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The Light Lives In It

Color Photography, encouragement, wildlife

Appalachia moves squarely into the days of shadows. The sun sleeps late and goes to bed early. But while there is light in the world life holds onto it and drinks deeply of its glow. The pale yellow leaves in the deep forest are alive with light. They don’t seem to just catch the light but instead they join with it until they have a glow all of their own. In the coming days the world will first grow dark and then become cold. It’s the light that we join with that will carry us through. But the darkness doesn’t last long. In just 32 days the dark days peak and light returns my mountain. You won’t notice it at first. There will only be a few minutes difference until mid February but the light is there even if we don’t notice. It’s 32 days until the new light and 121 days until Spring.

Good night friends and be blessed throughout your days.

Announcement 2.0

For those who have been following me on Facebook and know of the struggle content providers have to get circulation from big tech I’ve been recommending for people to adopt MeWe as a social media platform. One of the problems I’ve run into on MeWe is that people don’t know how to navigate the platform. So to help with that I’ve created a permanent page on my website as a basic Basic Beginner’s Guide To MeWe I’ve tried to anticipate all basic questions there and You can bookmark the page to have as a reference and if you have any questions or suggestions don’t hesitate to contact me. I do still have a day job and I help admin several pages on both platforms so replies might be a little slow but I will answer you.

We also have the Lloyd’s Lens Photography Discussion Group on MeWe that is set up as a fully functional community. There you’ll not only be able to see and connect with me but you can also make your own posts and interact with each other.

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To book me simply reach out using the Contact Page and we’ll set a date. If you’re within a 50 mile radius of Summersville West Virginia all travel fees are waived.

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Clicking on the photo takes you tohttps://www.zazzle.com/lloydslensphotos?rf=238248269630914251Lastly, all of the photos and writings are my original work unless otherwise specified and are not to be copied or reproduced without expressed written permission from the photographerThank you again for your support of my page!♥️

After The Storm

Color Photography, Landscapes

Hello Friends! Tonight’s Feature Image is titled “Still Standing 102421” and is available for purchase by clicking on the thumbnail and reaching out to me on the contact page.

I visited one of my favorite trees a few days ago. The ancient Sycamore that overlooks the Kessler Cross Lanes area. This tree is absolutely huge. It’s on private property so I only admire it from the public road and I’m not able to actually measure the base of the tree but I’ve seen two cows laying beneath it end to end and together they were just a little longer than the tree is wide. The limbs of this tree are “timber sized”.

You can tell that the old tree has weathered many storms. There’s no real way to tell exactly how tall it might have been and even the large limbs have been broken and lost significant portions. But the old tree just keeps going. No matter how battered and broken by storms it is that tree just keeps growing. The roots must be just as large and well anchored.

If a person lives long enough they’re going to tested by life’s storms. We’re going to be battered and broken and loss will always be part of it. But that’s only half of the story. Because if our roots are deep enough and we’ll anchored then there’s going to be a comeback. We just need to keep reaching and growing. Survival is simply not being torn down by life’s storms. Winning is when you don’t let them stop you from growing.

Good night friends and be blessed throughout your days.

Announcement 2.0

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Hey Friends! Just a quick reminder that Lloyds Lens Photography is available for portraits!

To book me simply reach out using the Contact Page and we’ll set a date. If you’re within a 50 mile radius of Summersville West Virginia all travel fees are waived.

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WELCOME TO LLOYD’S LENS PHOTOGRAPHY

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Have you checked out the Zazzle Store?

I’m now using Zazzle to fulfil orders. What this means for you is a secure way to place an order, discount codes & a broader product selection! Simply use the contact form on my websiteand tell me which image you want and I’ll reply with a direct link to where you can place the order.

Clicking on the photo takes you tohttps://www.zazzle.com/lloydslensphotos?rf=238248269630914251Lastly, all of the photos and writings are my original work unless otherwise specified and are not to be copied or reproduced without expressed written permission from the photographerThank you again for your support of my page!♥️

Winds Of Hope

Color Photography, encouragement

I stand on the edge of the wetlands and close my eyes to better speak to and listen closely to the wind that shakes the reeds. The language of wind isn’t one of verbs, nouns and pronouns but one of scent and touch. I asked what was was coming and the wind says northwest and cool as it shifts slightly. I open my eyes to see the silvery messenger floating in the breeze. That wich only a few days ago was clothed in purple is now born in the wind on silver threads. The sweet aroma is no more and only dry thorns remain to attest to former glory. And yet before my eyes hovers the promise of new hope and expected beauty of a renewed season held aloft by silky threads and propelled by the changing breeze. The flower must die to give birth to the seed. And it’s the seeds that carry hope into the amber glory that will be Autumn. This is the secret of being an immortal soul in a temporary world. We don’t mourn that wich cannot last but reach out in faith for that which will be. Hope is a seed cast into the breeze and faith is the hand that guides and grows it.

Good night friends and be blessed throughout your days.

Announcement 2.0

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From Fear To The Peaceful Moment

Color Photography, encouragement, wildlife

Hello Friends! Tonight’s Feature Image is titled “Tranquility In Yellow 90521” and is available for purchase by clicking the thumbnail and reaching out to me on the contact page.

Soft light falls gently across my Appalachian Mountains as the afternoon drifts into evening. The day is still very warm but with the ebbing of the season the night is cooler than it has been. September brings the end of August’s rage and the cooler days beckon the call to wander through the mountains seeking solitude. The tall fall flowers sway as the bees and other pollinators accept the invitation to come and feed. The solitary bees seem to do the lion’s share of the work. After searching through internet images I’ve decided that the one in tonight’s Feature Image is a leaf cutter bee although the specific species it is I’m not certain on.

I’ve mentioned before that for a long time I was terrified of bees. A bad experience with European Bald Face Hornets as a child left me with a phobia for anything with wings and stingers. The fact that I now see bees as a symbol of peace and tranquility is the result of my adult self forcing me to push the environment on my tolerance to be near them. Even now to point where I can be calm and allow huge Carpenter Bees and evil looking Mud Daubers to fly up to me and satisfy their curiosity. The presence of more docile bees like the leaf cutters has actually become a bit of comfort to me.

The opposite of fear isn’t bravery. Bravery is actually action in spite of fear. No the opposite of fear is a combination of love and knowledge ( fear is oftenboundtoignorance). Knowledge gives us the framework to apply love and love gives us a reason to move forward in any plan to act. And it’s my love for the natural world that gives me an appreciation for all the wonderful bees on my mountain. Everything in nature was created for our benefit. Even the challenges.

Good night friends and be blessed throughout your days.

Announcement 2.0

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Flowers Or Thorns?

Color Photography, wildlife

Hello Friends! Tonight’s Feature Image is titled “Thistle 90521” and is available for purchase by clicking the thumbnail and reaching out to me on the contact page.

The door of the big blue truck opens and I’m greeted by the jarring of grasshoppers as I step out onto the single lane road. The Light breeze is warm and balmy but without the humidity of the past few weeks. The harsh sun and thick air of mid to late summer is about as popular with me as the frozen depths of winter. But the as the sun lowers its arch cooler days approach. I noticed that the thistle is now in bloom and that is a signal to me that changes are coming.

As I study the texture of the thistle I find myself with a choice. The beautiful spray of pinkish red to purple flowers flowers are airy and lighthearted but they’re encased with prickly spines that fobid a touch. The paradox became do I see them as the beautiful bloom or as the foreboding thorns?

Often in life we’ll be faced with a duality. Objects, situations and even people ( especially people) are a mix of positive and negative aspects. How we see things depends on our focus. If we want to change a situation we first have to change how we see things. Some people would advise us to accept the thorns, ignore the pain of the prickly thorns and focus on smelling the flowers. Others of course would advise that the sweet scent is beyond our grasp and that we just have to learn how to live without smelling this time. But it’s a false choice. As humans we’re gifted with something that most creatures have only in small amounts. Creative reasoning. We find that we don’t need to choose between pleasure and pain if we adapt. We still need to be cautious but we can either use a tool such as a stick to draw the flower in close enough to enjoy or we can simply gently hold the stem between the thorns. Either way the point is that there’s always more opportunity than we see on the surface and we can often find a way around the negative.

Good night friends and be blessed throughout your days.

Announcement 2.0

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To book me simply reach out using the Contact Page and we’ll set a date. If you’re within a 50 mile radius of Summersville West Virginia all travel fees are waived.

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