Slow Photography

Photography dies, and lives, with time. As photographers, we perpetually race against time. Slow photography is a way of being that allows us to relax with time. We can not master time nor extend it, but we can change our minds about it. Cultivating a Sloiw Photography mindset,  we can indulge our visual moments. We can find  joy not because of time, but within its flows. We can be inspired by time's rhythms. Recently, I read the book Savor by teacher, author, artist and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh. His approach to savoring the moment applies to Slow Photography. He writes of ways that we can bring four kinds of awareness to our image making process. For instance, here are 4 concepts from Nhat Hanh's writings that apply to Slow Photography.  1. Peaceful Reverence When I do portraits or make images of nature, more interesting images emerge if I approach subjects with reverence. Mutual respect between photographer and subject is essential. Violent

Bahamas waters flow, colored by a billion shades of blue. These waters are always moving, and move the soul, with a symphone of waves rippling into infinity.      A wayfaring walker carries one camera and one lens, practicing slow photography among its islands. Why? Slow photography is a harmonious match to island timelessness. Here are 4 Bahamas images, each accompanied with a haiku. blue infinities meet iron shore gurgling symphony writing their haiku at a snails pace, teaching this that's all, just this yonder blue more blue diving in, a lens opens  free from bounds of light    good to go the osprey flies over air borne sushi