Mindful Photographer: Awake in the World with a Camera

Discover your voice, cultivate mindful awareness, and inspire creative growth with photographyIn The Mindful Photographer, teacher, author, and photographer David Ulrich follows up on the success of his previous book, Zen Camera, by offering photographers, smartphone camera users, and other cultural creatives 55 short (1-5 pages) essays on topics related to photography, mindfulness, personal growth, creativity, and cultivating personal and social awareness. Whether you’re seeking to become a better photographer, find your voice, enhance your ability to “see” the world around you, realize your full potential, or refine your personal expression, The Mindful Photographer can help you. You will learn to:•Awaken your creative spirit•Find joy and fulfillment with a camera•Improve your photography•Express your deepest vision of the world•Learn to be more present in the moment•Deepen your capacity for observation•Gain insight into your self and others•Cultivate mindful seeing•Use your camera as a tool for change•Enhance your visual literacy•And much moreYou can read this beautiful, richly illustrated book in order, following its inherent structure, or you can dive into the book anywhere that appeals to you, following your own stream of interest. No matter how you read and work through the book—many of the essays contain exercises, working practices, and quotes from well-known photographers—you will learn to deepen your engagement with the world and discover a rich source of creativity within you through the act of taking pictures.TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroductionSeek ResonanceCamera PracticeAvoid the Merely PictorialPictures are Not About PicturesVisual LearningFirst Sight; Beginner’s EyeThe Camera in Your HandSeeing from the BodyIt’s All About HormonesAttention and DistractionKeep the French FriesBecoming GoodAudienceFitting into the Flow of TimeCatch the Wave, Not the RippleOf Time and LightIn SpaceFinding Your MojoRiver of ConsciousnessWhy Selfies?When to Put the Camera DownMindful SightCreative TimeMinding the DarknessPotency of MetaphorMapping the Internal TerrainWhat Helps?Analyzing Your ImagesSift, Edit, and RefineSequencingExperimentBecome the CameraMusic of the SpheresInSeeingFifty/FiftyCreative Mind and Not KnowingTrust Your ProcessDigital LifeSteal Like an ArtistArt is a Lie that Tells the TruthUse Irony SparinglyEmbrace ParadoxWhen to be Tender, When to Snarl, When to Shout, and When to WhisperSharpness is a Bourgeois ConceptLearn to Love the QuestionsThe Wisdom of ChanceAwake in the WorldThe Cruel Radiance of What IsHope and DespairCompanions on the WayCoherence and PresenceWholeness and OrderCreative IntensitySea of ImagesThe Power of Art