About
By: dnorman
Yeah. I need to write a bio here. If you’re looking for my main blog, it’s over at darcynorman.net
For now, here’s my profile from my Flickr account…
I’m a total hack of a photographer, but have fun anyway. In my wildest dreams, I grow to become a cross between Frans Lanting and kk+.
In the meantime, I’m slowly learning. I’m working on developing my photographic frontal lobe, rather than being Phineas Gage with a camera. I’m trying to think ahead, compose before pulling the trigger, and only keeping a fraction of what I shoot. And only posting a fraction of that to Flickr.
I’m shooting almost exclusively with a Canon Digital Rebel XT with 50mm f/1.8, kit lens, and a Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 USM Mark II (but am saving up for a Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM and a 10-22mm wide angle. My other camera (Fujifilm E510) is currently quite neglected, having been only rarely picked up since I got the XT. Sorry, little Fujifilm.
The camera doesn’t make a photographer any better (kk+ shoots a bunch of his with a cell phone camera), but having better tools makes the process more fun.
Why Mindful Seeing?
The name comes from a discussion that happened on Twitter, about finding beauty in the world around yourself, by truly looking, seeing what is there before you.
Mindful seeing
“We ask people to look out a window – to turn and see the world beyond the glass. We ask people to simply notice the ways the eyes can be receivers. We ask them to notice how their attention or awareness can focus on the tiniest detail – the top of a tree, color of a brush or a plant. We play on the senses so they begin to see the senses seeing themselves.”
Saki Santorelli, director, Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center
