California – One Street Shy

Twisted Santa Monica, A Photograph

April 17, 2013One Street Shy1 Comment

“They are dragged to the withered bracken by the load,
And they seem not to break; though once they are bowed
So low for long, they never right themselves.”
– Robert Frost

I spent last weekend on a mini-getaway in Santa Monica. Before I left I told myself I would only take five photographs the entire four days. It was a challenge as I usually take multiple shots and then decide which I like better. This challenge to myself was to not just point and snap, but search for the perfect subject and then take only one photograph of it. This is what I came away with….just the one…

Most people in Southern California look the roughly the same, so I couldn’t find any real interesting subjects in humans. The trees however, were so cool the way they seemed to emerge from the dirt like a giant earth worm, then settle back in, that I used all of my five shots just on them.

Still Face, Photograghs

February 11, 2013February 11, 2013One Street Shy6 Comments

“For your sake, I hurry over land and water;
For your sake, I cross the desert and split the mountain in two,
And I turn my face from all things,
Until the time I reach the place
Where I am alone with you.”
– Al Hallaj

I took these photographs while visiting Joshua Tree National Park this past weekend …. A still and peaceful place

Relief, A Photograph

February 6, 2013February 6, 2013One Street Shy6 Comments

“Where the waters do agree, it is quite wonderful the relief they give.”
– Jane Austen

Tomorrow I am leaving for the warm desert of California for a long weekend getaway. This morning I walked my trusty dog alongside the frigged water near my house. A contrast in landscapes – One warm and dry and one cold and wet. I’ve decided I like them both, if not for their mere contrasts alone. I’m not sure I could ever live permanently in the desert though. Although I am far more a land lover than a sea lover, I need it near. I need to see it. To smell it. To be a part of the “relief” it gives, however it’s done…