• Cityscapes/Urban,  People/Portraits,  Self-portraits

    Out there somewhere

    My life is good. I’m healthy, I’m rich but not in a monetary way. However, I must admit there are times when things seem a bit out of focus, a little blurry, sort of like this image. I was in my hotel room and about to go to bed when I noticed my reflection in the window with the city lights as background and took a quick photo. I’m on the fifth floor so my reflection has the feeling of being suspended. I think it reflects how our lives can be at times. We are not quite rooted in present and may be a bit out there, suspended, not here nor there.

    It’s not written down anywhere but my body clock has let me know that today would have been our 38th wedding anniversary. Seems so long ago, suspended, out there. It’s times like this when it’s best to turn the lights off and find time for solitude. Ground myself to the present, send out some roots.

    Hope everyone is having a good weekend and enjoys their Sunday.

  • Albert Einstein,  Arapaho Bend Natural Area,  landscape,  natural areas,  quotes,  reflections,  sunrises

    … rapt in awe.

    The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this “emotion” is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder, or stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. His eyes are closed.

    Albert Einstein

    An early morning sunrise taken back in 2006 at the Arapaho Bend Natural Area Natural just east of Fort Collins.

  • Photography,  reflections,  Travel

    Showing Our Colors

    Showing Our Colors
    Showing Our Colors

    Over time, photographers will learn to see the world differently. They see colors, patterns that were just glanced over in the past. They learn to see the unexpected. Once we find a subject of interest we will work around the subject looking for special lighting or angle that helps us present the object of interest to our viewers. A few days ago I posted an image of a piano player at the Charlotte airport and had time to visit the piano again this week. No player this time but I did wander around and discovered this reflection of our American flag in the pianos  shiny surface. Sort of appropriate as we just had our election yesterday.