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 05/26/2006 01:52:44 PM · #26
RKT's B/W zen images are simply outstanding :-) Thanx for this thread, tejinder.

R.
 05/26/2006 01:59:04 PM · #27
This is a great thread, I hope the 'powers that be' take notice, I think it would make a great challenge.

I'm not sure if this counts as Zen, but I really like it, I find it very relaxing to look at...if that makes sense!
05/26/2006 02:01:13 PM · #28
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
RKT's B/W zen images are simply outstanding :-) Thanx for this thread, tejinder.

R.


My pleasure.

Since this is not just about photos, here is one of my fav Zen stories -


One day Chuang Tzu and a friend were walking by a river.

"Look at the fish swimming about," said Chuang Tzu, "They are really enjoying themselves."

"You are not a fish," replied the friend, "So you can't truly know that they are enjoying themselves."

"You are not me," said Chuang Tzu. "So how do you know that I do not know that the fish are enjoying themselves?"

05/26/2006 02:01:32 PM · #29
Originally posted by cheekymunky:
This is a great thread, I hope the 'powers that be' take notice, I think it would make a great challenge.


I'm skeered of the "What is Zen" thread that would be engendered!!
 05/26/2006 02:02:37 PM · #30
LOL thats not very 'Zen' of you! :p
 05/26/2006 02:02:59 PM · #31
Originally posted by cheekymunky:
This is a great thread, I hope the 'powers that be' take notice, I think it would make a great challenge.


You should post a thread in the Challenge Suggestions area. Best way to ensure it gets noticed.
 05/26/2006 02:05:40 PM · #32
Originally posted by tejinder:

One day Chuang Tzu and a friend were walking by a river.

"Look at the fish swimming about," said Chuang Tzu, "They are really enjoying themselves."

"You are not a fish," replied the friend, "So you can't truly know that they are enjoying themselves."

"You are not me," said Chuang Tzu. "So how do you know that I do not know that the fish are enjoying themselves?"


"Because I am God," replied the friend.

"Then you do not exist," said Chuang Tzu.

"No it is you that do not exist," replied the friend, and Chuang Tzu disappeared.

"I do not exist," said Chuang Tzu, "so how do you know what I know?"

"Well, damn..." replied the friend.
 05/26/2006 02:07:38 PM · #33
Originally posted by posthumous:
...
"Because I am God," replied the friend.

"Then you do not exist," said Chuang Tzu.

"No it is you that do not exist," replied the friend, and Chuang Tzu disappeared.

"I do not exist," said Chuang Tzu, "so how do you know what I know?"

"Well, damn..." replied the friend.


lol. And I'm still hunting for message in this one :)

Message edited by author 2006-05-26 14:12:29.
 05/26/2006 02:11:57 PM · #34
Originally posted by mk:
Originally posted by cheekymunky:
This is a great thread, I hope the 'powers that be' take notice, I think it would make a great challenge.


You should post a thread in the Challenge Suggestions area. Best way to ensure it gets noticed.


If it has to be, it will be :)

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.
-Franz Kafka

Posting these ones so that color is not lost :)



Message edited by author 2006-05-26 14:18:39.
 05/26/2006 02:16:36 PM · #35
Originally posted by tejinder:
Originally posted by mk:
You should post a thread in the Challenge Suggestions area. Best way to ensure it gets noticed.


If it has to be, it will be :)


and that is why there has never been a Zen challenge! how appropriate! :D
 05/26/2006 02:19:41 PM · #36
Challenge suggested here: perhaps tejinder can go write a description for it on that thread?

R.
 05/26/2006 02:23:08 PM · #37
Coolest thread on DPC today. And Dax' work is so Zen, and she's so one of my favourite photographers.

Originally posted by posthumous:
and that is why there has never been a Zen challenge! how appropriate! :D

:)
 05/26/2006 02:26:08 PM · #38


Message edited by author 2006-05-26 14:29:53.
 05/26/2006 02:33:09 PM · #39
Originally posted by mk:


Outstanding!

R.
 05/26/2006 02:37:34 PM · #40
Just quoting Bear from another thread -

"You Are Not Your Camera"

"When our mind is bounded by the technical stuff of apertures and film speed, it’s almost certain that our intended subject will never come into artistic focus. The fundamentals are important in the beginning stages (and it’s always good to go back to them periodically), but as we progress, they should become second nature.

Instead of letting the camera consume us, we want it to be an extension of our very beings––snapping the perfect picture can be as easy as blinking our eyes. Robert Kato, Photoworkshop.com member and photographer, recently mentioned this phenomenon in the PWS message boards: “There is a methodical process that cannot be hurried, almost Zen-like, in that you physically, mentally and spiritually become one with the camera and the journey becomes as important as the visual destination. Shoot more see less. Shoot less and see more.”

//www.photoworkshop.com/double_exposure/publish/ZenPhotog.shtml

Message edited by author 2006-05-26 14:38:51.
 05/26/2006 02:41:40 PM · #41
05/26/2006 02:46:41 PM · #42
One of my freshest uploads -


05/26/2006 02:59:48 PM · #43
05/26/2006 03:12:34 PM · #44
Originally posted by tejinder:
Just quoting Bear from another thread -

"You Are Not Your Camera"

"When our mind is bounded by the technical stuff of apertures and film speed, it’s almost certain that our intended subject will never come into artistic focus. The fundamentals are important in the beginning stages (and it’s always good to go back to them periodically), but as we progress, they should become second nature.

Instead of letting the camera consume us, we want it to be an extension of our very beings––snapping the perfect picture can be as easy as blinking our eyes. Robert Kato, Photoworkshop.com member and photographer, recently mentioned this phenomenon in the PWS message boards: “There is a methodical process that cannot be hurried, almost Zen-like, in that you physically, mentally and spiritually become one with the camera and the journey becomes as important as the visual destination. Shoot more see less. Shoot less and see more.”

//www.photoworkshop.com/double_exposure/publish/ZenPhotog.shtml


This brings up another problem with a Zen challenge. One can say that Zen is the process, not the product. It would be much like seeing where the arrow hits the target and deciding if it's Zen archery... (but I am not against this challenge. All challenges are problematic in one way or another)
 05/26/2006 03:23:33 PM · #45





Message edited by author 2006-07-24 03:55:18.
 05/26/2006 03:26:19 PM · #46
YES, this would be a f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c challenge!

please, drop it into the challenge-suggestons-forum-thingie!
 05/26/2006 03:29:10 PM · #47
Originally posted by biteme:
YES, this would be a f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c challenge!

please, drop it into the challenge-suggestons-forum-thingie!

Already done. Go support the idea here.
 05/26/2006 03:29:53 PM · #48
Originally posted by Louis:
Originally posted by biteme:
YES, this would be a f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c challenge!

please, drop it into the challenge-suggestons-forum-thingie!

Already done. Go support the idea here.


oops... sorry!
 05/26/2006 03:30:30 PM · #49
Originally posted by biteme:
Originally posted by Louis:
Originally posted by biteme:
YES, this would be a f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c challenge!

please, drop it into the challenge-suggestons-forum-thingie!

Already done. Go support the idea here.


oops... sorry!

;)
 05/26/2006 06:39:52 PM · #50
Originally posted by tejinder:
Just quoting Bear from another thread -

"You Are Not Your Camera"

"When our mind is bounded by the technical stuff of apertures and film speed, it’s almost certain that our intended subject will never come into artistic focus. The fundamentals are important in the beginning stages (and it’s always good to go back to them periodically), but as we progress, they should become second nature.

Instead of letting the camera consume us, we want it to be an extension of our very beings––snapping the perfect picture can be as easy as blinking our eyes. Robert Kato, Photoworkshop.com member and photographer, recently mentioned this phenomenon in the PWS message boards: “There is a methodical process that cannot be hurried, almost Zen-like, in that you physically, mentally and spiritually become one with the camera and the journey becomes as important as the visual destination. Shoot more see less. Shoot less and see more.”

//www.photoworkshop.com/double_exposure/publish/ZenPhotog.shtml


in university, when i was shooting about 3 or 4 rolls of film a day, on a fully manual camera. i'd say that i was the camera - as in, i didn't have to think about the technical side of it at all. everything physical on the camera - focus, aperture, shutter speed, etc. was completely automatic. i knew my camera so well that all i had to consider was the image i wanted to capture. was this true phtotgraphic zen? who knows. all i know is i'm still trying to get to that point with my canon. it's starting to get there, but i'll need to discipline myself to shoot on manual again - i've become a little lazy!
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