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Today I began reading 'The Practice of Contemplative Photography' by Andy Karr & Michael Wood and was inspired enough to go out with my camera and take some pictures. The book has chapters discussing concepts for taking images along with assignments but I didn't get that far in my reading. I did read enough to get the gist of the book and, in fact, I didn't learn anything I didn't already know, the idea of conceptual photography is based on the Buddhist concept of clear seeing, among others, something which I have practiced for several years now. But thetext did serve to remind me that I could use what I already know to improve my photography

And so, I went to a nearby park where I sat under my favourite tree and alternated short meditation sessions with photography and the above is the result as are this and this.

Only time will tell if this book will continue to inspire my photography but, even if it doesn't it makes for excellent reading and has lots and lots of pictures which are themselves inspirational.