Using the very cool Mosaic Tool from fd√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s Flickr Toys, I’ve compiled this mosaic of my 20 most favorited pictures on Flickr over the past year:
Interestingly enough, I’ve only choose 5 of these 20 pictures in my own collection of personal favorites. Not that I don’t like all of the ones pictured above, however, I wouldn’t consider some of them to be my personal best. I’m intrigued by this difference, as often times I’ve posted a photo that I didn’t really like that others have really responded to and vice versa. As I’m selecting pictures to upload I’m often aware of this difference but I try not to let it affect my selection process and in the end I choose the photos that I feel are my best. Experience has shown that it’s impossible to predict how an audience will respond, especially in a domain as subjective and diverse as photography. To each his own I suppose – I’m just grateful to have an audience.
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Still needs a bit of work as title and message aren’t showing up and the formatting is a bit off, but i’m still impressed that I can blog from my phone!
After a day of listening to Christmas music (Wreck the Hallz Holiday Mix from Relative Theory Records) and an evening at the ice skating rink I was inspired to put together this black and white ice dancing delight:
Ice Dance
Miksang, which means means “good eye” in Tibetian, is style of meditative photography which encourages contemplative perception of the surrounding environment. Due to its inherently subjective nature, miksang is hard to define, but for me it is about capturing the shapes, textures, and patterns that I see all around me precisely when I am not looking.
I first heard about miksang from Chandrasutra after viewing her Recycled Miksang gallery, and was suprised to find that I had been practicing this style of photography for quite some time without even knowing it. For more examples of miksang, you can see my Miksang Set on Flickr as well as an entire Flickr group devoted to the practice.
