Author Archives: Stacy

February Week 2 – blink poems (with or without words)

Deer eye and ear rimmed by morning light early morning Marin Headlands (400 mm lens and quiet steps)   The A Woman’s Eye Gallery collective consist of 5 visual artists and a curator of the word.   The latter is Poet … Continue reading

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February week 1: I will take mustard on vine, please.

With selective focus it is all about softness in the background. This effect can be achieved by using a very wide aperture (f/2.8).  This way your subject or specific in-focus portion of it is highlighted. A day that is slightly … Continue reading

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January week 4: Face – ing the Issues

These past days have been filled with various celebrations and remembrances of the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.  I am a (younger) baby boomer and my older “sisters” (women of this generation) rallied in the 60s to make the … Continue reading

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January Week 3 – Limbs and Legs

The country is filled with celebrations: The Inauguration of the President, the Birthday of Martin Luther King, JR, the 50th Anniversary of the “I have Dream” speech, the 49ers heading to the super bowl and the party to mark my … Continue reading

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January week 2 – Wooly or Wild be your Guide

Winter in the Bay Area usually means rainy days which produce the greening of the hills.  Although it is rather cold the local land seems to be satiated with new life.  The Marin and Sonoma coastal farms are echoing with … Continue reading

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It is an Epiphany – 2013 – week 1

Epiphany, today, follows the 12 days of Christmas in the Christian calendar.  It is the celebration that commemorates the arrival of “Magi” who followed a star to find the Christ Child.  It is a season of light which the magi … Continue reading

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December week 3 – Humor goes a long way (or no where).

Capturing humor with one’s camera is a fun self-assigned topic.  I knew I had archived that goal when I saw a young boy pretending to be on a wild ride through the paths of his own fantasies on his father’s … Continue reading

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December week 2 – WATER in slow motion

Some years ago when I was standing on the banks of the Ganges River in Varansi, India, I watched women and men by the hundreds step into the river for a ritual washing.  I could not bring myself to join … Continue reading

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December week 1 – They also need the trees!

Mushroom handbooks usually include a sentence or two with this warning: Never eat a mushroom unless you are absolutely certain of its identification.  I assume that doesn’t include those served in restaurants or bought in the grocery stores where they … Continue reading

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November Week 4 – Migrations weaving the landscape

The sounds of the wings of migration reverberate in my mind memories of travel, north and south and back again seasons turn in rotation until the earth renews and germinates another life   the egg, the chick, the fledgling, the … Continue reading

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