Keep it simple. I like how Ken has eliminate external stuff it in this post. The subject calls, then we work to get the image we must create.
Lamp and Shadow
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The Telephoto Lens
Saguaro - Up Close There are times when a telephoto lens comes in handy, like images of a saguaro cactus. 🙂
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It was Break Time
Clover Everyone likes taking a break, at least I do. The schedules for flight crew can seem strange to those who are accustomed to a straight 40 hour work week. It would take more time than I want to commit to try and explain these schedules. By FAA regulations we cannot have a duty day longer than 16 hours and I wholeheartedly agree with that. However, I just finished a trip where one of our duty days was almost 14 hours. So when we had a break, we took a break. After grabbing something to eat I went back on the airplane to just relax, away from the hustle of the airport. As I sat down I noticed the tail of the aircraft next to me and knew I wanted this framed image of the fawn. It’s always fun to watch children look out the windows of our aircraft to see what animals they can find on the airplanes tails. In the background you can see the main terminal of DIA, where the roof looks like a series of tents.
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They’re Just My Words
Words I’ve been writing in my journal over the past 20 years. My journaling has been a way to stir up my thoughts and feelings, give birth to ideas, dreams, and put them in black and white on the pages. I also find it is a tool for me to slow down from this busy life. A way to express myself.
I believe this photoblog, both the images and writing, has also helped stir up thoughts and feelings, give birth to ideas, dreams, and put them on the internet. I enjoy the risk of sharing my images and words. It’s allowed me to connect with other photographers all over the world. And, the images and words of others has inspired and taught me so much. This blog offers a part of me through what I write and the images I post. Good or bad they’re just my words.
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Evening Sunset
Superstition Mountains “Because mankind can circumvent evolutionary law, it is incumbent upon him, say evolutionary biologists to develop another law to abide by if he wishes to survive, to not outstrip his food base. He must learn restraint. He must derive some other, wiser way of behaving toward the land. He must be more attentive to the biological imperatives of the system of sun-driven protoplasm upon which he, too, is still dependent. Not because he must, because he lacks inventiveness, but because herein is the accomplishment of the wisdom that for centuries he has aspired to. Having taken on his own destiny, he must now think with critical intelligence about where to defer.”
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After the Storm
Facing the Storm After the storm clouds, with their rain, thunder and lightening, moved eastward I decided to follow along looking for interesting clouds and, of course, a tree in solitude. Joyfully I found both.
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A Rainy Night
Vase “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” Albert Einstein
A trip to a couple of second hand stores was needed after moving into this apartment. In one of the stores I found several vases and jars to put in my kitchen above the cabinets, all for under a dollar. I think they add something to the feel of the kitchen and make for interesting subjects to photograph on a rainy night two days ago. Hope everyone has a good weekend.
