The Hopper and The Sunflower

I was intrigued about the colour composition and repeating shapes of this sunflower blowing in the wind. This ended up being a testament to colour and shape than to the crisp, clear image most would desire. Blur has a way of invoking the dreamy, surreal nature behind the immediate world and forces the viewer to cast aside what should be, for what truly is.

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This is a Northern Leopard Frog
(Rana pipiens) who has been living in my garden or at least visiting everyday that I am outside. It is under the same tomato plant in the shade -- probably waiting for me to water the garden with a cool shower. It does not seem afraid of this big human getting fairly close with the camera. Maybe this is because I take a photo of it every time I see it, just because I can.

Play time

My kids, Rocky (top) and Squeaky (bottom), turned 6 on May 28. PetSmart send birthday cards with coupons for a free toy each. After a bag of food, and I am talking the 18 lb. bag, and the ring toy (featured), I got a whole bag of toys free. (I saved the bag for later.) These two cannot get enough of the ring toy, and they will even play together -- normally the only "togetherness" is Rocky trying to wrestle with his sister, who screams because she does not like to wrestle. I even have some video of them playing so "nicely" together. When the games were, they both took naps.

Dusting off an Old Blog

I have started and stopped many projects over the years at various blog sites across the web. Now I am about to embark on another such adventure, and plan to revamp this space into a daily, yes I said daily, project. I already have a daily photo project (Project 365) going strong in its almost 4 months of existence.

Maybe I will talk about a photo taken for the Project 365, write a poem or flash fiction, post a vegan recipe, document the weather, or whatever happens to pop in my head at the moment I sit to write.

Flowers

The majority of my work revolves around found objects. I am drawn to life in its natural state. I work with flowers, but do not care for the flowers themselves but rather their naturalistic state of existence.

Flowers exist where they are and are stumbled upon in order to be seen. Whether purposely planted or random growth in nature, a flower will be only what it will be. Organics of colour and form inspire and excite the senses, which is worthy of documentation.

pan-o-rama

When one looks at anything, one makes a series of still frames.
Ones' mind puts all the still frames into motion producing all one sees.

both: April 2006

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Holga Series

There are some who say Holga produced photographs are not real photographs. Yet these people fake the effect in Photoshop and praise their technical skills. What could there possible be that is not "real"? Light interacts with the film to produce a chemical reaction; thus negatives. Why should it matter whether the container holding the film cost $20 or $3,000, when one is creating a photograph for a specific reason?

The photographs in this series are not manipulated in Photoshop to create the effect shown. Photoshop, for this series, is used to resize, "dust," and perhaps add a touch of contrast (+1 or 2), to compensate for scanning. This series is created from expired, Kodak 120 Tmax 100 [B/W] or Kodak 120VC 400 [Colour] film. I use expired film, first because I will not throw out film, and second because of the possibility for distortion enhancement.

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