Hearts Above

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Sayen Gardens, New Jersey 

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Variations on a Theme

Sayen Garden, New Jersey

I love to edit images in Topaz for a new look.
The problem -
I can't decide which is my favorite.

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Reaching to the Heavens

Princeton University Chapel

"Touch The Sky"

What fortune lies beyond the stars
Those dazzling heights too vast to climb
I got so high to fall so far
But I found heaven as love swept low

My heart beating
My soul breathing
I found my life
When I laid it down
Upward falling
Spirit soaring
I touch the sky
When my knees hit the ground

Publishing: © 2014 Hillsong Music Publishing (APRA)
Writer(s): Joel Houston, Dylan Thomas & Michael Guy Chislett

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A Day in the Life...

...of a Suburban Girl.

In my first photography class in 1988
the instructor reminded us to take photographs
of everyday things
because everyday things won't always be everyday things.
He was so right.


Library Books 

In my recent life situation
I haven't wanted to pick up the camera.
But every now and then something
catches my eye and I think
maybe I should photograph that.



I Love My Honda - It is 80% Made in America too. 
Yup, I check those things. 

As part of my healing process,
I think I will do a little project on
Everyday Things:
A Day in the Life of a Suburban Girl.


Contemplating Which to Read First 

I have no idea where this will go,
but it is something
to do
to think about
to get back into the groove of life.
Who knows, this could be the only installment...
but I doubt that.

About that large print book on top...no I don't need large print. 

There is a long wait list for that book 

and the large print version had the shortest list 

so large print it is. 

I picked these books off of a recommended list 

for me from goodreads.com

 I can't tell you anything about them yet. 

Have you read any of them? 

Everyday things - library books 

placed on the kitchen table 

just after picking them up. 

It doesn't get more everyday than that.  

No, I don't do Kindle, 

I'm a snobby purist book lover. ;) 

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Me vs The Camera

It was a cold, dark night:
my eyes watering
my fingers frozen
my feet numb
my teeth chattering
my mouth parched
(I refused to pay $3 for a bottle of water)
my iso cranked
my aperture wide open
my tripod on my back
(it was too cold to open it -
why did I even bring the thing?)
and this is what my camera saw...


Penn's Landing Waterfront 
Philadelphia, PA 

But that is not what my eyes saw...
THIS is what I saw.


My vision of Penn's Landing Waterfront 
Philadelphia, PA 

How can that be?
Because the camera didn't know about
watering
frozen
numb
chattering
parched
me.

So I edited the image to match my vision.
(If you are a photo purist, this post is not for you. Sorry.)


Ben Franklin Bridge 
Philadelphia, PA

When I see something my mind immediately starts playing with it.
(Yup, even if I sit in your living room
my mind will start rearranging your furniture
and decor into vignettes.
I. can't. help. it.
It just happens.)


My vision Ben Franklin Bridge I
Philadelphia, PA 
It looks colder here, doesn't it? 

When I see a subject
my mind does the same thing.
How would it look in black and white,
as a charcoal piece,
as a water color.
And that is how I see it in my mind.
So,
when I take a photo
I try to recreate the vision I had
through the editing process.


My vision Ben Franklin Bridge II
Philadelphia, PA

Yes, I believe in getting it right in camera,
yadda, yadda, yadda...
But when you are
watering
frozen
numb
chattering
parched
all that yadda, yadda, yadda
is just yadda, yadda, yadda.
You just click the stupid shutter and move on
to the warm fires a short walk away.

A Photo Purist I am not -
at least not all of the time.
For me, it is all about the vision.
 I got my vision
with a stupid click
and some editing in my warm house.


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I'm still kind of playing with it. 
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