I’m taking a Mindfulness in Photography class at my local community art school. The discipline is about “seeing’ first, before the brain jumps to conceptualizing, comparing past experience, and any number of internal or external distractions. How often had I missed seeing the beauty of the morning light falling over the dew collecting on an iris leaf in my koi pond?
Cheers,
C. S.
Monochromia 
A lovely shot with tone, texture, and shadow.
You are to be commended for taking this course. Nothing makes our work stand out from the crowd as much as the consideration we put into it before the shutter is pushed.
I had the opportunity and pleasure yo work with a very talented young lady. A question I often asked her was, “Why are you taking this picture?” One day after I asked her this it dawned on me that I should have been asking the same question of myself much more often. I am a retired teacher, and know full well the old saying, “You learn from your students.”
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Excellent image Sam 👍🏻 My favorite time to take photos is in the early morning when the sun is low and the light is directional casting long shadows.
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Thanks Joe. Agreed, except I’m not a morning person. 😋
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Mindfulness in Photography? 🤔
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Yes, checkout https://www.miksang.com/. I bought a digital copy of “Opening the Good Eye” and it has really helped me to get better at seeing.
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Thank you very much! 👍🏻
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Interesting shot, the out of focus background patterns really add to it. Sounds like a better name would be mindlessness in photography 😀
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Right, the mind can be quite the distraction preventing us from being present and truly seeing. Much of background patterns is from a large koi swimming by. 😉
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