In My Back Pocket - Photography
'It is not what you look at that matters. It's what you see.' – Henry David Thoreau
Between Tide’s Push and Pull
Away from Dad’s home – a July summer’s evening looking out over the water from a favourite Parksville, BC beach, a beach both our kids shared with their grandparents. Always a family destination, this beach was the place in which my son and daughter and I perfected our sand castle engineering in the hours between the tide’s push and pull of the ocean. In early morning, while everyone slept the beach was a calm, quiet destination for fretting through intricate tangles of melody and rhythms on different guitars, Celtic rhythms in 9:8 time in DADGAD tuning or the bass and rhythm riff of a Dave Matthews tune. Where are You Going and Crash in to Me are songs I first fretted at this beach.
Quote to Inspire – “Photography is one big scrapbook of your Life.” – Lisa Jones
Listening to: Big Jet Plane by Angus and Julia Stone
Incredible texture in the clouds,
Jim
Hey there, Jim:
You’d get a kick out of the cloud structure that graces Edmonton between mid August and mid September; the drive anywhere between Edmonton and Calgary is spectacular at sundown.
Take care … 🙂
Such drama in that sky, such contrasts of lights and darks everywhere.
It’s good to see you and your photos and writings again. Hope your arm heals well and speedily. ~ Lily
Hello Lily:
Winter’s look-back through photos has me seeing more of the beauty that I have witnessed … the challenge is to slow myself from the frenetic and look around; John O’Donohue uses the analogy of getting the speed down in a car to that of what’s suitable for Con Amara … ‘ down, down, down ‘; that’s one of the things photography is good for – developing sight for what’s around us and slowing our gait to Life’s pace.
Thanks for looking in and your encouragement. Take care …. 🙂