Category: Photography
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Roses in the Snow
Seeing roses in the snow gives me hope. Hope that beautiful things can flourish in inhospitable circumstances. The snow and freezing temps did not damage these beauties. They persisted, vibrantly. So may we. When snow falls and frost fingers our story, so may we.
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Happy Accident
Pencil shavings usually remain hidden inside the sharpener or the trash can. But my sharpener got clogged and rather than walk the few feet to the trashcan, I dumped the finings out onto a tray where the messy bits and pieces captured my eye. They are beautiful evidence of preparation and refinement. Perhaps some things…
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Start Living It
“Our power is never about how pretty we are. Our power is about how we live our lives. Start living it.” Cheryl Strayed, interviewed by Lisa Congdon in A Glorious Freedom. This grabbed me. So I spent the last 2 weekends investing my spare time in working on art. What does that even look like?…
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Grand Trail
Grand Trail by brothers Alexis and Frédéric is a worship-inspiring coffee table-worthy tome of 16 [famous] ultrarunner portraits (Killian Jornet, Anton Krupicka, Scott Jurek, Anna Frost to name a few) 13 [also noteworthy] trail races portraits (from the more widely known like Western States and Hardrock 100 to ones new to me like Ultra-Trail Mt.…
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Where Am I? Micropia
“When you look from really close, a new world is revealed to you. More beautiful and spectacular than you could ever have imagined.” Welcome to Micropia. I wasn’t worried about my mascara at first. Micropia is a museum that shows the invisible world of microbial life. It is the best museum ever and no wonder. Micropia…
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I Got Outside! How About You?
I got outside! I hope you did too! The wind was going 12 mph along the SF Bay and whipping the mustard back and forth. I shot this with the app SlowShutter to accentuate the movement and then layered it on top of a still to add definition. My kitchen bouquet of ranunculus looked great…
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Another New Look: Dreamscope
I first noticed @dogsitter80 using Dreamscope in early March. Intrigued, I bought the app and began experimenting on flowers. First I made the best version of the image in Snapseed, correcting and enhancing the natural image. Then I pulled the image into Dreamscope and applied filters until I found one I liked.…
