular at 8:30 am. One more hour and the place will be crowded, and I prefer to make photos when the light is right and when I can move in close without knocking any vegetarians over. Also the light changes as time goes by, becoming more harsh and contrasty.
Photography is difficult under these conditions because the light is not even: there are shady spots, bright sunny locations, and medium dappled light, and I can’t trust auto exposure for that, so I am constantly fiddling with my manual controls and taking light readings. I know most of you don’t care about these details, but in this day and age of photography as a form of communication, you don’t want your images to be dark as midnight or as bright as the burning bush.
The photograph above is of a French bakery which is almost as good as a New York version. There is a lot of variety at this Market including fresh sea food just off the boat, soul food like lobster mac and cheese, “New York” bagels (pretty pretty good,) and an Italian chef from Bolivia who brings a brick oven that burns wood to make marvelous individual pizzas to order. If you are taking them home, he bakes them half way and then sends them “to go” with handwritten instructions as to how to finish the pizza to perfection in your oven directly on a rack. (450 degrees and 7 minutes.)
People watching is fun, and I rarely ask someone to pose. It’s got to be candid.
Get organic watermelon green tea here. It has medicinal powers. But the best part was her ensemble. 3/18/16 © Click to enlarge. All photos by Paul Goldfinger at the Lakes Park Farmers Market © 3/18/.16
3 for $5.00. Tis the season. 3/18/16 ©
Sweet crepes. Some have fresh fruit, Nutella and whipped cream. Great with coffee in the morning. The chefs also have “savory” crepes with chicken, cheese, ham, veggies, herbs, etc. © They line up for these treats.
The farmers pick their goods that morning. ©
AMY ADAMS and JAMES MARSDEN. “True Love’s Kiss” from the movie Enchanted
Amy Adams. No, she is not at the market, but the song is fine, the dress has flowers, and she is beautiful. ©
No lifeguards, no boardwalk, no badges, no cotton candy, no kidding: it’s a Florida beach in Naples.
Posted in Florida connection on Blogfinger, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography from Florida, tagged Naples Florida beach on the Gulf of Mexico on April 14, 2026| 1 Comment »
Naples, southwest Florida. Choppy waters on the Gulf of Mexico. Paul Goldfinger photo. Click to enlarge.
Naples is a fabulous international city in southwest Florida.
The downtown is elegant with beautiful shops and restaurants. Yet, despite attracting tourists, the beaches are open and uncrowded. That’s because there is plenty of parking and no mega events to force the residents into their homes such as happens in Ocean Grove and continues into September and beyond.
This photograph is from March, peak season for southern Florida.
MATT MONRO from the movie The Sand Pebbles.
Can you hear Gypsy violins? Their music says “romance.”
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Florida connection on Blogfinger, Photography from the Florida beaches, tagged Gypsy music on April 8, 2026| 1 Comment »
Ft. Myers, Fla. farmers market. Gypsy fashion. Paul Goldfinger photo. December 2020. Blogfinger.net. Click once to enlarge.
By Paul Goldfinger, MD. Editor Blogfinger.net
The dark-hued Gypsy music is often described as romantic. It may be a coincidence, but Gypsies are often called Romas. Their music has its origins in eastern Europe and borrows from a number of ethnic musical styles.
The Glenn Miller classic “I Know Why and So Do You” references Gypsy violins: This version is with the Glenn Miller Orchestra and vocalist Paula Kelly as seen in the movie The Shape of Water.
"When you smile at me I hear the Gypsy violins, When you dance with me, I'm in heaven when the music begins."
Color coordinated down to the car and the driveway.
Posted in Florida connection on Blogfinger, Florida photography on March 12, 2026| 1 Comment »
Tropicana. Ft. Myers, Fla. Feb. 2017. All they need is a blue moon. Click to enlarge. Paul Goldfinger photograph
KEITH URBAN: “Blue Ain’t Your Color.”
Black and white sunset….Gulf of Mexico
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Florida connection on Blogfinger, Florida photography, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery, Black and White, Photography Ft. Myers, tagged Beatles "Something.", Florida sunset on February 17, 2026|
Sunset at Bunch Beach in Ft. Myers, Florida by Paul Goldfinger. Click to enlarge.
It’s a black and white sunset, and someone once asked me how I could photograph a colored flower in black and white.
The answer is that color may be pretty, but the soul of a photograph is in the light—the luminance.
And there may be other intangibles to a black and white image which attract appreciation, such as the way George Harrison sees a certain woman below.
Paul Goldfinger . Bunche Beach, Florida.
BEATLES. “Something” was written by George Harrison, the Beatles’ lead guitarist for the 1961 album Abbey Road. This is from the One (1) album.
“Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos me
I don’t want to leave her now
You know I believe and how..”
Love Grove on Pine Island, Fla.
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Leoma Lovegrove is a Florida artist whose gallery is on Pine Island, southwest Fla. This vehicle is shown at her outdoor backyard gallery on the waterfront. She also loves to do Beatles’ themes. March, 2017. Paul Goldfinger photo.©
BARBARA COOK from her album (Close as Pages in a Book) of songs by lyricist Dorothy Fields.
Lounge act….
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Florida connection on Blogfinger, Florida photography, tagged Sanibel Island photo on January 10, 2026|
Can we take our masks off ?
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Florida connection on Blogfinger, Florida photography on December 7, 2025|
These three beautiful purveyors of hand-crafted creations were happy to be mask free for this Paul Goldfinger photograph. I said, “OK girls take a deep breast.” The joke is mine; the smiles are theirs. 1/8/21 ©
January 8, 2021. Fort Myers, Florida.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger.net
I tried to photograph this threesome who were selling hand-crafted jewelry at the Outlets Farmers Market on Friday. It was the first day this season, so there was a great deal of enthusiasm. These lovely young ladies weren’t feeling the groove posing for a photo with the masks on, so they asked.
It seemed safe enough with them distanced from all the customers and wearing masks all along. When they took off their masks they were busting out all over—big smiles erupted, and you can see how much was being missed under those masks.
From now on I will try to ask my street photography subjects to briefly unmask. After all, a photo only takes 1/250th of a second. So I took one exposure, the smiles lingered for a few moments, and then the masking resumed.
THE CAST OF STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S FOLLIES:
Photos at the beach: #6, Ft. Myers, Florida 2020.
Posted in Florida connection on Blogfinger, Florida photography, Photography: Photos at the Florida beach, tagged Beach photos florida on November 20, 2025| 1 Comment »
Click to enlarge unless you have 20 20 vision. Paul Goldfinger photo Jan. 2020. For Frank.
ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK. (Well, southwest Fla is south of the border, is it not? ay yie, ay yie. )
“Hello, this book will change your life…..”
Posted in Blogfinger Art Department, Blogfinger on Broadway, Blogfinger Presents, Florida connection, Florida connection on Blogfinger, Florida photography, tagged The Book of Mormon at Blogfinger on November 10, 2025|
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall on the campus of Florida SouthWestern College in Fort Myers, Florida. January, 2017. Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Blogfinger.net ©
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger.net.
We went to the Barbara Mann to see the Book of Mormon. It had received many accolades, but we didn’t care for it very much. The subject matter was often pretty gross and unpleasant, plus it was anti-religious, especially towards the Mormons; as well as condescending and/or obnoxious towards a variety of groups including blacks, gays and women.
However, the musical song and dance numbers were often wonderful, such as “Hello” which opened the show (see below).
The show is about the pairs of young men who are sent on two year religious missions all over the world to try to gain converts to the Mormon Church. In the opening number, a group of missionaries dressed in their usual black pants, white shirts and ties, with name tags, perform this lively number called “Hello.” The song is about how they go from door to door, ringing doorbells, with their sacred texts of the Latter Day Saint movement.
They try to interest people in their religion with the ultimate goal of baptizing them. This show is set in a primitive village in Uganda, so the young Elders have their work cut out for them.
The Barbara Mann Theater has a high, grand entrance-way illuminated by the lights shown in the photograph above. The packed house seemed to love the show and gave it a standing ovation with whistles and cheers, although some folks around us left at intermission.
ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST OF BOOK OF MORMON with the opening number “Hello!”
Old Florida near the Caloosahatchee River
Posted in Florida connection on Blogfinger, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography from Florida, tagged Jerry Orbach on Blogfinger on October 27, 2025|
Arvelee. Old Ft. Myers downtown, across from the river. Paul Goldfinger photo. 2012. Click image to enlarge.
JERRY ORBACH:
FLEIADES
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Florida connection on Blogfinger, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography from Florida, tagged San Carlos Island on October 24, 2025|
San Carlos Island, Fla. Shrimp boat. This island was devastated with Ian on Oct. 2, 2022. By Paul Goldfinger . February, 2017. Click to enlarge
MANU DIBANGO