Week # 43 Photo Challenge

Chair Outside of Store, Murphys CA

I've been in Murphys California this weekend with my family celebrating my son's birthday. My husband I and I were out having lunch and doing some shopping on Main Street when I saw this beautiful old bench.  The colors, lines and textures grabbed my eye.

"To see in a thousandth of a second what indifferent people come close to without noticing - that is the principal of photographic reportage. And in a thousandth of a second that follows, to take a photo of what one has seen - that is the practical side of reportage."

Martin Munkaski

Week #42 Photo Challenge

Oak Leaf

"Our society cannot deal with the minimal, the silence and the spirituality anymore. Everything is huge, loud, flashy and intrusive. Perfection and flawless function are expected in all areas."

Wabi-Sabi - The Beauty of Photography

Natsuko Podzimek-Horinouchi | Jana Manz |Dr. Susan Brooks-Dammann

Week #41 Photo Challenge

Morning - Pittsburg Marina

"And while the paths and outcomes of creative living will vary wildly from person to person, I can guarantee you this: A creative life is an amplified life. It is a bigger life, a happier life, an expanded life, and a hell of a lot more interesting life. Living in this manner - continually and stubbornly bring forth the jewels that are hidden within you - is a fine art, in and of itself. Because creative living is where Big Magic will always abide."

Elizabeth Gilbert - Big Magic, Creative Living Beyond Fear

Week #40 Photo Challenge

Looking Down

"It is the artist in photography that gives form to content by distillation of ideas, thought, experience, insight, and understanding."

   - Edward Steichen

Week #39 Photo Challenge

City Buildings

"Be a good stewart of your time. Feed your inner life. Avoid too much noise. Read good books. Have good sentences in your ears. Be by yourself as often as you can. Walk. Take the phone off the hook. Work regular hours."

Dani Shapiro

Week #38 Photo Challenge

Sunrise on Water

" I subscribe to the belief that we don't find a subject for a photograph - I believe it finds us. When I wander off with my camera, I try to keep my mind blank and instead listen for that soft "Psst! Over here!" to guide me.  The best bet is to disconnect the intellect from the process and listen to your feelings...your gut. What am I going to photograph today? "I'll know if when I see it" is a great answer.

Charles Cramer - First Light - Five Photographers Explore Yosemite's Wilderness

Week #37 Photo Challenge

Window Light

"When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence."

Ansel Adams