Behind the camera...

As you know... a photo is worth 1,000 words.... unfortunately, it rarely tells the whole story. From time to time I like pull the veil back and reveal what is really going on around me while I take a photo...



What you see: lobster pots and brightly colored buildings through the fog....






What you don't see: The ruckus of feeding seagulls and swans as they fly around me!







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Behind the Camera...

This is another little entry in a series of posts that I write from time to time called - 'Behind the Camera'. There is a saying that a photo is worth 1,000 words. Unfortunately, however, a photo never really tells the full story. You never see what else is going on around me when I take the picture.



What you see: Cute little ducks...





What you don't see: Dee behind me reading... She gets comfortable because she knows that I am going to be a while...






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I wish...

(Early on Sunday morning I headed out for a quiet walk by myself. I drove down to a quiet beach with my camera, a good book, and my journal... I ended up staying for three hours)


Photos really do not really tell the full story of just how amazing Ireland is...



I wish that I could describe the smell of seaweed, salt air, and last night's peat fire...

I wish that you could know the bitterness of a wind so cold that it makes your ears ache and eyes water...

I wish that you could know the warmth of the sun as it comes out from behind a cloud...

I wish that I could describe the stabbing feeling of the cold North Atlantic water sinking into my shoes...

I wish that I could tell you just how the rain stings as it falls from a clear blue sky...

I wish that you could know the textures of a giant boulder that I sheltered under...



I wish that I could describe the colors of the rainbow...



I wish that you could feel the excitement of spotting seals sunning themselves on the rocks and playing in the water...




I wish that I could really show you all of the artwork tidal waters create on the sand...



I wish that you could know how it feels to jump over little streams and to slowly walk on fresh sand as the tide retreats...

I wish that I could give you a whiff of the giant wet dog that slobbered all over me...




I wish that you could hear the sounds of seagulls and sandpipers looking for food or cows in far away fields...

I wish that I could tell you just how slippery wet seaweed and rocks are...

I wish that I could describe how it feels to stand 10 feet away from a seal and to watch it slip into the sea...




I love photography... but it never really captures the adventure and the story that goes behind every photograph.




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Two weeks and counting

Ok... our photo exhibition is going to be two weeks from today. We still have a TON of planning to do! I have put together a few posters that I am getting printed today. I plan on posting them up in a couple of places around town tomorrow ( i hope). Here is a quick sample.


















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Taking the plunge...

Well............. I can't believe that we are going to do it.... but we are!


(insert drum roll here.......)


In just under three weeks - we are going to hold our first public photo exhibition!


Wow... that is a scary thought! Our local library has a very large multipurpose room that is used for just about anything/everything. It is a courtroom (once a month)... a reading room... a concert hall... and even an art gallery. So... before I left to go back to the states I reserved this room for the month of February (yes - I picked the shortest month!). My plan is to hang/display photos that we took while in the States. We will have an opening on Friday the 6th of February 7pm to 9pm and then the photos will hang (and the room will be open to the public) for the rest of the month.

I went in to reconfirm that we do indeed have the room, and just talking about the details made me nervous. I don't really know why... but it does make me a bit nervous to have strangers and friends come look at my photos while I am still standing there...... But I also think that I need/want some push to evolve and... a reason to take more pictures. There is just something about being able to share what I see, and I think that it will be great to share our experiences in the states with our friends here.

So... there you have it... more details later...

Oh... and I have changed the timer on the top of the page to countdown to the show...



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Pulling the camera back...

Several months ago I posted a little post where I pulled the camera back and showed you what was going on beside me... I thought that I would do it again.



The other day I stopped on the side of the road to take some pictures... many of which I absolutely love! There was hardly a whisper of wind and the heat of the summer's day had not really set in yet. I walked along the road admiring the wildflowers and chasing the butterflies that were clumsily going from flower to flower. Tn the end I feel like the pictures that I took really capture the peace and beauty of that summer's day.




Here is the picture that I took:


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This is what was continuously going on right behind me:






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