I like the way glass and ice looks when it shatters.

Missing Japan, missing Kyoto, and missing my hometown, Tokyo....

End of Day, Pyramids of Giza
The two people with horses, one at the base of the pyramid and one at the left of the Sphynx, are traveling home at the end of a day's work at the pyramids. Their tiny forms add perspective to the immensity of these structures.
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The lights of Glencoe

Buachaille étive Mor - Rannoch Moor - Scotland

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Tonight I'll be speaking to a bunch of teens who aspire to be photographers or entrepreneurs one day. This group is special. They have a much more challenging life surrounding them being that they lack the direction and presence of parents. It's a small portion of the 150,000 kids that are part of Southern California's foster care system. What will my message be? I've thought about it long and hard. My focus will not be on shutter speed, composition, and other great business information. It will be on the one thing that has the power to overcome every obstacle. Who you know.

I'll ask them to write down the 6 people they hang out with most, excluding family members. Then we'll discuss how those people hold the power and keys to our future and that within the next 10 years we will not rise above the level of success of our closest 6 friends. We'll talk about the power of being influenced and to be an influence. I'll ask them to make the choice to associate with successful people; those who have strong marriages and families, purposeful lives, flourishing businesses, and supernatural ability. I'm going to challenge them to be everything that God intended for their lives and to leave themselves with no excuses; to hang out with those who will partner with God and remind them of who they 'really' are; and to silence every voice that speaks contrary to their God-given identity.

Pray with me that each of them moves toward the ONE relationship that conspires to make us successful in every area of life, Our Maker.

Not really my usual nature thing, but I had to chance to explore the Nuttallburg coal camp in the New River Gorge over the weekend. I have no idea what this is, just that it is on the back side of the tipple. It just caught my eye.

For #tuesdecay curated by +Ian Ference

The Composition Of An Image Starts Long Before You Press The Shutter


I want to talk about composition and I will use this shot as an example to what I am waffling about.

Most people believe you compose a shot at the time you put the viewfinder to your eye and press the shutter, you should have gone through this process long before you even held your camera to your eye.

This was a shot I composed on the way home from work after a night shift, I saw the sea mist roll in up the estuary, I saw it hit the town of Runcorn as I passed over the bridge, I saw it roll toward the church, I carry my camera back and forth to work as I catch early morning light after a night shift. I knew were I had to park up, I knew I had a run to get here but I knew from the quick glance I took over the bridge as I drove over there were pigeons flying in and around the belfry.

Once I had gotten to the location it was a question of two aspects of the image coming into play, the mist being deep enough to be seen but not too deep you lose detail from the town structure, the second was in the hands of the birds, I wanted a single bird flying from the church, if need be I would have used the flock but the composition in my mind wanted a single bird, I struck lucky.

The composition though took place in the car, on the drive home, watching the mist, some 10 to 15 minutes before I hit the location. How is this possible?

I knew from that spot on the bridge I could look over the town, one of those times when passing you log a spot in your mind for a shoot that might happen, this was one of those times. The composition of the shot took place several weeks before when I noted the location, how is that possible?

I knew from past experience you get fog and mist that rolls in, its a late winter early spring shot, the sun is warm enough to start to burn off low lying fog, as the land and water start to warm up the mist rises with the warmth, remember all those lessons you had in school about how rain is made, this is it only emphasised. The composition of the shot took place several months before when I decided to Google the question "what causes sea mist"

All the elements of the shot were there, it was a case of waiting for that one moment when I press the shutter button, a lot of things here you have no control over whatsoever, if its going to happen it will happen. What you do have control over is the ability to be ready for when it does happen, stage one is knowing your locations, sometimes the rest just slots into place but what might appear as a lucky shot may take a lot more preparation than first thought.

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