“The turkeys were chunky
With smiley, beaked faces,
And they greeted the children
With downy embraces.”
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During Monday’s trip to the zoo, I took a path I haven’t traveled before into the barn. I enjoyed looking at several of the farm animals until I stopped at the cage for the
“Time flows away like the water in the river. ”
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Monday I had the opportunity to spend a morning at the zoo to work on my current personal project, Caged. When going to the zoo, I always sign up for the first time available so I can beat the crowds and leave before many people begin arriving for the day. The result of my early arrival Monday led to not many animals being out and about. Since there wasn’t much going on with the animals first thing,
“A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.”
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During the past couple of weeks, I had the opportunity to spend several mornings exploring the zoo with my camera. I chose Riverbanks Zoo as the location to work on my current personal project, Caged.
In the past, I preferred overcast days for photographing animals at the zoo. During my recent visits, I have been intrigued by
“An aquarium is just an echo of the ocean.”
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I always wanted to scuba dive. When I was in my forties, I had the opportunity to take a resort diving course while on vacation. My experience with the resort course and first dive was
“Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah…it makes absolutely no difference what people think of you.”
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January 1, 2021 not only ended an extremely fulfilling career in education, but also my personal photography project to create photographs everyday at work for the final years of my career. I worked on this project for three and a half years. Closing the chapters on both the career and the project
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
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More than six years ago, I received some lighting equipment as a gift. It was a gift that I requested. Since that time,
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.”
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Of all the places I visit time and time again, Roan Mountain is a location that
“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.”
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Thirty-three and a half years ago I began my career teaching on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Each teacher at my school was a first-year teacher. We all commuted an hour each way from
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes…you’re Doing Something.”
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While I will never look back on the year 2020 as my best year in photography, I will look back on it as a year that I did
