Do you ever decide, at the start of a day, to look out for a certain colour?
It’s an easy practice and these days when most of us have cameras included in the phones we carry around with us everywhere, it’s pretty easy to take photos of whatever we notice.
I enjoy doing that. The decision to look out for a particular colour sets the intention, and heightens awareness, so, once set, I find, I see that colour everywhere.
I don’t take photos of absolutely everything that particular colour that day, because that’s too lacking in discrimination for me, and I like to select my subjects for photographs a bit more mindfully, or deliberately, than that. But once I’ve decided which colour I’m going to look out for I can then turn the practice into a three step exercise.
Step one is to be aware and to notice that colour whenever you come across it.
Step two is to choose to photograph some of what you notice. You don’t need “criteria” for that, just take the photographs intuitively. If you think, I’m going to take a picture of that, just do it.
Step three, at the end of the day, is to browse the photos you’ve taken.
I find that when I do this I live more easily in the present, and that I magnify and multiply my moments of wonder and joy.
How do I decide which colour to look out for? Usually by noticing something at the start of the day……either something in my immediate environment, or one of my photographs which has caught my attention.
This photo is one of my most favourite green photos! I mean, just look at those greens!
Heroes Not Zombies 
Hi Bob
It’s great that you’ve got your first dose of the vaccine and I’m sure it’s auspicious that your second is on the summer solstice! I hope you’ve been able to enjoy some of your easing of restrictions and in some better weather. As you may know we have a bit of a heatwave here at the moment but April and May are often the warmest months out west here and lulls me into the impression that a long hot summer lies ahead. But alas not usually so. You’ll also know that Nicola has delivered a ‘mixed bag’ of easing today but across the UK most of the scientists are urging caution ….
I continue to enjoy your blogs and particularly this one. I love the fresh green of the newly emerged little leaves above the mature spotty ones. It inspired me to revisit my photo stash and was amazed at the huge number of green ones I had! I suppose it’s because I record lots of plants that I might include in a garden one day.
The one I’ve attached stood out because it’s so different from all the others. A few year ago I was invited to advise on the renovation of a very neglected and unusual garden near Oban. The Cathedral of Trees is a hundred year old memorial garden in the middle of a big wooded estate. It was created in response to the First World War and the Spanish Flu pandemic so has an interesting and relevant history.
I visited in the low light of a winter day and was so moved by it. Much of it was covered with moss and the trees festooned with lichen which in the palest ghostly green. It was quite otherworldly….
https://glencruittencathedraloftrees.org
Much love to you and yours,
Jane x
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Thank you Jane. Like you I’ve got loads of green photos! Thanks for the link. Beautiful images. We’ve been having such a mix of hot days and rainy days recently that the garden is looking greener than ever!