One of the new techniques I learned in my workshop was an in camera double exposure, one in focus and one completely out of focus to create a dreamy misty look. This is one of my first attempts. Hope you enjoy.
From John O’Donohue:
The beauty of the imagination is that it can discover such magnificent vastness inside a tiny space.
And the last from the rose garden. The dancing petals of a rose in decline.
I’m hoping I’m not repeating myself with the John O’Donohue quotes as I run through the book for a second time. I may not have marked all the ones I used before but they are still meaningful and, well, beautiful. For today:
The Beauty of the earth is the first beauty, millions of years before us the earth lived in wild elegance.
Hardly know what I’m going to do with myself now that my photography class is over. Oh, wait, I have a new puppy who requires 24/7 attention. Of course, he’s been asleep since noon but I still have to pay attention in case he wakes up!
From John O’Donohue:
In order to be more attentive to beauty, we need to rediscover the art of reverence.
It was back to the Rose Garden today. The assignment was to photograph a flower in all of it’s phases. This was my favorite. The rest you will be seeing in the next few days.
From John O’Donohue:
Beauty induces atmosphere and spirit: wonder, delicious turbulence, love, longing, and a trembling delight.
So I went by Petco the other day to pick up puppy supplies and figured I might as well grab some flowers from Trader Joe while I was there. I really like the abstract look of these dancing sunflower petals and the added texture just added to the painterly look.
Today’s thought from John O’Donohue:
In its encounter with us beauty invites our dignity and graciousness.
This week’s assignment was about backgrounds so I went back to the Red Poppy garden with a wide angle lens to get some out of focus flowers in the background.
From John O’Donohue:
Beauty is not to be captured or controlled for there is something intrinsically elusive in its nature.
One of the new tricks I learned this week was shooting a flower on a lightbox and then adding a texture to replace the white background. Since my tulips from last week were going south I thought I would give it a try.
From John O’Donohue:
To experience beauty is to have your life enlarged.
The first Echinecea of the season. The colors were a little pale so I decided to go with black and white to emphasize the shapes of the petals.
From John O’Donohue:
Beauty touches and renews our hope when it takes us out of the grid of ordinary time and brings us to another place, a place where history ceases and the weight of memory relents, a place ever ancient and ever new.
The red poppies are finally blooming at North Mountain park. I got up extra early to avoid the wind but I seem to need to go even earlier to avoid the crowds.
From John O’Donohue:
When the soul is alive to beauty, we begin to see live in a fresh and vital way.
This is one of the many poppies I found at North Mountain Park last week. I am going back tomorrow in hopes of finding the red poppies a little more abundant than there were last week.
Today’s thought from John O’Donohue:
The beauty of nature is often the wisest balm for it gently relieves and releases the caged mind.