The Way of The Camera

four pictures of may

This May I took four photographs. None of them are remarkable. But each one asked me a question: They had nothing to do with technique, yet and everything to do with choosing.  One was made in the middle of a London rush-hour crowd. One was a portrait that reminded me why I stopped doing street photography. One was taken in a Zen garden that slowed my mind down enough to hear what I already knew. And one was found two streets from my home, in the most ordinary place imaginable.  This is not a post about better photography. It's about what happens when you stop accumulating other people's ideas long enough to hear your own.  Take a look at the pictures here [https://conscious.photography/four-pictures-of-may/]. I share images, reflections, and small visual resources for people who use photography as a path — not to a better portfolio, but to a quieter mind. If this resonated, I'd love for you to walk alongside for a while

five pictures of april

Creating from within has two dimensions. One is to be connected with our inner being. The other is to truly be in the moment — not observing it, but part of it. The photographer and the photograph become one thing.  Five photographs of April - not all of them worked — and the ones that didn't taught me more than the ones that did. This is a reflection on the difference between capturing a moment and being inside it, and what one woman in a red coat showed me about the way I want to make pictures.  Reflections on mindfulness, photography, and the practice of presence.  Take a look at the images here [https://conscious.photography/five-pictures-of-april/].

five pictures of march

Last month, my wife Rafaela [https://raphaelagilla.com/] said something profound that deeply resonated with me:  "I want to create my reality from my heart, not from my mind."  In March I photographed a bench, a cherry plum tree, a canal, a swan disappearing into dark water, and some dried grass that moved like waves.  Nothing dramatic. Just ordinary moments from an ordinary month.  But that's what I keep coming back to — beauty doesn't wait for better times. It's already here, asking to be noticed.  Sometimes all it takes is stopping long enough to look.  Have a look at the images here. [https://conscious.photography/five-pictures-of-march/]