Creative block. So many articles claim to solve it. I guess I have some reading to do.

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It’s about problem solving and working with what you’ve got – Karl Taylor

Some favorite red things are my subject. For this image, I was feeling a retro vibe.

I’m new to still life photography. Sort of. I’ve been taking photos of “things, not people” since I got into photography. But now, still life photography is a sort of assignment, designed to boost my creativity. I suddenly feel compelled to get the lighting, arrangement, backdrop, mood, and every little thing just right. The arranging is the hardest, followed by the lighting, which is directly tied to mood. I have essentially no backdrops to work with but I can work around that. Props will require creative problem solving; for now I’m using favorite things, by color. It’s going to be a long journey.

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Gray day. Limited hours.

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Walk in the fresh air and sunshine.

Revisit old hobbies.

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A great camping trip worthy of remembering, must include a campfire, right?

"The fire is the main comfort of camp, whether in summer or winter."

- Henry David Thoreau

My camp had no fire, only sunset, stars, sunrise, peace, quiet.

I went to the woods because

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."

- Henry David Thoreau

“A great many people, and more all the time, live their entire lives without ever once sleeping out under the stars.”

– Alan S. Kesselheim

“The glories of a mountain campfire are far greater than may be guessed.”

– John Muir

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Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed principally of calcium carbonate (calcite) or the double carbonate of calcium and magnesium (dolomite). It is commonly composed of tiny fossils, shell fragments and other fossilized debris. 

Some images from my AFK afternoon.

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