Learning to see the light
Can photography be a kind of therapy?
What a week! These past few days, I’ve been battling some computer issues that have been harrowing and time-consuming. It’s weird how much our technology affects our emotional lives. Obviously, this shouldn’t be the case, but what can we do? We rely on this tech for work and play, and things feel bad when our systems aren’t cooperating. The good news is that I’ve resolved my issues, and I’m coasting into the weekend with everything intact. Phew!
Since the pandemic, I’ve noticed that I can calm myself by looking at pictures, especially those focused on the nuances of light. That golden glow gets me every time. At some point, I realized that learning to see light was a big part of photography's promise. Over time, my photography became less about the things I pictured and more about how light landed on those things. It’s a subtle distinction but an enormous shift in perspective. Does that make sense?
I love these images partly because they’re beautiful. But they're also an excellent pick-me-up, a healing balm that can put my tangled nerves at ease. Like a warm bath, these images make me feel good, relaxed, and mentally refreshed. I guess it's a kind of phototherapy or maybe a visual meditation. I'm looking at these natural beauties by photographer Bobby Beasley and thought you would appreciate them.
If you make images like this, I’d love to see them. I’ll show the ones that catch my eye in the newsletter and on my Instagram occasionally. Please email me anytime.
Special thanks to photographer Bobby Beasley for sharing these grass images with me today. I think they’re gorgeous, and they make me excited for the coming summer. If you like these, please check out Bobby’s Instagram feed. He’ll appreciate it.
One more thing…
I’m still looking for Spring Pictures, and I’d love to see your work. You can read more about my call for springtime photos here. I’ll leave you with a picture of our rhododendron, which bloomed this week. We look forward to this every year, and it never disappoints. And that sunrise sunshine is stunning. Alright, friends, that’s all for today. I hope this Friday treats you well. Take care of yourselves. Have a wonderful weekend!
I use my photography to help deal with stress and anxiety.
I suffer PTSD and am diagnosed full bi polar
My life can take many turns, but photography is my constant.
Recently I've focused on the Birdlife around my home in Lightning Ridge NSW Australia.
Have also been photographing for a recipe book for a local talent.
My next project, I hope will be focused on Opal mining and opal gems.
I gave mixed for opal for the last 20yrs and has been my Maine focus.
As im ageinI'm returning to my old world of photography.
This seems like a cool place to start.
Thank you.
Documentary photography focuses on that which it pictures and sends us back to that very object or artifact - a piece of jewelry, an apple, a face, a tree. Fine art photography, on the other hand, does something of an entirely different nature: it sends us back to ours elves - a place intensely intimate which cannot be pointed to or objectified. Here we are alone; we are home. We are in that place where everything takes birth and flight. In such a place we suddenly feel whole again. The power we routinely attribute to things, in fact comes from us.