Today’s post is for a long-term collaborative photo project I am participating in with several other talented photographers whom I have come to know and admire over the past year. This project concentrates on light and learning to master its many dynamic forms. We spend several weeks at at time exploring a common overarching theme so we can really dig in deep, have fun, and take creative risks. Here is my final take on our first theme, shadows:

My Shadow  by Robert Louis Stevenson

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow–
Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball,
And he sometimes goes so little that there’s none of him at all.

He hasn’t got a notion of how children ought to play,
And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.
He stays so close behind me, he’s a coward you can see;
I’d think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!

One morning, very early, before the sun was up,
I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,
Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.

And I would like to say goodbye to shadows with one quick extra picture:

Next up in our creative blog circle is the creative and talented Lisa Rigazio. Please take a moment to check out Lisa’s creative play on shadows.

“How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also if I am to be whole.”
― C.G. Jung

Once again, today’s post is for a long-term collaborative project I am participating in with several other talented photographers whom I have come to know and admire over the past year.  This project concentrates on light and learning to master its many dynamic forms.  We spend several weeks at a time exploring a common theme so we can really dig in deep, have fun, and take creative risks.  Below is my latest take on this week’s theme, shadows.

Next up in our creative blog circle is my dear friend, the incredibly talented Stacey Vukelj. Please take a moment to check out Stacey’s creative play on shadows.

“Our job is to record, each in his own way, this world of light and shadow and time that will never come again exactly as it is today.” – Edward Abbey

Today’s post is for a long-term collaborative photo project I am participating in with several other talented photographers whom I have come to know and admire over the past year.  This project concentrates on light and learning to master its many dynamic forms.  We spend several weeks at a time exploring a common overarching theme so we can really dig in deep, have fun, and take creative risks.  You can see my first photo for this project here.  Below is my latest take on this week’s theme, shadows.

This was taken on Foster Island in the Washington Park Arboretum, not far from my home in Seattle.  If you look carefully in the reflection in the back, you can see the new stadium being built for the University of Washington.

Next up in our blog circle is the lovely and talented Jessie Wixon. Please take a moment to check out Jessie’s creative play on shadows.

“Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography.” – George Eastman

Welcome to Project 52, a long-term collaborative photo project that concentrates on light and learning to master it in its many forms.  As you may know, I’ve spent much of this year learning about and becoming increasingly obsessed with photography.  In this process, I’ve been lucky to get to know several other talented photographers whom I admire a great deal.  In continuation of our learning process, over the course of the next year we will participate in a weekly project in which we will support and encourage each other to play with light based on a common overarching theme. We will spend several weeks exploring each theme so we can really dig in deep, have fun, and take creative risks. The first theme we are exploring in depth is shadows. Here is my take on shadows for my Photo 52 debut:

Next up in our blog circle is the lovely and talented Kennedy Tinsley. Please take a moment to check out Kennedy’s creative play on shadows.