Explorers

"The camera you want should be the camera that inspires you to do the work."

point95 — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 15:02:54 -0700

“The camera you want should be the camera that inspires you to do the work.”

- Christopher Michel

"The camera plays the smallest role in good photography."

point95 — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:54:31 -0700

“The camera plays the smallest role in good photography.”

- Christopher Michel

Life in Antarctica

point95 — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 12:39:54 -0800

Life in Antarctica

“The hardest part about visiting Antarctica is leaving.“ -...

point95 — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:23:59 -0800

“The hardest part about visiting Antarctica is leaving.“ - Christopher Michel

Some are drawn to the far-away. Often more an idea than any...

point95 — Sat, 27 Jan 2018 14:38:52 -0800

Some are drawn to the far-away. Often more an idea than any true-place, Antarctica offers travelers solace and hardship in equal measure.

89° South.

“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all...

point95 — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 11:32:11 -0800

“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” - T. S. Eliot — at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.

Stranger Things Season 3: The South Pole.

point95 — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 10:39:05 -0800

Stranger Things Season 3: The South Pole.

Those long San Francisco afternoons. #LeicaM9

point95 — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 14:32:19 -0800

Those long San Francisco afternoons. #LeicaM9

Give me good light over a good camera any day.

point95 — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 14:53:25 -0800

Give me good light over a good camera any day.

A photographers reward isn’t the image, it’s the...

point95 — Sat, 11 Nov 2017 18:37:58 -0800

A photographers reward isn’t the image, it’s the connection.

"‪Don’t let your narrative interfere with the truth."

point95 — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 16:49:06 -0800

“‪Don’t let your narrative interfere with the truth.”

- CM

One of the reasons I love being a photographer is that I can...

point95 — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 17:36:39 -0800

One of the reasons I love being a photographer is that I can make an image that someone will treasure forever. Hard to imagine a better way to spend 1/60th of a second.

"Good photographers talk about the gear; great photographers talk about the photograph."

point95 — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 20:09:16 -0800

“Good photographers talk about the gear; great photographers talk about the photograph.”

- CM

"You’ve arrived when helping others succeed is more important than your own success."

point95 — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 17:04:16 -0800

“You’ve arrived when helping others succeed is more important than your own success.”

- CM

One of the most powerful paintings I’ve ever seen is...

point95 — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 12:25:34 -0800

One of the most powerful paintings I’ve ever seen is “Christina’s World,” a true moment where Andy Wyeth sees Anna Christina Olson crawling across a field. Anna suffered from a debilitating muscular disorder, which made walking impossible. Anna loved the painting and once said, “Andy put me where he knew I wanted to be. Now that I can’t be there anymore, all I do is think of that picture and I’m there.” She died in 1968. As a photographer, I occasionally see scenes that remind me of Andy and Christina. Though no image I’ve made has ever come close to the authentic emotion of this incredible moment in time.

Honor the preciousness of this moment in your life by making...

point95 — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 17:28:15 -0700

Honor the preciousness of this moment in your life by making every snapshot count. Breathe, consider, frame and make a photograph.

The Path With A Heart Anything is one of a million paths....

point95 — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 23:52:41 -0700

The Path With A Heart

Anything is one of a million paths. Therefore you must always keep in mind that a path is only a path; if you feel you should not follow it, you must not stay with it under any conditions. To have such clarity you must lead a disciplined life. Only then will you know that any path is only a path, and there is not affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you to do. But your decision to keep on the path or to leave it must be free of fear or ambition.

I warn you. Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself, and yourself alone, one question. This question is one that only a very old person asks. My benefactor told me about it once when I was young, and my blood was too vigorous for me to understand it. Now I do understand it.

I will tell you what it is: Does this path have a heart?

All paths are the same, they lead nowhere. They are paths going through the bush, or into the bush. In my own life I could say I have traversed long, long paths, but I am not anywhere. My benefactor’s question has meaning now. “Does this path have a heart?” One makes you strong; the other weakens you.

The trouble is nobody asks the question: and when a person finally realizes that they have taken a path without heart, the path is ready to kill them. At that point very few people stop to deliberate and leave the path.

A path without a heart is never enjoyable. You have to work hard even to take it. On the other hand, a path with heart is easy; it does not make you work at liking it.

For my part there is only the traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart. There I travel, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length.

And there I travel looking, looking, breathlessly.

- Don Juan
Apprentice to a Yaqui Sorcerer

Deep Calm

point95 — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 20:41:55 -0700

Deep Calm

Under Mongolian Skies. Contax T3, Portra 160

point95 — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:46:20 -0700

Under Mongolian Skies. Contax T3, Portra 160

Endless Mongolia. Contax T3, Portra 160

point95 — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:46:02 -0700

Endless Mongolia. Contax T3, Portra 160