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Thank you for this... being present is so important! I need all the reminders I can get. Not because I’m so busy, I’m retired and have few real commitments, but so many interests, etc. it’s important to just take time to savor whatever is happening, or whoever’s in your presence, or just be!

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Magnificent read! 🩵

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Thanks, Alex! One look at your Substack and a viewfinder seems right up your alley!

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YUP! Thank you so much =)

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So, so cool!! Thank you! Looking forward to having a play. x

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Thank you, Keeley! I’d love to see what you’re finding 🥰

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I love this, Lauren! Always the dilemma, isn't it - run for the phone camera, or just BE. I think both can create magical results.xo

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I totally agree, Barbara! Both can be quite incredible. I try to listen to my intuition and identify how quickly I think the scene will move. How do you typically decide which to do?

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Honestly, sometimes I hear "just put the camera down." I had a gigantic moose come up my hill one evening this summer and stand about twenty feet away, just staring at me. I had the camera in my hands because I'd been taking a photo of the mountains when he appeared. I got a couple of shots off but was so discombobulated that I put it down and just stared back at him. It was pure Magic.

That being said, I love looking through the lens of a camera (or even my phone) and seeing the abstraction in Nature. I love taking pictures. I can feel that creative excitement surge - do you know what I mean?

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