{"id":1204,"date":"2011-07-13T20:14:55","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T03:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/?p=1204"},"modified":"2011-07-14T00:53:54","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T07:53:54","slug":"the-gathering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/2011\/07\/the-gathering\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gathering"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Stones<\/a>

The Gathering<\/p><\/div>\n

Last month I ventured out with my four photo assistants to one of our local beaches to beat the heat brought on by a strange early summer heat wave. \u00a0When we arrived at the beach we found the typical summer northern California coast pattern of fog due to the upwelling<\/a> that takes place along the coast this time of year. \u00a0We came donning summertime attire expecting sun and fun…oh well. \u00a0However the temperature at the coast was well into the 70’s and a bit humid due to all the fog, so even though we did not see the sun we were not worse for the wear.<\/p>\n

This particular beach is situated about a half mile from the highway and the walk takes us across a wonderful coastal plain. \u00a0I think because of this walk, very few people make the walk out to the beach as we rarely find anyone there, this afternoon was no different, and we had the beach to ourselves. \u00a0The overcast light and foggy sky left much to be desired in the way of seascape photography and I decided to not even take my camera out. \u00a0I just walked along soaking in the full\u00a0bouquet of the ocean air and reveling in the light sea spray the kissed my face.<\/p>\n

Then one of my assistants rushed up to me gleefully and urgently trying to show me the amazing stone that they had found. \u00a0And the idea was sparked…This would make a great photo. \u00a0I instructed my assistants to find as many unusually colored, marbled, or shaped rocks as they could find. \u00a0Soon we all were wading in the surf watching for the glimmer of a hidden “gem” to make its way to the surface of all the small stones that riddled the beach. \u00a0After about two hours of searching and arranging I finally pulled out the camera and composed this photo.<\/p>\n

It was a memorable day. \u00a0But in\u00a0hindsight\u00a0it was much more than that. \u00a0Many things need to come together for something great to take place. \u00a0We sometimes try to rush greatness into existence before all the necessary ingredients are present and instead we find mediocrity or worse, failure. \u00a0We also never know when an opportunity for greatness will emerge and how we need to coax it along in its emergence. \u00a0However it appears, we need to be aware of it and grab hold of the reins and lead it on to its full fruition. \u00a0If we allow it to pass us by we may never get a second chance to make it happen. \u00a0I guess this rings of the notion of carpe diem –\u00a0seizing\u00a0the day or living in the present. \u00a0If we can live in the moment, seizing it and living it to its fullest, then later in the future we can look back at the past and feel no regrets, no remorse, and no sorrow for not capturing, if nothing else, a memory in our heart that will be a story that lives on forever.<\/p>\n

The Gathering, for me, was the coming together of five hearts enamored by the marvel that is our world where Earth meets Water and the special interaction that takes place between those two elements. \u00a0It was the coming together of love, wonder, effort, toil, and hope in the hearts of five individuals that gathered together on one intention of showing the world the marvel of our Mother. \u00a0In that I found a great thing.<\/p>\n

Peace.<\/p>\n

Oh, P.S. Which is your favorite stone?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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