May is Mental Health Month

On paper, photography looks like a bad coping strategy. You take a heavy thing with you out the door, walk around, and come back with the same weight plus some pictures. But it works. Everyone who shoots knows this, and…
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May is Mental Health Month

◈ May is Mental Health Month

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Photos I found #8: Winter Holidays

More photos I found. These are probably late winter/early spring holiday photos in the mountains somewhere in France. Easter holidays maybe. Given the snow I’d think Alps.

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Separating the Photograph from Its Birth

Photographers will tell you a good photograph needs to stand on its own. No explanation, no supporting text; what’s in the frame is what you get. If the…

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Paws in the sand

I posted this photo last week as my contribution to Aminus3’s photo prompt: minimal. I thought I might as well explain it here.

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