frame it then shoot it: September 2012

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Y2 Day 218...

“I asked the Zebra,
are you black with white stripes?
Or white with black stripes?
And the zebra asked me,
Are you good with bad habits?
Or are you bad with good habits?
Are you noisy with quiet times?
Or are you quiet with noisy times?
Are you happy with some sad days?
Or are you sad with some happy days?
Are you neat with some sloppy ways?
Or are you sloppy with some neat ways?
And on and on and on and on and on and on he went.
I’ll never ask a zebra about stripes...again.”

― Shel Silverstein

Y2 Day 217

St Andrew's Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney in the Anglican Church of Australia.

Located in central Sydney, the cathedral is one of the city's finest examples of Gothic Revival architecture. Designed by Edmund Blacket, it was ready for services and consecrated in 1868, making it the oldest cathedral in Australia. Joan Kerr described St Andrew's as "....a perfect example of the colonial desire to reproduce England in Australia in the mid nineteenth century".

Y2 Day 216... never the same

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Y2 Day 215... seeing things

I am not interested in shooting new things - I am interested to see things new.

- Ernst Haas

This project has taught me to see things new... before this I don't even know if I would have noticed these shadows

Y2 Day 214... light can do that

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

At the beginning of the month I set myself a goal of a photo a day everyday of the month... I did it.

Y2 Day 213...

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Y2 Day 212... self

“You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way".”
― Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Y2 Day 211... Goodbye

July 28th

Ryan John made his presence known 18 years ago today, he came into my world and changed it completely

But I was not the only one he had that effect on, if you met Ryan you liked Ryan and if you knew Ryan you loved Ryan.

I want to share this short poem with you...

Not how did he die, but how did he live?
Not what did he gain, but what did he give?
These are the units to measure the worth Of a man as a man, regardless of birth.
Not, what was his church, nor what was his creed?
But had he befriended those really in need?
Was he ever ready, with word of good cheer, To bring back a smile, to banish a tear?
Not what did the sketch in the newspaper say, But how many were sorry when he passed away

If that is how we measure the worth of a man I know that I raised an amazing young man... He was there for us all and I am so very proud to call him my son.

We say our last physical goodbye to Ryan today but he will live on in each of us... in our thoughts, memories and hearts.

Y2 Day 210...

Here, on the river's verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place, simply leaning a little more to right or left.
Paul Cezanne

Y2 Day 209... shadow feature

This non-exciting photo is of the shadow cast from the light/ceiling feature at the hotel where I was enjoying a drink or two... it caught my eye and I grabbed the camera, good thing I did because it was the only time all day or night.

Y2 Day 208... addicted

Fashion, flowers, nudes and portraits - they're all the same: light, form, color. And mystery. And mystery is very important. When I started photographing flowers, I thought, "My God, where have I been?" I'm totally addicted to this project. I'd never seen the mysteries of a flower. We walk by wonders every day and don't see them. We only stop at what shouts the loudest.
Barbara Bordnick