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In a Liminal Space

With the mild late fall days we’ve been having I feel as if I am living In a Liminal Space not quite winter, but not really fall anymore either. And I am embracing this in-between space between fall and winter. Yesterday I went out to Carver Park to photograph the bare trees and to play with ICM (intentional camera movement) and in camera multiple exposures. It was chilly but not so cold that my hands froze as I took off my gloves to work my camera. The colors this time of year are muted but present. It’s not all gray Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

The Swans are Back

Today I’m celebrating the fact that The Swans are Back on Medicine Lake. Though not as many as I saw last year, there are several families of Trumpeter Swans, gulls galore, and lots and lots of migrating ducks and Canada Geese on the lake right now. I first saw them on Medicine Lake the day after Thanksgiving. I love these graceful noisy graceful swans so much! My heart leaps a bit every time I see them gliding, flying, and honking. They brighten these cold late November days for me. Every day I go down to the lake and look to Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Making Meaning

Today I want to write a little bit about the creative process and Making Meaning in your artistic work. As I record my responses to the beauty I see in the world through the lens of my camera, I think a lot about the artistic process. When is the photograph I make just a photograph documenting what I saw and when is it art? I don’t have a definitive answer for that. But I know that it is not enough for me any more just to create a “pretty picture” in my photographic work. I want the photos I make Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Morning Light on the Pond

Each morning when I wake up, I open the bedroom shades and look out at the Morning Light on the Pond seeing whether the day will be bright or cloudy, windy or still. Some mornings the view is so gorgeous that I head out to the living room in my nightgown to photograph the beauty of the moment through the large windows that overlook the pond. This morning was one of those mornings. The light changes so quickly that a beautifully lit scene can turn into a dull lifeless scene in just a minute or two. Several recent sunsets have Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Je suis arrivé!

Yesterday the pond was completely open with no ice to be seen. This morning with the colder weather a skim of ice covered most of the pond. It feels like winter is saying… Je suis arrivé! (I have arrived!) It amazes me how quickly this change happens. Just yesterday I noticed that the Northern Shoveler ducks that had made a migration stop on our pond finally left. They spent almost a full week patrolling the pond, bills slanted halfway beneath the water, siphoning up food to prepare for their journey south. I loved watching them glide to and fro across Read more…

By Marilyn, ago