Archive for the 'abstracts' Category

How far down the rabbit hole will you go?

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

Morpheus: I imagine that right now, you’re feeling a bit like Alice. Hmm? Tumbling down the rabbit hole?
Neo: You could say that.
Morpheus: I see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, that’s not far from the truth.
(dialog from […]

Picasso Marble

Friday, May 30th, 2008

I am a bit of a loss for words lately and also running frantic gathering things together before I leave town.   My ‘day job’ is sending me off to Germany and the Czech Republic for a week.   Probably no time for pictures though.  Always interesting experiencing other cultures and lands - though I absolutely hate […]

Association with the familiar

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

While photographing this particular piece of pietersite, I couldn’t help notice a section of it that resembled a waterfall.   It seems to happen that way when we view abstracts.  Our minds try to make sense of it by trying to associate what we are seeing with something familiar.   Normally just some interesting patterns are enough […]

Color Explosions and Rock Habits

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Well it finally happened - I now have more rocks than I have time to photograph them! Having a rock habit is a tough thing to kick, but I am trying. You see so many with potential you just have to have them. I think there may be some […]

What’s in a name?

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Sometimes everything.   Being a nature photographer, sometimes I question whether it is better to be literal about the subject matter in labeling an image, or try to be a bit more creative and give it a unique ‘figurative’ name.   Especially with my rock abstracts, I wonder if a figurative name would impose too […]