That Feeling Lingers…
Tag: thoughts
Oscillating Thoughts
A Cool Wind Blows…
A cool wind blows
Along the shore
Numbing the thoughts
Levelling the score
Each of us has
Our own unique challenges
Battles are raged
As we instil the changes
Throughout our lives
We seek to improve
In every way
To find our groove
Battle hardened
Battle weary
We carry on…
Sometimes a little teary
Keep the faith
Things are getting better
We’ve all begun
To write that new chapter!
Written by David Johnson
February 2016
© CommunicatingCreatively/David Johnson 2016
Train Of Thought
Create!
Create a world
That is your own
A place with feeling
Where one can go
In one’s mind
In one’s Heart
A place to escape to
A place to create Art
That place exists
Within your mind
It is a place
Where you can unwind
Unwind enough
For you to create
That statement that
You want to make
Create and be free
In all that you do
Create that Art
That makes you, you!
Written by David Johnson
January 2016
© CommunicatingCreatively/David Johnson 2016
Raise The Bar
Review your goals
Raise the bar
Look to the future
You’ll see from afar
Roll up those sleeves
Dig right in
Look at that dream
And start to begin
In no time at all
You’ll be on the road
Moving forward
Instead of being towed
That mental check-up
You gave to yourself
Was the key
To your self-help
Reward yourself
Along the way
The journey of growth
Is your payday!
Written by David Johnson
January 2016
© CommunicatingCreatively/David Johnson 2016
Sit And Listen
Sit and listen
What do you hear?
I hear the sound
Of a New Year!
A New Year that brings
Promise, excitement and cheer
Opportunities abound
To all those who are near
It’s time to let go
Of all those fears
Work hard for your goals
Be sincere
Achieve your dreams
Make it your year!
Written by David Johnson
January 2016
© CommunicatingCreatively/David Johnson 2016
Jewels Of The Street
The rush of the wind
The falling of snow
Street lamps flicker
Causing the night to glow
The shops are like jewels
Along the streets
Like ships in a harbour
An organised fleet
Silently they stand
In the still of the night
Waiting for morning
For people to take flight
Queuing they will
For the lowest of prices
Ready to snap up
Those wonderful appliances
Through the hustle and bustle
Of that long-sales-day-grind
The staff will try to be
Both patient and kind
And when it’s time to close
The sales day is done
People return to their homes
And look over what they’ve won
The street returns to silence
The night begins to fall
The shop goes to sleep
Until the next sales day calls.
Written by David Johnson
27 December 2015
© CommunicatingCreatively/David Johnson 2015
John Alexander Dersham – Profiling Photographers
Welcome to Profiling Photographers #4. I ‘met’ John through Facebook and he introduced me to the inspired vision of his photography. John has a richness and depth in his photography that I’m sure you will all enjoy. Thank you to John for being part of this series.
Gear:
Canon 5D with L-type lenses for digital.
Large format film cameras for film-Toyo 8x10M and Wista and Linhof 4×5 cameras-Schneider, Fuji and Nikkor lens from 90-450mm.
1. Why did you choose Photography as your medium of communication?
I started at age 9 using my dad’s 1930 Brownie. I loved capturing fleeting moments and liked composing images for artistic values. I have stayed with the art form all of my life. I am now 64 years old.
2. Which Photographers have been the greatest influences on you & why?
Andy Tau, former member of Ansel Adams F64 club and former President of the School of Photojournalism at the University of Missouri. I joined the Mid-Missouri Camera Club in 1966 of which he was a member. He taught me the Ansel Adams methods along with Roger Berg and Milt Shanklin who were both in the club. They provided a very great amount of help to me at a very young age in areas of composition and technical skill.
Ansel Adams, Winston Link,Dorothea Lange and Edward Weston all played a role in inspiring me and serving as visual guides helping me learn to see my personal visions.
3. What inspires you to create the type of images that you do?
I like images that are both beautiful but also have a story associated with the images. Sometimes the story is about the impact of the image created by the lighting or weather conditions like rain, snow, fog.
I also love to shoot images of people in settings that have a story behind them, like their place of business, such as; a store, a factory or a craft.
4. What do you think makes your style unique?
I think my view of the world is a bit different and it is reflected in my work compositionally but also in the way I interpret light and compositional elements. I tend to shoot wide in order to tell a story with more content.
5. Do you have any advice for an aspiring photographer?
I suggest having a passion for a subject that is all yours. When people view your work it should not be a repeat of everyone else’s view. Waterfalls and sunsets are wonderful and fun to shoot but they will not make a photographer famous nor will they deliver any suggestion of being unique. You have to create a style both in subject matter and compositional values that viewers can immediately tell it is your work.
6. What is the next big adventure for you, photographically?
I am working on a couple of books and brochures for the travel industry related to promoting the scenic beauty of the Southeast United States.
I am also working toward a B&W book called “Where the Road Ends”. These images are mostly large format B&W images of views of long-term business locations that have been in families for generations or have already closed but the their story still can be told in the images of their slow decay along the roadsides of America.
John Alexander Dersham Classic Fine Art B&W on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/John-Alexander-Dersham-Classic-Fine-Art-Black-and-White-Photography-313045360458/?fref=ts
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