It has been quite the exciting week and half. I have been engrossed in a personal project that popped into my head that is built around the idea of a 20 image essay. 20 Images that are related in some way to each other. To achieve my vision I needed 20 faces of people both male and female at various age stages. Yesterday I finished the actual captures and ended up with far more than 20 faces so an extended version is also in the works. The best thing about the experience was meeting new people. More details about the project will be revealed early in 2010.

In the process of driving around to each location I missed posting last weeks Lensbaby of the week. Here is this weeks a little early, called ‘cornered’.

Within each photo that a photographer takes lives a spirit. You just need to look carefully and the spirit within your photography will show its face.

Mushroom Nymph

Full frame of a mushroom mirrored and flipped to reveal the nymph.

Happiness is;
enjoying every moment,
remembering what is important,
family and friends,
breathing.

UPDATE: Oct 29, 2009 – I decided the heartbeat version was just too darn hokey so I have done a re-edit on the video.

Today’s LBOTW is a hokey mix of a peaceful brook, fallen leaves and ambient piano. If it inspires great if it pushes the edge of corny and makes you run away, that’s fine too. It is only a quick slap together test to see the possibilities of the LB Muse in video.

Babbling Brook

The music and sound effects come from flashkit.com. The ambient piano song  is by edgen titled “last goodbye”. Let me know what you think of using a lensbaby in video.

Fall is now in full force. The mornings are crisp and wet. It feels like frost could come any day now. The leaves seem to be much more colorful this year. Does this mean we are in for a cold winter?

Fall Leaves

A nice article about how to take vibrant fall photos from Vancouver photographer Andrew Ferguson is available here

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