Photography is very much a Zen practice for me--being quiet and present enough to "see" and to become one with the camera so it becomes an extension of body/mind/spirit. Rumi said "Let the beauty we love be what we do.There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." I answer " wiith joy!" Some photos are just for fun and some are spiritual moments--you know the difference when you see them. St. Exupery said:
"The essential things in life are seen, not with the eyes but with the heart".
I got my first Camera when I was 10 years old in 1969--a Kodak Instamatic with blue flashbulbs and was smitten even then capturing images. I took a course in Visual Sociology in 1990 and did a lot of darkroom work and black and white shots with my old Nikon 35mm. I am now using a Nikon D-80, graduated from the Canon S5IS to DSLR world!
Publications:
Two photos in the newly released fourth edition of Schmap Las Vegas Visotors Guide:
www.schmap.com/lasvegas/sights_baths/p=341708/i=341708.jpg
www.schmap.com/lasvegas/sights_baths/p=341708/i=341708_1.jpg
2008-2010-Ten Images used in Sierra Club's Daily
Ray of Hope e-zine
09/2009 Photo Portrait used in Oxyfresh Advertisement
farm4.static.flickr.com/3431/3776757230_fdc3090782.jpg
1/2010 Three Photos used in MiamiArtzine.com
www.miamiartzine.com/vol4/issue99/1right.htm
Slideshow of PB Poetry Festival Photos in Wellington Newspaper online:
June 2010 Photo of Jim Boring used in poetsandartists.com
The weather channel: iwitness.weather.com/_Hands-Across-The-Sand-DFB-FL/photo/...
The Progressive Magazine (in print and online):
Here is a final quote I love about the creative process and mindfulness:
"Holiness comes wrapped in the ordinary. There are burning bushes all around you. Every tree is full of angels. Hidden beauty is waiting in every crumb. Life wants to lead you from crumbs to angels, but this can happen only if you are willing to unwrap the ordinary by staying with it long enough to harvest its treasure.”
-- Macrina Wiederkehr
I started and administer the following groups:
Deerfield Beach
www.flickr.com/groups/850359@N20/
52 Sunsets
www.flickr.com/groups/29584963@N00/
and the group Socks with Sandals:
www.flickr.com/groups/30141773@N00/
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- JoinedApril 2006
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Blaise has a great eye for seeing the interesting in the ordinary. Things that we see everyday and take for granted, she is able to capture in her own unique style. I can't wait to see what she will notice next, I'm sure it is something we have all over looked!
A phenominal photographer with a great eye---Blaise is a one-of-a-kind. Whenever I look at her pictures I can sense a more emotional level behind the picture, something that only few people could do with their photos. =)
A great photographer of South Florida and more. Be sure to check out her gnome and red box series.. very cool.