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Sweet Creature

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“Sweet creature, sweet creature
Wherever I go, you bring me home
Sweet creature, sweet creature
When I run out of road, you bring me home”
Harry Styles

Harry Styles

I haven’t had a celebrity crush on someone in quite a while. Although, Hugh Jackman is probably my last crush. Not only because of Jackman’s looks, but he is the epitome of Hollywood talent and compassion. However, in the past year I’ve been listening to Harry Styles’ music. I must say, I’ve got my first celebrity crush of 2020.

If you’re not familiar with his music, give him a listen to. Every single one of this 25 year young mans songs, which he writes, is exquisite and sweet sounding. You can hear his Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, and Simon and Garfunkel influence in his music. From his song “Watermelon Sugar”, to “Adore You”, I can’t get enough of this talented artist.

Whether I’m home writing, relaxing, on my daily walk or driving somewhere, I’m listening on Spotify to the wonderfully gifted and charismatic Harry Styles. Who also happens to be a sweet creature.

Shine On

Here’s Harry performing Sweet Creature.

 

Hopes, Dreams & Good Wishes

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“Sunrise sunset, sunrise sunset
Swiftly flow the years
One season following the other
Laden with happiness and tears…”
Sheldon Harnick

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Sunsets have always represented beauty, mystery, romantics of life as well as a completion of a journey. A journey of life itself. Whereas a sunrise marks the beginning of a brand-new day. A day which we can start something great and new.

I’ve always been a night person. Loved the energy and magic I felt at night. Often watching sunsets with the ones, I love. I especially have enjoyed photographing sunsets.

Redondo Beach has dramatic sunsets. As the sun begins to set in Redondo, it’s a magical time of day because people line up on the Esplanade to capture and experience these breathtaking beach sunsets.

For more than a decade, I’ve photographed daily sunsets each year. Every one of these sunsets are unique. When I look back at these sunset photos, some will remind me of the events that unfolded that particular day. Most are good memories. Some, not so good.

Now in the twilight of life, I’ve shifted from an evening person to a morning person and discovered the appeal of sunrises.

When I rise in the early morning hours, I’ll watch the sun slowly appear. The sky turns from a spectacular bright red to a cooler orange hue as the sun begins to peek through the California palm trees.

After watching the first 2020 sunrises this past week, I suddenly realized, I don’t have a single photo I’ve taken in my life of a sunrise. How can that be? Well, I plan to rectify that. This year I plan to add more shots of sunrises to my photo album.

I’ve concluded, I need to appreciate these sunrises. Getting older, we begin to see how precious are sunrises. Because, sunrises give us what we all could use more of in our lives these days.  Hopes, dreams and good wishes.

Shine On

 

A New Year

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“Write it on your heart
that every day
is the best day
in the year.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A new year stands before us
Like the first chapter in a book
Waiting to be told
Waiting to unfold

A new year stands before us
Like the breaking of the dawn
Waiting for the light
Waiting thereupon

A new year stands before us
What will your New Year bring
Hopefully, less sorrow and less pain
Hopefully, more joy more zest more zing

J R

 

Shine On
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Captivating Chronophotos

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“There are always two people in every picture:
the photographer and the viewer.”
Ansel Adams

Stunning Chronophotos

Photo by Chen Chengguang

 

All my life I have loved photography. I appreciate talent when I see it. That’s why I wanted to share this image I recently came across. It was taken by photographer, Chen Chengguang at  Joinus12345.

Some of you bloggers that are also photographers may have heard of a photography technique known as, Chronophotography. It’s a techniques that was a predecessor to cinematography and moving film. This antique photographic technique from the Victorian era, originally was created and used for the scientific study of movement. It captures movement in several frames of print. The prints can then be arranged like animation cels or layered in a single frame. The_Horse_in_Motion_high_res

The most famous chronophoto was created by Eadward Muybridge. Back in 1872, Muybridge worked with the former governor of California, Leland Stanford to create the famous first moving picture, THE HORSE IN MOTION. The debated question of the day was, whether all four feet of a horse were off the ground at the same time while trotting. THE HORSE IN MOTION proved they were.

All of Chen’s photographs displayed on his Instagram account are breathtaking.  His talent for capturing birds and other creatures using this antiquated form of photography, makes for captivating Chronophotos.

Shine On