An Intersection of Blue and Yellow “The best way to predict the future is to create it” Abraham Lincoln Capturing Light and Time: A Deeper Dive into Shutter Speed and ISO Photography is an art, a delicate blend of science and creativity. Each image captured tells a story, shaped by the choices a photographer makes. […]
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Visit with Jim – Collaborative Art is even Better Air for the Mind
Today’s post revisits Art is Air for the Mind®. I wrote about this topic several months ago and spoke about how the creative process has helped me and opened new parts of my mind in the creative process. I wanted to take that a step further and share a discovered collaborative art process that is […]
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Visit with Jim – Creative Spaces
Creative spaces… I began by wondering what did I mean with this as the title for our short conversation today? Creative spaces can go in several directions and dimension. We can begin with virtual space. Consider when an image is captured and we think through the potential landscape or world that could exist in that […]
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Visit with Jim – Abundance versus Scarcity
Happy Birthday Mary V. McCormick – Deeply grateful that we had the chance to chat tonight and celebrate your day. I love, love love creating these photographs. Nor can I get enough of my weekend time isolated for the set up, experiment that unfolds and the photographs that are captured. I thoroughly enjoy sharing them […]
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Visit with Jim – Reframe, Refrain, Reorient
Today’s post walks through reframing and the power it has to change what we see and think. Often with both the problem and solution lying right in front of us. My atypical use of a camera is the reason why I enjoy this photographic artform. I have a chance to break the rules and reframe […]
Visit with Jim – Metaphorical Hope
Today we will visit touch on a trio of prints we are working on mounting and framing. I put two colors in one Petri dish i front of the camera. Then I stood back steadily triggering the shutter to capture the three images you see below along with many others. They are remarkable. Clearly defined […]
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Visit with Jim – Kintsugi
Today’s post and read is about the Kintsugi esthetic. Similar to the Wabi-Sabi concept, this takes us in a new and novel direction with regards to imperfection and acceptance. This also seems to extend the concept of imperfection into the realm of intentionality. The story starts several centuries ago, ~15th century. A shogun sends a […]
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Visit with Jim – Wabi Sabi Esthetic
If life is constantly changing, nothing can be complete or perfect. Acceptance of this idea is perhaps a path forward to peace and freedom. The more I read here, the more any race to achieve perfection begins to sound like a fool’s pursuit. Imperfection and impermanence… Wabi – sabi… Slow down … Find beauty in imperfection and […]
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Visit with Jim – Streets of Seville and Cordoba
As I have shared, I am exploring several areas to learn more about this space that is macrophotography and use it as a springboard for my photographic artwork. What would be a new way to wander the streets of international cities and take a fresh look at what surrounds us? How would the narrow street […]