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Most often, I look without really seeing. Apparently I need to be reminded again and again and again to slow down and simply see what's in front of me. Which is why I value photography—and good quotations. Sometimes just a few words can grab me by the collar and jerk me back to reality.

— Clark Thomas    

God gave us eyes, and when we only looked—he gave us cameras.
But since we still wouldn’t see, he gave up
and gave us television.


You’ll see it when you believe it.

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some with you.
-Joubert (1754-1824)

Photograph the people in your life.

Shoot a roll a month, for three months. By month two you should have some keepers—by the end of month three you should be reaping big rewards. Team up with friends to share the results, it can inspire and motivate all of you. And show us what you're doing. We'll encourage you, help solve problems, possibly post some of your photos.
Henry wrote this to a friend...
Often what makes a picture valuable are things that seem very ordinary. When I go back and look at pictures of my son (who's now 22) as a small child I see things in the pictures that bring back memories—the old chair my in-laws gave us, the first microwave oven I owned—things that I know now I did not notice at the time of the picture and did not pay much if any attention to. Sometimes when I look at these photos I am reminded of so many other 'ordinary' things from that part of my life that I am nearly overwhelmed. (No, I'm not normally all gushy about microwaves but I do remember some early cooking 'experiments' I had with it—and a big electrical storm that blew it up.)

We do not see things as things as they are...we see things as we are.
- Morrie Camhi

Clark Thomas, 615-269-7700
clark@simplephotographs.com

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