Your journey exploring the intricacies of nature photographically and how it connects to our spirit by just being present is a great lesson for all of us. Too often we are in a hurry for whatever, but when one settles down and forgets time, the earth shares her beauty and joy with us. Thank you for taking us along.
Those magical swirls in the water❤ As to an idea... Books... Yes a great idea. Just a video montage too with no speaking... Also a great idea. I can't wait for autumn every year...
Your presentation, with narrating and moving back and forward in time, feels like I’m watching a nature documentary on TV. It’s a joy to watch, thanks so much.
You had me in tears with these beautiful photo's just at a time that my own photography was blocked by external issues. Thank you, seeing these shapes in the water in the same way I look at clouds. You changed my entire perspective on photography. I fall asleep with your podcasts. My favorite poet Rumi says : "Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place". And you did just that.
Oh wow Jose! Your words had me in tears too. Thank you for this beautiful comment. It means a lot that you feel so comforted and inspired by the videos and podcast
What a beautiful video of water and colours. The movement, shapes you captured is amazing. Would love to see a book of these pictures. Absolutely stunning. Kudos to you.
Awesome abstract images. Maybe you print some of your favorite images and share them in a local gallery or even a local coffee shop. Also you can take them to elementary school and let the kids tell the teacher what animal, they see. Just have fun with them I say....
Absolutely stunning abstract images, Kim , and all the more precious since they couldn't be replicated a few days later. I could definitely see these in an exhibition. They would look amazing as large prints.
Hello Kim, I'm not sure where to start really, or what to say that others haven't already said. I can honestly say I don't think I have ever seen so much beauty in one video. Starting with the natural beauty of the location and amazing water, followed by the wonderfully beautiful way you captured as much as you were able, and the truly beautiful and peacefilled way you presented the entire video. Thank you!! ❤ In answer to your question, there are two things I'd love. Definitely a book is one. The second is a set of 6 x 4 images on card, because a part of what I do is walk along side people who are struggling with various issues in life. One thing I try and get them to do is to use any camera at their disposal to take a daily image that speaks to them for any reason. I encourage them to then choose around 6 images a month and get them printed so they have the tactile image to look back on. When doing this with them I take along pictures I have taken and printed to hopefully encourage them. I'd love to be able to use some of your truly stunning images to inspire the folk I meet. I am so looking forward to the privilege of sharing in your continuing journey. Thank you again ❤❤
Your ripples, full frame, in the water are great. You really tapped into the essence of the universe, as good art should. You mentioned time as an aspect of photography. Photography is very linked to time. A photo is a slice. Before is different and after is different. You can never go back and the future is yet to be seen. So if you try to return to the same place or tree or anything again it will be different. Even the super basic things. Even if it's the exact same time of year and time of day it's different because time has moved. The leaves, the lichen and so forth have grown or not but changed forever. Not just days or years or weather, are part of the change. 1 /1000's of a second passes and it's a new world. That world just keeps moving. After years as a photographic artist I have had my awareness of this fact illuminated by photography itself. Good medium to work with if it can heighten your sense of reality.
There’s nothing quite like holding a book or Zine of your images. There are many services that make it quite easy to create these. A Zine is very inexpensive. If you are not sure how to create them you can watch RU-vid videos on how to do it plus there are many classes offered that will teach you. I just completed a class with Santa Fe Workshops online that showed me how easy it was to create a Zine. It is something that you could sell or share with others to show them what you are doing. I am enjoying your videos. Best of luck on your journey.
Enjoyed the video as usual Kim. The autumn has certainly been kind to you there. Great reflections of autumn and sky in the water. Great images as usual. I think some of the image's would look good in a frame with three of them in a line.
Terrific photos, they are liquid gold, just like the river flowing under the golden tress. What about setting some poetry to the images. Definitely a book, ask Margaret Soraya. Mind blowing.
The images you presented are gorgeous, and very inspiring. The wonderful thing about shooting a river is the infinite number of images that 10 square meters can provide. Thanks for sharing. A truly magical time in a very special place. PS this is, to my eye, one of your top videos.
Hi Kim you captured some fantastic abstract images during your visit, I love the different colours reflected in the water which supplemented the shapes created by the foam. You could produce a 'zine' with a selection of the images captured, it's a cheaper option than a full photobook. I've considered creating one myself but not got round to sorting yet
Hi Kim really enjoying your photography. Yes water is a brilliant subject. I was the same with the water drops adding colour and seeing all the different shapes and mixtures. I was so pleased when you shown one of them on your channel. People say to me how do you stand for hours you must have a lot of patience . I say you stand still and quiet and it all comes to you before you know it you have been there hours.
I was quite moved and inspired by this wonderful video. So much so, I did a painting inspired by the foam on the water. Your eye for abstraction is kinda magical. ❤
This autumn has been brilliant between the storms. Lovely location at Findhorn and shots are fascinating. Just a minor point: the River Tay is the longest in Scotland (and biggest in the UK by volume of water).
Wow, wow, wow. Kim some of the images are beyond stunning. The patterns, shapes and texture, the colours. Oh my goodness. As for some ideas for sharing them . . . .hmm. I naturally went to book and exhibition. Perhaps a contemplative type book could be the go. An image with a few words or phrases that might spark some thought, some imagination, some sense of invitation to be with the image and let it connect as it might need to for a viewer.
Oh my gosh Kim, the pictures are truly stunning, I am so glad you showed the seahorse I spotted that in the video before the image. Your images reminded me of my favourite painter Klint!! You are so inspiring to go and try new things. I am truly blown away with the images. Fantastic
Suggestion: Please consider to use your beautiful pictures in large print to bring light and hope to people; perhaps elder homes, a hospitals, local churches and so on.
What a wonderful compilation of abstract images, truly some of your best work yet. Ironic how as photographers we capture images that we couldn’t have envisioned at the start of the day, only to capture a series of remarkably unique moments in time. Very well done and well presented in the video Kim!
These images are very relaxing as well as exciting. I wonder if small groups of these would be helpful in a medical setting to reduce anxiety of patients, e.g. waiting rooms, treatment rooms etc.
These are very good images and I think that you should try to get them into an exhibit. Look not only at Art Galleries but dining establishments, Taverns(Pubs), and Theaters. Look around and ask if you could display them at different sites. I have watched your channel for a while now and say you make some good videos, keep them coming. As for a book? I think it would be best to hold off until you have a larger body of work, make more images so you can fill a book with outstanding images, or even a second book if the first one is a success. I have been a photographer for about 60 years so I am coming from that perspective. You are improving all the time and already have a lot of good work to show.
The pictures need printing at A3 or larger, put in a mat and framed. Then displayed in a venue with good lighting. They should be shared with other folk - and maybe sell some.
The floating foam with the mesmerizing reflected colors are absolutely amazing. I can understand what you meant by saying you could stare at them for hours. Incredible photos, thanks so much for sharing your work! It would be interesting to try a collage with those images, maybe a square formation of 9 images, play around with the orientations and shapes, see if the whole forms yet another creature. The set of 9, or another number you prefer, could create a beautiful wall cover.
What about a limited edition of prints? Triplets or duals would be good. Also a book might be the answer. Contact one of the larger galleries or a publisher, the images are certainly worth a wider audience! Good luck!😀
Your videos are always reminding me to try and be more mindful with my own photography, and just with life in general. No matter how you decide to display them, it will be something to behold for sure.
Every week Kim I say, "I'm not going to bother Kim again with my comments!" But then I get to the office and up pops the notification of a new video and I feel compelled after sharing our weekly time together to tell you once again how much I look forward to and enjoy accompanying you on your weekly journey. You never disappoint and you are the perfect way to start another work day and set a great tone for my week. Thank you Kim. PS Over the years I've learned not to put off taking images when they present themselves. On most of my travels to do photography I am accompanied by my husband Charles. Of course he is so good to help me and he seldom complains when I say let's stop (for the umpteenth time). So I get to the point that I hesitate to ask him to stop again or stay longer in a spot as I feel he has been so patient up to that point. And I convince myself the image I see and imagine how I would shoot it will present itself again either just down the road or maybe tomorrow or even later that week. But I have learned not to do that. Well at least not nearly as often. Because often they don't present again! As usual you have given me yet another good instruction on my photography journey. And I think of all the photos I have taken that mean so much to us and I realize they would not have happened had I not taken time to stop or maybe even turn around and drive back a mile or two to capture them. Even on our own farm so many of the picturesque spots have been forever changed by storms. It's good to remember that the landscape is forever changing so capture the moments you love while you can. Love your photos in today's video. When I shoot water I am often amazed when I load an image how gorgeous the colors are and so vivid. Hard to see everything at the moment of capture.
Lovely abstract images Kim. I am sure yet what you could do with them but the river is a metaphor for a journey. The river finds its own path and in time cuts a path for all to follow. The river brings life to the nature and ends its journey at the sea where it starts all over again. A form of circle of life.
Great images Kim...how about making greeting cards or something like that? Thank you cards maybe...Idk but they sure are cool that's for sure. Just a thought...I am looking forward to the next video...Thanks for sharing...Peace
Congratulations Kim on a fantastically produced video and gorgeous images. I’m so pleased for you and thank you for sharing your evolving photographic journey and it so lovely seeing your enthusiasm and how you are inspiring so many people. Their comments say it all👏👏
Each to their own. There's no right or wrong way to do photography. So long as the person creating the images enjoys the process, that's all that matters
Beautiful shots Kim, imagines that will never be seen again. Thanks for sharing with us, have a blessed and safe week ahead. I am sure framed prints would sell, a calendar.
Kim, I was inspired by your photography to go looking for patterns in nature, and I found some less than 100 metres from my home, in the rocks. I put them on my Instagram. Since they are there for many years to come I will go back to them. One I talked to said she saw a goat in one of the images.
Wow….your videos continue to inspire us to look deeper not just see things but experience things. Ideas for photography has really no limits and I have to say you have shown me this. As far as what to do with these images…most certainly you should create an exhibition…but your following is world wide so perhaps a virtual exhibition online…so that even us Canadians could purchase one of your creations! I just love your Polar Bear!
The colours in Morayshire look so beautiful. Hubby and myself headed over to the Inverurie side of the shire yesterday and it was much more colourful than the side of the shire where we currently live. It was great to get outdoors and enjoy the beautiful colours... I thought we had missed autumn here because it is so dull and grey on our side. Perhaps the winds we had a week ago removed much of our colour. Anyway, really enjoyed Inverurie and the surrounding area and managed to photograph quite a few autumnal images. Would love to go back again next weekend, but like you say, the scenery won't be the same next time around, but maybe... just maybe it will have held on to its colour. Enjoyed your abstract images - especially "Blue Flames".
Fantastic video Kim and I agree with you the colours this autumn colours has been truly wonderful....I absolutely loved the images you created in the water and I can recommend creating a book of images you have from your visits to that woodland and river .
Hi Kim superb set of abstract images, great colours and light interplay. Does the area get managed by the a trust or the Scottish tourist board.? Are there local hotels or pubs,restaurants. They may display for you?
Absolutely love your work Kim, the abstract creativity is amazing I am so inspired by your work. Please can I ask as a newbie for you to add exposure details again please.
Thank you Alan! The issue with adding exposure details is every situation we photograph in will require different settings. When I'm doing more abstract work, I also don't think much about my settings. It's the last part of my process. I understand how they can be helpful in some situations, though. I find the best way to learn is to play around. What camera and lenses you use along with what focal length, tripod/handheld and light available, will all determine the final settings. Unless you're in the same location at the same time with the same equipment, the settings cannot be copied. I hope this makes sense. I do add them when I feel it's beneficial 😊
Such beautiful and magical images you have gotten from this stream! You already have a wonderful voice, so use it to narrate, as you did in this video, a deeper trip through these images. Also, they would make for a beautiful photo book - I just made one of my humble, mundane images and it was so powerful to see those images in print. Whatever you do, keep on keeping on☺
I have followed you for years and your videos have inspired emppowered my photography. I have taken pictures of rivers but this is another dimension. Well done What do you do with your photos ? Our artform is not for everyone. Its a bit of water....AND anzwers on a postcard please lol Mine are stored on a drive for my enjoyment and the odd facebook post
Wow !!!! Kim, I absolutely love those images. I create a lot of images with water, and I get the biggest kick out of showing them. I would like to pick one out and purchase it. Do you have a website for sales ?
Wonderful. I like the way your language "reflects" the watery experience, talking of "flow state" and "immersing" yourself! Talking of seeing faces, I photographed a rock in a stream which I reckoned looked like a face of a sleeping person. lt's on the video "guardian" on my channel. Keep delighting in those beautiful autumn colours!
These should definitely be a themed exhibition. I must admit I was of two minds watching this video. On the one hand, as pure images, these are fantastic and beautiful. On the other hand, I found the ones with foam disconcerting, since it is likely that foam came from industrial pollutants in the river. (While there often is naturally-occurring foam caused by decomposition of organic compounds like leaves and branches, it will normally be off-white or tan. Pure white foam, as we see here, is usually chemical runoff.) It’s a shame that the primary subject for images ostensibly celebrating nature may be the result of the endangerment of nature by human technology.
A small amount of foam as seen here is much more likely from the surfactant properties of naturally derived organic compounds from the breakdown of decaying plant and animal matter in the water.
Thank you. I am no expert on river pollutants but I am relatively confident that the foam here is natural. This river is very clean and pure. It changes a bit at the entry to the sea but this high up, there's very little pollutants around
