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Sometimes I fill my photographic canvas, from edge to edge, corner to corner. But sometimes, keeping the frame open can be as effective in capturing the moment at hand, if not more so.

I’m a believer in the idea that we often shoot images that evoke the kinds of emotions that we are experiencing at the time we shoot an image. I’m pretty sure it’s not even voluntary. I think our photography, our art, is an expression of not only who we are but what we are feeling.

As I look at this shot of minimalist beauty, I recognize the peace I was feeling at the time. It was as if the view from my window seat was like a mirror.

There could never be a shot that speaks more of a quiet calm that something like this image; so sparse and simple.

Have you ever captured something so simple, so sparing that embodied so much emotion? Do share something today that quietly stirs you soul.

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  4. I have been traveling through New Zealand this week seeing all kinds of things that stir me up emotionally and sometimes I too like to leave a lot of room in my shot totally ignoring all the rules that say it's not okay. Okay for me is what I say is okay as well as what I might need in the moment … like the napping spot in the first image below.

    http://giftsofthejourney.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/cathedral-cove-and-other-places-for-daydreaming/

  13. You are right. Our photography is an expression of what we are feeling. When I stop trying so hard, I am so much better. My non iPhone cellphone camera seems to be my friend in this. This image is lately my favorite, taken at the end of my birthday – a celebration that began with the World Series and seemed a week long. Fabulous, full of love, but I was exhausted, needed quiet. And fell into it.

    http://emmatree.blogspot.com/2010/11/late-birthday-evening-lily-in-my-lap.html

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