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Laurel J.

Stand in your own space and know you are there.

About Me


I am a photographer. I see in photographs, all the time and everywhere. I'm here on MySpace to share my work and ask for feedback, critique, advice, suggestions. All comments are welcome, and I'll do the same for you if you like.
My camera is a Nikon D50, with a Nikkor 18-55 mm lens and a Nikkor 60 mm 2.8 AF macro, as well as a UV haze protection filter. I use available, natural light as much as possible, no flash. I don't use Photoshop or any other image manipulation beyond cropping and rarely conversion to b/w.
I'm also at JPG Magazine .
Thanks for your interest!
Laurel
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** Live Well ** Laugh Often ** Love Much **
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~~~ Delight ~~~
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"You who turn from love in pain,
turn slowly: nothing exists but purpose,
and the born to love must love . . ."
-- You Who Turn From Love, Jé Maverick
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"i don't remember what i did when i was 5
. . .but she remembers me
she does never forget
-- be
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Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?
-- The Summer Day, Mary Oliver
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" . . . I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme,
and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle and end.
Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next.”
-- Gilda Radner
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When someone shows you who they are, believe them.
-- from LISA TM 's blog Tales . . .
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. . . you have to consider
there might just bee
something else goin on
u dont know bout . . .
possibley
two strands of truth
wrapped round each other
each slightly out of the sight
of each other
-- double helix as slippry trueth, Kelly Moore
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With all your heart, ask for grace,
and let go.
-- Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert
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Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There's a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.
-- Anthem, Leonard Cohen
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to birds with cage door open,
unhappy with the nest,
if change is in the wind,
take the breeze and fly,
obvious
-- weather note, Jim Christiansen
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"Loneliness tests the soul; solitude rests it."
-- Gary Corbin
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" . . . seeing it with someone - not two visions, not one vision,
but two visions shared . . . "
-- Mark Kolke,
on seeking someone to share his life
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"The only person who can ever love us as we truly want to be loved is ourself. Everyone else loves us as they can . . . "
-- Jules
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Three things cannot long be hidden.
The sun, the moon
and the truth.
-- Buddha
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My Interests



Photography

I want to show you the world
that I see.

" . . . I've fallen in love with taking photographs. The sun lays its light on whatever it meets, and I have only to raise my camera to my eye and put a frame around what's given to me."

The Stain on the Sky, Susan Moon

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You come from far away
With pictures in your eyes
Of coffeeshops and morning streets
In the blue and silent sunrise

But night is the cathedral
Where we recognized the sign
We strangers know each other now
As part of the whole design

-- Gypsy, Suzanne Vega

CURRENT MOON moon phases

I'd like to meet:


Photographers -- peers and mentors
&nbsp&nbsp Writers -- making pictures with their words
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Anyone who appreciates art and beauty and creativity
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&n bsp&nbsp . . . Friends all

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My Blog

Someones doing unto me!

Do your little bit of good where you are.It's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.-- Archbishop Desmond Tutu I do random acts of kindess.  Sometimes it's plan...
Posted by Laurel J. on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:23:00 PST

Nishikigoi


Posted by Laurel J. on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:07:00 PST

Winter's Satin Brocade

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Posted by Laurel J. on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:30:00 PST

Glass & Light

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Posted by Laurel J. on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:40:00 PST

Im so excited!

I finally got my new lens yesterday!  It's a sweet little Nikkor 60 mm 2.8 AF macro.  The first shots are amazing, but I have soooo much to learn.  I'm off to play!
Posted by Laurel J. on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:06:00 PST

The News from Me . . .

Hi!  I've been MySpace MIA lately . . . checking in here for messages and reading a few blogs, commenting once in a while, mainly just lurking.  No time for anything fancy tonight either . ....
Posted by Laurel J. on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:39:00 PST

From Me to You


Posted by Laurel J. on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:25:00 PST

Winter Afternoon


Posted by Laurel J. on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:56:00 PST

Soup & Snow & AIDS -- UPDATED with photo

Good morning all!  It's going to be a beautiful day!  It's still dark on a cold, overcast December morning here.  The temperature is 17 degrees, with a wind chill at near 0.  I fee...
Posted by Laurel J. on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:36:00 PST

Beginning the Day's Journey


Posted by Laurel J. on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 07:42:00 PST