One Square Acre Photography: June 2015

I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder...

It would be easy to say the Goldfinch is the more beautiful, but isn't the Toad beautiful in it's own earthy way?

Welcome!

A photography book that I really enjoy is "Photography and the Art of Seeing" by Freeman Patterson. The book isn't so much about technique (but there is much of that) as it is about an attitude towards what your camera captures. I revel in those rare instances where the camera captures something evocative or expansive or essential (see response buttons on each post!).

Someone paid me a complement a while back that was unexpected and yet very appreciated. An artist friend told me that my photos 'captured the essence' of the thing I was photographing. Considering my friends ability as an artist, I took her words as very encouraging.

I hope that you enjoy and are drawn into something deeper as you view the pictures and read the little metaphorical (or just descriptive) blurbs I attach to each.

If you like what you see here, these photos plus many more are located here:

https://plus.google.com/photos/100615171617244298265/albums/5506191142496470433
Thanks for visiting.

Mike

One Square Acre Photography

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Extremes