The big camera has been dug out of that space that is laughingly termed our wardrobe, and the little camera dragged out of the top locker. Both have been dusted off and had their batteries charged. So far, so good.

Today sees the start of the Andana course on Photography and Mindfulness (for the curious – it is much less about photographic skill than it is about Mindfulness, more about using the taking of photographs as a tool to focus your being in the present moment, if that makes sense?) See here.

There is going to be an increase in the rate of pushing these buttons around here.

The course is delivered as a series of “Pauses” via Audio. Pause 1 has been played, if not yet absorbed, and I have had a shot at the given photography exercise. I may try again later.

In addition to the Audio instruction, there are a number of links (optional) to follow up on. Some of these are new and interesting to me, others are familiar, though still interesting to me (I shall be brushing up on my Bresson Appreciation later today, for instance.)

One thing that has come hard to me today was switching to Auto settings on my cameras. It goes against the grain, but I feel that it needs to be done if the idea is to focus on the moment, rather than the quality of the image. It is not about seeking photographic perfection. Changing lenses on the fly, twiddling polarising filters, and changing exposure settings all act against that looking-and-being thing, I reckon. That also means that sharing online images taken for the course is going to involve a whole new level of courage 🙂 but I am not in this alone. Let us hope for some serendipitous snaps.

Here are a trio that I did earlier. Deliberately not edited (yet). I just popped through the hedge to stand by the water and absorb my surroundings for a while. Frankly, not a lot to see at that time.

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I like the one of the water that reflects a little of the contrail overhead. It seems to encapsulate the whole of my surroundings,

On a mildly related matter – my tech problems are continuous, mounting, and deeply annoying. My current focus is on trying to work out why I am having trouble dispaying a Featured Image in the Post Header. It might help me enormously if you could leave a small comment to let me know, do you see the image of the camera buttons twice, or just once? i.e as a header plus an image in the body of the post, or just in the post and not the header?

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2 replies on “August Break Day 4: Buttons”

  1. Two camera button images.
    I sort of think ” levels & twiddling ” would be “in the moment”

  2. Two camera button images.
    I sort of think ” levels & twiddling ” would be “in the moment”

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