Three ways to take photos as a mindfulness practice

Josh Bartock, MS, and Dr. Lizabeth Romer

“It’s strange to me that if I really see what’s in front of me, I’m always giving it a heart.” – Lingensen, Bad dog! Love, beauty, red in dark places

In a previous post, we talked about power and practice in general. notice. Here we want to build it by exploring ways to take photos that include mobile phone-based photos and exploring some of the mindful practices of remembering awareness, the novice mind, and caring and caring eyes. Below are three prompts to help you get started.

Each of the following practices can reveal how everything in our world is truly forced to “glow in its own light” when we are genuinely involved (as Zen says).

Beginner’s mind photos

The “Beginner’s Mind” invites us to see something for the first time, just like our story, beyond our expectations for it, and beyond all our preconceived notions about it. To bring this to photography practice, go outside with a real look with fresh eyes. Take a walk, listen to the birds, feel the breeze in your skin, look around, and make special payments Note To the closest thing to you. Find three elements you can see in new ways and notice something brand new about something you thought you already knew well, or something you are walking around without really looking. From this place IntimatePractice the beginner mind by taking photos of what is familiar in a new way, perhaps using extreme close-ups, or in a tilted or angular way to hold the camera. This is the habit of looking at familiar things in new ways and seeing beauty beyond what we normally look for.

Look at something new

Another way to approach mindful photography that can be combined with the above is to head out and see things you’ve never seen before. This can do this in new areas, but it can also be a powerful practice of reexploring even in areas that are very well known. Often, familiarity grabs our attention and confirms our already held beliefs about how things are going. In this exercise, look for things you don’t know or expect. This allows you to build the ability to notice unexpected things in addition to the familiar, expanding perspective.

Proceeds across object boundaries

Often there is an oral identification where “what the object is” really gets in the way of seeing it. One way to use this as part of your photography practice Mindfulness It’s not just about taking a photo of the interactions of colour, lines, light and shadows, rather than “subject.” To do this, try explicitly taking a picture of the object and the boundaries beyond and unnamed coloured fields, rather than including the entire object.

All three of these practices can turn outside exploration into a practice of looking at the world with a loving, vast eyes, even in suffering. sorrowand pain – can only shine in its own light. This is a sincere habit of being open to discover what it is, not limited by the expectations and stories of “haru”;

As with all practices, it is recommended to keep them lightly. When you go out I’m looking for it Anything specific limits whether you find the result or not. Either way, you risk losing everything else.

Josh Bartok is a contemplative photographer, life coach and author of two children Books.