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Elderberry Reveries and Duck Tales

I first noticed an elderberry bush growing beside the pond two years ago. It is amazing to me how quickly it has grown. Now that it is larger I notice it more. And this year for the first time, the birds have not eaten all the berries as soon as they show a bit of purple color. So lately I’ve been enjoying Elderberry Reveries and Duck Tales as I photograph the bush and its ripening fruit from different vantage points in different kinds of light. (More on the duck tales below.) Yesterday I went out in the backyard and got Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Magic Light

As a photographer I pay attention to the changing light. It can change in a matter of moments. And I find that it is often the light that makes a photograph something special. Early this morning I noticed a shaft of light that lit up a patch of dried grasses at the edge of the pond and also extended in a bright angled line across the pond. I’ve never seen a shaft of light like this on the pond before. The dried grass almost looked as if it was a flame rising out of the water. And it felt a Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Summer Days

  This has been one of the nicest summers in memory. And I am treasuring these Summer Days despite the fact that they are flying by so fast. I almost never feel like winter flies by quickly here in Minnesota. Though last winter was one of the nicest winters I remember from my almost 40 years of living here. Nevertheless I’m not a fan of Minnesota winters. I truly wish that I could welcome fall days and the coming winter with as much enthusiasm as I welcome the arrival of spring. Despite the fact that I much prefer the warm Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Impressions and Expression

This morning as I was looking out at the pond behind our house I saw the most beautiful abstract reflections in the pond. The light was just right for making photographs of the pond playing with Impressions and Expression of all the beauty I saw. Movement, softness, blur, and color moving and mixing before my eyes. Sometimes the surface of the pond looked like a Monet painting in the soft morning light. It was another reminder that I can find beauty here, at home, as well as out in the woods. (Though I know that we are so lucky to Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Camera Movement and Abstraction

Thursday morning I visited the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) with a photographer friend. I wanted to photograph color, movement, gesture, and form. While respecting the artistic creations exhibited there, I hoped to find ways to show beauty through using Camera Movement and Abstraction as well as from examining the textures and rhythms in the art that I saw there. When I arrived at MIA I realized that though I had brought my camera, I had forgotten to put the memory card back in the camera the day before. So using my camera was not an option. Instead I used Read more…

By Marilyn, ago