Slow Photography

Cowbells clanged. Drums boomed. Fancy dancers whirled and danced in ways that would be the envy of Shiva. The dancing went on all night on Bay Street in Nassau . Flash on camera stopped the action. Junkanoo is quintessentially Bahamian. The festival is an excellent opportunity to do Slow Photography, to take time with exposure and focus, because its shooting in the dark.  

Hi. I'm a photo. Got an invite for your imagination. I been 'round a long time, but I don't claim any hold on the truth. Never mind belief either, 'cause I only want you to imagine. Set your imagination on fire, and your compassion will burn brightly too. OK?  Now why do I say this? Well, there's a rumor going round. People are saying that I, as a photograph, must always tell the truth. I say, sure, in some countries, that makes sense. That land called journalism, and that nation that's called foresics, sure, my brothers need to be documents. But hey, I am an artistic girl. I am about imagination, and possibility. I'm for those folks who always want a good story more than the true details.    That's why I am a Polaroid. Just one frame. To appreciate me, you gotta use your imagination. 

I'll publish my book on Slow Photography in 2018. Here is a n excerpt from the first chapter, Winter: Winter The Sky Clock The full "Wolf Moon" over the ocean. Waves caress its light. The photograph is mute to many, but speaks to those who have sailed and inhaled the moon lit sea in winter, remindful of past sorrows and joys. It speaks to the soul in whispers, saying softly "there is only now."  Time melts away when we sail. Raising the canvas to the weather, or watching dolphin play off the bow, I rest in the present. Without sounds of traffic, and with no human sounds, life at sea becomes the timeless present. This teaches a lesson. Live by the sky clock, there is only now. Eons before the age of Egyptian, Mayan, and Indus River monuments of time we kept time differently. Long before the first Chinese water clock, we kept time with sky clocks. They let us rest in the present.  This book is about being fully present with the e...