father plus son “Are we not like two volumes of one book?” — Marceline Desbordes-Valmore They appeared to enjoy a perfect father/son afternoon in the park. Each – both speaking and listening. Followed by throwing the football in the open field. Apparently exercising both minds and bodies. I felt envious and missed my father (click […]
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Milwaukee river meditations
“In good writing, words become one with things.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson perhaps also in good photography the image becomes one with the subject as well as the moment for the moment I think so (click images for larger view) Leica R8/DMR, 350 mm Telyt
the beauty in failing
Sometimes we go out with our cameras in the hope of freezing the natural world with absolute clarity. Only to find that the light, the film or digital sensor speed, our ability to focus or hold still, produces less than the clarity we hoped for. Yet magic, if not photographic perfection, can occur. We may […]
Last week visualized
(click images for larger view) the fall leaves continue to fascinate both eye and mind (as metaphor for life’s cycles) (R8/DMR with 60mm Macro Elmarit) Gazing up while waiting for malts with Sophia (M8 with 28mm Summicron) holiday remnants seen while waiting for David along with a striking SUV interior and finally a delightful David a […]
aware, motivated, yearning, reaching
“Whether working with a human figure or a still life, I am deeply aware of my spiritual connection with it. In my life, as in my work, I am motivated by a great yearning for balance and harmony beyond the realm of human experience, reaching for the essence of oneness with the Universe.” – Ruth Bernhard […]