Still Life Standout: Finding A Quiet Place

The mountains are my quiet place.  The mountains have always been that place where I experience a sense of peace, spiritual nourishment, and relaxation.  It seems we all have them.  Those places where life just seems to stand still.  Those places where it is easier to slow down and take a deep breath.  Those places where, if only for a moment, you experience clarity.

God's creation in it's purist form does that.....provides a place of rest.  It may be the ocean. It may be a quiet little cove you have found at the park.  It may be your backyard.  It may be watching the squirrels frolic along the ground and trees.

That place has been harder to find since moving to a large city, but I have been searching and I have found a few.  In the future, I hope to share more of those places, but today I will leave you with one that is my Still Life Standout photo of the month.  One that is located at the end of a street, near a busy road, but early on a Saturday morning (when I typically encounter this place) it is a quiet, peaceful gem among the noisy mess.

Today, I am linking with with Branson, Courtney N., and Courtney K. for Still Life Standouts.  If you have a moment, click over and view some of the other wonderful entries.

Light the Palm

A few weeks ago the hubster set out with me to capture some long exposure night photos.  Like most cities there are more opportunities than time.  This is a familiar scene in our city and one that often offers a breath of fresh air when the fast paced city life seems to be getting the best of me.

I am linking up with my sweet friend Branson, Courtney N., and Courtney K. for Still Life Standout.  I am also linking up with another sweet friend Courtney for I Clicked It Up A Notch.  Be sure to head over and visit more entries.

Still Life Standout

I have really begun to enjoy still life photography over the last few months.  I think as my son has become more active still life photography has given me a calm place to take a deep breath and be creative.  I have several still life photos from this quarter, so it was hard to pick a favorite.  I chose this photo, because it reminds me of my granny.  As many of you know, my maternal grandmother passed away earlier in the week.  These rosaries have hung from this lamp in her bedroom for years.  She may not have been Catholic, but she loved Jesus and always adored these rosaries.  The morning after her funeral I was walking around the house with my camera in tow.  I fell in love with the way the light was falling on the body of Christ and something about the single strand cob web reminded me of the amount of time it had been since my granny had visited those rosaries.

I am entering this photo in Branson, Courtney K., and Courtney N.'s new still life challenge.  Be sure to head over and check out the other entries.  You can join while you are there.