No, not a clever pun reflecting my walking boot and crutches impaired movement. I’m adressing something much more profound. Why is it that when you are suffering with one injury or illness you are not immune to another? There must …
Tag: photography
Rulers: The Other Kind
Many great designs are so much a part of our daily lives that we fail to recognize their accomplishments. The ruler for example: School projects, math, geometry, construction, tailoring, appliance/furniture shopping, stage marks, diving, how tall we stand, tidal depth, …
Unsettling Perspectives
Not being sure what it is we see unsettles us. We are biased to need to understand. Constantly resolving the world around us to make sense, unfamiliar perspectives challenge us to see our world differently. Art is about upsetting our …
Existential Droid
A day or two after my surgery my daughter took on the role of photographer’s assistant. We decided to use the built in bookcase at the end of my daybed as our studio. She cleared the large center shelf and …
No Equivalence
Through a kitchen window I tried to shoot a lovely sunrise breaking across freshly snow frosted trees. The windowpanes were blurred in the foreground, giving the photos that artsy feel. I was going to blog for more pity about being …
Wondrous Snow
What did the ancients first think? Frozen tears shed by a disappointed god? Icy ashes from a distant star? The world’s end? Did they catch them on their tongues? Build snowmen? Momentarily, the world’s scars are covered. Our ever shouting …
Perspective: That Damn Pipe Again
Said it before. Saying it again. Good photography is attributable in part to the photographer’s sense of perspective imbedded in his or her photos. I’m not just talking about distances and angles, but light and shadows and surroundings and context. …
A Fracture, Fashion, Feet and How The Universe Ends
Without slicing into my left pant leg of all of my pants, I cannot wear regular pants until my cast is removed. Wednesday is liberation day. Until then, I am relegated to various variants of sweat pants. Various variants with …
Losing My Mind Some More
Oh, it’s possible. I fell asleep on the daybed with the Leica Monochrom and the Leica Noctilux 50mm f/1.0 ver. 3 next to me. I know this because in the middle of the night when I woke (as usual) to …
Losing My Mind!
Laid up in this room, I keep shooting the same shots with different cameras. I’m watching the world going by outside and I want to scream! (I may have actually screamed.) What I wouldn’t give to be able to take …