Photographic Impressionistic Illusionistic
Photography Without Rules
To be specific
It’s the Pacific
That’s terrific
All photographs require “pre-visualization”.
Polar Coordinates is an action performed in Photoshop to create “tiny worlds”. In this case, I use the inexpensive Elements version. It requires a little clean up and manipulation….but is a bunch of fun, and mind bending results sometimes.
Honestly, I’m not sure
What to think
Of these days of uncertainty
As if uncertainty
Was never a part of our living
And dying
Are we so much wiser
Being able to see the unseeable
Panic filling our hearts
Pretending
To stave off the inevitable
Knowledge enough
To hide like mice?
We ask ourselves
Is it enough to be alive
While not living
By what measure
Will one consider
Infinity
Coming to that final conclusion
That realization of consciousness
That those things we can control
Should never
Control us?
Today, it will be 90 degrees Fahrenheit. A few weeks ago, it was cool and rainy. So much for the Southern California spring!
Here are 2 minutes of a rainy scene in our garden:
The garden has changed a lot since then. We have many lettuce plants that are doing well. They will want to bolt if it stays hot for too many days in a row.
The photo is a cropped/stitched image of some breakfast radishes from the garden of last year.
They are sometimes bitter
And grow up too fast
But underneath
They really are sweet
And love to blend in
Sorry for the title!
I can hear them
Singing in my dreams
It is simple with them
It is simple with me
We have no expectations
They are there, I’m sure of it.
I wonder if they miss me.
Cover photograph- Multiple in-camera exposures
A little project created with my grandson.
“I Am”
If all the elements in my body can be found in the earth
then:
I am the ocean, the waves and the foam.
I am the sand and the air.
I am the wind and the clouds and the crumbling cliffs.
I am the grass of the field and the dirt under my feet.
I am of the earth and in the earth, and the earth is in me
I am the ant and the dragonfly
I am the heron and the fish
I am the gnat catcher and the hummingbird
I am the seed and the tree
I am the light and the darkness
I am the sun, the moon and the stars
I am the peace that falls at the end of the day
I am the voice that tells the animals “it’s time for bed”
I am the red of sunset, and the lavender of sleep
I am of the earth and in the earth, and the earth is in me
Written By ©Mark Steven Wade
Narrated by Chaz Cosgrove
Photographic Impressionistic Illusionistic 