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I offer micro-respites; visuals & stories that capture moments of calm, reflection, and joy.
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Weekly Photos #27 - September 2026 (opens the original)
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I’ve been a bit single-minded in my practice the last couple of weeks. Landscapes and landmarks and trying to crack the code to make them light my fire. They didn’t, they don’t, I’m setting them aside for now. Going back to dorking around with techniques and what catches my eye.—Focus stackingI tried the camera setting for focus stacking, shooting by hand. It doesn’t work. Everything was blurry. Using my tripod fixed the blur and adding a longer exposure (about 6/10ths of a second) gave more int
Weekly Photos #26 - September 2026 (opens the original)
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A few different practice sessions this week. I discovered a local floral wholesaler and went a bit wild but more on that as we go…I headed back to The Ruins in Tower Grove Park with an arrangement. I started off with a full vase of water. I ended up with an empty vase, no water. Had at least five tip overs, mainly when I put the vase and flowers in a crazy tree nook or on unstable rocks. Surprised me each time and I got pretty good at the lunge and grab move.I started with a simple texture/frami
Weekly Photos #25 - September 2026 (opens the original)
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I spent 45 minutes chatting with a local shop owner last week - delightful and fun chat about everything from looming mountains to Michigan blueberries - and she shared an observation that never would have pinged for me since I’m not from St. Louis originally. Folks here like seeing St. Louis landmarks and recognizable places in what they buy. From a candle scent called The Hill to seeing an Arch in the background of a watercolor print of flowers, they like being reminded of their home. (Another
Weekly Photos #24 - September 2026 (opens the original)
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It was a low energy week so my practice took a low energy turn. Few photos and low fussing.The sprinklers were going in the rose garden so rather than dodge the drops, I stood back and watched the patterns they made. I’m not normally a fan of centered perspective but the sculpture and sprinklers played so nicely with the trees and path.I took a lot of photos freehand (no tripod) but no single image caught my eye. I played with stacking and blending 12 of them together instead. I dig the composit
Weekly Photos #23 - August 2026 (opens the original)
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Only had an hour for my practice session this week and the universe gave me a lot of goodness in a short amount of time.Breaking all the rulesThe sun was coming up just over the trees and casting those rays I love. So I did exactly what you aren’t supposed to do, rebel that I am, and shot into the sun to see what I could get.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2kJT!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3
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