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with the wood peckers, robins, finches, doves, and other unknown birds, squirrels and chipmunks, all furtively flitting from here to there; from branch to branch to ground to trunk to branch; swooping and pecking and perching and preening; never still for more than a fraction of a second; so busy; so much to do; all; […]

What draws our attention? Haunts our thoughts? Causes us to obsess? Garry Winogrand said, “I photograph to see what things look like photographed.” So artists create to see what people, places, things and events look like when photographed; in color or in black and white; under infrared light or ultraviolet light; when drawn with graphite or […]

(click photograph for larger view) Hasselblad 500 CM/CF-39, 135 mm Zeiss S-Planar on Auto Bellows

blessed with an abundance of blooms breathe in appreciation breathe out gratitude Leica M, 180 mm Apo Elmarit + Apo 2X Extender

…whisper to the lens (click photograph for larger view) Leica M, 180 mm Apo-Elmarit + Apo Extender 2X

(click photograph for larger view) Coffee, on Friday, with Rich Taylor… a fellow photographer switching from Nikon to “smaller and lighter Olympus…” Then on to help Tanya deliver Sophia’s crib and changing table which she’d sold to a neighbor. Followed by a cool mango and yogurt drink, and wonderful Indian cuisine with Tanya, Sophia and Jerome. Sunday: […]

…continue to bloom abundantly …creating an attitude of gratitude (click photograph for larger view) Hasselblad 500 CM/39CF, 135 mm Zeiss Planar-S on Auto Bellows

When I asked Sophia what she wanted to do with me to celebrate her tenth birthday she emailed me, “Well, I think a good idea may be if we go to the Betty Brinn’s childrens museum that would be nice. We could do it on the 27th. That would be my wish.” (rather than repeat […]

the summer rain embraced the iris as a friend eloquently described her transformation from solid, to liquid, to vapor while maintaining her essence. (click photograph for larger view) Leica M, 180 mm Apo-Elmarit-R on Apo-Extender-R 2X

(click photograph for larger view) Leica M, 35 mm Summilux Asph, or 180 mm Apo Elmarit R