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“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.
“Gaze into the fire, into the clouds, and as soon as the inner voices begin to speak..surrender to them. Don’t ask first whether it’s permitted, or would please your teachers or father or some god. You will ruin yourself if you do that.” – Herman Hesse
The inner voice suggested I use the window light for a self-portrait. I listened. It felt good. I think we all need to do that more often.
Winder why one is smaller than the others? Looks like one is just being different.
I enjoy traveling and recording far-away places and people with my camera. But I also find it wonderfully rewarding to see what I can discover outside my own window. You only need to study the scene with the eyes of a photographer. – Alfred Eisenstaedt
While visiting my parents a couple of weeks ago, we stopped by a friend of theirs to see a massive garage he was having built. I roamed around his home with my camera and did some scene studying. It feels to me that changing this to sepia tone also changes the tone of the story in image.
This is one of those images taken after driving by then turning around to go back. After loading up the image in Lightroom, I wondered what had really pulled me to stop. I do this so often and it seems without thinking, not that I’m known for my thinking. My first answer is the color: red. Red is a powerful color for me and against the white windows it is even more pronounced. I took several compositions, a few with only two windows and one with only one window. However, all of the images seem to be lacking something. What I felt when taking the image is not the same. I’m thinking (there I go again) there needs to be another subject. I would like to have seen a pitchfork or garden hoe leaning up against the barn. Maybe the farmer. Anyway, I can go back and ask the owner if we can add a prop or two. So, here’s the red barn.
We find people stumbling through life while looking down at their smart phones and texting. So, while looking up and having morning coffee, I enjoyed seeing a cloudless blue sky. Glad I wasn’t texting. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.