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But are we all lost stars
Trying to light up the dark?

Heart beats fast
Colors and promises
How to be brave
How can I love when I'm afraid to fall
But watching you stand alone
All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow
One step closer

We'll go to peepshows and freak shows
We'll go to discos, casinos
We'll go where people go and let go

A stranger's light comes on slowly
A stranger's heart without a home
You put your hands into your head
And then smiles cover your heart

Used south facing picture window with bright afternoon sunlight as sole light source. Extremely high ISO 12800 and open aperture (f/4.5) to blow out light and hide tree, porch posts, and parked car in background. Tried to manually focus on leading lattice work near center but was fooled by average of front and rear lattices, true image focus is on the plane of the stem.

High key detail of my weekly bouquet for my wife. Used south facing picture window with bright afternoon sunlight as sole light source. Extremely high ISO 12800 and open aperture (f/4.5) to blow out light and hide tree, porch posts, and parked car in background.

It's no secret that a conscience can sometimes be a pest

Operator, the lines are down, are down
And I'm a traitor, traitor to a beautiful cause
God made me to her own design
Bad planning, too many flaws
How long will it take to get used to me
Don't wait that long

While walking from the British Polo Field, this chair was sitting in the street at the edge of the parking area and the roadway. Wondering, if this location was selected by the owner to lock down a seating position for a parade.

First attempt.

Still falling
Breathless and on again
Inside today
Beside me today
Around broken in two
´Till you eyes shed
Into dust
Like two strangers
Turning into dust
´Till my hand shook with the way I fear

Satellite's gone
Up to the sky
Things like that drive me
Out of my mind
I watched it for a little while
I love to watch things on TV

Staying in my play pretend
Where the fun ain't got no end

She walks in the beauty of a magazine
Complicating the boys in the office towers
Rafaella or Della the silent dream
My marilyn come to my slum for an hour
I'm aching to see my heroine
I'm aching been dying for hours and hours

With dreams of gasoline drying our eyes
Green fields of destiny high in the sky
But oh can you see him?
Oh Daddy's speeding

Just playing

Words are very
Unnecessary
They can only do harm
Enjoy the silence

Did everything but murder you and I
Oh can't you see what love has done?
But love left a window in the skies
What it's doing to me?
And to love I rhapsodise

A surreal photo depicting my partner beneath the waters of a flooded forest, complete with added fish. She is actually on a rock in the woods, and the water effect and fish added with Photoshop.

My first visit to Jurby Church.

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs
That voices never share
And no one dare
Disturb the sound of silence

But I keep cruising
Can't stop, won't stop moving
It's like I got this music in my mind
Sayin' it's gonna be alright

In this centenary week I would llke to offer a tribute to the often overlooked casualties of that great conflict

(image)

Eleanor Rigby died in the church
And was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie wiping the dirt
From his hands as he walks from the grave
No one was saved

And the moments that I enjoy
A place of love and mystery
I'll be there anytime

As I viewed my images from the incredible weekend that I had, this particular image really stood out for me. It was the last image I took, before leaving the Alvord Desert in Oregon. We had only gotten about 3 hrs of sleep, but it was so worth getting up for. As I looked at the image, the clouds looked like a Phoenix rising up from the dry desert earth. The "Phoenix" is a symbol of a renewal or rebirth. It is a reminder to me, that no matter how far we fall, or how bad things get.... We all have the strength to rise again, and come out even stronger than we were!!

Hipstamatic has a new pinhole lens and and new film.

A paper weight, junk garage
Winter rain, a honey pot
Crazy, all the lovers have been tagged
A hotline, a wanted add

Taken with IPhone 6+
Arjan film
Tachman lens.
Hipstamatic

Another one from my tabketop series from a few years back
I really should revisit this little project, it often threw up some good stuff

Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am home again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am whole again

1st rule of photography, "never shoot into the sun"

Ha, I ignore your rule and substitute my own ;-)

Well, this is an invitation
It's not a threat
If you want communication
That's what you get
I'm talking and talking
But I don't know how to connect
And I hold a record for being patient
With your kind of hesitation
I need you, you want me
But I don't know how to connect
So I disconnect
I disconnect

Port side lamp and railing with background harbor lights provide abstract image against predawn midnight blue sky and water just off Istanbul, Turkey.
Experimenting with recently purchased Sony Alpha58 with 28-85mm kit lens and auto-functions.

And all along I believed I would find you
Time has brought your heart to me
I have loved you for a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more

One of these shadows does not belong. My wife and I experimented with abstraction in Sabatini's Italian Bistro aboard Coral Princess using floral centerpiece and other on table items as part of challenge by an emeritus art teacher and painter friend cruising with us.

My name is Richard Randolph Rahders, and I am an experimental photographer based in Santa Cruz and South Lake Tahoe, Northern California. Much of my work is done with an iPhone 5s in Pano Mode, working to release its inner algorithms. I call it "iSurreality".

To see more of my work, please visit my Facebook page, www.facebook.com/RichardRandolphRahders
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Regards,
RRR

Tropical the island breeze
All of nature wild and free
This is where I long to be
La isla bonita
And when the samba played
The sun would set so high
Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
Your spanish lullaby

Now I’ve got you in my space
I won’t let go of you
Got you shackled in my embrace
I’m latching onto you

I don't wanna hear, I don't wanna know
Please don't say you're sorry
I've heard it all before
And I can take care of myself
I don't wanna hear, I don't wanna know
Please don't say 'forgive me'
I've seen it all before
And I can't take it anymore

My wife, Jane, on our treadmill passes the time reading a book. Light source is from nearby north facing, sliding glass door. Vignette added post to evenly tone edges and match outfit.

Experimenting with off camera, bounced flash to light backup members of lounge act in Wheelhouse Lounge aboard Coral Princess.

Face seems a bit hot in this off camera, wireless flash shot. While on cruise was experimenting with new flash unit in many environments. The flash was placed about 15 feet away from and below this violinist and her duet partner.

Layer masked to highlight the "star", desaturated and faded the background layer.

Lyf Is Grand.

Isn't it just?

Archived image, one of my alltime favourites.
THIS IS MY LIFE and I love it for every little beautiful moment.

There are times when all the world's asleep
The questions run too deep
For such a simple man
Won't you, please, please, tell me what we've learned
I know it sounds absurd
But please tell me who I am

I've had glimpses around the bend

Experimenting with a photo blending app. Looks like a double exposure!

I heard a rumour that this burnt out car was down some local woods, was worth the trek thru loads of mud to find it

2 ladies stroll under the glass covered archway of Denver Center for Performing Arts and past stylized, abstract form. I see a Picasso-esque female body, how about you?

People like us, we don’t
Need that much
Just someone that starts
Starts the spark in our bonfire hearts

Penne pasta with sea salt crystals.

First attempt for this type of long exposure.

I am the passenger and I ride and I ride
I ride through the city's backsides
I see the stars come out of the sky
Yeah the bright and hollow sky
You know it looks so good tonight

<3 my lensbaby <3 my son.
Lyf Is Grand!

This was shot holding my camera out through the open sunroof of a friends car.
used a a 3 stop ND filter to get a slow shutter speed to capture the motion blur.

Diva impressionist extraordinaire, Karen, signs CD albums after performance aboard #CoralPrincess.
Had placed flash about 20 feet away at ground level and reflecting off ship's wall to judge effect and practice with wireless, off camera firing.

Who, ooh, am I, what and why?
Cos all I have left is the memories of yesterday
Oh, the sour times

White knight and white rook sacrificed to total destruction of black king on outdoor game deck, forward aboard Coral Princess, in the morning light.

I know a girl she walks the asphalt world
But where does she go?
And what does she do?
And how does she feel when she's next to you?
And who does she love in time honored fur?
Is it me or her?

I was made for loving you, baby
You were made for loving me
And I can't get enough of you, baby
Can you get enough of me?

1/3000 of a second strobe, still not fast enough to eliminate motion blur. I really want to perfect this.

Just a little snowflake and some bokeh :)

Make me feel the warm, make me feel the cold
It's written in our story, it's written on the walls
This is our call, we rise and we fall
Dancin' in the moonlight, don't we have it all?

Just a little bokeh shot of my tabletop Christmas Tree :)

Came back for more
Came back to see what you had in store
Everyone join the line, everyone
Yeah

Find a pinecone,
pick it up,
roll it in glue and glitter
for a little Christmas luck

So, since I live in a little town...in the desert...and there are very few options when it comes to finding nice-looking locations to take pictures. Keep in mind I don't yet have a studio. Anyway, while driving down one particular street, I happened to turn my head and see this. Suddenly the subject of my senior session today had an exclusive "background" because she is the first and only senior whose photos were taken on this location. My thanks goes out to the property owners for being so welcoming about us being in their front and back yards today.

This particular version is my experimentation on high contrast and reduced colors. Find the corresponding photo on Snap The Planet's Facebook page for the full color version and one of the portraits.

Honestly, trying to make lemonade out of lemons. I overexposed the detail of the rails and cog drive rail for the Gatun Lock mules as they go between the cruise ship (small blue stripe and white in lower right) and the control building.

Here's a little macro of a tiny little skating snowman...isn't he cuuuuuute? ;)

Smooth as Leizu's silk it was that day,
the day he emerged from the painted sea.
I watched his deep and delicate stride,
and quietly - like a child - I whispered
He has come for me...

http://mirrorsedgephotography.com

Overhead, computer controlled, spot light bank illuminates the swirling smoke and humidity during on stage performance in Princess Theater on board Coral Princess.

Early morning down by the river produced a stunning sunrise across the water, but immediately behind me was this office building
As I turned around to return to the car, I saw the sunrise reflected in this tall window
I thought it made a great abstract shot, reminded me of a colour swatch you get in paint stores

Trying to convey a story in a photograph, bit of a reportage style

And it's hard to love
There's so much to hate
Hanging on to hope
When there is no hope to speak of
And the wounded skies above
Say "It's much, too much, too late"
Well maybe we should all be praying for time

This abstract view of the overhead lighting in the highly polished floor of the Diamonds/Tanzanite International joint showroom in Oranjestad, Aruba.

Something beautiful about time...

Nikon D3100...10/2500/, F/5, ISO/400. 200 mm

And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be

Sweet the sin, bitter the taste in my mouth.
I see seven towers, but I only see one way out.
You gotta cry without weeping
Talk without speaking
Scream without raising your voice.

We keep this love in a photograph
We made these memories for ourselves
Where our eyes are never closing
Our hearts were never broken
And time's forever frozen stil

Snow builds on the branches above me.

we wear them like the Renaissance -
adornments of the past, jewels
to cover eyes that no longer see truth,
I have been misguided, misjudged, mishandled,
my words have been lacquered like doll's eyes
- painted into memory -

and I disguise myself with them,
puffed sleeved dresses, square necked,
scarlet trimmed, broach garnished garishness,
all a facade to become someone different
so that I might paint myself into the fancy eyes
of someone who can truly understand I am more
- than stone -