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Another in my #joy series. My black and white Friday blog started 8 years ago on Black Friday. The blog and website are in transformation mode and will be returning early in 2023, and will be easier to purchase images. In the meantime, I hope you are as #grateful today, as you were yesterday…… . . #blackandwhitefriday #blackandwhitefoto #blackandwhitephotography (at Folly Beach, South Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClYoAcxuOmQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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#autumnlight #goldenhour #colascphotographer #iphone13pro #nofilter #mindfulness #differentperspective … …This was one of those miraculous moments where you are drawn by something else to capture and you make a discovery of something previously unnoticed. Believe it or not, this creature was on the underside of a leaf and it was photographed that way…holding my breath to keep still. When I rotated the picture 180 degrees, this is what I had!! (at Saluda Riverwalk) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUXztvAllo-/?utm_medium=tumblr

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#centuryplant #photosforsale #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitemonday #depthoffield Every year I try to photograph my century plant. It’s only 13 years old. This was just pure magic with a new lens to work with. #nikonz6ii with #s85mmf1.8 (at Columbia, South Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRh5cKlnhTx/?utm_medium=tumblr

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#emmanuelnine When nine people were gunned down seven years ago, a hole was shot through my complacency, or so I thought. It took George Floyd’s murder to realize how easy it is for me to go on about my daily life, momentarily disturbed, but lulled back to sleep by my privilege because I don’t have to fear this type of human destruction on a daily basis. However, I know through other losses I’ve experienced in my life that being broken open can help us be more courageous in our love. Courageous with personal love, sure. But to want unconditional positive regard and an equal playing field for those unlike us, or not in our circle, that is a daily conscious effort. Let’s spend today - I’ll start with me - extending that love into our world. #charlestonstrong https://www.instagram.com/p/CQOJFXEnpVA/?utm_medium=tumblr

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#irisesofinstagram #backyardflowers #colasc #blossom So I tried something new. I was inspired to bring a backdrop and a light outside to photograph my irises in their prime, on the stalk, standing proudly. The raindrops were an added bonus! (at Columbia, South Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNx7rTMHE05/?igshid=1nvai01cy5ore

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#chance #rightplacerighttime This was totally a shot that I never expected to capture. Too far away and not a long enough lens. But, that never stops me from trying. Speaking of trying. This hawk had its eyes set on a Maltese puppy on set for @muschealth photo shoot. #blackandwhitephoto #redtailedhawk https://www.instagram.com/p/CMgEWlFnP0_/?igshid=1ogm7ok5g8ouo

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#raindrops #blackandwhitefriday #bnwphotography #nature #mindfulness #mymorningwalk https://www.instagram.com/p/CIGt6e_HYGH/?igshid=775tyfvgm0fo

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#mymorningwalk #mindfulnesspractice #raindrops #raindropsonflowers #nature Good morning! My prescription for #electionanxiety is to focus on the very tiny details that are available when we shift our attention to them. If you haven’t voted, make sure you do. You matter. (at Columbia, South Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHFrEmRnpIm/?igshid=1h45d57i168fy

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#blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitefriday #flowers #mexicanpetunia #dewdrops Earlier this week we had a rare foggy morning. If you didn’t look closely you would not ever have noticed the infinitesimally small drops that were on many flowers. It blew my mind. I went home and put a 30 year old lens on my camera. I keep it for macro capabilities mostly. Stay tuned for color images next week. #waterislife (at Columbia, South Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG-cTgkHXXA/?igshid=1kj1bbi69di3x

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#beachlife #sullivansisland #poestavern #blackandwhitefriday No matter where you are, life is better off the beaten path. (at Sullivans Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGIhyxvHo7c/?igshid=fowr5zlb2mit

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Rest In Peace. Thank you for all you did for U.S. #rgb https://www.instagram.com/p/CFTGwFuHVff/?igshid=yhwimd3r4qtu

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#blackandwhitefriday #blackandwhitephotography #columbiascphotographer #mindfulness #igniteyourmuse “Tiny Dancer” From the falls to the flowers and fungi, there is much to delight your eye and feed your soul if you let it. These are difficult times. Let nature nurture your heart. Even if you can’t get out of the city, there is a profusion of wildflowers - weeds to some - that are waiting for you attention. Waiting to offer you back your life. (at Falls Creek Falls) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFR1RqHnxUT/?igshid=1b7xk1blym4eh

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I have spent this week in a glorious paradise. No ac required, no mosquitoes. Every moment the vista changes, the sounds and the smells change. There is nothing better than to move through your day at the pace of a drifting cloud. #brevardnc #sky #clouds #blueridgemountains #mindfullness #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitefriday #igniteyourmuse (at Brevard, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDlgqm-nuYn/?igshid=o5bizjvm3kdc

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#blackandwhitefriday #nature #mymorningwalk #bnwfriday #igniteyourmuse This tendril reaching to find a place to coil and root, is not unlike the human mind and our thinking. What do you want to take over the garden in your mind? #mindfulness #thoughtsarethings (at Columbia, South Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDTw5IdHdZ-/?igshid=16pv9d4fdkv48

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#frontporchcamping #july4th2020 #columbiascphotographer Great place to reflect on what it means to me to be an American on July 4th, 2020. I feel grateful to be alive in a moment where we are finally getting real about the immensity of racial disparity and its violent effects that disproportionately affects Black citizens, but everyone suffers. We can choose to muster the will to usher in a more perfect union of equality of opportunity. I feel the most patriotic way to celebrate this day is to look within and ask myself how have I still been sleeping, how can I grow and meaningfully act to support, and not squander the hope of this time. As I recently heard @brenebrown say on her podcast this mantra: “I don’t need to be right, I want to do what is right.” I think this is useful advice. #blacklivesmatter (at Columbia, South Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCOZDFsHrNy/?igshid=d9ls744ftyeo

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#blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitefriday #blackandwhiteflowers #sunflower Such a cheerful flower greeting the passers by in the neighborhood. (at Midland Terrace) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCKjDLcHkz7/?igshid=xbzbglhexagy

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#mymorningwalk #goats #urbanfarming #colasc So THIS happened. Noah and I were on one of our normal routes, but something was different...goats! My neighbor rented them to clear the vacant land at the back of his lot. How smart and adorable! You can see more @kvanastudios on FB. (at Columbia, South Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAomtx3HU2W/?igshid=7i0t52xt30wd