Walking (yesterday)
… cold this AM… not sure i dressed warmly enough…
… K walking their dog… they say good morning… we discuss how cold it is…
… no clouds… sun isn’t up yet… air is clear and still…
… sitting by the falls…
… a possible way to curate my photos… color in the Apple ecosystem, b&w in Lightroom… color when shared the same day… b&w thereafter… rules… there always need to be defining rules…
… returning home… bird tweeting loudly… other birds twittering in hushed tones…
… photos from the walk…
Walking
… chilly this morning… an air conditioner running…
… my back hurts… i should start stretching again…
… the undertow is towing… deep breath… be in the moment…
… unfettered happiness seems a difficult proposition…
Walking
… after taking garbage to the dump, a walk around old harbor looking for boat reflection images like this one:
… one of my favorite subjects…
Walking
… after tending to the chickens…
… it’s a walk on the Madame Brett trail… a blustery day, almost feels like the beginning of Fall which is a month and a half away…
… some scenes along the way…
… a white butterfly flits across the path in front of me… actually, probably a cabbage moth… this morning i read that butterflies are symbols of renewal and rebirth in Japanese culture and also viewed as the souls of the departed… they are generally a benign or good sign…
… as i write this i wonder about living in a way that makes the world symbolic and sacred… can this be done without devolving into superstition and suspicion?…
… some more scenes…
… that’s all for now…
10 My Photography:
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… rather than use pano mode, i take multiple photos and stitch them together in Lightroom… i feel the results are better?… nothing to base that on… i will have to do a side by side comparison…
04 Utility Poles and Wires:
… i am assembling a portfolio of images i have made of utility poles and wires over the years… i used to think it was so obnoxious, these wires and poles all over the place, getting in the way of the view… but then i began to think they are quite often beautiful… they are certainly ubiquitous where i live…
… i have a number of typology studies that i work on, Flattened Cans is one of them… Utility Poles and Wires is another… i am contemplating photobooks on each of the typologies i do…
… here are a few more of the UP and W series…
03 My Photography:
I have been collecting images of flattened cans for a number of years. They represent uniqueness out of homogeneity to me. They start as cohorts (particular brand, particular size) of perfectly shaped and, for all intents and purposes, identical industrial objects. When tossed into the environment (sadly, there is no end of subject material) they continue the entropic process of becoming unique and beautiful objects.
05 My Photographs:
… sometimes color is an important reason the photograph is made…
… sometimes color is the whole reason the photograph is made…
… homage to Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty…
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03 My Photography:
I have been collecting images of flattened cans for a number of years. They represent uniqueness out of homogeneity to me. They start as cohorts (particular brand, particular size) of perfectly shaped and, for all intents and purposes, identical industrial objects. When tossed into the environment (sadly, there is no end of subject material) they continue the entropic process of becoming unique and beautiful objects.