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lens-artist photo challenge: future

a gathering of stars–

children, grandchildren,

great-great-grandchildren

Issa (cited: www.haikuguy.com)

Nikon D750 f/7.1 1/1250s 36mm 800 ISO

Image and haiku submitted in response to Leya’s lens-artists photo challenge: future

Posted on February 9, 2020 by brenda Posted in art, photo challenges, photography, poetry, Uncategorized Tagged color photography, future, lens-artists, Nikon, people 6 Comments

six word saturday: congress we [need] negotiation not escalation

Those who justify war with lies and hidden agendas,

“Speak to the hand, cuz I not listening!”

Sony RX100-3 f/3.2 1/200s 8.8mm 80 ISO

Hop on over to Travel with Intent’s to join this week’s Six Word Saturday challenge.

Posted on January 11, 2020 by brenda Posted in photo challenges, politics, Uncategorized Tagged people, protest, SixWordSaturday, street photography, SWS

the art of seeing I

Sony RX100-3 f/3.5 1/6s 10.1mm 80ISO
Posted on January 9, 2020 by brenda Posted in photography Tagged black and white, light and shadow, people, Sony
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fading memories

Posted on November 25, 2019 by brenda Posted in art, photography Tagged monochrome, Nikon, people
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everybody talking at me…

Posted on September 30, 2019 by brenda Posted in ecosystems, photography, politics, social justice, Uncategorized Tagged glen cambell, people, street photography, student climate strike, Youtube

saigyō

With blooms of pampas grass

for markers

I push my way along,

Nikon D750 f/5.6 1/13s 170mm 100 ISO

no trace of the trail

I vaguely remembered.

~Saigyō (cited: B Watson, Poems of a Mountain Home)

Posted on August 24, 2019 by brenda Posted in art, photography, poetry, spirituality, Uncategorized Tagged monochrome photography, people, SaigyO, Zen Buddhism 2 Comments

I’m watching you.

Nikon D750 f/2.8 1/400s 35mm 800 ISO
Posted on August 3, 2019 by brenda Posted in photography Tagged color photography, Nikon, people, street photography 4 Comments

dreaming dreams

The night opens and I cannot sleep,

Yet, I am dreaming dreams,

And, loving them, the moon I do not see.

~Izumi Shikibu, 976-1030 (Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan)

becoming…Nikon D750 f/2.5 1/1000s 35mm 800 ISO multiple exposure, 3
Posted on July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 by brenda Posted in art, photography, poetry, Uncategorized Tagged color photography, izumi shikibu, multiple exposure, Nikon, people 10 Comments

dogwood photography’s photo challenge: friends and family

Week 31 Story Telling: Friends and Family (Telling the story of someone you know well is sometimes the hardest story to tell.)

Nikon D750 f/4.5 1/2000s 58mm 640 ISO

Image submitted in response to Dogwood Photography’s annual 52-week photography challenge.

Posted on July 28, 2019 by brenda Posted in photo challenges, photography, Uncategorized Tagged #dogwood52, dogwood31, monochrome, people

story telling: stranger

Week 22: Story Telling: Stranger (It is easy to tell the story of someone you know. So for this week’s challenge I want you to tell the story of a stranger.)

Nikon D750 f/4.2 1/2500s 56mm 100 ISO

Image submitted in response to Dogwood Photography’s annual 52-week photography challenge.

Posted on May 27, 2019 by brenda Posted in photo challenges, photography, Uncategorized Tagged #dogwood22, #dogwood52, landscape, monochrome, Nikon, people 1 Comment

silent sunday

Sony RX1003 f/2.8 1/1600s 25.7mm 800 ISO
Posted on May 5, 2019 by brenda Posted in photography Tagged color street photography, people, silent sunday, Sony, street photogtaphy

it is time to rest a’while

Sony RX1003 f/2.8 1/2000s 15.1mm 800 ISO

Visit Travel with Intent to join this this fun challenge.

Posted on May 4, 2019 by brenda Posted in photo challenges, photography, Uncategorized Tagged color street photography, people, SixWordSaturday, Sony 3 Comments

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