by Kim Ort | Aug 14, 2012 | Attention, Contemplation, Perspective, Photography, Place
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. ~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Seventeen years ago, my family left the home we’d built in Illinois to move to Indiana. Luckily, our best friends from our old neighbourhood...
by Kim Ort | Aug 3, 2012 | Openness, Perspective, Photography, Roots of Photography
This is part 5 of The Roots of Photography, based on the book The Photographer’s Eye (paid link) by John Szarkowski. It is about what makes photography unique in the art world. Vantage Point: Expanding Perspectives “The photographer learned that the...
by Kim Ort | Mar 13, 2012 | Perspective, Photography, Seeing, The Practice of Contemplative Photography
Ch. 17 (and the final chapter) of The Practice of Contemplative Photography, (paid link), by Andy Karr and Michael Wood, is simply called “Equanimity.” In this chapter, the authors emphasize that there is no specific style for contemplative photography,...
