When Less is More

We have moved from homes so many times I have lost count.

And each time, we challenge ourselves to eliminate, sell, donate, re-purpose!

ELIMINATE

LESS TO PACK AND SHIP
LESS TO UNPACK AND FIND A NEW PLACE FOR

YES, LET'S DO IT....

DOWNSIZE!!!

With each move, we did eliminate. YES, we did as we claimed.

BUT

only to procure more once we moved into our next home!!!  

Before long drawers were stuck with too many socks.

Closet doors raining down boots and umbrellas on one's head, 

being "stuffed to the gills," as my dad used to say.

Kitchen cupboards hoarding every spice

and condiment known unto man.

Garages...we won't even mention!

To eliminate really isn't easy. 
Have you gone through your jewelry lately. What if you had to give up one half?  Where would you begin?

Medicine cabinet....anything in there you know you should throw away, but think you will need it sometime, expired or not?


Junk drawer...well that is almost on the same level as garage...


Kat Sloma has a new exercise for all of us wanna-be-better photographers. It is really simple:


ELIMINATION 
Personally my photos tend to be overwhelmingly FULL of design, color, objects and people. The more the better!
Simplicity is not my middle name.


So how do I comply with her suggestions:


Shoot with one's camera  to eliminate unnecessary elements from one's view finder.  Physically reposition one's point of view and see from a different and more  poetic angle.  Reduce the superfluous.

Work harder on composition. Color. Texture.
Redefine what you really want your photograph to say.
Think SPOTLIGHT.


When you can't get your photo quite right within your camera. Then go to photo processing and crop, or remove areas.


I took a spin through some of my photos to see if I had ever shot with the thought of elimination, culling something down to a photo's pure essence.

 

 

 

I think we will share a GARAGE SALE this coming weekend with our daughter and family.


It is all about ELIMINATION