Catching Light Subtle paper texture Landscape dots
Bindweed. Convolvulus arvensis. Introduced into California in 1884. This plant is considered a nuisance weed. Its root system dives deep and pushes out crops. Still, it is quite lovely.
Along with another invasive (mustard).
It is interesting to consider the landscaping that was installed onto the property in 1987. Most of the plants are not indigenous. Chinese elm, acacia, iris, eucalyptus, grass from africa.
Note to self: Make sure you save the draft before scheduling. Otherwise, WP freezes up and you lose the post. Wow.
Like clockwork our hills are spotted with buckwheat in transition. Some are red, some light peach, others are still white. The beauty of it is that honey bees feed from these plants. Sustained during the harsh summer heat. It’s connected, beautifully connected.
A couple of months ago, I dedicated my youtube channel for photography education. It has been a pleasure to extol the virtues of thinking outside the box and to search out a personal “voice.” Along the way, I had to challenge myself to get back into the arduous dreamscape impression way of making images. Challenges and prompts are creative killers for me. The process needs to happen organically based on available information. Stationing myself at the back of our property, I forced some of what I used to do. It was clunky and uncomfortable. As time rolled, I released the challenge and my body/mind remembered it’s little used muscle memory. Wait. I had to wait for some things. Find color, tones, structure. Create impressions with negative space compositions. Now armed with these arrows in my quiver, now, I could go to work. I say it is arduous. It is, only because one needs to release all forethought, expectation, stress and become part of all that is visible.
Here is the only product for my efforts. Double exposure. One long, one short. By nature of the process, no textures need to be added.
Traversing down the path, I happened to look up. There, the moon bright and shiny Waiting for some context.
I grabbed by trusty D750 and went to work (multiple exposure mode). It took a little longer than usual. There is no view to see what the progress looks like while you’re framing (newer cameras do that now). Everything is by memory. After many failures, this one seemed done to my liking. Due to all the trees in the frame, I had to add the moon with the camera upside down!
Photographic Impressionistic Illusionistic 