Daily Practice 151/365

Title: "Night Moves"

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This image appeals to my love of mild spring nights and to my love of the order of geometry, the repetition of geometric elements.

Daily Practice 150/365

Title: "Echoes of my beating heart"

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For a change of pace on a rainy day, I went out into the garden and took some cuttings and brought them inside to set up a still life. I played around with a simple monocle lens and a wide angle lens on my 4X5 camera, but wasn't pleased with any of the compositions. While waiting for the instant film to develop after each set up, I took to playing around with the macro lens on my digital camera. A little bit of motion, the reflections of the rain on the flowers, and something interesting happened. I like this crowded composition found within the still life, the light trails from the rain drops and slight blurring give a sense of vitality.

Daily Practice 149/365

Title: "Doorway to Enlightenment"

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We were standing in the kitchen, looking up through the skylight for glimpses of blue in the rainy sky. Looking down, twisting the camera, creating a sense of blur and motion in the slate floor - it reminded me of the whirling dervish. The interplay between observation and a playful sense of experimentation is a form of enlightenment and daily practice is a way of passing through the doorway.

Daily Practice 148/365

Title: "Mr. Crow's Mirror"

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water, rock, glass, reflections on a geometric background...

Daily Practice 147/365

Title: "Sated"

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Scenes of gustatory indulgence...

Daily Practice 146/365

Title: "Life isn't"

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It was after dinner, and we were putting together a little dessert of fresh fruit. My sister-in-law was admiring the beautiful reds of the cherries and strawberries, and picked up her camera to document our good fortune. I followed her lead - part of learning from daily practice is being open to the possibilities in even the simplest, mundane moments of life, and to be open to seeing what someone else sees.

Daily Practice 145/365

Title: "A sincerity of red"

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Disembodied, yet seeming to originate somewhere. The velvet tones of the bloom drawing their smoothness from the blur of green. A quiet rest for the mind.