Huge thank you to everyone! I did not know until now my photo was featured!
After breaking my shoulder in October I tried to shoot once but NO WAY! Could not do it. Glad to say yesterday morning I finally got out to the beach ocean (across the street)! I can't wait to share a lot more as soon as some time allows.
I hope everyone here is doing well! Thank you again.
Just stunning photography Mark. I know your images are motivational to myself and many other members here. Thank you. Always a pleasure to see a new post from you.
Mark, you create wonderful photos, and I admire your dedication to the art an the craft, but also the insane effort you often put in to get those images!
I hope you manage to navigate your personal circumstances, and I wish you a quick recovery for your shoulder!
sayso1 wrote:
Is it just for me or every pic super blurry?
What are you viewing them on? Not blurry.
Burnard wrote:
I think it's just you. The images are not blurry.....especially shot by Mark, who would never release a blurry image. +
Lol, kind of what I do for a living. But with todays devices who knows what could be going on for the viewer experience...
jaggedhorizon wrote:
Mark, you create wonderful photos, and I admire your dedication to the art an the craft, but also the insane effort you often put in to get those images!
I hope you manage to navigate your personal circumstances, and I wish you a quick recovery for your shoulder!
A giant thank you! I appreciate the encouragement. You have to half out of your mind to do this for a living!
Yeah, body got beat up a bit, but I am seeing very encouraging progress finally. In a few weeks I'll be meeting up with a some from FM, for my PNW workshop, and I just can't wait for that healing of nature! All the very best to you and your family.
Mark Metternich wrote:
A heartfelt thank you to those who’ve reached out to my whereabouts. I haven’t posted on social media for about a year and a half, due to a bunch of direct family losses - related challenges.
Photography has continued forward with incredible privileges, and continued development. To date, I’ve continued pioneering full time into uncharted territories in print processing quality (for enlargement) for landscape/nature photographers (galleries, art shows, personal pieces...) while continuing a full load of teaching and workshops, while filling up many hard drives of my own work with a special appreciation for the ocean I live near.
I’m very thankful to the Fred Miranda community, and the amazing relationships, friends/clients that have enriched my life. I hope that these smaller, more intimate online photography groups only become stronger.
The quality of work on this forum is such an inspiration and just keeps growing!
Here are a few, and many more to come. No generative AI.
Great light to everyone.
*BTW, only the gmail account listed on my website is in use. ...Show more →
The first photo reminds me of the horse scene in The Neverending Story. It was so sad of a scene .
Bill Gass wrote:
Glad to see you back and know that you're ok, or hope you are.
Sorry for your losses and challenges.
Hang in there and keep kikin & clikin
Thank you very much, Bill. I’m not sure if I replied to this already or not. Sorry. I’m in the middle of moving and I’m too tired to look through everything. I am doing well at my family is as well. I appreciate your empathy and nothing develops compassion in us like suffering. It also makes you appreciate the time you have, and I think helps prepare us for the things we have to face in the future. One of my favorite pastors said on a podcast that I listened to the other day, that his father told him “a flatbed truck drives straighter when weighted down.”
Mark Metternich wrote:
Thank you very much, Bill. I’m not sure if I replied to this already or not. Sorry. I’m in the middle of moving and I’m too tired to look through everything. I am doing well at my family is as well. I appreciate your empathy and nothing develops compassion in us like suffering. It also makes you appreciate the time you have, and I think helps prepare us for the things we have to face in the future. One of my favorite pastors said on a podcast that I listened to the other day, that his father told him “a flatbed truck drives straighter when weighted down.” ...Show more →
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Hey Mark,
Good luck with the move and all and glad you are all doing well. Some very good and true quote, Compassion, Suffering, Appreciating our time here and the ole flat bed truck driving straight down the road. -Take care all of you-
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Ps...Love the movie, The NeverEnding Story and look up the making of Falkor sometime.
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