Posted in from the dark room, from the living room, life, photography on March 13, 2010| 2 Comments »
Walking along Cabasson Plage yesterday, the sand was so sparkly I couldn’t resist taking off my socks and shoes and making a few footprints.
Actually, the sand was so firm it wasn’t easy to leave a footprint at all. I was happy with final result though……and with the feel of the cold, firm, silver sand beneath my feet.
As Lao Tzu said “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” I wonder where these three steps will take me now……
Posted in from the dark room, from the living room, life, photography on March 8, 2010| 3 Comments »
I’ve stumbled across this quotation twice in the last seven days. It struck me as interesting first time. It struck me as important to share the second time.
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us, universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest… a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Einstein
Are you ready to break out of this prison by widening your circle of compassion?
Posted in from the dark room, from the living room, from the reading room, photography on March 3, 2010| 8 Comments »
I would love to live
Like a river flows
Carried by the surprise
Of its own unfolding“Fluent”
John O’Donohue
Posted in from the dark room, photography on February 25, 2010| 5 Comments »
Posted in from the dark room, photography on February 16, 2010| 7 Comments »
where is this washing line?
Wow! Suddenly just another washing line, isn’t just another washing line after all!
Posted in from the dark room, photography on February 10, 2010| 6 Comments »
Posted in from the dark room, photography on January 29, 2010| 2 Comments »
Tonight is the brightest full moon of the year (because this is when it’s closest to Earth).
I decided to record the event by taking a photo.
Have you ever tried to take a photo of the moon? On my usual “auto” function the moon just comes out as a big bright white light. So, I did two things – changed the metering to spot metering, put the camera into programme mode, and dropped the exposure one and half stops.
Here’s the result
Posted in from the dark room, photography on January 27, 2010| 5 Comments »
The pavilion in Kings Park caught my eye as I walked to work before dawn. I took a couple of photos. One zoomed in on the pavilion itself, the other just from where I stood. I like them both. What do you think? Which do you prefer?
Posted in from the dark room, photography on January 25, 2010| 2 Comments »
Posted in from the dark room, photography, tagged complexity on January 21, 2010| 5 Comments »
One of the greatest skills we have as human beings is the ability to spot patterns. My eye was drawn to this fungus growing on a tree stump, but later, once I’d uploaded the photo onto my mac, I was amazed to see the echoes, similarities, even symmetries between the patterns in the fungus, the cut slice of the tree, the bark around the tree, and even the shell lying on the ground.
Beautiful. Amazing.
Heroes Not Zombies 