REFRESHING

Massachusett’s “Dia de los Muertos” is every day… I have come to know Massachusetts as an amazing, subtle, quiet and strong American culture… Flags and memorials , veteran and the like, abound throughout town cemetery, dedicated intersection and town park.. Patriotic vigor in this state is intense but with no malice or hatred for those that you may disagree with.. It’s refreshing…

MUSQUASHCUT SOUNDS

Looking across Musquashcut Pond with 30 seconds of light collected.. I hear subtle movement of tide: soft ice break and wildlife stirring… and nothing else. A row of Surfside homes awaken … while others slumber with Musquashcut sound at front stoop and Atlantic surf at back deck…

Also the Sunrise Project exposure for 2/2/2013

CLARITY

Hey Sydney… What are your thoughts… No matter; for I know they are steeped in imagination, focus and clarity… what else could one hope for.

JOHNATHAN CLOUD

JOHNATHAN CLOUD: “I only wish to share what I’ve learned – the very simple fact that it is right for a cloud to fly! ”
At some time we all want to be a Johnathan Livingston Seagull…..

The SEA’S GARDEN GNOME

He stood there, like a sea’s garden gnome… not moving; soaking-in the early morning…ocean sound, pink sunlight and foam.  Quiet and statuesque.  Maybe realizing that this moment only comes now.. observing.  knowing he is alive…then he moves….takes a sip of his coffee, looks through the lens and remembers.

STORYLINE

A Storyline…

QUERINCIA

QUERINCIA… is the Mexican term for the area of the bull-ring where the bull makes its stand and has become a term that evelopes the idea of “place”. Place where one feels secure. For now this is our Querincia…. This is a very early morning photo of Downtown Scituate, Massachusetts and harbor. Its appearance reminds me of how small our town is and with this comes the feeling of Norman Rockwell to our lives . The camera collected so much town-light that it gives the photograph a miniature-like appearance. Shutter speed was set to 3.5″ w/low aperture, you can tell by the clarity and also if you look in the water, far left, you will see a lobster boat moving out the harbor for a fisherman’s day (I would like to try that some day); a haze with these camera settings. No wind, no movement so the boats are crisp, to early for people (other than lobstermen) so no individual blur… Days like this, where the lighting is perfect and nature is accommodating a nice sunset, are what make it worth getting up early in the morning.

RESOLVE

RESOLVE.. It stands tall; helping those in need; even under the worst of storms… The lighthouse and flag have such resolve. This is what my Nikon (the camera silhouette in the Sunrise Project Picture for Day 8) saw of the Lighthouse and sunrise but I decided not to use it for the Sunrise Project, but used the I-phone pic instead; it gave more meaning to me this morning. and yes you can tape your Iphone to a Mono or Tri Pod…..Photo is deceptive, the Lighthouse is quit large with a 2-story house attached and still being lived in. Much history of this lighthouse, especially around the War of 1812, in which Scituate played a big role in (“Never Give up The Ship” was coined off our coast here)..

A BELATED “HAPPY NEW YEAR!”

May the New Year bring you Joy, the ability to test your limits, the temperance to accept what comes your way with dignity and grace, and by all means the focus to mix it all together.. Happy New Year.

IMPERMANENCE

IMPERMANENCE: A REASON TO LIVE IN THE MOMENT…A KID”S WALK ON THE BEACH… A fading memory, but a good one…

How the shot was done: Over-over exposed the shot. Also, to be able to get color to the reflection on the wet beach, I saturated the mid and high colors at the cost of loss of detail.. and took the shot, knowing that I wanted to turn it upside down, so that I could convey a fading memory..fun shot to take..