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Hi Flickr friends! Thanks so much for your overwhelming response and really warmhearted welcoming! I am happy to be able to share some of my shots with you and have a look at yours!
On this photo you see the crazy Bay of Singapore. As I already wrote in the title there are some really strange things going on there which let’s the heart of a photographer beat much faster!
But as always I have a short story to tell to this image.
I nearly lost my camera this day as I had been awake for approximately 40 hours after an exhausting bus night travel from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore. If anyone has ever done this, he knows what I am talking about! You can hardly sleep in these buses because they are weather too crapy or on the other hand to much cooled by the Aircon!
In my casde there was an Aircon which nearly killed my toes even though I wore shoes and my brilliand Soft Shell from The North Face.
However, without having slept enough I shot this image and then made my way back to my hotel. On the way back home I found one of these sweet benches standing around in Singapore. I lay down and immediately felt asleep inmidst of the city with all my equipment Plus Mobile Phone and Money…
But as this is not Bangkok, Mexico City or Los Angeles I woke up with everything at my side.
This kind of shocked me but now I am able to laugh about it!
I know I said this often before BUT!!! VISIT SINGAPORE!!!
It is amazing!
So far have a blessed weekend and see you around Flickr!
Love,
Ben
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Rome was beautiful and overwhelming. In one day we saw the Trevi Fountain, Forum, Colosseum, St Peter's Basilica and The Vatican, including the Pietà, Sistine Chapel and Vatican museum. We were so tired when we got back to the ship that could barely muster the energy go to dinner. It will be one of the most memorable days of my life.
This shot is of the Roman Forum with Trajan's Column (113 AD) in the background on the left and the Santi Maria di Loreto church on the right. View Large
So I have a lot of anxieties. Sometimes it gets so overwhelming nothing makes sense. I'm in my thirties now and you know, you'd think anxiety only lasts during your teenage years but sometimes it never goes away. I've been anxious about my career, my future, my love life, my body image, my social image, gosh, you name it. I can only assume some of you may feel anxious about something or other and I can also only assume your coping mechanisms.
One day as I was exploring every nook and cranny of New York City I stumbled upon a New Age shop (I love New Age shops) called Stick Stone and Bone. They had amazing precious stones, and petrified rocks, and incense, and tarots cards, you name it. But what I remember specifically were these little stick figure-like dolls wrapped in a colorful fabric called 'Worry-Dolls'. The story goes, that in Ancient Mayan civilization (or modern Guatemala), they were given to children so they could confide their worries. One doll for each worry. After, the children would place the dolls under their pillows and then sleep through the night. When they woke, the dolls would have worked their magic and the children's worries went away! I was instantly enchanted! I had goosebumps and even felt calmer after learning that and holding one of the dolls in my hand. A lot of people don't have access to therapy or anti-depressants, or maybe they don't have a close friend circle they can confide in every time they encounter a life hurdle. Sometimes, something really simple, like a fabric and stick doll can make all the difference. Sometimes all you need is something small to believe in but in fact, you're really learning to believe in yourself and invest in your own power. I'm all about that.
Find the Guatemalan WORRY-DOLLS at ACCESS Event starting July 12th, 10 PM SLT and at the main store after (Link in the PICKS section of avatar Lucas Lameth)
***NOTE*** I'm unable to change the image here but the permissions are actually COPY & MODIFY instead of MODIFY & COPY
ACCESS event:
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Cam Sim:
I loved going out into the yard or walking the gravel road that went past our home and taking pictures at sunset. Since we had been “forced” to move, the only place we could find for our family to go was in a town where we really don’t even have a yard anymore and there are so many people around (compared to when we lived “in the middle of nowhere”)—a challenging environment for someone like me who experiences the difficult effects of CPTSD, anxiety, depression and unpredictable, overwhelming trauma responses. It has been painful, overwhelming and devastating to have taken away the gift of going outside at sunset in a [mostly] peaceful atmosphere to spend time appreciating and photographing nature. I rarely go outside at sunset anymore and do try to appreciate the opportunities I do have to practice photography outdoors. On this evening I was able to see tiny slivers of beautiful sunset clouds through the window. I “got brave,” picked up my camera, walked outside and tried my best—with the circumstances and atmosphere I’d been presented—to capture the beauty I saw. I did my best to embrace the objects that “got in the way” of the clouds and not let concern about what overwhelming situation may arise while I was outside completely stop me. As I viewed the photos on my computer I was struck by how these two images, which were taken one right after the other, seemed to create an interesting connection with the lines. This certainly isn’t what I would have chosen and I was thankful to see some beauty—even here.
[images created on 5-24-2024]
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As a way to cope with circumstances beyond my control, survive and work to keep fighting for life I decided to try to take at least one photo (or more) each day. I call this “a photo (or more) a day.” Practicing this form of therapeutic photography helps me work to focus on the present moment, gives me something familiar and enjoyable to focus on as I use photography skills that have become like second-nature to me and being able to view the images I capture helps me recall what I was thinking, feeling and noticing at the moment when I created the photos. More of the photos from this series can be seen on my Instagram account
I may not always have the energy, time or capacity to share photos from this series—especially with the very challenging circumstances my family and I are experiencing—and will do my best to continue taking a photo (or more) a day even if I’m not able to share.
If you would like to support my work and my family, one way you can do so is by ordering my zines:
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Yesterday was my son's birthday and a very stormy day it was. My town was missed by the major storm cells by only a mile... My sympathies for all the areas hit by the high winds and golf and tennis ball size hail!
Happy Streets Crowd at Sampige Road, Malleswaram, Bengaluru. The overwhelming response of the Bengalureans quite visible.
Sophia wakes up to world changed: to visions unknown, to sensations alien and overwhelming... to the realm of the undead. The hunger burns the very core of her being, while buried in the shadows Laszlo observes her taking her first steps as a newborn vampire... as somebody new, as something else... a monster, like him.
( to be continued ) ...someday
♥ ✝ ✝ ✝ ♥ ✝ ✝ ✝ ♥ ✝ ✝ ✝ ♥
Another fun collaboration project with my dear friend BblinkK.
Picture of Sophia with background by BblinkK.
Picture of Laszlo and photo manipulations by me.
Sophia is a Little Monica Sophia - belongs to BblinkK, outfit and styling by her.
Laszlo is a Ringdoll Dracula - belongs to me ㋡ face up and styling by me.
Our collaborations can also be seen at BblinkK's site VersatilityBJD.
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After over two years, I have finally finished the Nebulon B Frigate, Redemption. What an overwhelming and detailed heavy build. I went into this build with a few goals in mind. I wanted to nail the proportions of the model using the Redemption from Empire Strikes Back. I wanted this model to be easy to build for most people and I wanted people to be able to move the model with ease.
I started with the side armors to understand my limitations when it came to the bulbous nose that is such an iconic part of the Nebulon and I think I nailed it. The other challenge being the engines. Getting the shape correct as well as having the most opportunities possible to greeble and layer.
I decided to go with a stand that would connect the two parts of the model. I was going to have it optional but didn’t go this route for two reasons. One, people could easily set the two parts either too close or too far away and would cause unnecessary stress. And two, this allowed me to add much much more greebling in the stem that stretches between the engines and the front. Plus, this makes it easier to move around without worrying about damaging the model by just moving it.
The other challenging aspect of this build was the structure. Getting the shape and the structure in place is what made this build take so long. I’m a firm believer that there’s no point in even greebling and layering if the shape and proportions are not right. It’s just a complete waste of time, plus this lets me figure out the structure early on and then I’m able to make adjustments as I tack on more pieces.
Another challenging aspect were the pods. Trying to get the proper proportions as well as having little to no gaps (unless the model actually had that gap) in between the pods. On top of having the structure be strong enough and able to accept pods being inserted and connected with relative ease.
Once the proportions, the shape, and the structure were figured out, the real fun began… GREEBLING GREEBLING GREEBLING. In case you couldn’t tell, this model has very few breaks. There’s so much going on. There isn’t one point in this build (minus the black pod) that is repetitive. There is no symmetry in this build when it comes to greebling. One side looks completely different than the other. This is also why it took long to greeble, it was like greebling two Nebulons. Even if I came up with a cool technique and sub-assembly, I couldn't use it again.
I’m glad to have taken on this challenge, it cost me some of my sanity but I love the end result and I hope you do too!
Southern Cariboo Regional District
British Columbia
Canada
Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.
Stay Healthy
~Christie
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The overwhelming stone facade and towers making the architecture of the Banteay Kdei temple ruins, flanked by forest trees. The Banteay Kdei Buddhist temple of Cambodia is part of the ancient Angkor complex of sacred Buddhist sites erected by the Khmer empire which ruled over South East Asia, now a UNESCO World Heritage site visited by millions of travelers and tourists ever year, near the city of Siem Reap.
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With overwhelming demand for adult items, specifically for a cage, or a sexy times bench. I decided, why not both in one, and made something cute and fun for you all!
You can find the cage/bench combo at the latest round of Blush.
It includes both RLV and non-RLV versions, and is lockguard cuff compatible.
It includes the now standard moss&mink 20 color HUD, and also has base options of white, black or wood.
I hope you have fun! <3
Thankyou to my gorgeous bestie Pickle for putting up with me and my visions for these photos, and making them reality!
South Shore Freight was running up 10th Street in Michigan City after meeting a Chicago-bound commuter train.
The EMD GP38-2 was slowly but overwhelmingly taking over the street.
This shot was from a very frustrating evening scrabbling around on the rocks trying to do justice to the excellent conditions that were presented to me.
I’m not sure how many of you have had the inclination to take this type of sunset shot (on slippery rock alone risking life and limb) but this particular evening, presented such fantastic light and an amazing depth of colour, that I needed to be very focused to get what I knew would make a cracking shot.
Knowing you have the timing spot on, with generous portions of luck on your side to produce a jaw dropping shot, but not being able to find the strong graphical foreground interest to do it justice, is extremely frustrating. Only two minutes earlier I had an amazing sunset and radiant sky, but not the foreground interest. After what I thought was the end of the decent light and residing myself to packing my gear away for the assent back up the slippery cliff in rapidly fading light, I came upon this gem of a composition. If only id been here a handful of minutes earlier! If bloody only.
It’s very difficult to do a decent reconnaissance because there are so many variables. The tide changes in height and time each day, and if it’s springtime it can change in meters per day. The size of the swell also messes with the tide and you don’t want to be at the shoreline on rocks in a big swell! So as you imagine its difficult predicting what the situation is going to be. It’s an educated guess with a wonderful twist of gamble. Maybe that’s why it is so addictive. You just don’t know when you are going to be rewarded. To put it mildly I felt like one of Pavlov’s dogs.
For me the perfect time that provides the best balance between, washed out sky but good foreground light (from the overwhelming power of the sun), to the rich colours that it produces as it clips the clouds as it goes beyond the horizon, is around when the sun is just on the horizon. And this time only lasts minutes! So at this valuably productive short window, you are focused to the composition and rooted firmly to the spot holding your tripod and breath, (literary to minimise wind and wave camera shake) shooting almost continuously. (Well I am anyway). Just hoping, hoping.
In many ways I'm glad for the frustration. If the sun in its most vibrant state hovering just above the horizon was there for longer, it would be easer photographically but it would also diminish in value. It’s the very fact that these perfect conditions are so rare that give them such powerful emotive significance.
Due to overwhelming popularity, here are some more MB SLR shots from the 2088 LA Auto Show. I hope you enjoy!
You should always treat my woman like she is the most important person in the universe, you should fight for her love every single day like a drowning man fights for air. If she is your life, let her know that.
Due to overwhelming popularity, here are some more MB SLR shots from the 2088 LA Auto Show. I hope you enjoy!
It was an overwhelming feeling to be in this chamber all by my own! This huge dripstone formations, silence and a bit scary climbing over the barrier and walking into places only scientist have been before! I felt like...I don't know...my enormous imagination kicked in - I started to feel like an adventurer (with a camera in one hand and a tripod in the other one:-)! Guys, it was a great, great experience!!!!!!
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Ever seen a whole butchered pig riding a bike?
Taken during an early morning shoot around the Hoan Kiem Lake. The area around the lake is a parallel universe. It's wonderful to observe how it comes to life from the crack of dawn. Of course, it's also great fun following two-wheelers and taking panning shots in Hanoi.
Check out the whole set - Overwhelming Vietnam.
Hanoi, Vietnam
2008
Because of her overwhelming love of books, Sophie always knew she would make her living as a librarian.
This is Sea Sailor See, posing for the theme "Living Doll" in the Blythe a Day group. I know I am straying from the obvious meaning, and I intend to do this with the remaining themes as well!
Although her eye chips look rather orange in this picture, they are actually pink.
A caregiver’s eyes tell me everything I need to know.
Their sadness, their fatigue,
the overwhelming feelings that consume them.
How do I tell them how much I care,
how much I would do ... if I could?
These precious souls with hearts of gold,
forgotten by those who should be so close,
and, yet, they are so distant.
Do they know how often I feel the burning questions,
those that haunt their every waking moment?
The ones that ask ... why me,
how much longer ... how much more?
I would change their world if only I could,
if only miracles were mine to give,
if only I held the power,
if only I had wings.
Don’t they know they already have their own wings,
and that they teach me so much?
More than I could ever offer to them in return.
Do they know I watch over them
as best I can with the watchful eyes
of a mother, a friend?
Or, that they are in my heart,
each one so cherished, so unique.
A caregiver’s eyes tell me everything I need to know.
But every now and again,
I see a faint smile, a knowing look
that says … thank you, my friend.
It is in those moments that I know
I am where I should be.
And, for as long as they need me …
this is where I can be found.
~Rose M. Trosper
I'll be waiting buyin' time
Put your dreams away
You're holding hope open for the one
Making you wait
Lights & Music - Cut Copy
Uh, the boredom is overwhelming. Over-processed funess. Well, sometimes that just how I roll!
textures 'n stuff.
Friday
April 17th, 2009
Today I have the most overwhelming urge to thrift
to rummage
and smell the waft of oldness
and dusty treasures.
Alas I have a day of computer work
and admin planned
but the weekend brings
thrifting a plenty
and I cannot wait to say hello to Saturday morning ..... bright and early !
♥ dommie ♥
The scope and variety of erasers was somewhat overwhelming. Food seemed to be a reoccurring theme. The vividness of these donut erasers caught my eyes.
HM.
I cannot say this enough. Some folks just don't seem to be getting it. They gather in crowds to watch a hospital ship dock. They gather to worship. They gather to get drunk, party and get laid. Governments refuse to enact enforceable curfews, quarantines and closings out of greed self interest and fear. People laugh together in the laundromat and they ignore the danger in the big box stores. Stay at home. So many people, especially the young generation, whatever generation they are called today, purport to care about society. Here is the new reality we are in.
The overwhelming of hospitals in NYC will soon be the reality across our nation. Without nurses and doctors our hospitals will not only be overwhelmed, but health care, and hope itself will die with the workers sacrificing their lives inside. The ability to obtain ready food and basic goods for survival will die along with the truckers and grocery workers.
It needs to be said. If you leave home for any reason, cover your face and maintain social distancing. And if you leave for unnecessary purposes you are an ignorant ass, a scoundrel, and you should be held in the vilest contempt by your neighbor. You, YOU are putting everyone at risk when you make these stupid decisions. The ONLY way we have to fight this disease on a broad scale is by impeding it's ability to spread. And it's ability to spread is being found to be far more insidious than previously thought.
They call it the invisible enemy. They like to talk in metaphors because the reality is much to stark. We need to stop that. This virus is death. A personal death. A lonely death. And if you survive long enough, the death of everything around you. The death of our society and our civilization. It kills indiscriminately, and it does not care. It will not go away on it's own. Think mass graves and a total breakdown of the institutions that support civilization as we know it. This disease has the ability to become apocalyptic if we as a society make the wrong choices,.
And our way of staving that off and possibly arriving at a vaccine in a few months is so simple. Stay the fuck at home. If you must get out to get essential goods, maintain social distancing and hinder it's potential to spread. But think..... Every time, any time you leave your little isolated pod of safety you run the risk of introducing this pathogen into that pod. Through the food you eat, through the clothes you wear.
We are a large, complex and interconnected society. That fact has the potential to help us or kill us. It is not difficult to Skype and Zoom with your friends and watch television from your sofa. And the consequences are far to dire to ignore that.
Do you think you can survive alone?
When there is no more law enforcement there will be lawlessness.
When there are no more firefighters, you will burn.
When there are no more utility workers you will not have electricity or water or sanitary sewerage.
When there are no more funeral workers there will be mass graves and finally bodies left to rot in place.
And when there are no more health care workers, you will die.
Do you know how to effectively use a gun? Do you have ammunition? Can you stop a fire from consuming your home? Do you have the tools, skills and knowledge to maintain electric and water service on a large scale? Or even repair a pipe or patch a wire in your home? Just how independent are you? Have you ever grown a garden? Butchered and consumed a dog? Do you have the basic medical and scientific knowledge to repair your broken body and prevent it from becoming infected? Do you know how to run a ventilator? How to intubate the dying? Which drug to give for what symptom? And do you have the scientific knowledge and facilities to independently develop a vaccine?
No. You do not. No one person possesses all this knowledge and ability. When the people who do these things for you are dead, those talents and expertise die with them. Our society is far to interconnected for any of us to survive alone. But our interconnectivity is also our strength as we isolate and mitigate the spread of this pandemic that has the ability to destroy mankind. Our interconnectivity makes it easy to stay in touch, console our friends and ourselves, gain vital information, and fight this killer. True, factual and prompt information is key. Wars are not won on brute force. They are won by intelligence and tactics. And our society is at war. Make no mistake about it.
This virus does not care. It cannot be frightened. It is the perfect killer. And it will slowly kill us all if our society does not survive long enough to develop a vaccine. That is our reality.
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Louisiana
13,010 confirmed cases
477 deaths
Temp
97.3am
98.2pm
sometimes...life is just that way...isn't it?
I'll be back in full force soon...thanks for the emails!
=)
Sewing seemed a little overwhelming so Greta is back at the drawing board with crayons in hand.
Blythe Mondrian in a shirt made by me
Crayons, artwork, construction paper stack, art books, colored pencils, pencil, paintbrushes, tape roll, paint jars, eraser - made by me
Table, shelf- flea market find repainted
The great rivers of the Tohoku region at the peak of autumn
I was on a trip around the Tadami River in Fukushima prefecture.
The river flows slowly and the surrounding mountains are wonderful.
The landscape is colored by the autumn color of the season.
It was said that the autumn season was coming.
I'm drawn to that overwhelming and powerful charm.
From upstream to the downstream, one day per year
Taste the beautiful moments that only visit/in a happy time to meet
Feel a sense of reverence for the next Niigata Prefecture.
A long exposure on the coast.
License this image at: www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/photo/permanence-at-port-el...
After a busy, occasionally-overwhelming semester in Honolulu, I moved to Hilo, on the Big Island of Hawaii. I'll be there for the next six weeks, doing research and occasionally heading up to Mauna Kea for photography.
After landing in Hilo, a couple friends and I immediately drove up the mountain. I was ridiculously sleep deprived and fairly altitude sick, but all four of the telescopes that have laser adaptive optics systems were scheduled to use their lasers, and I couldn't miss that.
This image is a still frame from one of my timelapse sequences. It was taken shortly before moonrise, and the clouds are lit purple by the rising moon. It was like a colorful sunrise, except by the moon. Crazy awesome.
At the end of the 19th century, the Dickson family (Scandinavian strand of a Scottish noble family) set an artistic standard for the time with Tjolöholm Castle. Castle owner and architect put endless meticulous detail work in the castle that still fascinates today. These details were even in door knobs, as seen in this example.
The wealth of detail was indeed overwhelming. During our visit, we were looking for more curious details, which was great fun.
I also find it interesting to note that architects in those days were also responsible for decoration details. Today, the architect only selects a finished product, and industrial designers are responsible for door knobs :-).
Tjolöholm castle, West Sweden
Italien / Südtirol - Plätzwiese
The Prato Piazza is a pasture at an altitude of 2,000 meters, with overwhelming panoramic views of the nearby mountains Picco Vallandro and Croda Rossa and from there to the more distant peaks of Monte Cristallo and Tofane. On the Prato Piazza visitors experience nature and peace. Not least because of its inclusion in the Nature Park Fanes-Senes-Braies this jewel, surrounded by majestic peaks, has retained its unspoilt nature.
There is plenty on the Prato Piazza to keep photographers content in summer and winter. The seasons come and go and the meadows change from green to colourful, to brown and finally to white.
(drei-zinnen.info)
Die Plätzwiese (italienisch Prato Piazza) ist ein vielbesuchtes Hochplateau in den Pragser Dolomiten in Südtirol im Naturpark Fanes-Sennes-Prags. Das etwa 2000 m hoch gelegene Plateau am Südende des Pragser Tals ist umgeben von den Bergmassiven der Hohen Gaisl, der Drei Zinnen, der Tofana und des Monte Cristallo. Das Plateau ist über eine Mautstraße von Prags im Norden oder über eine nicht öffentliche Straße von Schluderbach im Süden erreichbar. Unter anderem ist es Ausgangspunkt zur Wanderung auf den Dürrenstein und die Helltaler Schlechten. Der Berggasthof Plätzwiese, das Hotel Hohe Gaisl und die Dürrensteinhütte gewähren Unterkunft. Auf der Plätzwiese befindet sich die äußerlich wiederhergestellte, Österreichisch-Ungarischen Verteidigungsanlage Werk Plätzwiese.
Auch im Winter ist die Plätzwiese ein beliebtes Ausflugsziel im Hochpustertal. Langlaufen und Rodeln werden hier zu dieser Zeit geboten. Die Wanderung zum Heimkehrerkreuz auf den 2307 m hohen Strudelkopf ist ebenfalls im Winter möglich. Ungefähr 40 Minuten braucht man von der Dürrensteinhütte, um dieses Gipfelkreuz zu erreichen. Die Dürrensteinhütte und das Hotel Hohe Gaisl haben auch im Winter geöffnet.
Bereits in Urkunden des späten 12. Jahrhunderts, darunter einem Privileg Kaiser Friedrichs I. von 1187, wird die Plätzwiese als Almgebiet im Besitz des Hochstifts Freising bzw. seiner Tochtergründung Stift Innichen erwähnt – die entsprechenden Namensformen lauten „Pletces“ bzw. „Pleces“. Dies deutet auf eine frühe agrarwirtschaftliche Bedeutung und Nutzung der Gebirgslagen hin, die zum Objekt der hochmittelalterlichen Reichspolitik im Alpenraum wurden.
(Wikipedia)
It’s ok to seek and receive support.
One morning while sitting at the kitchen table I was looking at the flowers in front of me. I noticed there were two yellow flowers—one of them pointed upward and the one next to it was curled downward and was resting on the one that looked like it was standing tall. I thought of the word “together” and the series of images I’ve taken with this theme that has been very meaningful and helpful for me. I spent some time with these flowers, sitting on top of the kitchen table (so I could get the best vantage point) taking several “together” photos. In some of the pictures I noticed the downcast flower—that was receiving support from the flower that was standing tall—was in the shadows while the tall flower was in more direct sunlight which was relatable and added to the meaning for me. I appreciated the beautiful reminder that it’s ok to seek and receive support.
[image created on 3-2-2024]
I notice I’ve experienced a deep interest in capturing “together” photos in nature—two plants or leaves together at various stages of growth or decay. This reminds me of moments with a few people who are of incredible support to me, moments when I was not alone (feeling and/or being alone has often been my experience throughout my life) and what a gift it is to truly be together in each other’s presence, connected in a healthy, meaningful, mindful, validating, authentic, caring way, to be seen and accepted in a healing way (which I believe also has some similarities to relationship with God). This can be scary and overwhelming because it’s so unfamiliar to me. It has taken me a significant amount of time to even be able to try to put the meaning I see in my “together” photos into words because it is a very deep, foreign experience to me and I didn’t really have the words for it. And I’m so thankful that these “together” moments I find in nature gently remind me it’s ok and even healthy to be together in healthy connection with others who are safe for me as I work to navigate my intense, challenging, meaningful and rewarding healing journey.
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As a way to cope with circumstances beyond my control, survive and work to keep fighting for life I decided to try to take at least one photo (or more) each day. I call this “a photo (or more) a day.” Practicing this form of therapeutic photography helps me work to focus on the present moment, gives me something familiar and enjoyable to focus on as I use photography skills that have become like second-nature to me and being able to view the images I capture helps me recall what I was thinking, feeling and noticing at the moment when I created the photos. More of the photos from this series can be seen on my Instagram account
I may not always have the energy, time or capacity to share photos from this series—especially with the very challenging circumstances my family and I are experiencing—and will do my best to continue taking a photo (or more) a day even if I’m not able to share.
If you would like to support my work and my family, one way you can do so is by ordering my zines:
Many thanks for your support.
WRITE A LOVE LETTER TO THE WORLD: The news today is overwhelming. We see widespread pain and suffering and wonder what difference we can make, but I like to believe that if we send positive wishes and good energy out to anyone who needs them, they will reach someone and mean something to them. We underestimate what helping one person could do. Writing a love letter to the world reminds you to operate this way in all your interactions of the day. What connects us all to one another is our connection to love. I know that sometimes divided as we are by our different opinions, values and beliefs. But underneath it all, every single one of us has one powerful thing in common - we all want to experience love.
This place is truly amazing and overwhelming at the same time. 50,000 years ago, humans are believed to have lived around what was then, a massive lake. The effects of climate change caused the lake to dry up as the Earth moved from the Ice Age. What's left now is a flat, barren land, with little lunettes scattered in a crescent shape around the park.
I spotted this location the morning before this shot was taken. I had come too late and the best light had gone, so I headed straight for this spot the next morning and waited patiently for the sun to appear above the horizon. As the sun bathed its rays onto this fragile structure, I snapped off this frame and within minutes, the light was over.
Mungo Man | Mungo National Park, Australia
Nikon D810, Nikon 16-35mm lens | Exposure f/16@1/13 second