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I watched an old documentary on Ansel Adams recently.... for the first time.
I've never been the kind of person to get caught up in glorifying other peoples work.... or even getting obsessed with what they have accomplished, as wonderful as their work may be. I think we're all that special. Having said that, I have great respect for art, hard work and the real people who have obviously perused that dream, in spite of all things and regardless of cost. Adams would undoubtedly fall into this category and I admire and appreciate his work with great awe. I have my heroes, some known and some unknown, some alive and some dead. Perhaps even YOU! Comparing my own work is natural I guess. We all were influenced by something or other. Our own personal course slightly steered this way or that way over time by some unseen force. "The dream is real!" Ultimately folks, we're all headin down the same rabbit hole. I was captured by David Muench at a very young age... i came across a book of his and I drooled all over it. I still do actually. My eyes were glued to the pages.... The lines, the contrast, the colors. Page after page. Better than any photography course out there, IMO. And at a glimpse, I was hooked. That began my journey as a photographer, and it's been quite the "twankly" journey so far.... hardly begun really.... one fraught with many twists and turns, ups and downs, highs and lows. Seems I also caught the music bug at a very young age... which ultimately sent me spinning thru the world of the music business, managers, lawyers and sharks... OH My. I took Opera lessons for years, obsessed with training my vocals cords in much the same way I'm sure Ansel trained his dodging and burning techniques. I signed a solo record deal with Virgin records in my late 20's, a monumental feat for me, one that took the better part of a decade's work, only to watch it vanish in the blink of an eye, I toured the world, I met my childhood hero's, countless bands and projects came and went while crumbling music companies, the internet and "Free Music" seemed to unravel the very idea of everything i built, sleeping couch to couch and in rehearsal studios with pennies in my pocket was a way of life for me to a long time, hell, I was even a drum tech for Tommy Lee of Motley Crue for a while. I fought most of my life for a dream I was sold as a kid but somewhere along the way i think i lost the point.... or maybe I just became to bitter to remember it. Suffice it to say, somewhere in all that mess, I actually became a songwriter. Not book taught, but life taught. A task, I'm sure, anyone with the ability to reflect and learn from their own experiences is quite capable of achieving to some degree or other.
In some way shape or form, photography has always been there too. I mention this all to you today because it's relevant to this photo and the strange coincidences i see in my life and with Ansels. From what i could gather on his thoughts regarding music and the business of music.... lets just say I can relate to the quietness and calm beauty he felt in the high country, the simple and effortless poetry of natural occurrences taking place between light and dark.... that feeling of truly living.... the magnetic lure of the Sierras..... as well as his own struggles and observations between the two mediums. Not to compare myself with him at all.... it's just that it was nice to hear it from someone else for a change.
Lastly, I mention all this because the color performance of this image has always bothered me. It was always missing something..... it's wasn't until I made a black and white version that it hit me.... "the felling" so aptly put by Ansel in his documentary. I mean, I knew I liked the B&W version, but up until I watched the documentary, I didn't really know WHY i liked it. The "FEELING" of this moment. It was late in the day and sharp angled sunlight was painting over this field... like sparkling ferry dust... so vividly liquid I swear I could drink it up at the moment. These ashy golden grasses swaying in the sierra breeze, sprawled out over acres of loose sandy earth.... twinkling. The wind was so deafeningly loud, yet I felt so small and overcome with quietness..... Just a part of it all now. What a feeling... i reached down and grabbed a handful of sand and admired it slipping thru my fingertips. I think this black and white image, void of any golden color, feels right to me. Yes, it just feels right and that's good enough for me today.
In the heart of the desert, a line of silhouettes climbs a sharp dune ridge.
Nature feels infinite — and humans appear so small in comparison.
Dawn at the pier at Murrays Bay, on Auckland's North Shore, with Rangitoto Island in the background.
This is seen in Granville Island. Many similar shots have been taken by local photographers.
I like very much the shot by Sean. Sean Kwok is my Flickr contact in Vancovuer and Richmond area.
I find his pictures inspiring.
Geometrische bassins vol zachtroze pekel, afgebakend door zwarte lavastenen en onderbroken door verse witte zoutbulten: de Salinas de Fuencaliente in het zuiden van La Palma. Een minimalistische compositie waarin ritme, herhaling en textuur samenkomen - een ode aan het ambacht van zeezout op een vulkanisch eiland.
Locatie: Fuencaliente, La Palma (Canarische Eilanden) • © KerstenPhoto / Rainer Kersten
#LaPalma #CanaryIslands #Fuencaliente #Salinas #SaltPans #SeaSalt #PinkSalt #Volcanic #LavaStone #AbstractLandscape #Minimalism #Patterns #Textures #Coastal #AtlanticOcean #TravelPhotography #FineArtPhotography #KerstenPhoto
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2014.11.15 Taipei City, Taiwan, Rep. of China © copyright by May Lee 廖藹淳
Interesting week of reflection. I've looked over my photo's from Death Valley again and again. Very disappointed with my images. I think the experience of the adventure surely out ways the light I've captured. This place is FLAT and DRY..... after beating myself up over it, and doing research on the location, and viewing countless images from other light seekers...past and present... I've come to the conclusion that (drum roll please) this was my first trip to this place. Chill out mizzy! I’ve had a lot to think about since my days dancing on the tips of the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes like a wild animal... reflections about what i was shooting and what I should have been shooting.... my mind was messy. Failing can yield some great reflections. It's time to REFLECT for sure, and to think less if that’s possible, to give up or reach deeper... my life is a lot like these sand dunes.... changing.... beautifully simple yet so complex. The lines in this image are like the thoughts of my soul. Their composition, their struggle to move you and to capture your attention, are perfect reflections of this exact moment... to me. See! If I left this valley of death, this first time of many times I hope, with something to remember along this journey of mine, some memory that will always provoke my heart at the mere sight of this image, it's that i have a long way to go still, and that I have a lot of sand dunes to cross on this journey of mine. OK, I'm ready for a new adventure. Travel on.
Manchmal braucht es kein fernes Land und kein großes Spektakel – nur einen Blick nach oben, etwas Abendsonne und die Lust, die Welt durch den Sucher (oder das Display) neu zu entdecken. ️
Hier, zwischen zwei Gebäuden, verbirgt sich ein Moment aus Licht und Schatten. Die Fassade leuchtet in warmem Gold, Fenster spiegeln Geschichten, und klare Linien führen das Auge wie auf einer kleinen fotografischen Schatzsuche. 🌇🔍
Genau das macht Stadtfotografie so besonders: Aus dem Alltag ein Kunstwerk schaffen. Nur du, dein Blick fürs Detail – und ob mit Kamera oder Smartphone, spielt keine Rolle. Die beste Kamera ist immer die, die du gerade dabei hast. 📷📱✨
This is not B&W. This is B&W in real life. A scene I saw outside the restaurant at Aberdeen Centre Richmond.
The stacked up chairs made good pattern I think. And this is B&W without any B&W conversion.
I love city trotting.
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A quiet moment of reflection captured inside the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (CGAC) in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The minimalist architecture frames a lone figure immersed in observation, creating a striking balance of light, shadow, and symmetry. This photograph explores the intersection between contemporary art and the architectural space that holds it.