A visual photography diary of what I’m shooting, reading, or just thinking about (that also occasionally talks about poetry, baseball, or childhood).Tumblr (3.0; @alanmothner)http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwrwgp1QDr1qi4s8qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Thank you Santa</p>http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/14773409330http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/14773409330Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:53:12 -0500christmasmoonshineliquor<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvno7vKOpW1qi4s8qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Saturday night movie</p>http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/13705339410http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/13705339410Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:31:06 -0500kidsmovie<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/alanmothner/12717090499/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_12717090499" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="225" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>A romp in the woods. Love that the only sound is that of crunching leaves.</p>http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/12717090499http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/12717090499Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:13:20 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luktxfMk0b1qi4s8qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Fall reflection</p>http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/12716848049http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/12716848049Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:08:03 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsx4jc0V8c1qi4s8qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>6, count them, 6 mushroom risotto.</p> <p>A perfect wet, chilly night for my favorite fall meal. The kids are not as excited.</p>http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/11326736469http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/11326736469Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:21:12 -0400photographyfallmushroomcooking<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lswru9iLRM1qi4s8qo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><strong>My favorite <em>New Yorker</em> cover - so creatively smart.</strong></p> <p>It’s getting close - three weeks ‘till Halloween.</p>http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/11318269486http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/11318269486Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:46:57 -0400illustrationHalloweeniPhone<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lstqsqRhyO1qi4s8qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Stopped and watched the sun set over this field on my way back up to the mountains yesterday.</p>http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/11251743230http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/11251743230Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:31:38 -0400photographymountainssunset<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/alanmothner/11250796962/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_11250796962" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="533" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Don’t mess with my wife…</p>http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/11250796962http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/11250796962Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:10:00 -0400mountainsredneck<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsix0fZDXm1qzniimo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://mightyflynn.tumblr.com/post/11010936500" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">mightyflynn</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><span>“Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it’s because you’ve started to think of failure.”</span></p> <p><span>- Tommy Lasorda</span></p> <p><span>(AJ Burnett photo by Reuters)</span></p></blockquote>http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/11018838632http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/11018838632Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:23:18 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsgr1pGXcK1qzniimo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://mightyflynn.tumblr.com/post/10958723301" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">mightyflynn</a>:</p> <blockquote><blockquote> <p><span>“<span class="quote">Something succeeds if it is itself: victor and defeated, living and dead, are not separate states but a continuum; success and failure are only different faces of the same thing.</span>”</span></p> <p><span>- Bill Holm, “The Music of Failure: Variations on an idea”</span></p> </blockquote> <p><span>(<a href="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0dpObfRdqEbKY" target="_blank">Reuters photo</a>)</span></p></blockquote> <p>Tell that to the Braves.</p>http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/10968531115http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/10968531115Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:36:25 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsaqigbLDK1qi4s8qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Wanted to share with you the photos from my students taken at our retreat at Susan’s farm (click through for the gallery). We spent the first half of the afternoon shooting and the last half editing and retouching (and, as you can see, drinking wine!) Pretty impressive work.</p>http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/10812751850http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/10812751850Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:11:04 -0400photographyteachingfarmstudents“There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.<br/> ~ Graham Greene <br/> The Power and the Glory”http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/10728218541http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/10728218541Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:11:37 -0400childhoodquote<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sbHAx4zrfR8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>One of the best talks you’ll ever hear, not just about photography, but about how to approach problems and how there are many “right answers.” Just ignore the cheesy intro music.</p> <p>Dewitt Jones on his approach…</p>http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/10689412891http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/10689412891Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:16:00 -0400photographydewitt jonescreativity<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls4s8wTVX01qi4s8qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Had a great shoot with my students down on Susan’s farm. Here’s one of mine - I’ll post their best once they finish editing. Stay tuned!</p>http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/10685584960http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/10685584960Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:02:56 -0400photographydogsfarmteaching<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls38gkACVz1qi4s8qo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls38gkACVz1qi4s8qo2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls38gkACVz1qi4s8qo3_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls38gkACVz1qi4s8qo5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls38gkACVz1qi4s8qo4_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Scenes from Music Midtown - no wonder my head hurts…</p>http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/10647526681http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/10647526681Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:57:00 -0400photographymusicmusic midtown“<p>Best of any song<br/> is bird song<br/> in the quiet, but first<br/> you must have the quiet.</p> <p> ~Wendell Berry<br/> Sabbath Poem I, 1997</p>”http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/10570279325http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/10570279325Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:02:52 -0400poetryquietWendell Berry<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrvi7s5BM31qz4cuyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://links.laughingsquid.com/post/10480049326" target="_blank">laughingsquid</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.petapixel.com/2011/09/21/nikon-announces-j1-and-v1-mirrorless-cameras-and-new-lens-system/" target="_blank">Nikon Announces J1 and V1 Mirrorless Cameras and New Lens System</a></p> </blockquote> <p>The times, they are a’changing…</p>http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/10480126995http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/10480126995Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:51:05 -0400photographynikon“I like to think of poets as moving through the world with their minds poised like nets, intent on capturing scraps of language, resonant images. Thinking as a poet means viewing the world as a poem.<br/> ~ Cate Marvin”<br/><br/> - <em>In other words, poets “see” just like photographers. Exchange poet and poem for photographer and photograph.</em>http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/10478917838http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/10478917838Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:38:45 -0400poetryphotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lru1y70ZdB1qi4s8qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Thought my current photography students would like this from Ira Glass, host of <em>This American Life</em> on NPR.</p>http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/10447139984http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/10447139984Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:58:54 -0400perseveranceira glassphotography“I don’t hit bloop singles. I melt faces.<br/> ~ Phillies OF Hunter Pence”<br/><br/> - <em><img height="300" width="365" alt="Facemelt" src="http://images.wikia.com/indianajones/images/e/e2/Death_by_face_melting.jpg" align="middle"/></em>http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/10406734551http://alanmothner.tumblr.com/post/10406734551Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:15:13 -0400baseballHunter Pence