{"id":3274,"date":"2012-12-05T10:23:23","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T18:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.williamneill.com\/blog\/?p=3274"},"modified":"2012-12-05T10:23:23","modified_gmt":"2012-12-05T18:23:23","slug":"the-zen-of-seeing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.williamneill.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/the-zen-of-seeing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Zen of Seeing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Willow Leaves, autumn, Ahwahnee, California 2012
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__EF70-200mm f\/2.8L USM__1.0 sec at f \/ 4.0__ISO 100<\/p><\/div>\n

Last night, I had a flash of memory about an early influence in my photography – the book The Zen of Seeing by Frederick Franck. I picked it up at a used book store during my college years at CU Boulder. The book discusses the concept of seeing and in the author’s case drawing, as a discipline by which the world may be rediscovered, a way of experiencing Zen. I realized how engrained this practice is in my life for the past 30+ years. Now I’ll have to dig though my office to find it, and read it again!My photograph here was made across the street from my home. It is a small piece of woods that I can see from here and watch every day. During this autumn, I’ve watched these willows slow turn color and thin out as leaves fall. Saturday morning, I noticed that just a few leaves were left, and NOW was the time to capture their beauty. They hung gracefully, looking like bamboo. I exposed dozens of frames, playing with shutter speeds and camera motion. I have many favs, but like this the most…<\/p>\n

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Enjoy !\u00a0 And let me know what books have inspired your photography!<\/p>\n

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Zen of Seeing: Seeing\/Drawing as Meditation<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n

www.amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n

A Dutch artist offers his concept of seeing and drawing as a discipline by which the world may be rediscovered, a way of experiencing Zen.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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