An online journal sharing my interests in photography, nature, coffee life, journaling, fountain pens, spirituality and asking deep questions.
“The camera only facilitates the taking. The photographer must do the giving in order to transform and transcend ordinary reality. The problem is to transform without deforming. He must gain intensity in form and content by bringing a subjective order into an objective chaos.” -Ernst Haas
Well, actually it’s the alley near Enzios wine bar in Old Town Fort Collins.
“You must empty your mind & heart of worries, only when you are empty of fear can your heart & mind be filled with joy.”
“What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship means; they show us how to live and die.”
Anne Lamott
It started raining yesterday late afternoon and is still lightly raining this morning. So, I’m sitting in small coffee shop near campus. I’ve already downed a small scone and a small soy chai, so I’m set. My photography has been almost nonexistent lately. I’m okay with that, sort of. This image is from past summer while on a walk around my hotel. I knew it would be black and white when I pressed the shutter.
“Be an opener of doors” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Five words but they do have power behind them. As for myself I could sure do more about opening more does in my life. I see them all the time in life. I would like to be able to quiet those voices within me who talk me out of opening more doors. I’m envious of those who are always opening the doors in their lives.
“One must give himself completely to his art and not hold back. Throw caution to the wind. Embrace the muse. Make love to your art.” ― Harley King
So if writers sit at the computer with their muse and write, then why can’t the muse walk beside the photographers? Muse may not be the word for some and would rather use words such as inspiration or vision. But, some voice within will ask us to look through our viewfinders at a specific, decisive moment. It think it’s best when we listen to that voice.
Paul had an interesting post asking the question “does size matter.” I admit to being one of those consumers who is always looking at the latest camera, lens, camera bag or software update. I also confess to having too many camera bags and maybe too many camera lenses. In response to Paul’s post, for me size does matter but not in the pixel count. The physical size is what matters to me. As I’m one of those nuts who always carries a camera with them the weight and ease of access is important to me. I almost always have my DX size DSLR camera with me and and find at times a smaller camera would be easier to carry. A year and a half ago I purchased the Canon G12 and have been pleased with the quality the images and its ease of use. As I watch the market of mirror-less cameras improve my desire to add one of those cameras to my bag has increased. Seeing the results and reading the reviews on the Olympus OMD and the Fujifilm X-Pro1 and it’s little sibling the X-e1 (Sigh) has pushed my “consumer lust button.” And, these cameras have a larger pixel count than my present DSLR. Of course then I’d have to search for another camera bag for the new kit, buy SD cards instead of CF cards, a new flash, read another camera manual then take a trip to some city for a couple days of photography.