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a day of heartfulness

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How many of you have had this happen: You’ve been out all day shooting easily over a hundred photos, come home, upload the photos to your computer and as you quickly go through them, your eyes stop on one or two (or more) that evoke such a strong emotion you have to catch your breath? Like me, I’m sure it’s been often.

 

When I finally decided to get serious with my photography I took hundreds of photos that were good, but as the years passed I noticed that while my photos were still good, they were changing. They were getting better and I assumed it was due to experience through the years, but then one day a friend pointed out something about my photographs that hadn’t occurred to me before, “Wow, you can see your heart in your photos”.

 

 

Now, looking back, I can actually see when the change began to occur: after the birth of my children, the passing of my brother, and the decline of my grandmother to name a few. With each one of these experiences a little bit of my heart would unlock and open, filling in the cracks and crevices with the love that was obviously needed there.

 

Some of you are probably nodding your head as you read this, completely understanding while maybe some of you haven’t gotten to the point where you’ve been able to completely unlock your heart and throw away the key yet. The bravest thing you could ever do is to love. Imagine what it would feel like to respond from your heart and not your head? When we open our hearts, our world begins to expand.

 

Let’s have a day of heartfullness – try acting from your heart today. Grab your camera, open your heart and feel the love. Respond to the world as if your heart were guiding you. Once you’ve done that, feel free to share with us, or if you already have photos that show your heart, share those, too. We’d love to see them.

 

Picture and words courtesy of Guest Blogger / Honorary Sister Chris Sneddon of Everyday Heartbeats, aka, Jerolds Sis or as I call her, just plain wonderful.

Comments

  5. i completely understand the feeling of taking a lot of pictures and rushing home just to find those few amazing, perfect ones. it’s why i always hurry in, straight to my computer and start uploading immediately upon arrival home! last weekend, i captured a moment of my nephew… when told he could pick out a rock from the tiny beach, he stopped where he was, and informed his mama that he wanted the rock he was standing on.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/34467943@N07/3375194989/

    happy monday!

  9. Wow, thank you what a great post. Opening my heart more and more I become feel vulnerable – ouch, definitely a risk but the beauty & love that you see from that that place is worth it.

  26. Chris this is great! Not just cause your my friend but really and truly an inspiration and mentor with my photography! Thanks sister love you!

  28. i completely understand this feeling – I’m realizing as I’m shooting every day that I do have a style, that it’s developing, that it’s often soft and light and delicate, and sometimes gritty and dark. When you shoot every day, you can’t help but capture your mood… Here is one from a walk with my sister and my daughter the other day that tells how I felt about our evening walk: tired, soft, happy, hopeful… http://www.flickr.com/photos/8702729@N02/3393014688/

  39. I realized this after the death of my grandfather. I was the only one with pictures of him and it struck me as such a shame. Most people don’t like the way they look in pics but thats not what matters once they pass, it’s the memories those pictures invoke for the living.