tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13749753316452075442011-07-07T14:10:28.385-06:00I'm a Pagan, a Priestess, a Parent, a Photographer. I'm passionate about all of these things and more. I hope to share with you some of my journey and the things I see along the way.Rev. Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00978515318693798097noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374975331645207544.post-71649780803149275132009-07-12T22:33:00.004-06:002009-07-12T22:57:02.158-06:00

Here in Utah we are blessed with abundant wildflowers in our beautiful mountains. Hiking along, you can see dozens of different types of flowers, and July is the best month for them. Go see some wildflowers yourself! You don't have to venture very far afield to see them, and there are many easy hikes or walks such as Silver Lake in Big Cottonwood Canyon and the Cecret Lake trail at Alta where you

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This weekend I went on a photowalk with my own group (the Utah Photo Safari) and another local group to two locations in Northern Utah. First we attended the daily reenactment of the driving of the Golden Spike ceremony at Promontory, Utah. This part satisfied my inner history buff and it was very touching to me to see the dedication of the volunteers who run the reenactment ceremony. These

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Photography has many roles, to educate, inform, entertain, document. One of it's most powerful uses has been to illustrate things that words cannot convey, whether it's a lone man standing in front of a line of tanks, or the striking eyes of a young girl doomed to a heartbreakingly rough life in a far-distant country. Not that I am comparing my photography to either of these examples. I have

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Please I beg of you, do NOT buy this book.I am writing about it to inform the larger community about this book, and to encourage you to contact the publisher or Barnes & Noble about it, but I really implore you, don't spend any of your hard-earned money on this book. Not only will it encourage the publisher to print more of them *yikes* and give it unnecessary and completely undeserved spikes on

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White GoddessOriginally uploaded by bluheronThe Sekhmet Temple in Nevada is an amazing, unique place, a peaceful, tranquil oasis in a chaotic world. I was lucky enough to get to travel to, and to photograph the Temple in February 2006. At the time of my visit, I did not see another human for the 2-3 hours I spent meditating and exploring the temple grounds. I arrived in silence, and left in

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Earth Jam Utah 2008 - Day 2 Originally uploaded by bluheron As a Buddhist as well as a Witch, I find it a very comforting and hopeful sign that the two tallest statues in the world are Buddha and Kwan Yin. Many people around the world are dedicated to the peaceful spirituality represented by these two statues, and I hope and pray that this trend toward a kinder, more peaceful planet will

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Sacred RhythmsFull Moon Drumming Originally uploaded by bluheron At the full moon drumming circle, I pulled out my new 70-300 lens and we had some fun with the moon playing peekaboo behind the clouds. The 70-300 is an amazing sharp and light lens for the focal length! This was my favorite photo of the session, I love the complex shading in the clouds around the moon. I'm so glad it's finally

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Goddess Originally uploaded by bluheron I took this photo of my statue of the Venus of Willendorf shortly after the completion of the dedication ritual for the Sacred Circle Temple. This photo was later used in our 2008 events calendar.From Wikipedia: Venus of Willendorf, also known as the Woman of Willendorf, is an 11.1 cm (4 3/8 inches) high statuette of a female figure. It was discovered

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Rite of Passage Originally uploaded by bluheron Spring flowers, young maiden. I enjoyed the image of the new young woman emerging from the bright., fresh spring tulips. That she was backlit by the sun was a bonus :)

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Sacred Circle Temple - Blessingway Originally uploaded by bluheron This statue of the Tibetan Goddess Green Tara (in Tibetan, it's Jetsun Drolma) is one of my prized treasures. She was given to me through a rather unusual set of tragic circumstances. In the early 90's I was friends, through my former husband, of a person whose uncle was a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner in the 1970's and

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Imbolc - Little Spiral Goddess Originally uploaded by bluheron This small Goddess statue is lit by warm golden candlelight coming from my fireplace.

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BalanceOriginally uploaded by bluheron Have a blessed and happy Spring Equinox!This photo was taken a couple of years ago, the only lighting is window light to the camera right. This egg was balanced on my dining-room table at home. It was taken with my first digital SLR camera, the wonderful Olympus E-300. I had had it for a year when I took this photo, and retired it in May of 2007 after

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Invoking fire Originally uploaded by bluheron I took this photo on a night when there was a controlled (purposefully-set) fire on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake. The night was dark and the moon was new, so the only elements visible on this long exposure were the fire and the pentacle. The pentacle is drawn with a small LED flashlight. I find that the LED lights give a great,

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