52 Weeks

Photoblog of Milmon F. Harrison. I'll be posting one image per week, hopefully something authentically me, for one year. my other tumblr can be found at: milmontumbl.tumblr.com. As of July 1, 2017, my new 365-day project can be found at: https://milmon365.tumblr.com/

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"It Is Finished”

With today’s post, my 52-week project is finished. I accomplished what I set out to do one year ago today–with some adjustments, of course–to post a photograph representing something “authentically me” each week for a year. It is a new day, a new year, and it is time for another goal. Today I am returning to my previous 1-per-day Project365 Tumblr blog under the name milmon365

Some of you may remember my previous Project365 that was so violently disrupted by the smashing of my car window and the theft of my camera (I know, I know, I shoulnd’t have left it on the seat!). I’m going back to this Tumblr, and I invite any of you who have followed me on this 52 week journey, to come along and join me at: https://milmon365.tumblr.com/.

In closing, I want to thank all of you who have followed me on @milmon52 . Thank you for liking and reblogging my images, and for commenting and encouraging me this past year on my photographic journey. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, some pretty heavy doors have closed in my life, allowing the whole world to open. Brilliantly. I am so very happy, so at peace, so energized, and so humbled. I wish the same for all of you.

Stay tuned.

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“Interiors” (Week 52/52) by Milmon F Harrison

"In My Room" series.

It has recently occurred to me that this, and the other images in the series, represents my looking inward at my physical space as an analog to my practice of mindfulness meditation.

If you are interested in the rest of the images in the series, they can be found here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsm3tpPVa. I will continue adding to them as the "spirit," or the work, directs me.

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“3 Doors Closing” (51/52) by Milmon F Harrison

Nothing fancy today. Taken with my cell phone at my desk, on my last day of work for the year (yesterday), this photo has huge significance for me. Gladly moving on to some new things in my life.

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“FanFare” (50/52) by Milmon F Harrison

Texture, grain, slow-shutter speed, light-play. So many things come to mind when I look at this.

I realized today that over the past year I've developed a set of images all shot in my bedroom. I am now bringing them together as the "In My Room" Series. More to come in the next few days.

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“Sunday Afternoon” by Milmon F Harrison

It's about a mood. That's all.

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“Sunset Roses” (Week 48/52) by Milmon F Harrison

McKinley Park Memorial Rose Garden. Sacramento, CA, USA

Continuing to practice using the new wide angle lens. It's very different than what I'm used to but opens up some really new possbilities. I was interested in the subtle effects of the fading sunlight on the white roses (and I really like it and the bokeh throught the trees). In hindsight, I wish I'd also taken some shots focused on the distance rather than on the roses and allowed them to be less sharp to point to the trees, sun, and clouds behind. For future reference, I think I'll reverse that to see what I'll get. Gonna try again and compare.

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“Big Tree, Little Bench, Curvy Creek”by Milmon F Harrison

UC Davis. Huge tree that I was finally able to capture in its entirety today. Testing out a new wide angle lens.

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“School's Out for Summer” (Week 46/52) by Milmon F Harrison

Girl + couch + puppy = a summer afternoon.

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“Morgan's Promotion” (Week 45/52) by Milmon F Harrison

My son's "promotion" from middle school to high school. Where has the time gone?

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“Just Hold Me” (Week 44/52) by Milmon F Harrison

Our puppy, Sophie. Suffering through having to wear a cone on her head so she can't lick her incision. Poor thing.

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“StoryCenter (Week 43/52)” by Milmon F Harrison

Taken at the StoryCenter, Berkeley, CA, where I spent the past three days attending digital storytelling workshop. This was the view when I came out into the hallway this morning. Glad I had my phone to grab this picture. I wish I could be there every day.

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“Brother & Sister” (Week 42/52) by Milmon F Harrison

My kids, after my son's band concert, which included his saxophone solo ("Hans and Leia" from Star Wars). By the way, it was also his 14th birthday. So much activity around the kids these past few weeks. It's always such a whirlwind, but I'm proud of them both and privileged to be their dad.

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“I Will Rise Up” (Week 41/52) by Milmon F Harrison

The very first moment of my daughter's Spring Dance performance. One of the first shots taken. This is not my daughter, by the way; she's in a later piece. I really liked this image because of all the "white" space, and because I "see" light in the blackness of the background; it seems as if she has an aura or halo around her body–or is that just my imagination? I still see her rising as I look at it.

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"Prom Night" (Week 40/52) by Milmon F Harrison My daughter's Jr. prom.

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"Snow Leopard" (Week 39/52) by Milmon F Harrison

I see you.

San Francisco Zoo, April 15, 2017

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“Brooklyn Fire Escape” (Week 38/52)

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“The Mahatma” (Week 37/52) by Milmon F Harrison

I was moved.

Ghandi Memorial, Mission Inn District. Riverside, CA.