This week I got a shot I’ve been trying to get for a while. Butterflies like to eat the minerals from the soil around the Rivanna River, especially where Trevilian’s Creek enters the river. This week they were in bunches getting nourishment, so I put my camera underneath the stream, and the butterflies kept flying Read more about An Underwater View of Tiger Swallowtails[…]
This summer at the Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center, to teach underwater filming, we had children find floatable objects on our little island in the Rivanna, and we’d film the selection as they passed over the camera. They could be natural objects or human-made, and unexpectedly they were a reflection of the amount of trash Read more about Highway Walkers Film Festival in Alaska[…]
A photograph is not a replication of what we see, or else it would include the shadow impression of our noses, our brow, and even bits of hair. We generally ignore our consciousness of the recesses our eyes, and we don’t assign an exact shape to what we see. It is definitely not a rectangle. Read more about The Viewfinder[…]
Today at the Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center we prepared for our first photography workshop based on “21 Days of Mindful Photography.” The book asks people to photograph within their homes to start out with, giving them the experience that their familiar windows can become new eyes on the world, and the idea that their Read more about Outdoor Windows[…]
For those who like to know what’s ahead, here’s the First Week Poster from the new book…
“21 Days of Mindful Photography” and “Fifteen Exercises in Perception” were both purchased yesterday on the opening day of 21, which was unexpected and very exciting. They share one big thing in common: they both ask the reader to photograph through their windows as a first assignment. I chose this as a first assignment because Read more about First Assignment[…]
At 9:23 AM 21 Days went live on amazon.
My new photography book is about to go live on Amazon! I’m not sure when exactly, so I’m refreshing the bookshelf page throughout the morning. This is the streamlined, three-week course in using photography to gain new perceptions about yourself in your daily life and out in nature. It’s based on my book “Fifteen Exercises Read more about 21 Days of Mindful Photography[…]