by Kim Ort | Oct 18, 2012 | Books, Contemplation, Education, Spirituality, Zen Buddhism
I am not a Buddhist, but I love learning about Buddhism. It gives me guidance in how to live here and now and resonates well with contemplative photography. I first got a taste of Zen Buddhism in the classic book and my favourite of all time, Zen and the Art of...
by Kim Ort | Oct 12, 2012 | People, Quotes, Visual Design
If you can’t find something worthy to photograph within forty feet of where you stand, you are not seeing. ~ Ruth Bernhard I was reminded of this wonderful quote today when I received an email about a portfolio of images by Robert Hecht called Tulips in the...
by Kim Ort | Oct 2, 2012 | Attention, Contemplation, Photography, Place, Videos
Italy is without question my favorite country in the world. Granted, this designation is based on a comparison with only a handful of other countries I have visited. Still, there is just something very special about this country (excluding its economic situation). I...
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 10, 2012 | Books, Contemplative Photographers, People
While in Boulder, Colorado for a contemplative photography workshop, a friend mentioned Robert Frank, known for his book The Americans (paid link).She said he was certainly a man known for direct seeing and I wanted to learn more about his work. What I found was a man...
by Kim Ort | Jul 6, 2012 | Roots of Photography
This is part 1 of The Roots of Photography e-book, based on the book The Photographer’s Eye (paid link) by John Szarkowski. It is about what makes photography unique in the art world. The Thing Itself: A Tool for Cultivating Wonder “The world itself is an...
by Kim Ort | Jul 3, 2012 | Attention, Contemplation, Photography, Seeing
At the beginning of this year, I began a 365-day photo project called Bringing Contemplation Back. Each day’s image would represent what is called in Miksang contemplative photography a flash of perception. A flash of perception is a gap in the thinking process...
by Kim Ort | Jun 28, 2012 | Essence, People, Photography
Today in the Miksang contemplative photography workshop each of us photographed another person in the group with the goal to express their essence. I hope you enjoy my take on Gilbert, a truly delightful person in every way. And, a wonderful photographer too. Find out...
by Kim Ort | Jun 26, 2012 | Attention, Essence, Photography, Workshops
One of the reasons I registered for a Miksang contemplative photography workshop was to learn how to experience and express the essence of life through a photograph. Miksang mind is having curiosity and passion to be touched by the outside world. ~ Michael Wood,...
by Kim Ort | Jun 21, 2012 | Contemplation, Photography, Textures / Patterns, Workshops
Today in the Miksang contemplative photography workshop, our instructor Michael Wood, talked about what it means to gloss over something. To gloss over means that we don’t pay close attention, we skip over details. This most commonly happens with things or...
