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Sunday, March 22, 2015

Flying Alone

Summarizing today's post: Going along with the pack or not, having your camera handy at all times.


birds, photography
shot at 170mm, ISO 400, f/8, 1/1000th of a second

What do you see when you look at the photograph above? Interpretations can vary from one person to another. That is what makes art so interesting. A picture is indeed worth a thousand words, but those words are can be heard in different ways by different people. 

What I see and think about when I look at this image is a young bird struggling to make it on his own. There is a whole flock of his peers right behind him, but he chooses to branch out.

Sometimes that's what we have to do to find the fruits of life. Dare to be different for a change, test your creativity, and see what happens. You may find that simply shaking things up a bit and changing your routine of doing the same things that everyone else is doing may give you an epiphany of some type.

I took this photograph on Thanksgiving Day 2010. I didn't imagine that I'd find new meaning to it years later. That's why it is so important to keep your camera handy, because you never know what you may capture and what it'll mean to you later. 

A challenge to you: Do something different -- away from "the pack" -- today. Turn off social media for one day. Don't check your email. Stay off the phone as much as possible. Then focus on what you can do to better your life. Get creative and make a few goals. 

Realize that you don't always have to fly with the pack...not every single day.

Thanks for reading and have a nice Sunday!

Brant

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Friday, March 6, 2015

A Winter Wonderland

Summarizing today's post: A few photographs of our winter wonderland.


snow, photography
shot at 90mm, ISO 200, f/5.3, 1/640th of a second

I hope everyone survived and stayed warm thru all the winter weather we have had over the past few weeks here in NC.

As much as all of this white stuff (at best...it was mostly ice for a lot of people) throws our schedules for a loop, I still love it. I makes me feel like a kid again.

snow, photography
shot at 135mm, ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/640th of a second

I simply wanted to show a few photographs I took last Thursday after I opened my blinds to my back patio. So simple but so beautiful. 


snow, photography
shot at 170mm, ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/640th of a second

I hope that you stopped for just a moment and truly enjoyed the gift and simple pleasure of a winter wonderland. My wife and I found a couple of hours that Thursday morning to do just that before I headed off to work. 

There's just something about snow that seems to purify things.

Have a nice weekend and thanks for reading.

Brant