rhythm: the regular recurrence or pattern in time
There are other varying definitions, but that’s the one I was drawn to when I thought about how I could capture that word visually. Since we’re running a hair behind the one word per month schedule, this was over the course of March and April. If you are in the Midwest, you know that’s exactly the time where the part of the weather that’s predictable is the fact that it’s unpredictable! You want to put the winter coat away, but you know you’ll regret it tomorrow if you do. And if you think spring has officially come, you know there’s at least one more snow Mother Nature is holding back. Actually the biggest snow we had all winter this year was near the end of March after we had already had some pretty days in the 60s/70s, after plants were already coaxed to sprout.
So even though there are parts that are unpredictable during the transition, we always know that spring and summer will eventually completely take over. We know and always have faith that the same pattern that we’ve seen every year since our birth will indeed repeat every year. That’s a comforting thing to those of us that hate the cold! I am definitely one of those people that gets a slight depression once the weather starts to get chilly; but on the flip side of that, there’s a skip in my step during spring when I feel and see the the change. There’s hope in the air of what’s yet to come- color, sunshine, warmth, and beauty.
These were all taken in our front and back yard. 🙂
For any of you film nerds out there: Snow pics taken on Canon AT-1 w/ Fuji 400 35mm Superia; Flower pics taken on Nikon F100 w/ Kodak Gold 400 35mm.
Oh yeah, and I just have to brag about my ebay deal of the century here! if you are familiar with photography, you’ll know the thing to invest in is the lens. cameras come and go, but if you have good glass, that technology pretty much remains the same. the awesome thing is that I found out that my nice Nikon lenses I’ve invested in so far for shooting weddings and portraits could be used on some of the old Nikon film cameras! And the one that many wedding photographers recommended, the F100, is a cheap smaller camera. They were going on ebay for $110-$300. There was one that was cosmetically not the prettiest, but still full-functioning for $60 and I got it!! Yes, it’s been used hard, and yes, the strap smells a bit like an old man’s basement, but I’m in love with it!
Below are my first images with the F100; I used my macro lens for these flower shots. I still need to practice more with my exposures, but I’m happy with what it can do!
Now go check out Madison’s Rhythm– hint: you may just recognize the place in her pics if you’re from St. Louis!