Halloween Fun!

MacSlim and Jasper captured a baby sasquatch
And took him home to raise as their own!

Under a Hunter Moon!

Who is he?....

Is he...Speedman? I he...Elvis?
Is he...my Spike?

Something's different...I'm a bit confused...

What do you think?

Mushroom Study

bones of a poet - lesson #3

Express Yourself

Using an egg or eggs as your subject matter, photograph them in a way that you are conveying an emotion, mood or theme. Ask yourself how you can express yourself photographing the egg and explore different approaches, style and concepts to communicate with others your theme.

These are some of my favorite...

Autumn Morning Eggs-pressions

At sunrise...

Bathing...
Imitating mushrooms...
This one has been chosen for display in the persisting stars photo gallery...Sweet!
In mid-stream...
I am really enjoying this course...

Fatty Batty

Cute!

Pumpkin Fun

Our lesson this week involves eggs and expressing yourself...

Mom thought it would be fun...to eggs-periment...

Good for a few giggles...and some interesting photos...
And then...along came Ollie!!!

Sweet!

Halloween Anticipation

Delicious dawning... Sun rising...

Welcoming this day....

Opening pumpkins....

Gathering seeds...

Anticipating....

Perky Pumpkin Seeds...

And...Jack-O-Lantern...

Surprises!

bones of a poet - lesson #2

Choose a subject matter for your assignment. Go wayyyy beyond your first impressions of your chosen subject and forget the 'name' altogether. Photograph it over and over and over in as many different ways as you possibly can even to the point of abstraction so it is unrecognizable. Respond to it with all of your senses and ask yourself how it makes you feel and try to capture the details that bring those feelings alive in your photograph.

Here are some of my favorites...

Fun!

Feeling

Emotional...finding it difficult to put into words...

A friendship...for 25 years... Babies...mothering...loving...learning of life...
The challenges...victories...joys...guilt...growth...dispair...
Discovering...talking...believing in one another...
Even when it wasn't easy...
Always...there...
Conflicted, I...so very glad...my Dear Heart Friend...
now free...from pain...the heaviness of dis-ease...
knows pure joy and LOVE!!!
So very sad...her Left Here Friend...
will hear her voice...laughter...share confidences...see her smile...

no more...
Sip good wine together...
Share epiphanies of understanding God...and wonder how...
Do we live in this world...knowing...
Truth?
What does it mean to live in the moment?...
When her place beside me feels empty...
Damn!!!!!!
And how do I embrace this pain...
Without judging it...
And find within...the beauty of a holy relationship...
Appreciating the memories...the moments...
The gift...
Of Patty...and sorrow...
I miss her........

Goodbye

My sweet friend Patty...slipped (skipped?)...gently...into the heart of God today.My heart hurts...

Moments

Mountain glimpses... Warm sunshine whispers...
Dinner anticipation...

Sunflower smiles...

Just what I needed...

Without Thinking

In addition...to our main assignment...we were given a 'quickie' assignment...further to last week's assignment...this one:

'Lock' yourself in a small room in your house. Give yourself just ten minutes to take ten photo's quickly, without thinking about it...by simply responding to your environment.

My 3 favorite!

And...Now I'm thinking...Spike is feeling MUCH better!
Yay!!!