by Susan | May 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. ~ Albert Einstein I use this Einstein quote frequently simply because I have found it to be true over and over again in my life. Over the last nine months I have experienced a few life situations...
by Susan | Mar 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” ― Albert Einstein Last month my husband and I spent a week doing a photo shoot on the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge. It has been an annual tradition for us to celebrate...
by Susan | Dec 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
For me, photography is just as much about the emotional process involved in creating images as it is about the images themselves. It is meaningful to me when I make collections of images that are purposeful and tell a story. I strive to tell tales that are universal...
by Susan | Oct 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
I recently posted some abstract images from a local Portland park shoot that I did. It was so much fun I returned the next day for more. As is usually my experience, the more I work a subject, the more pleased I become with the results. The wind was even gustier on...
by Susan | Oct 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Or, Life is a Walk in the Park. Life is a walk in the park, especially when a photographer has all of the right conditions! And yesterday I had just that at a neighborhood park in the Portland, Oregon area. There was a pastel sunset, clouds, a bit of water and fall...
by Susan | Jun 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
After my last post, “Authenticity and Art; Finding a Way to not be Silent”, I felt the need to add some balance with this image and a few words. My last post, was a way to express my grief. In that essay, I stated that it is more and more difficult for me...
by Susan | Jun 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
“No matter what your work, let it be your own. No matter what your occupation, let what you are doing be organic. Let it be in your bones. In this way, you will open the door by which the affluence of heaven and earth shall stream into you.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson WIND...
by Susan | May 1, 2020 | Reflective
Inkling definition: a slight knowledge or suspicion; a hint. Inking synonyms: notion, glimmering, sense, impression. More and more, I rely on my background as a psychotherapist to inform how I go about my art work. I have a tendency to move through this world...
by Susan | Mar 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
Sea Intimacies: Keeping it Fresh As a photographer, living in an iconic coastal region such as the Oregon Coast has presented me with both challenges and opportunity. Bandon beach is five minutes from my home and other coastal locations are within close driving...
by Susan | Feb 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
“Do anything, but let it produce joy.” ― Walt Whitman My husband, Steve and I recently spent a couple of weeks taking a coastal road trip up north from our home in Bandon. We stayed a week in the Newport area and then a week in Seaside. The very high tides coupled...
