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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.

How do you pick a woman?
It is not always bull to spoon
And the killer in me
No bandarilla in a garden.
Being such a flower catcher
It does not make me good forked.
If the audience comes flowers
Every "Olé" I feel pain.
Was this killer vein
Came to Maria Clementina

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

I've been in every black hole
At the altar of the dark star
My body's now a begging bowl
That's begging to get back, begging to get back
To my heart
To the rhythm of my soul
To the rhythm of my unconsciousness
To the rhythm that yearns
To be released from control

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

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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

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Picture is worth a thousand words!

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

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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

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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

Hipstamatic has a new pinhole lens and and new film.

Pretty excited to capture this just after a downpour.

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

I was walking Ruby Dog when I saw these. They really brightened up the pavement and as it wasn't too far from my house, I went and got the camera.

Taken with IPhone 6+
Arjan film
Tachman lens.
Hipstamatic

I had heard about the famous Dalles Mountain Ranch. People from miles around come to shoot this old car. I knew that if I wanted a shot, I had to act fast. The flowers had already reached their peak. I got up at 5 and drove 2 hrs to this place. It was totally worth losing a little sleep over. When I see stuff like this, I often wonder about its story. I wonder who the people were, and how the car happen to be left here, and why. No matter what the story is, though our photographs, the memories live on.

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

Hand drawn detailed icon of Chinese man's drama mask marks entrance to the men's restroom at the Red Wall Garden Hotel, Beijing, China. Like the strong blue cloth behind wooden window filigree covering.

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

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

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

Tonight all too brief sunset, was stunning literally for less than 5mins then faded away to twilight

A girl just enjoying a few moments studying a blade of grass and singing a song

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.

I have decided to leave you forever
I have decided to start things from here
Thunder and lightning won?t change
What I?m feeling
And the daffodils look lovely today

Recent still life emphasizing my 1950s, plastic, puffy horse ornament. My brother and I argued for almost 20 years whose was this horse and whose was the puffy yellow clown; I won when I established my family and household first and selected this among other personal ornaments.

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

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!

building constructed in 1897

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

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.

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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

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 :)

When I snapped this photo, I felt it was Ho hum but then looking at it again...much later, I decided that I would desaturate and now, I like it.

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...

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This scene is at the top of a very strenuous hike. F/18

Early morning on Colorado National Monument @ F/22

Where Eagles Dare!

Sunrise and Moon Set in the Mirror.

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

A frosty morning on the Central Coast of California

Early morning in monument valley! This location is actually known as Ansel Adams rocks. Thank you all for viewing! :)

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

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Something beautiful about time...

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

For me, these three shots show a progression of time. More than an instant, a moment. Which is defined as three human seconds, a moment.

Sometimes for me, a photo cannot stand alone. It needs more, and that's when I do sequences, and I do a LOT of them, but I don't always put them together like this. Together like this it's the story of this moment and not just an instant inside of the moment.

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.

An ornament hangs in a window at a shopping mall in Denver, Colorado.

©Scott Smith Photography

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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 -

Saw this beautiful little Motorcycle and couldn't resist shooting the reflection in the perfectly polished chrome mirror.

This tiny church is a bird house built by my grandfather

this has always been a favourite of mine in colour but the black adn white conversion turned out better than it thought.
Morning light and shadows from baby window drawings.

A local Victorian folly, Penshaw monument, with the conjunction of the Moon, Mars and Venus in the evening sky

I've always thought the signs for this particular street were funny, like someone just ran out of ideas while being assigned to name our town's streets.

Happened to catch this shot of this pretty girl and her boyfriend at Disneyland...she fit right in with the old world stylings of the Disneyland Candy Shop on Halloween. :)
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Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play
Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day
The sun is up, the sky is blue
It's beautiful and so are you
Dear Prudence won't you come out and play?

The app Enlight has such fun tutorials and this was one of them. It was how to create a ghostly image.

The movement, tracking a beautiful ghost of a girl.


I was concerned that while I loved this image it was hard to understand, then my almost two year old climbed up in my lap and said her name.

Lensbaby2.0 f2.8

More of my mystical trees series.