No Filters Needed

Model: Jesi Ostrowsky
Location: A beach in a lake filled with all sorts of crap... really.
Lens: One of my favs, the Canon EF135mm f/2.0L.
Filters and other special effects to compensate for not knowing how to use my camera: friggin ZERO.


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Happy Birthday!

Yesterday after an awesome morning photo shoot at the Temple I had a second one with @jesifit.fitness.yoga. While most of our time was spent driving around (slowly, and in the wrong lane at times) while we scouted out locations, it was a really great way to spend the day. Eventually we did take a few photos resulting in one that I think works well. It's also the last photo of the session, taken from the first angle she suggested. It's so so awesome to have a creative partner with vision. As a bonus, it was also her birthday!

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The Clarity of Practicing the Dharma

Kyabgon Gongma Trichen Rinpoche, previously known as His Holiness Sakya Trizin, conducted a teaching today at Deer Park Buddhist Center & Monastery. I had the very special honor of photographing it. It was a one of the best shoots I have done in a very long time. Given permission to truly move about the Temple while he spoke I did my best to not be too distracting. His words were simple, to the point and I found a profound sense of well being and understanding waken in me. As he spoke I was close by on my knees at one point. The way he phrased our tendency to cling to the inconsequential in our lives, and to place importance on what are fleeting moments of essentially nothing as "tiny bubbles" which could suddenly burst, leaving us with emptiness really struck me. At one point I was brought to tears, which made photographing things a bit of a challenge. Thankfully I was able to slip to the back of the Temple to clear my vision. And in someways that is exactly what happened to me today. I have a clearer sense of how I want to go about tending to my spiritual needs.

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Greeting His Holiness

Ngawang Kunga, Sakya Trizin Emeritus (now known as Kyabgon Gongma Trichen Rinpoche) is greeted on his first visit to Deer Park Buddhist center & Monastery just outside of Madison, Wisconsin. He is considered to be second only to the Dalai lama in the spiritual hierarchy of Tibetan Buddhism. His lineage is an ancient one, and he is thought of as the very personification of the Wisdom of the Buddha. I had the absolute honor of being asked to come photograph his arrival, and this intimate greeting in his quarters by the monks of Deer Park. I cannot wait to go photograph his upcoming teaching session at the Temple! When I needed to learn more about compassion the Dalia Lama himself appeared in my life a few years ago. At a time when I know I need to bolster my wisdom, and I've been writing about my sense that it's time to transform again, the Buddha again appears. How is so that I find myself in the presence of just the sort of knowledge and guidance just when I need it? I am truly blessed. I can no longer take it for granted but will embrace this opportunity. I didn't need to go climb frozen mountains in Asia to find this resource. I simply moved to Wisconsin of all places and it was here waiting for me.

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Fluctuations

I'm falling out of my own internal rhythm. It's not strife, anxiety or fear causing my soul to seemingly flounder against the shell of my existence. It's the open spaces themselves that are appearing along the inside of the exoskeleton called "ME." Only, am I shrinking inside, or does it just no longer fit right? Am I due for a molt or is the entropy of age catching up? I feel restless to find out while at the same time feeling calm and ready. Now to just wait. See what transpires.

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Grímnismál

"She saw Valkyriur coming from afar, ready to ride to the gods’ people: Skuld held a shield, and Skögul another. Gunn, Hild, Göndul, and Geirskögul. Now are tallied Herian´s maidens, ready to ride over the earth the Valkyriur." ~ Grímnismál, Poetic Edda, Völuspá 30 (Codex Regius)

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The Artist's Workbench

Last night we got to use Center Ground Studios as a location for a shoot. When we first arrived on set there were TOO many ideas of what we could create. After a quick exchange we took a cool down walk to a park and really discussed how she wanted portrayed. It settled us down and when be began to work it all just fell into place. Using the artist's workbench she and I exchanged ideas, refining the look of the shots. Her intuitive posing and understanding of form made for some really fun shots. The best though was her suggestion I learn how to instruct in yoga so I can better queue models. I may just have to do that. So many ideas. It was an amazingly fast four hours of work.

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Yoga on the Prairie at Night

Model: Jesi Ostrowsky

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The Reveal

The first look can be such a sweet and charming moment.

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The Prairie at Night

​It's been an interesting week working with Jesi. In the course of three days we've managed to conduct planning meetings, practice sessions and an actual shoot. We've figured out how to best move forward as collaborative artists. Last night was a good initial field test. We had a somewhat sudden plan. We chose an odd time with variable and fading lighting and unpredictable weather. She figured out the whole "what" and then we chose the "where" and then I set up the "how." For me it was all about the art of creating something shinning in the darkness of the prairie at night. After previewing this photo with a few folks I have to admit I'm a little surprised by certain reactions. "Look out Ron!" was one quote. It seems that the fact that I'm working with an amazingly attractive young women must naturally mean I won't be able to control myself? Looks like I'm supposed to just loose control and forget who I am as a husband, father and friend? I think not. I think this is just the beginning. Now we begin to refine the images we create! You see, we had free cake at the end of our first planning meeting. Through mutual respect, support and planning we get to have our cake AND eat it too. Onward.

Model: Jesi Ostrowsky

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