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Our Anniversary is a post from: mjh's blog. Thank you for subscribing. Let me know what you think. peace, mjh

I don’t believe in an immortal soul – when you’re dead, you’re dead. (If I’m wrong, I owe you a coke.) Still, I marvel at the immortality in photographs. Yes, she lives in my memory, her voice in my head and, sometimes, coming out of my mouth, but here she is caught once so lively.

A remembrance on the 25th anniversary of her death.

My Mom 12 photos

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Few birds relish a bath the way robins do. I’ve seen them slosh water out of the bath with their joyous flitting, take off, then return for more. One time we had 4 robins at the bath at once.

More photos

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I’m certain a poem and a photo could work together, but I’m reluctant to yoke the two together, to require you to see what I see in a poem or hear what I hear in a photo. I don’t even want to do that to myself, let alone to you, Dear Reader.

However, some things go together like [insert one thing] and [insert something that goes with that]. For example,

Of course, over a period of 30 years, I’ve taken a lot of photos of Merri, any one of which might work as well here. And, she figures into more than one poem. But these two are a good fit, you have to admit.

Likewise, the pairing of my preaching raven with Wind Makes Crazy.

Poetry and photography are always on my mind, but in particular, I’ve wanted for quite a while to produce a book of either or both. Maybe someday.

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• photomayo Mon 05/03/10
• Hiatus (photomayo) Mon 05/10/10
• My Favorite Memory of the Bush Administration (photomayo) Fri 05/14/10
• Florida 2010 Mon 05/31/10
• Photos by mjh Sun 05/01/11
• The Catalyst Mon 05/02/11
• Life Glows Tue 05/03/11
• Other Photographers Wed 05/04/11
• Be Ready for Good Luck Thu 05/05/11
• Bokeh and DOF Fri 05/06/11
• Digiscopy Sat 05/07/11
• Panoramas Mon 05/09/11
• How Much Excess is Enough? Tue 05/10/11
• Snapshot Memories Wed 05/11/11
• Your Subject is One You Never Tire Of Thu 05/12/11
• Photojournalism Fri 05/13/11
• Abstracts Sat 05/14/11
• Shooting the Moon (Tonight!) Mon 05/16/11
• ISO Tue 05/17/11
• Backlighting Wed 05/18/11
• Portraits of MJH Thu 05/19/11
• Where’s Waldo? Fri 05/20/11
• Macros Sat 05/21/11
• Remembering My Dad Mon 05/30/11
• Ann’s New Mexico Trip Wed 05/30/12
• my most interesting photos according to flickr Wed 05/01/13
• My most interesting photo according to some Thu 05/02/13

Please come back to see what happens next. peace, mjh

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Either of these photos could be called a landscape or a portrait, as far as the subject is concerned. But the orientation has some impact on the resulting photo. Don’t hesitate to experiment and compare the results.

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Move around your subject, if you can. Be mindful of the background. Point and shoot cameras have such a deep depth of field that you may not be able to blur the background to minimize it. Depth of field refers to the area in focus in front of and behind the subject. Shallow depth of field blurs foreground and background to emphasize the subject and minimize distractions. (Although some people find the blur distracting. You can’t please everyone.) With deep depth of field, everything is in focus. However, try moving away and using zoom, and moving in close and using macro – both of these change the depth of field and the area of the background.

A skilled photo editor can do a lot in post production. I prefer to focus on taking photos. Look. See. Move. Take lots of pictures. Show only your best.

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This was taken near one of the Tingley Ponds in Albuquerque. I used a zoom lens. I also cropped it tight even for me (nah, this is typical for me, especially on the Web. I don’t usually crop square but it suited this subject. (No, it is not a “box” turtle. It’s a red-eared slider, I believe.) Check out those nails.

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