May 6, 2013

Focussing with the Heart

After another long absence and not allot to say through my imagery, I was finally inspired to  post something. So in thinking about it I do have something to say, but not through my work, but that of my daughter.

On occasion, she has been out shooting with me and it has always been a fun, interesting invigorating, learning experience for both of us as photography should be. More recently she has been making some images within her own own travel experiences and is always excited to share them with me. Seeing that she has an 'eye' for making photographs when we have been out together, I am always thrilled in seeing her search out that image that is before her  and pulling it out from within the big world.

This first image, taken of a Lilly, while on a private excursion together to Long Wood Gardens here in Pa. a while back, was a revelation for her. To see the small beauty hidden inside the details of just one flower amid the mass before her. We have a copy of it on our wall at home.



These three others. are from a trip she took to Puerto Rico this spring. When she was showing me her images, there were shots of broad street or garden scenes, nice photos on their own, but within them I could see more that would interest me. Little details or designs or pieces of graphics that drew me in. I refrained from saying "see this part here" in viewing them, but then was pleased a few images later, that they were there, captured from her heart, recognizing the part of the whole that really was the 'image' to her. I am proud to share these with you and to let her know that she really has learned to focus with her heart, not just her eyes.