by Kim Ort | Jan 21, 2014 | Attention, Contemplative Photographers, Inspiration, People, Zen Buddhism
In his classic book, The Zen of Creativity (paid link), photographer, writer, and Zen master John Daido Loori describes the first time he saw his workshop leader, photographer Minor White: “He was a striking figure, well over six feet tall, with a flowing mane...
by Kim Ort | Oct 22, 2013 | Adventures in Seeing, Attention, Belonging / Connection, Contemplation, Essence, Playing Big
In part 1 of this series, I talked about my beginnings as a photographer and the evolution from a focus on technique to one of creative self-expression. At the end of that post, I was at the point where I was beginning to blog and write online. I’d set up an...
by Kim Ort | Oct 15, 2013 | Abstraction, Attention, Contemplation, Going Abstract, Lines
Abstract photography is about eliminating any recognizable or literal aspects of a subject and instead, isolating within the frame colour, lines, shapes, and curves. In writing and planning my workshop, Going Abstract, I learned some things about myself. One is that...
