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Len's Journal
Celebrating and showcasing creative photography
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    Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.    ~ Dr. Seuss   
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The Choice of Destiny
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Nov 24 The Choice of Destiny

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    "The earth has music for those who  listen."     ~ George Santayana
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   "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."​  ​  ~ Pablo Picasso  ​
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Monochrome, Nudes
Light
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     “ If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. ” 
   
   — Isaac Newton
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     “ Don’t shoot ‘till the subject hits you in the pit of your stomach. ” 
   
   — Lisette Model
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     “ Its not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. ” 
   
   — Henry David Thoreau
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     “ Beauty is whatever gives joy. ” 
   
   — Edina St. Vincent Millay
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   "Bored with obvious reality, I find my fascination in transforming it into a subjective point of view. Without touching my subject I want to come to the moment when, through pure concentration of seeing, the composed picture becomes more
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     “ We can do no great things, only small things with great love. ” 
   
   — Mother Teresa
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     “ Wherever there is light, one can photograph. ” 
   
   — Alfred Stieglitz
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     “ Get out of that frame of mind of trying to make someone else happy. ” 
   
   — Joe Buissink
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   "One touch of nature makes the whole world kin"   - Ulysses.  Troilus and Cressida, Shakespare
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   "Imitate. Assimilate. Innovate.”  - Clark Terry
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   "Beautiful things don't ask for attention."  James Thurber, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty   
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     “ There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. ” 
   
   — Ansel Adams
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 "Spend more time culling at the taking stage, work slower and more with more consideration.  This saves you time in the long run."  
 - said Len
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   "Everything comes from the Great Book of Nature. Human attainments are an already printed book."  ~ ​Antonio Gaudi  ​
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    "Worry is the killer of possibility... just saying..."     ~Karella Mitchell
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