5-15-08-- thursday
playing with post processing!

"time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity."

-- henry van dyke

5-14-08-- wednesday

"my lord, I know not what I ought to ask of thee...
teach me how to pray.
do thyself pray within me.
amen."

-- prayer of philaret, metropolitan of moscow 1782-1867

5-13-08-- tuesday

"four steps to achievement;
plan purposefully,
prepare prayerfully,
proceed positively,
pursue persistently."

-- william a. ward

5-12-08-- monday
happy dog in front of the old well. on unc campus.

"the dog was created specially for children.
he is the god of frolic."

-- henry ward beecher

5-11-08-- sunday
happy mother's day!

"let there be respect for the earth,
peace for its people,
love in our lives,
delight in the good,
forgiveness for past wrongs
and from now on, a new start."

-- rev. peter trow

5-10-08-- saturday

"nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven't time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time."

-- georgia o'keeffe

5-9-08-- friday
perfect evening for dining out!

"for myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else."

-- sir winston churchill

5-8-08-- thursday

"nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love."

-- charles schulz

5-7-08-- wednesday

"make the most of yourself,
for that is all there is of you."

-- ralph waldo emerson

5-6-08-- tuesday


"gratitude is the fairest blossom
which springs from the soul."

-- henry ward beecher

5-5-08-- monday
unc grads in front of the old well

"start by doing what's necessary,
then what's possible,
and suddenly you are doing the impossible."

-- saint francis of assisi

5-4-08-- sunday
balloon toss at our celebration of community - carrboro day! with live music, kids' activities, plant and book sales, poetry read...


"a friend is the hope of the heart."

-- ralph waldo emerson

5-3-08-- saturday
had the opportunity to shoot an event the preservation society of chapel hill hosted. I worked with campus security for access to a 3rd floor office and to hold campus traffic back while I took this shot in front of the old well!

"the roots of true achievement lie in the will
to become the best that you can become."

-- harold taylor

5-2-08-- friday a google search for "front porch" brought up this virtual front porch possibility! click here

5-1-08-- thursday
15mm lense inside the stairwell!

“go into the world and do well. but more importantly, go into the world and do good.”

-- minor myers jr.

4-30-08-- wednesday
taken with the 15mm -- street photography style (within 10 feet)-- on campus!



"I have scarcely touched the sky
and I am made of it."

-- antonio porchia

4-29-08-- tuesday
street photography- with a 15mm lense- and close up! I was about 5 feet away from these folks! it's a totally different kind of photography - pushing into it with an on-line photography class!

"you don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way."

-- marvin minsky

4-28-08-- Monday One of my photos made it into an art show titled, "Local farms/Local art" and the artist reception was tonight! "How the artists were chosen: Votta received 170 entries from artists from as far as Beaufort, though most submissions came from Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Durham artists. Through an electronic screening process, Votta, Barbara Matilsky of the Ackland Art Museum and a small selection team chose 30 pieces for the exhibit that they said 'captured the flavor of this region.' On Monday, April 28, Panzanella will hold a reception honoring the artists and their works. Votta expects all available artists to attend as well." Excerpted from The Carrboro Commons, April 11, 2008 To see the photo, click here

4-27-08-- sunday
went back to the farm property from yesterday's photo and explored the inside of the barn.

"I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world."

-- george washington

4-26-08-- saturday

"nothing endures but change."

-- heraclitus. greek philosopher (540 BC - 480 BC)

4-25-08-- friday

"knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers."

-- alfred lord tennyson

4-24-08-- thursday

"if you don't find it in the index,
look very carefully through the entire catalogue."


-- sears, roebuck, and co. consumer's guide, 1897

4-23-08-- wednesday

"for each new morning with its light,
for rest and shelter of the night,
for health and food, for love and friends,
for everything Thy goodness sends."

-- ralph waldo emerson

4-22-08-- tuesday
downpour!

um, let's see...
"... april showers bring..."
oh, well, you know the rest!

4-21-08-- monday
cat peers through bookshop window

"I cannot live without books."

-- thomas jefferson

4-20-08-- sunday
dogwood blossom after a spring rain

"I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers."

-- claude monet

4-19-08-- saturday visited a few local farms on the piedmont farm tour- this is the chapel hill creamery. to see more on this farm click here for info on the tour of small local farms click here "I roamed the countryside searching for answers to things I did not understand." -- leonardo da vinci

4-18-08-- friday
inner-outer reflections

"we reflect what we see and see what we reflect."

steve shmania

4-17-08-- thursday
that kinda day- warm and luxurious

"when I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me."

w. somerset maugham

4-16-08-- wednesday

“wherever you are, it is your friends who make your world…”

-- william james

4-15-08-- tuesday
oops! I forgot my 2-year daily photo anniversary yesterday! I started april 14, 2006! this bird's eye-view shot is the reflection in the skylight- at night-- just me'n the dog.

"twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop."

-- ansel adams

4-14-08-- monday

"shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow."

-- swedish proverb

4-12-08-- sunday
morning light on the old well and blossoming trees

"the bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets."

-- christopher morley

4-12-08-- saturday

"music is the language of the spirit. it opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife."

-- kahlil gibran

4-11-08-- friday
an incredibly beautiful summer-like day!

"he plants trees to benefit another generation."

-- caecilius statius, 220 BC - 168 BC

4-10-08-- thursday
jangle of jingly bells in the wind

"you must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; a certain free-margin, and even vagueness - ignorance, credulity - helps your enjoyment of these things."

-- walt whitman

4-9-08-- wednesday
keeping a number of balls in the air!

"walk in the rain, jump in mud puddles, collect rocks, rainbows and roses, smell flowers, blow bubbles, stop along the way, build sandcastles, say hello to everyone, go barefoot, go on adventures, act silly, fly kites, have a merry heart, talk with animals, sing in the shower, read childrens' books, take bubble baths, get new sneakers, hold hands and hug and kiss, dance, laugh and cry for the health of it, wonder and wander around, feel happy and precious and innocent, feel scared, feel sad, feel mad, give up worry and guilt and shame, say yes, say no, say the magic words, ask lots of questions, ride bicycles, draw and paint, see things differently, fall down and get up again, look at the sky, watch the sun rise and sun set, watch clouds and name their shapes, watch the moon and stars come out, trust the universe, stay up late, climb trees, daydream, do nothing and do it very well, learn new stuff, be excited about everything, be a clown, enjoy having a body, listen to music, find out how things work, make up new rules, tell stories, save the world, make friends with the other kids on the block, and do anything else that brings more happiness, celebration, health, love, joy, creativity, pleasure, abundance, grace, self-esteem, courage, balance, spontaneity, passion, beauty, peace, relaxation, communication and life energy to...all living beings on this planet."

-- bruce williamson, it's never too late to have a happy childhood

4-8-08-- tuesday

"everything living strives for wholeness."

-- carl jung

4-7-08-- monday

"faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see."

-- william newton clark

4-6-08-- sunday

"lovers don't finally meet somewhere.
they are in each other all along."

-- rumi

4-6-08-- saturday
the old well on unc-chapel hill campus

"memorize places. settle your eyes on a place and learn it. see it under the snow, and when first grass is growing, and as rain falls upon it. feel it and smell it, walk on it, touch the stones, and it will be with you forever. when you are far away, you can call it back. when you need it, it is there in your mind."

-- tony hillerman

4-4-08-- friday

"the last, if not the greatest, of the human freedoms: to choose their own attitude in any given circumstance."

-- bruno bettelheim

4-3-08-- thursday
another night-time street-light experiment. slow shutter speed and umbrellas in the rain. (glorious rain filling our reservoirs!)

"and thou shalt be secure because there is hope."

-- job 11:18

4-2-08-- wednesday
experimenting with night photography- this by the light of a street lamp and reflected sky.

"ever felt an angel's breath in the gentle breeze? a teardrop in the falling rain? hear a whisper amongst the rustle of leaves? or been kissed by a lone snowflake? nature is an angel's favorite hiding place."

-- carrie latet

4-1-08-- tuesday
pudgiest robin I've ever seen!

"us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. you ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk?"

-- alice walker, the color purple

3-31-08-- monday

"art is the unceasing effort
to compete with the beauty of flowers-
and never succeeding."

-- marc chagall

3-31-08-- sunday I am working with the preservation society of chapel hill to help bring awareness of the campaign to preserve murals by artist michael brown. this is a portrait of michael I shot today- to include in a photo book I am making- a percentage of profits to go to restoration of the murals. click here to see the gallery of murals around town.

3-29-08-- saturday

"a man does not learn to understand anything unless he loves it."

-- goethe