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Early morning at Lake Benmore, South Island. Lake Bemore is New Zealand's largest artifical lake created as part of the hydroelectric scheme in the 1960's. now enjoyed by those who enjoy fishng and boating.
Gwen Ifill is presented with the "Be More" Award by PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger at the PBS Annual Meeting 2012 in Denver, CO.
The award is given to those who embody the spirit of helping Americans learn more, experience more and "Be More."
Photo credit: Martin Allred/PBS
I'm one of those.
Seeing more from less.
Attending amidst the absent.
Knowing there's more.
Observing the transitions of each season.
Tending to benevolence.
Always.
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me.
As I sit here, the holidays are fading into the past, and the New Year 2017 is settling in for the long haul. Many of us are experiencing a bit of a hangover from all that has happened in the last year. Personally, for me and my family, 2016 was a life changing year for the positive. And with that as the backdrop; for our country, and community, the picture may be less clear. Many might say the world was darkened, by 2016.
But as the days slowly brighten from the solstice of 2016, I can't help but start to notice an optimism within myself. I will not allow the forces of darkness to dwell for too long within my psyche. That is why I made a decision, at the end of the year. I refuse to stay stationary, nor silent any longer. What this means for you, the reader of my page and ramblings; is that from time to time my subject matter may either (hopefully) inspire, or offend. If I inspire, join me and let me know. If I offend, I don't really apologize, but hope the offense also brings sincere thought and reflection.
One of the ways that I have decided to not stay stationary, is to volunteer my photography services. The first step was to join the BeMore Photograpy Co-op. A collective of Baltimore/DMV Photographers, dedicated to building community, one photograph at a time. Read more about our mission on the website @
I would like to thank BeMore Photography for accepting me into their group, and I look forward to working with them all. I would also like to thank all of you, for following me, and I hope to work with all of you in the future, to build better photographs, better communities and a better world!
Thank you, and Peace to you all in the New Year!
A specific, creative struggle is going on at the moment.
It's true. I admit. It is a panging question.
What's next?
How does artistic progression occur without redundancy?
Does this happen to you?
Creating images is so very important to me. It feeds both my wants and needs of expression and communication. I believe that when you are shy or introverted, in particular, photography offers a voice; a presence with proof that all, sometimes socially awkward, inconveniently timid, and the often meek can be not only heard but expressive. Photography gifts this not only to myself but to many others.
Without the use of words, an image can resonate with another human like nothing spoken. Images gift the viewer an opportunity to interpret a soulful message specific to their needs. A communicative conduit through which the viewer receives precisely the emotion that at he/she needs or wants. Be it sadness, peacefulness, happiness, positivity, negativity, love, etc ... Isn't that amazing?
Think about it.
I do.
It's huge.
As 2019 begins, I wish to transform my photography fetish and move forward into sharing a more stimulating and creative forum. I am not a goal-oriented human, but perhaps it is time to structure a few things. I am struggling to make headway in the creative direction that my heart wishes to travel. It is frustrating.
I want to try something new; such as, write a novel and or a book of poetry, teach a class, offer online workshops, hold a photography retreat, open a studio, and more.
I even start a 365 on January 1st, eyes rolling, knowing I have much more important, challenging photography things to accomplish. I have done a 365 previously, four years ago. Why revisit it? Do I find ways to procrastinate creating obstacles to reaching my true wants? Hmmm.
What is the "thing" you are struggling to uncover or explore? As we move into another year of our lives, in which we so very much want to be productive not only for ourselves but for others, what is yours?
For me, the first step is going to be clearing away the fog, the obstacles that are requiring my time which is inhibiting my ability to do the things of creative choice. Prioritize I suppose, would be most specific. Seems like a great place in which to begin.
xo
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Panging by Angie Lambert
There is a want
and a need
to be inspirational.
Stealthy,
a blur reveals.
Teasing with clarity
and snippets of precision,
it feeds.
What is next?
I do hear you.
Mind and body hungry,
needing less of the blur
rather than more,
the pang continues.
This is just one of the many species of flowers at the Bemore Botanical gardens in Scotland. However, I never managed to find out what this one was called. Does anybody know?
Held February 9, 2012 at A La Carte Event Pavilion. Each year, this multifaceted program celebrates the human spirit and showcases the best work by nonprofit organizations, the individuals that support them – and WEDU.
The house, an elaborate Baronial mansion comprising various building phases, consists of a 2-storey crowstepped S-facing central block (c1850) with a projecting 2-storey entrance porch and a slender bell-tower. To the right of this, slightly recessed, the E wing is also 2-storey, with a canted corner bay to the single storey end bay. To the W is a gable-fronted 1-storey block, behind which rises the prominent 4-storey square tower: turreted, corbelled and crowstepped (c1862). To the rear of the house is a large open service court surrounded by further crowstepped blocks (c1874). To the front, overlooking the parkland, is a terrace with a dwarf wall and steps to the lawns. To the NE is an L-shaped crowstepped outbuilding.
Details: when the Benmore estate was purchased by John Lamont for his nephew James in 1849, he found the existing house to be insufficient. He commissioned an architect ' Mr Baird of Glasgow (see notes below) to build a new house. The extent of this house of c1850 is unknown, but it is likely that it consisted of little more than the 3-bay 2-storey entrance block, with an advanced arcaded porch with a balcony above.
In 1862 the estate again changed hands, and the new owner, Mr. Patrick, an American, employed Charles Wilson to extend the house. Drawings by Wilson in the NMRS show the 3-bay central section, with a classical portico (unexecuted) and the crowstep-gabled W wing, which links to the new 4-storey tower, with a circular tower on the SE corner and shorter bartizan turrets on the remaining 3 sides. Wilson's drawings also show a service court to the rear and a long conservatory to the E, which appears on the O.S map of c1863.
In 1870 the estate was acquired by James Duncan, a Greenock Sugar Refiner. Duncan carried out further work to the house, employing David Thomson, the former partner of Charles Wilson, in c1874 to enlarge the service accommodation to the rear, in particular the large 2-storey crow-stepped block with a large multiple stack, enclosing a new courtyard accessed by way of a round-headed arch in a free-standing crow-stepped gable. Thomson also added an enormous castellated glass-roofed picture gallery to the E of the long conservatory and may also have been responsible for the small square-plan bell tower to the rear of the entrance porch. The stepped corbels on the main elevation may also be by Thomson as they do not appear in Wilson's proposals.................Mor about Bemore House here
www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-95-benmore-botanic-ga...
Lately I received an email of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend..
..that's when I normally hit the 'delete' button. However, this email was slightly different. Photographer Megin Zondervan is raising awareness for all the junk/empty messages we post on social media with a fun series of photographs. Or how she put it: “I challenge tweet people and new users to make better use of Twitter, instead of the boring 'I missed my bus' tweets.” Amongst others she challenges people to #BEMORE.. creative, social.. etc
Although I hardly ever use twitter, I am guilty as hell when I have a quick peak at my facebook posts. Some food for thought :-). But that was not all, she also asked for people to take their own photo inspired by her series of photos. This was around the same time I read through the teleidescope themes. When reading ‘impact’ I automatically thought of social impact/ resolutions..
..combining these two resulted in this photo.. ..and my first tweet/facebook post of this year will be:
‘#BEMORE caring’
Check some of Megin’s photos out on this blog or her website
or check her twitter-page
Held February 9, 2012 at A La Carte Event Pavilion. Each year, this multifaceted program celebrates the human spirit and showcases the best work by nonprofit organizations, the individuals that support them – and WEDU.
The house, an elaborate Baronial mansion comprising various building phases, consists of a 2-storey crowstepped S-facing central block (c1850) with a projecting 2-storey entrance porch and a slender bell-tower. To the right of this, slightly recessed, the E wing is also 2-storey, with a canted corner bay to the single storey end bay. To the W is a gable-fronted 1-storey block, behind which rises the prominent 4-storey square tower: turreted, corbelled and crowstepped (c1862). To the rear of the house is a large open service court surrounded by further crowstepped blocks (c1874). To the front, overlooking the parkland, is a terrace with a dwarf wall and steps to the lawns. To the NE is an L-shaped crowstepped outbuilding.
Details: when the Benmore estate was purchased by John Lamont for his nephew James in 1849, he found the existing house to be insufficient. He commissioned an architect ' Mr Baird of Glasgow (see notes below) to build a new house. The extent of this house of c1850 is unknown, but it is likely that it consisted of little more than the 3-bay 2-storey entrance block, with an advanced arcaded porch with a balcony above.
In 1862 the estate again changed hands, and the new owner, Mr. Patrick, an American, employed Charles Wilson to extend the house. Drawings by Wilson in the NMRS show the 3-bay central section, with a classical portico (unexecuted) and the crowstep-gabled W wing, which links to the new 4-storey tower, with a circular tower on the SE corner and shorter bartizan turrets on the remaining 3 sides. Wilson's drawings also show a service court to the rear and a long conservatory to the E, which appears on the O.S map of c1863.
In 1870 the estate was acquired by James Duncan, a Greenock Sugar Refiner. Duncan carried out further work to the house, employing David Thomson, the former partner of Charles Wilson, in c1874 to enlarge the service accommodation to the rear, in particular the large 2-storey crow-stepped block with a large multiple stack, enclosing a new courtyard accessed by way of a round-headed arch in a free-standing crow-stepped gable. Thomson also added an enormous castellated glass-roofed picture gallery to the E of the long conservatory and may also have been responsible for the small square-plan bell tower to the rear of the entrance porch. The stepped corbels on the main elevation may also be by Thomson as they do not appear in Wilson's proposals.................Mor about Bemore House here
www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-95-benmore-botanic-ga...
The 12th Annual WEDU Be More Awards were held February 23, 2017 at the Bryan Glazer Family JCC in Tampa. Each year, this multifaceted program celebrates the human spirit and showcases the best work by nonprofit organizations, the individuals that support them – and WEDU. For more information about the WEDU Be More Awards including a list of recent and past winners, visit wedu.org/bemore. Photos by Tacy Briggs-Troncoso
The 12th Annual WEDU Be More Awards were held February 23, 2017 at the Bryan Glazer Family JCC in Tampa. Each year, this multifaceted program celebrates the human spirit and showcases the best work by nonprofit organizations, the individuals that support them – and WEDU. For more information about the WEDU Be More Awards including a list of recent and past winners, visit wedu.org/bemore. Photos by Tacy Briggs-Troncoso
The 11th Annual WEDU Be More Awards were held February 4, 2016 at Tropicana Field. Each year, this multifaceted program celebrates the human spirit and showcases the best work by nonprofit organizations, the individuals that support them – and WEDU. For more information about the WEDU Be More Awards including a list of recent and past winners, visit wedu.org/bemore. Photos by MamaRazzi Foto