Contemplative Photography

This past Sunday Martin J. Verhoeven spoke at his “Contemplative Photography” exhibit, showing through November 30 at Dharma Realm Buddhist University. Nary a word about f-stops or shutter speeds. I heard “Nikon” and “Leica” once each, and someone in the audience mentioned “post-processing”. What Mr. Verhoeven discussed, quite eloquently, was his connection to nature, particularly the nature of a lake in Maine, and how that connection informed his photography. He enlivened his talk with numerous references to poetry and meditation (including a particularly humorous - and insightful -  story about “standing meditation”). His photographs were as much about him as about the lake - calm, respectful (no HDR here), and direct. For a more detailed description of his talk and his photographs see https://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/2019/10/22/a-mirror-of-nature-the-photography-of-martin-j-verhoeven-on-display-in-ukiah-exhibit/.