“One should photograph objects, not only for what they are, but also for what else they are.”
Minor White
Week #3 - Finding Time For Creativity
“The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.”
RIP Mary Oliver
I often feel like there is little time in my daily life to carve out space for creative endeavors. For me the best way to capture some time is to simply schedule a class . Whether a week long class in Paris or a half day class in my home town, making this commitment to my photography brings me great creative happiness.
More images from the Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, California
Just a tip.
Swirls and patterns
Dancing leaves
Week #2 - Late Afternoon At the Ruth Bancroft Garden
I spent a fun afternoon yesterday talking a photography class with John Ricca at the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, California. The garden covers 3.5 acres and houses a collection of succulents as well as drought-tolerant plants from around the world. Having just received my new macro lens,I decided to focus my time there on patterns and shapes. The images I am sharing this week are ones that I did in black and white. Next week I’ll share some that I took in color.
Shapes and lines
Graceful lines
Movement
Week #1 - Ode to Georgia O’Keeffe
The mission church at Rancho de Taos
“I often painted fragments of things because it seemed to make my statement as well as or better than the whole could ...I had created an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at ...not copy it”.
Georgia O’Keeffe