Sunbeam

This was a busy week, but I did manage to capture this shot of the sun lighting up a copse of trees in the distance. Stormy days are a favourite of mine for shooting photos and, surprisingly for November, we've actually had a lot of sunshine lately. But yesterday storm clouds moved in. The sun took a peek out of the clouds for just one moment - long enough for me to snap this. It's a very simple, quiet photo with quite a 'Novemberish' quality: the brooding sky with a hint of possible snow; the absence of green in the trees; the earth laying fallow for its impending blanket of winter. The way the rays specifically shone on this spot reminds me of that scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark, when Indy uses the staff of Ra to determine the location of the Well of Souls, where the Ark of the Covenant is purported to lie. The sun hits the room and the headpiece of the staff at one point during the day and it illuminates where he and Sallah should be digging. I love to witness how the sun, on days when clouds try to block it, pierces through a stormy sky and shoots a beam so specifically on the surrounding landscape. I'm more spiritual than religious, but it sometimes feels like some kind of golden finger pointing down, touching the trees. A kind of farewell kiss before the frost takes over and a cold, winter wind whips over the field. The sun's promise that he will warm those branches again come Spring. An unexpected blessing from above. Kind of like my own Sonbeam.

Shutterbug

I have always loved photography. Living rurally for close to a decade has inspired me to shoot more of the world around me. I've created 'Behind the milk truck' for two reasons:

1. to showcase some of my personal favourites I've taken over the years: where I live, places I've traveled, some portraiture and, of course, my most recent, favourite subject, my son (see slideshow to the right); and


2. to inspire me to try to publish new photography on a regular basis here on this blog. My initial attempt will be one or two photographs weekly accompanied by a brief blog each as to what inspired the photograph(s). Eventually I intend to make these visual contributions a daily endeavour, especially once I have acquired some better equipment!
   

Meantime, to view my entire photostream on Flickr (a current work in progress), feel free to click on any of the photographs in the slideshow at the sidebar and browse through them all. Hope you enjoy! I will be updating my photography from time to time so please check back!