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to my personal journal through my viewfinder. A place where I leave the world behind and try to find the spirit of what I am seeing.
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Minimalist Photography
I came across the term Minimalist Photography this week on Google+. Photographer Steve Johnson will be releasing a book this Spring covering the topic in depth. He defines Minimalist Photography as not simply about taking a photograph of less. Minimalism is … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged branch, creek, falls, ice, ithaca, landscape, mini, minimalist, new york, plants, rocks, season, snow, state park, taughannock falls, winter
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Assignment 23: Recap
Thank you for the great response to the first photo assignment of 2013. In all, there were 19 submissions from all over the globe. This time, I am going to write the recap while reading each entry for the first … Continue reading
Posted in Assignments
Tagged austrailia, blogging, canada, cold, denmark, india, ireland, massachusetts, new york, nova scotia, plants, snow, switzerland, united states, wet, winter
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View 166: Winter Flowers
I know I have been complaining about all the snow upstate New York has gotten this winter. Thankfully, I got a taste of exotic places over the weekend when I attended the Syracuse Photographers Association meetup at my college alma … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Weekly View
Tagged 50mm, cactus, college, environmental science & forestry, esf, flower, greenhouse, new york, nifty fifty, nikon D700, plants, suny, syracuse, terry ettinger
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7 Ways to Get Out of a Photographer’s Slump
Over the past year I have heard a few of my photographer friends say they had become uninspired. In sports, they would say the photographer is in a slump. A slump is a period of poor or losing play by … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged 18-200mm vr, baldwinsville, new york, nikon D70, plants, silhouette, slump, sunset
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View 123: A Walk in the Woods
Walking in the woods in Spring is a sensory delight. The leafs of the trees are not fully out yet and the sunlight dapples on the forest floor. There is the fresh smell of growth everywhere and the birds and … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Weekly View
Tagged baldwinsville, beaver lake nature center, ferns, leafs, maple, new york, Photography, plants, red, spring, walk, woods
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