Monday I finished buying new camera equipment (for a long while, I hope). Selecting a longer zoom lens for my new Olympus camera was a hard decision. Though I would have loved the reach of the Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm f/5-6.3 IS Lens, it’s size and weight was more Read more…
This morning as I looked out the windows at the pond I could see raindrops on the window pane. Looking at the raindrops and the landscape beyond I realized that how we see life is often A Matter of Focus If I focus on the raindrops instead of the pond Read more…
This week’s challenge in my 52Frames online photo group was Wabi-Sabi “Pare down to the essence, but don’t remove the poetry.” ― Leonard Koren, Wabi-Sabi: For Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers When I looked up Wabi-Sabi online for a definition, the one that resonated for me was, “The illusive beauty Read more…
When my children were young, one of my favorite picture books to read to them was The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. It was such a beautiful, simple, and gentle book. “One winter morning Peter woke up and looked out the window. Snow had fallen during the night. It Read more…
It’s the season of dahlias in bloom and I am in Dahlia Love Until I became a photographer I under-appreciated these lovely flowers. The sheer number of sizes, shapes, and colors of dahlias available boggles the mind. Though I missed seeing the Experimental Dahlia Garden at the Arboretum this year Read more…