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Infused in light.
The weathered
Crystal grown
In colder night.
Proud stands
The remains
Of Nature’s might.
SIGMA sd Quattro H
SIGMA 180mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM APO Macro Macro
F22, 1/80 sec., ISO 100
Anima Series 6
Lismore NSW Australia 2021
Model: Ayleish Cusack
CRACKED MIRROR
I’m beginning to suspect one of the most common human experiences has to do with feelings of disempowerment.
A surprising number of people feel deprived of influence or importance. They feel insignificant or otherwise unnoticeable – hence the popularity of social networks that provide ‘followers’ and ‘likes’ to massage our ego, or distract from our self-critical feelings of irrelevancy.
To this end the internet plays a pivotal role.
Like no other generation in history, we’re constantly bombarded with images of beautiful, happy people in amazing locations enjoying an opulent lifestyle – everything from clothes and iphones to the latest model Audi or open plan house.
We’re constantly reminded of the life we don’t occupy, the places we’ve never visited and the car we’ll never actually own. We’re taunted by beautiful models of people we’ll never meet and the sort of sexual encounters only an Olympic gymnasts could perform!
Pornography has penetrated (Freudian slip there) our culture to the extent that products and lifestyles are sold as glossy, sexy extensions of our hedonistic, device-saturated expectation of life, yet in most cases the lives we actually inhabit are very different!
The differences between our expectations, hopes and dreams and the hard realities of Mother Earth has never been so great and in the no man’s land that separates the two lies a shared experience of despair.
Yet the good news is all of this only takes place in our heads – and thankfully our head-space can change.
“Most people believe the mind to be a mirror, more or less accurately reflecting the world outside them, not realising on the contrary that the mind is itself the principal element of creation.”
Rabindranath Tagore
Anima Series 6
Lismore NSW Australia 2020
Models: Nicola Kane & Miss McCloughlin
the you I was beckons still
leaning into the wind
into that part of me crying
to be heard trying to find
my way amongst those parts
now passed but not yet gone
so I call to me in hope of
finding my adult
This shot was taken as prototype shot for Creative for their Mozaic mp3 player this is the new 32gb. Shot was taken with a Nikon D300 with a Nikon 17-55 f/2.8 DX lense. Lighting was product placed in a light cube with a SB800 set to +1ev through a easybox softbox and another SB600 set to -1/3 to the right with a Sto Fen Difusser. They where triggered using Nikon's CLS light system. Post production added the background and surface effects and flames also reflection added in and additional light glow added also by hand.
© Digital Dennis 2010
© Jason Heller Photography
More fun with back lighting. The pink soft coral appears to glow from within.
Triton Bay, Indonesia
91/365 – PRACTICE - “JUSTICE”
Day 91 of the 365 Journey.
After weeks of despair, Justice finally realizes how to “turn on” this newly discovered energy….well kinda. “Sigh…what good is this? (Sarcastic tone) Really? WOW I can turn things red. That’s my power?!” Another frustrated sigh… “How am I going to stop crime with this? Turn the green light red so the bad guys hit the breaks?
“Ahhhhh, There’s gotta be more to this.”
…to be continued.
Strobist:
Shutter Speed 1/80
Aperture F2.8
ISO 4000
Focal Length – 28mm
White Bal – Auto
Flash – 580exII with red gel at 1/32 power (in Sleeve)
Anima Series 6
Lismore NSW Australia
Model: Naomi Grant
2020 vision is the ability to see clearly what should normally be seen at a distance of twenty feet. It is a measurement of the acuity, the sharpness and clarity, of our eyes at a set distance.
In spiritual terms however, our ‘vision’ encompasses much more than the physical.
This view of the world includes not only ourselves, but our place in the wider scheme of things. It embraces the surroundings in which we live, our relationship to others and our understanding of all the above.
Our spiritual vision is not something that can be measured, but has more to do with how we process our encounter with life. It has much to do with how we value or appreciate our experience of living.
As Eckhart Tolle once wrote - ‘It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.’
The year 2020 is perhaps an opportunity for us all to consider our view of the world. Is our vision clouded with fear and apprehension? Is it mired in distraction or caught up in process? Are we seeing ourselves and others clearly in the deeper sense of the word?
Might not visual acuity serve as a symbol for our gratitude and our willingness to be moved by the things we see? Might it be a measure of our desire to learn and grow, to exchange the view we had for something that offers greater clarity?