"When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused."
Rainer Maria Rilke
Perspective of Youth
Perspective of Youth
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Day 1 - Firebreak #5 Tillamook State Forest ORV
Nothing Beats a Jeep Jamboree
Many "poo-poo" a Jeep Jamboree.
Read MorePatricia
Patricia
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A Walk in the Woods; Photo Essay in 6 Frames
A Coffee Senryu
A Coffee Senryu...
Read MoreSweet Scent of Spring
Sweet Scent of Spring
A spring rain Haiku
Read MoreInterview with Nev Nels
Check out the latest interview on Photographer's Soul, this time, Nev Nels from Chicago.
Read MoreNev Nels
Nev Nels is a photographer from suburban Chicago. He's drawn to pieces of spaces that are elemental to overall feel of place. His photographs act as brief but contemplative gazes, often packaging ironic or critical messaging into frames of beauty, humor or the everyday. Canons are his weapons of choice.
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Tytia Habing {Effingham, Illinois} I received two separate university degrees, neither of which are photography related. Such is life. You never know where it will take you. It's where I picked up a camera for the first time with the intention of making something artful, so it wasn't all for naught. The majority of my adult life I spent living in the Cayman Islands and three years ago moved home to Illinois with my husband and son.
Tytia Habing
This month, I interview photographer Tytia Habing:
Tytia Habing {Effingham, Illinois} I received two separate university degrees, neither of which are photography related. Such is life. You never know where it will take you. It's where I picked up a camera for the first time with the intention of making something artful, so it wasn't all for naught. The majority of my adult life I spent living in the Cayman Islands and three years ago moved home to Illinois with my husband and son.
Read MoreThe Allegory & Metaphor in Pixels ~ Kris Vockler
Metaphors and allegories you say? There are those in the photo world who firmly plant two feet and say the best photographs are the ones that are technically perfect and sharp. I contend that they are not. Some may feel this way, and that is just fine. I'm drawn to the photos with less focus and less than optimal aperture settings. The shots that give me the greatest joy to create and view are the ones that tell a story. That story may be an emotion, and with luck it's a metaphor or even an allegory.
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