tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65082881385197935792024-03-12T18:51:23.658-05:00The Big PictureStories behind the photographs.The Big Picturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07576441447180835009noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508288138519793579.post-35587291036263178222011-01-27T15:53:00.012-06:002011-02-07T21:47:33.885-06:00Solitude<div>I have recently been giving a lot of thought to my life and my photography.</div><br /><br /><div>We were asked in photography school to describe where we felt we were at in our photography. My statement was...</div><br /><br /><div>I feel like I'm treading water in the middle of the ocean. I can't see any land around me. I'm tired, frustrated and becoming impatient. If only I knew what direction was the right direction, I would have something to work for.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>This statement is just as true for my everyday life as it is with my photography. It's a pretty big world to feel lost in!</div><br /><br /><div>Recently I have been spending a lot of time going through my photos from the past couple of years. I've been to some amazing places, seen some awesome sites and met some incredible people. But looking through my photos, I feel there is something missing. Your life finds its way into your art, whether you like it or not. There is a subconscious reason why you shoot what you shoot or why you see the way you see. And as I look through my shots I notice a common theme. There is a sense of solitude and loneliness that can be found in most of my photos. </div><br /><br /><div>I have been reading "127 Hours" by Aron Ralston and there was one paragraph that really hit home for me and can probably describe it better than I ever could. It says....</div><br /><br /><div>"These places, and the experiences I had in them, were mine and mine alone. The senses of solitude, ownership, and place that I felt on these trips were creating a private world that, by definition, was impossible to share. Nevertheless, I tried. I took photographs and posted online albums of my trips; however the images failed. They were unsuccessful because they were removed in time and location from what I went through to be <em>IN </em>that place <em>AT</em> that time. To a person sitting in an office or a living room, a picture of a winter mountain sunset is just a picture. To me, it was the experience of taking the picture."</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Below I have posted some of my own photos that pertain to what is written above.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXQOP_BT5tcLsWVFzbqyKGqTED-Z6h7affU8MA62wwGT-YWCjvTahqoVW0dRj_oxJq-wLknV9Y3nvYQdgcVg_QZFhBZCLZhPmuRF2KFRE0t8fWujDRaP-jqttdIOpkiAcP6aFf-RMNiHb/s1600/IMG_0292.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567002617824232930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXQOP_BT5tcLsWVFzbqyKGqTED-Z6h7affU8MA62wwGT-YWCjvTahqoVW0dRj_oxJq-wLknV9Y3nvYQdgcVg_QZFhBZCLZhPmuRF2KFRE0t8fWujDRaP-jqttdIOpkiAcP6aFf-RMNiHb/s320/IMG_0292.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQMb8Fas84ULOT6AimBf4l81bGqhzbEqz2zg0dBMu1xIH2VdH9qd-uqW79irbrvspAhpMqJ_jkuwh2ETB4-rjcZDbx0DdTOCqrbZJGTgK3-ZjYDLuhRoghOM-vJtBxJhDi7MtAZhIALjD/s1600/IMG_9656-Edit.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567002609628363218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQMb8Fas84ULOT6AimBf4l81bGqhzbEqz2zg0dBMu1xIH2VdH9qd-uqW79irbrvspAhpMqJ_jkuwh2ETB4-rjcZDbx0DdTOCqrbZJGTgK3-ZjYDLuhRoghOM-vJtBxJhDi7MtAZhIALjD/s320/IMG_9656-Edit.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4wrUKJ2_lXodc_rcyWpvkVSH004ckpaurjpR868fDlrYtbQIqurYNEFNBpjlhDlv9LJJu5WrHItgQKBNzSqKN4Fn9u_o7q3EVqeLSb8YVz3KGGCS7RbflxVQ_0ttgOFFCwUq2c_DX7f6/s1600/IMG_5668.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567002602993075042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4wrUKJ2_lXodc_rcyWpvkVSH004ckpaurjpR868fDlrYtbQIqurYNEFNBpjlhDlv9LJJu5WrHItgQKBNzSqKN4Fn9u_o7q3EVqeLSb8YVz3KGGCS7RbflxVQ_0ttgOFFCwUq2c_DX7f6/s320/IMG_5668.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNEPwolv1gLWAqmhKnfmkxzLi1XnBrbC2o2DuiFPnHl-9fsFmuNojb_2uNKEM7y4w4CXZ-hfY5w2rpzImeMMvBl_GQrRAR_D6ix1s1oyaaRMeD4GB2YT__0LJZNlGon5aJ_pn92XbLk31V/s1600/IMG_4340.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567002590394891650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNEPwolv1gLWAqmhKnfmkxzLi1XnBrbC2o2DuiFPnHl-9fsFmuNojb_2uNKEM7y4w4CXZ-hfY5w2rpzImeMMvBl_GQrRAR_D6ix1s1oyaaRMeD4GB2YT__0LJZNlGon5aJ_pn92XbLk31V/s320/IMG_4340.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi40P9tj8GTvKBPs6s264MF20_5maVP5OBl1297r2yDXa2FjJxuLrLrizc70TK6Ks9OWW3H8M7IrKSGZCiHuweokPqdKKeszIFvrrP9B6chB5PwtO_fZRc89jeJB63hN-gDFp7nEwEX3oEW/s1600/IMG_2086.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567002584457576610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi40P9tj8GTvKBPs6s264MF20_5maVP5OBl1297r2yDXa2FjJxuLrLrizc70TK6Ks9OWW3H8M7IrKSGZCiHuweokPqdKKeszIFvrrP9B6chB5PwtO_fZRc89jeJB63hN-gDFp7nEwEX3oEW/s320/IMG_2086.jpg" /></a> </div></div></div>The Big Picturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07576441447180835009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508288138519793579.post-40563509696455900502010-12-16T14:17:00.003-06:002010-12-16T14:24:18.552-06:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NnHxibtWCMyd-hGVGwMw4DeYUUxxEKzQeSrGfYOJYI_9oCS4tJMYyOxIkXh9Bg2PhItMHlQ-e7qA9pbLOBpcEABK5SbcM0Rn6XiMtIQ9z5_8zjrVx71Gqgk-Q1aj1gsbzI-6KB151atf/s1600/IMG_5266-Edit.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551378557925592338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NnHxibtWCMyd-hGVGwMw4DeYUUxxEKzQeSrGfYOJYI_9oCS4tJMYyOxIkXh9Bg2PhItMHlQ-e7qA9pbLOBpcEABK5SbcM0Rn6XiMtIQ9z5_8zjrVx71Gqgk-Q1aj1gsbzI-6KB151atf/s400/IMG_5266-Edit.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center">I look out the window,</div><br /><div align="center">The birds are composing.</div><br /><div align="center">Not a note is out of tune </div><br /><div align="center">Or out of place</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">-Jon Foreman</div>The Big Picturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07576441447180835009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508288138519793579.post-27588553621721789722010-10-18T08:54:00.007-05:002010-10-18T14:07:56.245-05:00How Can You Expect A Man To Live In A Cage When He's Had The Taste Of Freedom?<div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">So your home town's bringing you down,<br />Are you drowing in the small talk<br />and the chatter?<br /><br />Are you gonna step into line like your daddy done<br />Punching the time and climbing life's long ladder?<br />One of these days it's gonna be right soon<br />You'll find your legs and go and stay gone.<br /><br />Young man full of big plans and thinking about tomorrow.<br />Young man going to make a stand<br />You beg, steal you borrow.<br />You beg you steal you borrow.<br /><br />Well all the friends that you knew in school<br />They used to be so cool and they just bore you.<br />Well look at them now, already pulling the plow<br />So quick to take to grain and some moarn you.<br /><br />Dreaming of the day<br />You're gonna pack your bags<br />Put the miles away.<br />Oh, just grab your girl and go<br />Where no one knows you<br />What will all the old folks say?<br /><br />Young man full of big plans and thinking about tomorrow.<br />Young man going to make a stand<br />You beg, steal you borrow.<br />You beg you steal you borrow.<br /><br /><br />RAY LAMONTAGNE<br />"Beg Steal Or Borrow" </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjHIIynAb08kwqPjY7wUI-fTAZTPnnv2mZl_RP45ijdpLQ5jM1kZbYScZghm9EB9VIfTa9rWg3JxPsEBnn_vREAI8dkbQpTX8cW-d0hKw9Rs9vX34K-lyJ5k7-ysqefVOfGXnBZDh7rxjh/s1600/IMG_3576.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529388647772967682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm8eM5fIpIvDdSSeFyTpHs21OeTdb86vC7kBkLI3IE0aENnN6g-0byK1M7mtUHRC_VCCbrdf2o5-7hUmL0ylP_G5SLsziQwp63eAqqT_IfIOxhgcJUNm8e4MiJJfHDgAsXdfP5w4HjYgtq/s400/IMG_3614.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_QIx7kIuhzg_xhoGVXT3J5Jv9EQSV0jpSjsSY3GiCPEonJDxFsOB5FHf4mGkxKHdo7TqfIg0SwIqZrcAt8PWdIcXiwOEb8j8e_ZczQgEJyxJxDim5yxOs2tdp-6D9fRBcWo3s8k8qAMu/s1600/IMG_3442.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529388641718127970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_QIx7kIuhzg_xhoGVXT3J5Jv9EQSV0jpSjsSY3GiCPEonJDxFsOB5FHf4mGkxKHdo7TqfIg0SwIqZrcAt8PWdIcXiwOEb8j8e_ZczQgEJyxJxDim5yxOs2tdp-6D9fRBcWo3s8k8qAMu/s400/IMG_3442.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVh7GKUWtsEm3Fr4xhP18TGLJPFvs_utyhbAtKNh1SbIXPNlfwJWnxns9iZHaQE1nGgrMdY94_yDUO9DwUlvh4n4qNIW7QJ_v69oS66khiLixWMNMQUqAQk5xhY4s9McoYrUeCzXymBs-p/s1600/IMG_3627.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529388635746014850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVh7GKUWtsEm3Fr4xhP18TGLJPFvs_utyhbAtKNh1SbIXPNlfwJWnxns9iZHaQE1nGgrMdY94_yDUO9DwUlvh4n4qNIW7QJ_v69oS66khiLixWMNMQUqAQk5xhY4s9McoYrUeCzXymBs-p/s400/IMG_3627.jpg" /></a><br /><br /></div></div>The Big Picturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07576441447180835009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508288138519793579.post-17674791507022374602010-08-29T13:08:00.003-05:002010-08-29T17:57:35.665-05:00No Idea Where I'm Going<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVymPGXtqf4AgkPQn-1DoYsq054jW3JXlOhUfAaFllIcRMjmPEpie6k7qxUZRsTc6mdaY4gxscpMA4ijj0zdgg7IclguAhIAoVQOtNB3hAgPl1MVsP6cdhCSXWXUQDewNI4mgXeH9JqbvA/s1600/IMG_1450.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510897496272400610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVymPGXtqf4AgkPQn-1DoYsq054jW3JXlOhUfAaFllIcRMjmPEpie6k7qxUZRsTc6mdaY4gxscpMA4ijj0zdgg7IclguAhIAoVQOtNB3hAgPl1MVsP6cdhCSXWXUQDewNI4mgXeH9JqbvA/s400/IMG_1450.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">As I walk down the mountain,</div><div align="center">I know I'll find my way home.</div><div align="center">And though I have no idea where I'm going,</div><div align="center">I know I'll find my way home.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">It's nice when weather's getting back,</div><div align="center">I get so cold I get nervous.</div><div align="center">It's nice where I don't know where I am</div><div align="center">I get so scared I start to wonder</div><div align="center">Who I am</div><div align="center">Or why I'm on this mountain.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">-Ace Enders-</div><div align="center">"I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business"</div><div align="center"></div>The Big Picturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07576441447180835009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508288138519793579.post-4699738079583530882010-06-22T11:34:00.009-05:002010-06-22T15:05:44.911-05:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQtGH0_-pu7VlalH-LiZ13svxZsvPw-n4l2FnhVwHtnKeontcPrLgxrw8ltCt5QX87mZL-evwgEDikmHIyiShYWfopVhY4dUxYsSphNveT0uLX2xaJqs3QMgpwz2bAVtZLV2gjl7AWSmO/s1600/IMG_8667.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485638415094916818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQtGH0_-pu7VlalH-LiZ13svxZsvPw-n4l2FnhVwHtnKeontcPrLgxrw8ltCt5QX87mZL-evwgEDikmHIyiShYWfopVhY4dUxYsSphNveT0uLX2xaJqs3QMgpwz2bAVtZLV2gjl7AWSmO/s400/IMG_8667.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtFxSeN7zH6IZP1RN_YjnjHNenRQoTUwkbvbxEcBVvctam-B4fvBxQjUuXb1lCyfOtQ9E_mWdPfSbXMOGNzg-4wEYriEwDC8eDgwbZ2C6_OsohwUNTkJKaGipvkdFF8L5q0q2oZtplgOig/s1600/IMG_8671-Edit.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485638403166846738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtFxSeN7zH6IZP1RN_YjnjHNenRQoTUwkbvbxEcBVvctam-B4fvBxQjUuXb1lCyfOtQ9E_mWdPfSbXMOGNzg-4wEYriEwDC8eDgwbZ2C6_OsohwUNTkJKaGipvkdFF8L5q0q2oZtplgOig/s400/IMG_8671-Edit.jpg" /></a><br />Why not sit down and rest?</div><div align="center">I am so tired, yet I feel like I haven't even moved.</div><div align="center">Each step seems like a mirrored <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">recurrence</span> of the one before.</div><div align="center">Nothing changes. I am no closer to arriving.</div><div align="center">But where am I going?</div><div align="center">What am I searching for?</div><div align="center">So many questions that I'm convinced don't have <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">answers</span>.</div><div align="center">But there's one truth I can tell myself with complete confidence.</div><div align="center">I am not running away;</div><div align="center">I am simply in search of something better.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="center">.</div><div align="center">.</div><div align="center">.</div><div align="center">Ron <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Orman</span> Jr.<br /></div><div></div>The Big Picturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07576441447180835009noreply@blogger.com2