Even if it were not so,
Something unseen,
Suddenly
Starts me awake-struck by
The sound of a bell
~Goshūishū (cited: http://www.wakapoetry.net)
Nikon D750 f/5.6 1/4,000s 42m 100 ISO
Submitted in response to Lost in Translation’s photo challenge
Nikon D750 f/5.6 1.10s 35mm 100 ISO
Simply with sorrow
And nothing
More in mind
Both left and right
Sleeves are soaked.
~Suma (cited:wakapoetry.net)
Nikon D750 f/5.6 1/4,000s 56mm ISO 100
Nikon D750 f/3.2 1/2,000s 50m 800 ISO
“Mind is a river of psychological phenomena that is always flowing. In this river, the arising, duration, and cessation of any phenomenon is always linked with the arising, duration, and cessation of all other phenomena. To know how to identify psychological phenomena as they arise and develop is an important part of meditation practice”
Excerpt From
Awakening of the Heart
Thích Nhất Hạnh
Water Dipping Wasp Nikon D750 f/2.5 1/4,000s 35m 100 ISO
Richo GX100 f/5.1 1/320 5.1m 80 ISO[/caption]
Marcus, Streets of Nuremberg, invites those who are interested in street photography to “try to shoot people who are engulfed in their every day business, unaware of the photographer aiming the camera at them. Obviously, using a longer lens (or zoom) does help not to get too close. But even with a wide angle lens, the camera up at the eye, you can wander through shops, bars or your local market, looking for interesting scenes, people, gestures, colors, patterns – and press the shutter when something catches your eye and gets your creative juices flowing. Move naturally, shoot, and trust me you will not be noticed.”
iPad f/1.8 1/130 sec ISO 64
“The object is of secondary importance to how I see the object. …concentrated looking is the way to get past labels and our preconceived ideas of what interests us. Looking slowly and in detail, …gives way to interlocked abstract shapes, energetic textures, ranges of colors, spaces in between things, sharp edges, and soft shadows. This way of seeing objects turns any item into an interesting subject.”
~John F Simon, Jr (Drawing your own Path)
I began this week with a posting of a 20 minute photo project with an egg and then went on to a second project…20 minutes with two eggs, a white small dish, a white tea cloth, a white pitcher, a small ball. Images edited in Snapfeed.
Limited resources has the potential to awaken creativity.
The third mediative photography project…one hour photographing an egg and a small white dish…2 minutes with each image before clicking the shutter. Images edited in Snapfeed.
Creativity begins as we begin to think differently, move out of our comfort zone, start to use our head over the camera, and go beyond all apparent possibilities.
iPad f/1.8 1/50 sec ISO 64
A closing note: My restless soul resisted the idea to photograph an egg for an hour with a point and shoot camera (I substituted the point and shoot with an iPad). As a consequence, I began with two separate 20 minute exercises and then found the inspiration to set a meditative app for an hour with bells to chime every 2 minutes. Now I’m wondering what images would have emerged if I challenged myself for 2 hours…
Are you up to this challenge…one 20 minute photo session, two 20 minute sessions, or an hour? Let’s tag with #aphotostudy.
Richo GX100 f/7.9 1/320 15.3mm ISO 80
The Moment… the importance of the “moment”, those previous seconds in which a scene’s potential as a great photograph exists
Replacing the rays
of late sun,
that streamed in the window,
shedding a different light
an early evening moon
~Saigyō (B Watson, Poems of a Mountain Home)
Richo GX100 f/4.1 1/200s 5.1mm ISO 80
Nikon D750 f/3.2 1/2,000 sec 50 m ISO 800
growing side by side
spring rain
reflection & i
a meditative journey 
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