It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times

Or, It Was the 80s

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So what does that have to do with photography?  Nothing.  I just wanted to find a way to work this image into a post : )

When You Find Beauty

Step Toward It….

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And let everything else fall away…..

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Sometimes it Really is the Simple Things

Or, Sunshine on my Shoulder Feels so Lovely

Sometimes you walk out the door and that giant self-sustaining nuclear reactor in the sky is hanging at just the right and perfect angle on the horizon and all the world seems suffused with golden, gooey goodness.  Oh yes, I just went there.

Such was the light on a recent walk about my neighborhood.  I was transformed into a hunter, stalking the ever elusive and fleeting light.  Are these the best images I’ve ever created?  No.  But WHO cares when the light is this golden? GO OUTSIDE PEOPLE!  And quit slamming that damned screen door or I’ll tan your hide!

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The Oracle Consults Her Muse

Or, Another Step Closer to Figuring Some Crap Out

Or, Before Enlightenment, Chop Wood and Carry Water.

Or, After Enlightenment, Chop Wood and Carry Water.

This piece of artwork has kept me busy, on and off, for the better part of the past two months. I mentioned in an earlier post how much I love Maggie Taylor’s art. I’ve set about teaching myself an entire other way of doing/seeing/being. Oh dear. Hmmmm. I suppose I should also mention I have begun a new personal practice of The Dance of Shiva. Insights and breakthroughs could happen. Yeah, I know….better watch it with the airy-fairy stuff.

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Photography Tour of Cemeteries

Or, The Dead Help us Know We’re Alive

On a recent trip to Boone, North Caroline, we stumbled upon two very old cemeteries.  There is something about finding an old gravestone from someone who has already been in the ground for 131 years, that just puts you right in your place.  We get to thinking that we and our troubles, causes and concerns are so important. And then, BAM!  You realize that none of it will matter in 100 years.  Kind of puts it all into perspective.

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Photographing Interiors and Faux Finishes

Or, Some of the Grooviest People are Faux Finishers : )

Several months back I had the utmost pleasure to work with a wonderful woman by the name of Laura Wool.

Laura, a fantastic faux finisher, hired me to document some of her work for her new website. I spent a couple of weeks driving around north of the greater metro Atlanta area, going from one lovely home to another. We would meet and I would set about head scratching and problem solving aka trying to decide where to place my lights etc.

I was simply bowled over by the caliber of Laura’s work and thrilled to be part of the process. I was, in fact, so happy with the results that I plastered the images all over my own website. Well, finally Laura’s website is complete and launched. Yay! So this is my ‘shout out’ for Laura Wool.

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