The Adventures of Michael Vincent

Posts tagged with life

Seeing People | Expressive Energy
2022-07-25 12:48:13 UTC
I don’t look for themes. I do see or notice connections. Men at Work - a powerful context that communicates expressive energy. Creative use of energy. Even at rest the energy settles before exploding again. This expressive energy is never tired. The human being experiences tiredness. The Human Body must…

Coffee & Portrait
2022-07-19 09:38:32 UTC
My local Coffee Shop is my Portrait Studio. Maida Vale is full of Cafes, Coffee Shops, I know most of the owners. The Coffee Shop is a place where the community hangs out. First thing in the morning, like I do, or late afternoon. Wherever I travel in the world,…

Exploring Beauty
2022-06-10 14:30:39 UTC
My journey over the last seven years has brought me in direct conversation with this paradox of Beauty. As Lao Tzu writes in his 2nd Verse of The Tao Te Ching; “When everyone in the world sees beauty, then ugly exists. This Paradox and duality lives right at the core…

The Study of Colour | Green - The Colour of Life
2022-05-30 07:50:09 UTC
Green is a Colour I cannot ignore. It is everywhere. In my neighbourhood, I don’t have to go searching. It’s in my immediate field of vision. It’s the first thing I see when I leave my home. Next to my Home is a Home for the elderly. The Colour Green…

The Colour of Life
2022-05-20 17:07:21 UTC
The expression of Life is all in the gesture. Jay Maisel speaks of this illusive quality with great reverence. I know when I see it or should I say……when I feel its presence. Jay goes on to say, the gesture is the heart beat of the moment - my paraphrase/interpretation.…

My Visual Identity
2022-05-12 22:22:35 UTC
My Photographic Identity is slowly revealing itself to me. This daily Journal of words and images is showing me exactly what is going on inside of me. Space Lots of it. A lot of my images reveal SPACE. The 28mm Field of View is my natural Frame. Seeing Space, deeply…

Pure Magic | Colour, Light, Gesture
2022-04-18 13:51:57 UTC
The Last few days have been very nice. The light presented a warm texture to my neighbourhood. These are the days I enjoy being out with my Camera. I am striving to achieve a deeper expression of colour and texture in my images. I am also ensuring that my colours…

Energy of Life
2022-04-07 14:19:33 UTC
The creative expression of the living force is everywhere. Its all creative energy. She doesn’t shout. She doesn’t need too. Here expression captures my attention. I experienced her forceful expression a lot more now. I recently experienced her full force through a ritual involving Ayahuasca. It opened my consciousness to…

SFS: What Next?
2021-12-28 18:46:09 UTC
This story got me thinking. 2022 is a few hours away. What next? Who Carers? I don’t. I gave up on New Years resolutions a life time ago. This image tells me there is a big clean up coming. The Matrix is a real phenomenon. We are caught in its…

10,000
2021-12-14 13:28:15 UTC
“Your first 10,000 images will be your worst”. Henry Cartier Bresson The grand master preceded Malcolm Gladwell by several decades. Think about this, 10,000 hours or images before you actually start to achieve some semblance of competency and effectiveness in a chosen discipline. I have crossed this threshold a long…

Identity
2021-09-30 11:28:08 UTC
Who am I? This is a question I ask myself regularly. My answers vary on a given day. On a good day, I can feel great joy being a student in the craft of magic. On another day, I can feel totally inadequate as my mother’s Carer. As I look…

XF 18-135mm 3.5-5.6
2021-09-28 13:11:53 UTC
Fuji has gone to town on the last X Summit announcement. The new FujiLux Lens appear to be a stunning statement about the next few years ahead. As much as I love the latest and greatest, I have come to terms with loving, valuing and appreciating what I have. My…

Morning Ritual
2021-09-15 10:14:54 UTC
My morning ritual is my saviour. My mother was sleep walking at 06:30 - being her Carer, this meant one thing. So I was up early and I was mopping up the kitchen floor half asleep. I put mum back to bed, had a cup of tea and then my…

A Moment To Cherish
2021-09-14 20:06:22 UTC
My morning ritual finds me enjoying a quiet moment in my local Bakery. Cappuccino. Camera on hand. And….. My Deck of Cards. This ritual connects and reminds me that I am a multi - dimensional expression of force energy. Carer, magicians, sleight of hand expert, teacher, speaker and coach. If…

My Life
2021-09-11 13:54:14 UTC
I am greatfull to my father for planting the seed of photography within me. When I look at my old photographs, this was the moment when painting with light became a possibility. Over the last year, all of my images have come from me documenting my neighbourhood. This is fine…

Life & Death
2021-08-10 10:51:17 UTC
Life. A profound mystery. What is this mystery? I have been studying The Tao Te Ching and the 2nd verse speaks of living this great paradox of life & death, the duality of beauty vs ugly. We see this duality play out in nature perfectly through the changing seasons. With…

Mental Health
2021-08-09 11:56:13 UTC
From Politicians to world class Athletes, Mental Health is a big conversation right now. My friend Julian James asked me to support him in creating some images of him. These images would feature his carefully crafted message “The Is All Temporary”. Julian has made a name for himself by holding…

30 Day Challenge Day 27: Dogs Life
2021-03-08 13:29:29 UTC
It’s interesting observing these creatures. They already know each other. They just know. There is no pretence. There is no agenda. There is shyness. Their DNA instantly knows who the other is. Fear is not an issue. It makes me feel sad for us humans because we have so much…

30 Day Challenge Day 23: One The Edge
2021-03-07 11:31:33 UTC
30 Day Challenge Day 29: Life takes on many forms inside a context of individual expression. This I find very appealing to observe. As you know, I am studying Contemplative Photography right now thanks to the excellent E-Book by @valeriejardin. The first thing I did was look up the definition…

30 Day Challenge: Day 11
2021-02-23 21:20:12 UTC
The XF 18-55 is really easy to use. This project is all about having the camera with me at all times. The lockdown has meant I can’t travel too far from home so my images all come from my neighbourhood. The moments are all different. The light is magical. The…

2020 Vision | Seeing Deeply
2020-11-07 21:54:48 UTC
I am blessed to live in a lovely part of West London, Maida Vale. Warwick Avenue is the next stop from my Station. The opening image of the young man stopped me in my tracks. I felt his situation. Surrounded by the beauty of Little Venice, I feel the sad…

2020 Vision | No Room For Boredom
2020-10-06 15:01:05 UTC
This Pandemic may be a cause for concern, however, it shouldn’t stop us from engaging with life. I for one constantly seek out new avenues for my self expression. My online course with Joel Meyerowitz has me thinking and seeing differently. The Classic Frame of 35mm has me spending time…

2020 Vision | The Stillness of Life
2020-10-05 12:52:11 UTC
I love Still Life imagery. I don’t need people in my images to create an interesting moment. One of my favourite things to photograph is my Deck of Cards. I have been passionate about Playing Cards since I was 10 years old. This simple object is a given for me…

2020 Vision | Trust The Process
2020-09-25 22:46:46 UTC
I started taking Photography seriously in 2013. That’s seven years of shooting and creating image all over the world. I am proud of that. When I purchased my first DSLR, the Nikon D90, my sole intention was to travel and document my life. What happened would take me on an…

2020 Vision | Paradox
2020-08-30 10:33:54 UTC
In the book The Road Less Travelled, Scott Peck opens with a stunning statement; “Life is Hard”. That statement landed on me at the time of reading this book. This was many years ago, I didn’t understand why at the time. I have a sense of it now. Looking after…

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