The Aloha Bear

So here I am again, back to looking and musing with these images that have chosen my attention. Today, I’m focused on Ierusalems Hou church in Halawa Valley, at the east end of Molokai. I’m chewing on how I photograph the same subject in different ways.  One of the notions that Dewitt and I  discuss in the photo seminars is that, “there is more than one right answer” to how I photograph, in fact see.  When I’m drawn to a subject like this church and take an image that excites me, at that moment, I don’t stop, and say “that was great ” and go home.  Often this is the beginning and at that moment the door opens in me to a deeper dialogue with the subject.  In these timeless moments, I disappear, as I’m filled with the richness of this immersion and connection with the subject.  For me me wandering in and with this church  has brought me back to it many times.  The blend of the circumstance and  my attitude  brings new and different  images.  Here the artistic excitement in me guides the way.  Often leading me to different results, like the painterly richness of simple color, or the stark nostalgic drama of infrared, and even panoramas.  For me,” they are all right answers” and each speaks of the gift of receiving these visual insights.  Even as I revisit these images, I am left with the gratitude for all they have given.