Summer in the Pines

Here's a shot I'd taken in July of 2018 while visiting my home area. Having lived and worked in Pittsburgh for so many years I always name that as my "hometown." I always thinks of hidden little spots like this one. I think of the smell of ferns & pines, the sound of them talking to me as the wind passes through their stands. That is part of what I call "home."

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Valkyries' Un-named Brother

"Yokel" perceptions of gender roles can't control us. Female strength inspires me. As the moon turned full I'd dreamt of how I'd light her with my flashes of light. It's not about sexuality or personalty. It's just about the pure human will to drive forward. To be the physical manifestation of who we perceive our "best" self to be is reserved for those who endure pain. For some it's iron that defines the "tangible" being. My role is to bring light to illustrate that struggle.

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An Angry Beaver Indeed!

It was indeed an ANGRY BEAVER day! So many frustrating "life" things all happening at once. Then there's knowing know one will ever know I spent hours setting up this shot. Hours spent modifying how light comes out of the five flashes that I painstakingly placed "just so." Shaping their effects into razor edges to just touch certain edges will never be noticed. Few will note the ever tightening spirals in the composition. "It's only a photograph. Anyone can take that shot." Friggin beaver... Why so edgy? It was a struggle to not just blast it with hammers of light. But as a well versed man in taming an angry beaver I knew a little "calm, heated finesse" was all it'd take.

Artist: John Pahlas

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