“A Bestiary is a collection of short descriptions about all sorts of animals, real and imaginary, birds and even rocks, accompanied by a moralising explanation. Although it deals with the natural world it was never meant to be a scientific text and should not be read as such. Some observations may be quite accurate but …
Next in our series on composition and intent, we will look at another way of dividing photographic intent; is the subject to be treated in a documentary type way or a more personal, expressive way. Documentary If the main intent of the photograph is to simply relay how something looks, composition is not necessarily all …
I’ve come to the realization that I’m creative. And all along I thought I was analytical. I’d allow that I was maybe a creative problem solver. But not creative. I mean, to be creative, don’t I have to be able to create beautiful things? Shouldn’t I be compelled to skip through fields singing (in key, …
We’re up to the Sixth Day of Creation and are splitting it into two parts. This week, we focus on animals: big, small, furry, scaly, friendly, tame, wild. “And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the cattle according to their kinds, and everything that creeps upon the ground according …
We’ve spent the week focusing on birds and fish, for on the Fifth Day, God said, “Let the water teem with an abundance of living creatures, and on the earth let birds fly beneath the dome of the sky.” (Gen. 1:20). When I asked Brian McCaffrey about featuring one of his amazing photographs this week, …
Fear and change: one makes it hard to embrace the other. Change can be disconcerting, unnerving, anxiety-inducing, scary, and … freeing. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells us: “Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not …
Birds That God made birds is surely in His favor. I write them as His courtesies of love. Hidden in leaves, they offer me sweet savor of lightsome music; when they streak above my garden wall they brush my scene with color. They are embroideries upon the grass. I write the gayest stitched-in blossoms duller …
This week, we’re up to the Fifth Day, when God created the birds and the fish. “Let the water teem with an abundance of living creatures, and on the earth let birds fly beneath the dome of the sky.” (Gen. 1:20). Have you ever tried to capture birds? I once took part in a challenge …
We’ve spent the week focusing on the sun, moon and stars, for on the Fourth Day, ”God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also” (Gen. 1:16). Now that you’ve had the opportunity to read our thoughts …
Sun and moon, bless the Lord; Stars of heaven, bless the Lord. Daniel 3 And here is Ansel Adams himself discussing the print.
Several weeks ago we began a series on composition and intent — the main point being how we should allow our intent in taking the picture to dictate the composition of the photograph rather than blindly following rules. One of the first questions we can ask is how far away from the norm, from the …
The moonlit midnight images I capture through long exposures in winter surprise with revelations. Details are there if you’re patient. The color is rich. You and the camera adjust to your surroundings. But these images are also cold, faded, not all they can be. These images are reflections of moonlight which is a reflection of …