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Photo-Heart Connection: May
Shelter. That’s what I see here. In the chilly spring mist and rain, there is shelter here. The branches reach down to encircle and protect what’s below. The soft grass cushions the ground. The...
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Photo-Heart Connection: June
A continuum. That’s what time is, color is, life is – a continuum from one end to the other. If you can even tell the end, that is. It’s often hard to tell where the start and end of something really...
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Photo-Heart Connection: July
Good morning, Sunshine. It’s nice to see you. Most of the year, I’m up before the sun. Don’t hate me, but I’m a morning person. I don’t even set an alarm anymore, I let my body tell me when it’s time...
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Photo-Heart Connection: August
Bold. Strong. Dynamic. There is an energy to this image that gives me a “zing” every time I look at it. I created it this way. From the choice of the rainbow colors, to the multiple exposure/zoom...
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Photo-Heart Connection: September
The world does not exist, beyond the edge of the frame. There is only this place. This time. These lines, of my choosing. Why does there need to be anything else? Throw your worries away. Shrug off...
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Photo-Heart Connection: October
There is beauty in autumn. And no, this time I don’t mean the vivid colors that some trees and plants use to herald their demise. I mean the quiet beauty of transition. The beauty of a graceful exit. I...
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Photo-Heart Connection: November
Hope. Sadness. Two sides of the same coin? Perhaps. I see mostly hope with some sadness on one side, sadness with bit of hope on the other. They touch in the center. They echo each other; reach one to...
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Photo-Heart Connection: December
Simplicity. Lines. Space. Since travelling to Singapore in the spring and now China and Taiwan in December I have felt a growing affinity to asian art and themes in my work. I love the lines of...
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Photo-Heart Connection: January 2014
Stretching. Reaching. Celebrating. Grounded in the earth, stretching for the sky. I see in this image a joyous uplift of arms, opening up in celebration, releasing and connecting with something...
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Photo-Heart Connection: February 2014
Who knows what the future holds? I don’t. It’s but a faint line on the horizon. I can see the here and now, what is. I can see possibilities for the future, what might be. To reach the future, I have...
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Photo-Heart Connection: March 2014
It’s all in the light. Beautiful, heavenly rays of sunshine through the blossoms. I photographed a lot of tree blossoms in March. As I looked through the photographs, I realized the photographs were of...
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The first thing you are going to notice in this month’s Photo-Heart Connection: For me, there is no photo. No art of any sort. I’ve not done my “homework” this month, spending the time to look for a...
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Photo-Heart Connection: May 2014
I am lucky. In so many ways. I am lucky to see the sunrise most mornings. I am lucky to live where I can be in the forest within ten minutes of leaving my house. I am lucky to be able to fully enjoy...
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Photo-Heart Connection: June 2014
Unexpected. That’s the word I woke up with today, my Photo-Heart Connection already formed in my head. The last couple of months have brought much that is unexpected my way: A new job I wasn’t looking...
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Photo-Heart Connection: July 2014
Heat. That’s what I feel in this image. The heat of summer, direct sun, scorching and uncomfortable. And yet… the promise of coolness. Once you get away from the edges, move through that heat, there is...
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Photo-Heart Connection: August 2014
Love Forest. Forest Love. Whichever way I write it, it’s true. I don’t know exactly where my love of the forest comes from. I don’t know when it formed. Maybe it was as a child, camping in the Colorado...
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Photo-Heart Connection: September 2014
OK, I must be honest. I’m not sure if this is my Photo-Heart Connection for the month or not. We are in the final throes of our remodel, and this week all of our furniture is moved out of the living...
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Photo-Heart Connection: October 2014
It starts with seeing. Every photograph, every finished image, they all start with that spark of seeing. Seeing beauty. Seeing possibility. Seeing whatever it is I see in life. Whether or not I take a...
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Photo-Heart Connection: November 2014
What comes next? The dawn of each day brings a whole new range of possibilities. I am not sure what comes next, but I am excited to find out. My Photo-Heart Connection this month has to do with the...
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The Final Photo-Heart Connection: December 2014
Nothing is ever black and white. It isn’t, is it? We think it could be, it should be. Right or wrong. Easy or hard. Fair or unfair. Always one or the other. Black or white. We’re on the edge of another...
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