From Where I Stand
When I started taking my photography more seriously, I used a very simple concept: take a bunch of photos from a single vantage point. Move up, down, and around, but limit your ‘centre’ to a single point. This technique forced me to become more inventive, it forced me to carefully consider things that may not grab my attention right away. So rather than photographing a single subject I began to look for other elements that may not be obvious. I also forced myself to make photos in fairly mundane surroundings, looking for interesting elements.
This became the foundation to much of my photography. I spend a lot of time carefully assessing my surroundings and looking for the best compositions.
The ‘tag’, From Where I Stand has also made me realize that through all the photos I have made in the past several years, I have borne witness to some pretty amazing things, and I look forward to sharing more of them here, along with the stories of their creation.
Who knew, when I posted the story about the Lisbon tram from last year, that I would be walking up the same hill this year. Looking back, after ascending in 34°C temperatures is what inspired my caption. Even in the shade, the mid-day walk up this street made sure that I felt every…
Travel day…I’ll post again when landed 🙂
“Antequera doesn’t rush you. It lets you wander its steep streets until the Alcazaba rises into view, all weathered stone and stubborn history. It’s the kind of place where you pause longer than you meant to, letting the past and the horizon settle into you.” – Ed Lehming We had only one day…
“Where stone meets sky, the world remembers how to stand tall.” – Ed Lehming Moving on from Lisbon to Malaga, Spain. One of my most anticipated day trips was to get to Ronda and the beautiful bridge that seems to be on so many Spanish tourist sites and brochures. A short bus ride…
“In Lisbon, Fado doesn’t just echo through the night — it gathers around tables like this, where a candle flickers, a guitar waits, and every sip and every silence becomes part of the song.” – Ed Lehming On warm summer evenings, within the narrow, winding streets of Lisbon’s Bairro Alto district, warm lamplight…
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