Rocky Nook 9781681988412 Overview

In The Mindful Photographer: Awake in the World With a Camera from Rocky Nook teacher, author, and photographer David Ulrich follows up on the success of his previous book, Zen Camera, by offering photographers, smartphone camera users, and other creative people, 55 short (1-5 pages) essays on topics related to photography, mindfulness, personal growth, creativity, and cultivating personal and social awareness. The book promotes thinking about the process of photography, whether you're seeking to become a better shooter, find your voice, enhance your ability to see the world around you, realize your full potential, or refine your personal expression.

Table of Contents

Seek Resonance
Camera Practice
Avoid the Merely Pictorial
Pictures are Not About Pictures
Visual Learning
First Sight: Beginner's Eye
The Camera in Your Hand
Seeing from the Body
It's All About Hormones
Attention and Distraction
Keep the French Fries
Becoming Good
Audience
Fitting into the Flow of Time
Catch the Wave, Not the Ripple
Of Time and Light
In Space
Finding Your Mojo
River of Consciousness
Why Selfies?
When to Put the Camera Down
Mindful Sight
Creative Time
Minding the Darkness
Potency of Metaphor
Mapping the Internal Terrain
What Helps?
Analyzing Your Images
Sift, Edit, and Refine
Sequencing
Experiment
Become the Camera
Music of the Spheres
In Seeing
Fifty/Fifty
Creative Mind and Not Knowing
Trust Your Process
Digital Life
Steal Like an Artist
Art is a Lie that Tells the Truth
Use Irony Sparingly
Embrace Paradox
When to be Tender, When to Snarl, When to Shout, and When to Whisper
Sharpness is a Bourgeois Concept
Learn to Love the Questions
The Wisdom of Chance
Awake in the World
The Cruel Radiance of What Is
Hope and Despair
Companions on the Way
Coherence and Presence
Wholeness and Order
Creative Intensity
Sea of Images
The Power of Art

Topics Covered

Awaken your creative spirit
Find joy and fulfillment with a camera
Deepen your capacity for observation
Improve your photography
Express your deepest vision of the world
Learn to be more present in the moment
Gain insight into yourself and others
Cultivate mindful seeing
Use your camera as a tool for change
Enhance your visual literacy