“Mesmerized.

Whisked away by her eloquent gaze;

Her breath caressed my cheek like poetry.

The realization came;

My heart was mine no more;

Stolen as most precious things eventually are.

Left clutching to this feeling;

Much like a child with a lonely past would.

Unthinking.

Frightened not by the whirlwind at our backs,

With your hand in mine we are weightless.

A perpetual feeling has sparked inside,

Running wildly just as the hands on my time piece.

Fiery winds carry away embers of the past;

As trumpets beat within blossoming hearts.

If there is no tomorrow and only temporary affairs will thrive

Then we must run forever to keep this dream alive.

Fleeting.”

--Ryan Closson

This shot was an adventure in itself. I had an idea of what I wanted to capture but I decided I just had to do it near a volcano, and, what do you know I found one. We packed up my camera gear, grabbed a couple sleeping bags and drove on into the night towards Flagstaff, AZ. 5 hours later 11pm came and we were roughly an hour north of Flagstaff essentially in the middle of nowhere trying to find this old dirt road that supposedly will take us to this volcanic crater through google maps. The GPS was fading in and out, there was a storm coming in from the east and it was kind of creepy out with no light to guide us. We traveled down this rough dirt road for a while and submit to our tired bodies and parked the truck throwing our sleeping bags in the bed and tossing a large tarp over us in case rain was to come. After a couple hours of being asleep I woke up to the light of light sprinkling rain drops on the tarp that was draped over our faces, lol but when I looked up I found the most amazing stormy sky I had ever seen! The clouds were dark and gritty, yet opaque in nature and a large moon was shinning bright from behind them, in the foreground I realized that we had made it to our intended destination, I faced three giant silhouettes of these old cinder cone volcanoes! I laid back and watched the moon peak in and out of the hypnotizing clouds above. This was a great moment. A couple more hours later we woke to beat the sun to work, and we did. <3

Prescott, Arizona Photographer

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At Self-Realization Fellowship's Lake Shrine in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. [11 of 12]

"The dragonfly symbolizes change and change in the perspective of self realization; and the kind of change that has its source in mental and emotional maturity and the understanding of the deeper meaning of life."

I've decided that I want to continue this "on death and dying" series. I am really fascinated by life and death, but I don't want to portray death in the typical way. I want to show the more peaceful, calm, and ethereal side to death, with an almost dream-like quality to it. This image will be the third in the series.

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We stumbled upon this dragonfly sitting on a blade of grass as we went down to the water to shoot. At first we thought he was dead, because he was very still.. but after staring at him for a bit we saw that he was moving his legs, but for some reason he didn't fly away. We picked him up and he crawled right on to Moll's hand. He fluttered his wings a few times here and there, but for the most part he just climbed around on us. So of course, I asked if she would mind putting the dragonfly (who we later named Fabio) on her face... she happily obliged (I love this girl!). After putting him on her cheek, of course I took the next step and asked if she'd mind putting him on her mouth.. And I really can't say that many people would be so willing to honor a request like that. Fabio was a fantastic model as well, he sat there very poised and totally nailed the mood we were going for. After we played with him for a while, we decided to put him in a safe place and part ways. It was kind of sad, because he seemed like he didn't want us to leave, but we had to. Fabio, I hope you are doing well <3.

Model: Moll Green

Photography: Savannah Daras

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The Skyrim Nord Funko Pop meets Samurai Boba Fett action figure and they start talking about their adventures.

As they share their epic deed the Nord says:

“I used to be a figure like you, then I took an arrow in the knee.”

Boba knows it is impossible the Funko Pop was ever a figure like him but he enjoyed many hours playing Skyrim and so he gives the Nord his little moment of glory.

The Funko Pop’s line is a reference to The Elder Scrolls Skyrim Fantasy role play video game :)

If you played the game you already know what I mean, if you didn’t play it I’ll quickly explain the reference :)

In the game there a catchphrase frequently spoken by cities and villages guards when the player character walks near them that says:

“I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee.”

The catchphrase became so famous it went beyond the video game community. It’s probable you have heard of it even if you never played the game. I remember it was once even quoted in an episode of NCIS Tv series, for example :)

The Funko Pop is not actually a Nord from Skyrim video game but from the multiplayer The Elder Scrolls online game. However I spent so many hours playing Skyrim I wanted to make this photo a little tribute to the game :)

Samurai Boba Fett is the amazing Ronin Boba Fett action figure made by Bandai for their Tamashii Nations Movie Realization line.

I have to say I was quite surprised when I got that Funko Pop Nord. I expected it to be like all the other Funko figures I got, namely with the “pop” bubble head, but instead it has a head without any “popping” sound but that can rotate.

I hope you like this photo :)

Watch out for arrows, protect your knees and May the Force be with You :)

B)eSketch 2011. Poster design study created for my friend Debbie from Chicago. She always says "Think Outside the Box". Thanks my friend for the inspirational words. B))

First afternoon off work because I felt like it...upon arrival...the realization that idle time is a burden set in...the mind wanders...there was only one solution...take a walk with the MKIII and the 100-400mm. After about 15 minutes in the still 85 Deg F heat I was done...my first thoughts on what to call this shoot was "Butterflies & B.S." A Variety of Things Seen.

The Butterflies are next.

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Casa Zapata Museum

Casa Zapata is a beautiful complex residence, whose realization was ordered by the Zapata noble family as from the end of the XVI century. Family’s members arrived in Sardinia in 1323 together with the infant Alfonso to conquer it and in 1541 they bought the Barony of Las Plassas, Barumini and Villanovafranca, becoming landlords and then barons of these lands until the abolition of the feudalism. Among the various buildings being part of this residence stand out: a beautiful building with an elegant garden, built between the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century to become the feudal lord house and Baronial Home, and two other bodies pertaining to agricultural buildings, accomplished since the early 1900s, used as storehouses, stables and farmer’s house overlooking a large open court that allowed the free movement of people, goods and animals. In front of “Casa Zapata” is located the Parish Church entitled to the Blessed Immaculate Virgin Mary, whose construction was probably commissioned by the same noble Aragon family.

Today the Spanish residence is the seat of the so-called “Casa Zapata” Museum organized into three sections.

Polo museale casa zapata

“Casa Zapata” è una meravigliosa e complessa residenza fatta erigere dall’antica e nobile famiglia aragonese degli Zapata a partire dalla fine del XVI secolo. I membri di questa famiglia giunsero in Sardegna nel 1323 al seguito dell’Infante Alfonso che si preparava alla conquista dell’isola, si stabilirono, quindi, a Cagliari (una delle Città Reali) e nel 1541 acquistarono la Baronia di Las Plassas, Barumini e Villanovafranca, divenendone signori e poi baroni, e arrivando ad amministrarla fino alla soppressione del regime feudale. Tra i diversi edifici che costituiscono la residenza si distinguono: uno splendido palazzo, con elegante giardino annesso, realizzato tra la fine del XVI e gli inizi del XVII secolo per divenire Sede Baronale e dimora del feudatario, e altri due corpi murari di pertinenza agricola, realizzati a partire dai primi anni del 1900, utilizzati come magazzini, stalle e casa del fattore aperti su una grande corte che consentiva il libero movimento di uomini, merci e animali. Innanzi a “Casa Zapata” è ubicata la Parrocchia della Beata Vergine Immacolata, la cui costruzione fu probabilmente commissionata dalla stessa nobile famiglia aragonese.

Oggi la residenza spagnola è sede del cosiddetto Polo Museale “Casa Zapata” organizzato in tre sezioni.

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A couple Saturday's ago, I was out and about trying to find a spot to capture the sunset. I was runnning out of time to find the right place and I came across this location. The sun was getting quite low so before I even headed out to the end of this pier, I started snapping. I wanted to get a shot before the sun dipped all the way below the treeline.

Afterwards, I sat on that bench, put photography on hold for a moment, and remembered that sometimes I need to see the world through my eyes and not always through the lense. I thought about that for the longest time. I pondered over the realization that I spend so much time behind the camera that I forget that not all things in life need to be captured on a digital memory stick.

So I just sat there. Breathed in the fresh air. And as the night sky started to bring itself to center stage, I picked up my camera and headed back to the car. Half way back, I turned around and took one more look ~ a moment meant for just me, myself and I, all captured on my very own internal memory "stick" for personal viewing anytime I close my eyes.

Have a great weekend everyone :-)

limited editon print

info about this print on my blog:

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"Dark Art"

A group show of limited edition fine art prints by Carles Gomila, Jennifer Davis, Jesse Leroy-Smith, Kevin Earl Tayor, Natalie Shau, Russ Mills, Sylvia Ji, Zoe Lacchei at vidrART in Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain.

Nov 27-Dec 31, 2009.

more info about the show here:

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Another realization of MultiOutLiners project www.lightpainters.com/archive/lpwa/publication/115/index.htm

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Background lighting by Nikolay Trebukhin @yo_hoho

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At Self-Realization Fellowship's Lake Shrine in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. [4 of 12]

23.04.15

Today I had a bit of a realization. Lately I've been feeling a little paniced before I go to work. At first I thought it was because of my new job. But that didn't make sense because I love this job and the people I work with. Today I finally understood that these panic feelings are because of this project. Right now I'm working closing shift so by the time I get off it's already dark. I personally prefer shooting in the evening. And without a vehicle to use during the day I've been limited to locations within walking distance. I personally want to be creating my best, but I don't feel like I have. I'm glad I had most of the day to reflect on this. Now that I understand a bit more of myself right now I think I can find a way to change those feelings up. Even so there is always a reason for me to go shoot, to keep moving forward, I don't let something so silly and trivial get in my way of creating. And hey all of you lovely faces are the biggest push around the corner to keep me going. I really don't say this enough, but thank you. Thank you sooooo much! You might not know how much every single one of you effect my life, and I can't even beging to explain it. And a simple thank you isn't great enough. But it's all I can say right now.

Thank you!

(Also if any one you want to her my nit picky problems with this one keep reading, if not have a great night. Today I spent almost two hours walking in the forest and couldn't even find the right location for this concept. Which is all fine and dandy, I actually love walking in the forest. BUT I WORE THE WORST PANTS FOR IT! I should have worn my blue jean. I just should have :p I wanted a bit of a colder look ya see, and these pants, which out thinking, made it impossible. So instead I made it a lot warmer and happy and it all worked out.)

Night :)

"Your own self-realization is the greatest service you can render to the world." -Ramana Maharshi

I was amazed when I got back to edit this photograph to find that of the several variations I took every single one has a duplicate moon! I Googled to research about it and apparently it is a rare phenomena where elements in the atmosphere like temperature, moisture and dust need to be just right for it to occur. It's called a Ghost Moon. Truly divine.

Realization of the fractures within the way I see self.

"Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement. For transfiguration, not for the sake of play.”

~Max Beckmann

Art house Leidse Rijn Utrecht Netherlands - 2004-2010

Stanley Brouwn - artist - idea

Bertus Mulder - architect - realization

Location: Germany, Sachsen-Anhalt, Nebra

Type: Museum, Planetarium, Watch-tower

Architect: Holzer Kobler Architekturen

Investor: Burgenlandkreis, Kreisverwaltung

Realization: 2007

The Triton Fountain is located in Rome in Piazza Barberini. The realization of the "public ornamentation of the city" was entrusted to Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the favorite artist of the pontifical court of Urban VIII; the Tritone fountain, on the whole, conveys an explicit message of dynastic exaltation of the Barberini family, to whom the Pope belonged: the Bernini designed in 1642-43 for Piazza Barberini one of its most successful fountains, the Triton fountain. The latter contributed to restore the decoration to the area, previously used for the cultivation of the vineyard, being located at the edge of the Strada Felice route; in this way, the area began to be animated by a very lively cultural life, so much so that since then Piazza Barberini (with its "fountain of the Triton sounding", as it began to become known due to the hissing emitted by the gush) became the favorite meeting place for many artists visiting Rome.

The columns and the railings that surround the fountain, creating a narrow area of respect, date back to the nineteenth century, when the square began to be subject to intense vehicular traffic. Between the nineteenth and early twentieth century, in fact, the urban structure of the area was distorted, leading to the construction of several multi-storey building complexes that abruptly broke the balance established between the seventeenth-century buildings, the Tritone and Palazzo Barberini.

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La fontana del Tritone si trova a Roma in piazza Barberini. La realizzazione del «pubblico ornamento della città» venne affidata a Gian Lorenzo Bernini, l'artista preferito dalla corte pontificia di Urbano VIII; la fontana del Tritone, nel complesso, trasmette un esplicito messaggio di esaltazione dinastica della famiglia Barberini, alla quale apparteneva il papa: il Bernini così disegnò nel 1642-43 per piazza Barberini una delle sue fontane di maggior successo, la fontana del Tritone. Quest'ultima contribuì a restituire decoro alla zona, precedentemente adibita alla coltivazione della vigna, essendo collocata ai margini della direttrice della Strada Felice; in questo modo, l'area iniziò a essere animata da una vita culturale assai vivace, tanto che sin da allora piazza Barberini (con la sua «fontana del Tritone sonante», come iniziò a divenire nota per via del sibilo emesso dallo zampillo) divenne il ritrovo preferito di molti artisti in visita a Roma.

Le colonnine e le inferriate che circondano la fontana, creando una stretta zona di rispetto, risalgono al XIX secolo, quando la piazza iniziava ad essere soggetta ad un intenso traffico veicolare. Tra l'Ottocento e i primi decenni del Novecento, infatti, venne stravolto l'assetto urbanistico della zona, portando alla costruzione di diversi complessi edilizi a più piani che spezzarono bruscamente l'equilibrio instauratosi tra gli edifici seicenteschi, il Tritone e palazzo Barberini.

And it was at this moment she became the best version of herself

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At Self-Realization Fellowship's Lake Shrine in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. [1 of 12]

"Books bombarded his shoulders, his arms, his up-turned face. A book lit, almost obediently, like a white pigeon, in his hands, wings fluttering. In the dim, wavering light, a page hung open and it was like a snowy feather, the words delicately painted thereon. In all the rush and fervor, Montag had only an instant to read a line, but it blazed in his mind for the next minute as if stamped there with a fiery steel. “Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine.” He dropped the book. "

- Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury

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The adventures of Samurai Boba Fett continue...

A planet is facing a terrible zombie infection and the local government hired the best Bounty Hunter to deal with "certain situations".

Accompanied by a unit of the local planetary defense forces he investigates a location of a major zombie infestation (his samurai Mandalorian armor protects him from any contagion, of course).

Suddenly they are attacked by a group of zombies. They quickly dispatch them until a sort of "augmented" zombie enters the scene slaughtering the local militia with ease.

It swings his deadly claws at the Bounty Hunter but before they can hit their target its face meets the barrel of Boba's blaster.

"Farewell, zombie" He says and he presses the trigger disintegrating the zombie's head.

The only survivor of the Planetary Defense Force unit looks at him in shock and awe.

Boba turns to him and calmly says: "I removed the 'un' form undead" and walks away...

Boba Fett is the amazing Bandai Tamashii Nations Movie Realization Ronin Boba Fett action figure. The zombie is Zombie Sabretooth from Marvel Zombies made by Diamond Select.

Samurai Boba Fett will be back soon :)

I hope you like this photo :)

May the Force be with You :)

Standing in the sun

and as bright as can be...

are the lies that leave a grainy film before our eyes.

Unwilling to assend and become truth realized,

in fear of the devastation that will most definitely arrise.

At Self-Realization Fellowship's Lake Shrine in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. [7 of 12]

Self Realization Fellowship building, Phoenix, Arizona.

Always humored the running joke of Pan Am being a railroad that had low track speeds, but yesterday trip to the capital region proves it. Heres RJED with a pair of worn out ex CSX D8Ws doing the hot speed of 10 past the abandoned Johnsonville tower.

This is for yourself.

It’s time for you to pick yourself up and put the pieces back together.

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the person who this is about will probably see this someday. but I don't care.

*this was on friends only for a while but then I thought that maybe this was exactly the thing someone out there needed to see.

Where the Land dance mat is a realization of Yves Gendreau. This imposing work of art is installed at the Quays of the Promenade Samuel-De Champlain.

River inspired mats

The work consists of nine rods tricolores more than thirteen feet high, whose top reminiscent of a boat mast. Decorated with vanes, radar reflectors and airspeed, the installation evokes the relationship with the river. Where the Land dance mat is a nod to the navigation and its importance for the destiny of Quebec .

"Rights and planted in the ridges and troughs of the waves of this vast land area which overlooks the river, stands a series of light poles. Same length, they lie in continuing the wave created by the terrain. The beauty of the landscape and traffic on the rise establish dynamic relationships with these objects. Holders of several levels of meaning and possible interpretation, the provision of masts and the arrangement of colors create a sensory experience varies according to different scales of approach. "

Yves Gendreau

I as I walked the grounds of The International Headquarters of Self-Realization Fellowship, I came across this lovely spot. I could have spent hours there just sitting and listening to the birds chirping. I had my family with me so of course that did not happen..............lol

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Realizing something about yourself is easy, changing it is hard. But that is what I have intended to do. Change myself. I have finally realized what I am doing to myself now, it is not good. I don't want to say too much about it, but it is mostly about procrastinating waay to much. That will ruin most things, including photography.

The last week now that I have had vacation, most of my days have been like this; go to bed at 4 o'clock in the morning, wake up at 1 o'clock the day after, watch desperate housewives for the next 4 hours, eating dinner THEN go out shooting. And it just does not work this way anymore. I realized that today, because I wanted to shoot the sunset, so I hurried up just to find out the sun had already set. Then I found myself in great frustration thinking WHAT THE HELL DO I DO NOW?! I ended up trying to take some self portraits, then I went to the water and I bathed with a dress. Theeen, finally.. This. Done. Shooted at midnight. I do not want to do this with myself anymore. I am making the 365 way harder than it really is.

(sorry about this long boring description)

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The realization even though you got to school early, all your completed homework sits forgotten on your desk at home.

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“We hear an old frog land in a quiet pond with a solitary splash—at such times the awakening, the turning inside out of all values, ‘the newness,’ . . . the emptiness . . . provide a glimpse of the cosmic dance.”

-Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation

Contemplation is the highest expression of . . . intellectual and spiritual life. It is that life . . . fully awake, fully active, fully aware that it is alive. . . . It is a vivid realization of the fact that life and being in us proceed from an invisible, transcendent and infinitely abundant Source. Contemplation is . . . [an] awareness of the reality of that Source. . . . Contemplation is a sudden gift of awareness, an awakening to the Real within all that is real. A vivid awareness of infinite Being at the roots of our own limited being.

-Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation, 297

That moment when you realize that the woman reflecting in the mirror at Target is actually you!

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¡El momento en que te percatas de que la mujer que se refleja en los espejos en Target, eres tú!

I love cinematic photos, and particularly shots that seamlessly integrate models with their environment. I want to believe that the model actually belongs in whatever setting is being depicted. It's much the same sense you get watching a good movie. If it's skillfully done, you lose all sight of the fact there there is a production company and camera crews surrounding the actors. You buy into the concept that you are watching real life; for that time reality is suspended. I was having much the same feeling in a session I did with JillyJames in a windswept cornfield. My imagination had produced a concept somewhere between the Wizard of Oz and Children of the Corn. I've had a lifelong fascination with scarecrows ever since seeing one as a child (and resembling one in real life). Whether or not they actually kept birds away from gardens was irrelevant. All that mattered to me was seeing the effigy of a human figure standing up in the middle of a field of crops. And in particular the thought that they remained there all summer, rain or shine, night and day, growing progressively more weatherbeaten by the day. This shot became the adult realization of my childhood imagination. And best of all I realized it as it was unfolding. Unlike some sessions where the import is not recognized until long after, I was right where in the moment shooting like a crazed person, intent on missing nothing. This image gives me the sense, not of a posed model, but rather of discovering an organic scene. There's a sense of intrigue as to what's going on here, a trance like state, a dark meditation, maybe some sort of witchcraft. Darkness, eeriness, but strangely compelling. Shooting up through the stalks gives a sense of a hurried, surreptitious photo, a voyeuristic feeling of seeing something not meant to be seen.

Watch the video created with scenes from this shoot on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBOvjZI3mkc

See more of model JillyJames (in much less somber settings) here: www.modelmayhem.com/4259916

Then comes the frustrating realization that no matter how long life endures, no matter how many experiences are muddled through in this existence, you may never really be able to answer the question…..

Who am I?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdqY0sRvidc

Because the answer....

Like the seasons, constantly, subtly, inevitably changes.

And who it is you are today, is not the same person you will be tomorrow.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich , Eena, The Dawn and Rescue

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The Friendship with birds may change a life into a better one. It's sufficient to learn from them: unconditional friendship, mutual help, generosity, adaptability, empathy, tenderness...And a huge dosis of sympathy.

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"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly." — Langston Hughes.

“Wherever there are birds, there is hope.” ― Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine.” ―

Hiral Nagda

52 Weeks of 2020

Week No. 50: Local Tradition

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Flickr Lounge “Season's Greetings"

Every year the Self Realization Fellowship in Encinitas decorates for Christmas. It is a beautiful place and all decked out, it is a gorgeous sight to behold.

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There are certain things, or many things in life that when captured on a photograph, hold a significant meaning but the person witnessing that moment feels the true feeling surrounding that particular event.