Brahma Kumaris
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Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, Albuquerque, New Mexico
185/365 The sky is full this October morning. As the day breaks, a Morning Ascension has blocked out every inch of blue sky, only to be filled by patchwork color and odd shapes as far as the eye could see.
193/365 As the morning heat rises off the canyon floor, dust-filled clouds gather above absorbing the mid-day sun. Peaks and valleys catch the day’s light…
186/365 Boardwalks cut across the lowland grasses surrounding Chincoteague Island,. Angry skies over the island darkened in advance of the forthcoming rains, but did little to dampen the spirits of those gathering for the annual pony roundup later that day.
Scranton Lace Factory, Scranton Pennsylvania
169/365 The gym is quiet now. Just the ghosts of games gone by. Once cheering reverberated from wall to wall - now gone silent into history. Oh, the stories these seats could tell...
178/365 A moment before the instant is a moment too. Just a different one.
Lavender Farm, Harwich, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
174/365 Lavender, on the nearby farm in Harwich, is deep in season … and couldn’t be more intoxicating. Royalty rich and velvety soft - we couldn’t get enough of it.
168/365 The harsh Monterey coast dodges in and out of the fading day’s light…
Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
170/365 There’s something so serene about a washed-out, mid-summer’s day on the Cape.
167/365 Manmade wing alone in the sky just catching the sunset light…
152/365 Narrow, winding roads guide the way through the mountains to the Jain temple, buried deep in the hills beyond Udaipur. Not alone, the road is guarded by the locals, monitoring all who pass this way…
155/365 Not far from the small village of Nordeste, along the northeastern coast of São Miguel is the oldest active lighthouse in the Azores - Farol do Arnel. Built 140 years ago, it can be reached by road approaching from the south (not visible here), while on the north side, steps carved into the rocky mountainside provide access to the coast hundreds of feet below. It’s location provides spectacular sunrise views to the east - with nothing more than wide open ocean between the Azores and the mainland of Portugal almost 1000 miles away.
156/365 Just off 17 Mile Drive, the Pacific coastline on the Monterey Peninsula offers up some of the most beautiful visitas and the most photographed tree in the US - the iconic Lone Cypress Tree. Symbolic of this road, 17 Mile Drive provides a scenic route of stunning homes along a route from Pacific Grove to one of the most famous golf courses in the world - Pebble Beach.
Nauset Light Beach, Eastham, Cape Cod Massachusetts
149/365 The moment of impact. That instant when the wave explodes sending shards of water high over the rocky table. That table worn flat after decades of pounding and yet unmoved in its daily wait. Like a crown reflecting the morning sunrise, the water rises up, ignoring the surrounding turmoil and welcomes the new day.
Nauset Light Beach, Eastham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
141/365 Showers in the distance fade to blue. Angry skies pull away from shore leaving the beach to a lone tree, way past its life cycle. While the clouds continue to roil, the seas are calm. An odd juxtaposition of sorts…but then this is New England weather…
Roosevelt Lake Bridge, Roosevelt, AZ
147/365 Contrast. Reflection. Harmony. Man vs Nature. Roosevelt Lake Bridge, over the Roosevelt Lake, near the Roosevelt Lake Dam, in… you guessed it - Roosevelt, Arizona - Teddy Roosevelt, that is. Per Wikipedia, “The bridge was listed by the American Consulting Engineers Council as one of top twelve bridge designs in the United States, and is currently the longest two-lane, single-span, steel-arch bridge in North America".
137/365 Light frames the window, bouncing off pots lining the sill, and painting the room from corner to corner. Walls morph their color from mustard to earth. Dark leather fades to textured copper as nearby pillows live in bright light and shadow. Light creates texture. Feel the light…
136/365 Gaudi left his fingerprints all over Barcelona, but the work he is best known for is La Sagrada Familia. The striking basilica started construction more than 140 years ago, and it continues well into the future. The original design was done by Francisco de Paula del Villar and featured many elements of neo-Gothic character, as was the case with other churches of that time. While the original character remains, today the inside of the basilica reflects more of the future than the past.
129/365 Monet was surely here! Outside an abandoned building at the Scranton Lace Factory, fall ivy paints the window panes providing an artistic balance of abandoned imagery and nature-driven color. Certainly you may think a grand master painter once roamed here.
126/365 Not far from Phoenix, the daily ritual continues unbroken: Salt River horses emerging from the forest for their afternoon meeting and drinking at their favorite watering hole. To the delight of so many gathered, these gentle animals share this time with photographers, visitors and regulars. And so goes the story… some time back, this older white stallion had been challenged by another to be the leader of the pack. Age being what it is, he was forced out. He became a loner - and while the daily drinking ritual was ingrained in him, he came out of the forest quite a distance from the herd, taking his afternoon water upstream, with only his reflection to share in the moment. While a sad story of aging, I received an update months later, and learned that our loner friend had been accepted into another small herd where he’s living out his days in companionship and peace.
From the heights of east Arlington, Boston wakes up to a hot red sunrise. 11/27/19 Arlington, MA. ©John Schiller Photography
A day after the Blue Blood Supermoon, the moon gently set into the Pacific Ocean without fanfare behind the Oceanside Dock Shot on February 1, 2018 in Oceanside CA © John Schiller Photography
121/365 At first, it felt like I was standing on shore behind a roiling ocean staring out at some far away, cloud-covered planet in our solar system. But no, it was late in the day and just for a brief moment, the clouds above pulled back to reveal the outline of an intense setting sun. It was barely burning through, reflecting the dense cloud cover hiding the Arabian Sea off the southwestern coast of India. The palate is always some part of light, texture and color. I was certainly witness to all three at play in this moment.
122/365 Every corner of this country offered something new and unique to this traveler. As we crossed the Chesapeake Bay into Virginia from the Delmarva Peninsula, we left behind many stories from the lowlands of the Eastern Shore and wound our way through the dense pine forests of Virginia, and then North and South Carolina. The geography constantly changed as we dove deeper into the South. Rich red earth, tobacco fields and cotton fields - all new to me - passed by our windows - each day something new to absorb. Then finally, as we neared Beaufort, the late day sun cast its warm amber glow across the low country. You could feel the heat of the day slowly draining away. Savannah was just ahead…