getting grounded

It always had a negative connotation growing up... "being grounded" was a forced solitude. As an adult now I find myself using that word in attempt to help me find my place. Getting grounded helps me find balance and breath. Most often I look down exactly where I am standing. I look at my feet on the ground and gather up my surroundings.

This is the daily ritual of visiting the brook. With only my iphone in hand, the colors really jumped out at me: dancing and begging to be photographed. The blue water, the orange leaves... this is the season that's fleeting as fast as we are enjoying it. As I take a step, I move towards forward momentum and transition. This: the symbolic shift, the bridge, the place I cross over.

What's it look like in your part of the world? Where do you stand? What are you moving towards... what are you moving away from? Let your photography today reveal more of your path. Shoot straight down today, link your photos in the comments below or use the hashtag #fromwhereistand and we can all get grounded together.

Comments

[Ana Eugenio]

a walk in the park: http://www.anasofiaeugenio.com/2011/10/i-am-here-project.html

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[koreen]

It's good to know where we stand...


http://www.flickr.com/photos/koreenphotography/6280391206/in/photostream

[urban muser]

it's always fun to look down. it snowed in nyc yesterday!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbanmuser/6294512195/

[Ingunn]

I'm grounded, too. Every month I go back to the same pond to see what's changed, to study light, colors, composition and mood. This project is going through an entire year and will be ending in august next year. Today I captured two straws bending towards see destruction, they are at the end of their part of the cycle. http://maketakephoto.com/blog/2011/10/30/project-pond-study-take-two.html

[Ingunn]

Self destruction, I meant.

[kristin]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14811117@N02/6294571091/in/photostream
my morning firmly grounded, straddling 2 seasons at once.
xo

[Marcie]

What a wonderful...inspiring post. I like to think that I'm always photographing from 'where I stand' - with the ground firm and solid beneath me:
http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/home/2011/10/29/redheads.html

[life in eden]

For once, finished a project in plenty of time.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32837589@N07/6294742105/in/photostream

[sarah]

it was all a blur from where i stood, they didn't know though, i stayed cool calm and collected :: http://www.flickr.com/photos/the-mer-family/6294817305/in/photostream

[Jill F]

http://fingerontheshutter.com/

Picture from my backyard yesterday. I liked the phrase used by Kristin above "straddling two seasons"

[WorthIt!]

Regularly in my path are these two pups. What's changed is the grass - from green to fall brown.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52055227@N07/6295149509/

[Beth]

I was at work...moving towards my next appointment...daydreaming about having the time to just create all day instead...then I looked down and saw this image...so I took a pic with my iPhone and realized I could do both...it just takes a second or two.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutterhuff/6278126496/in/photostream

[Emma]

It's almost summer in my part of the world. The other day I felt grounded looking up:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53759195@N05/6233851930/in/photostream

and looking down while sorting out my balcony garden:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53759195@N05/6212646145/in/photostream

[Kasey]

I've taken a lot of these lately. Since it's almost Halloween, here's me. As Alice.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/otherjackson5/6259469100/in/set-72157627927064428

[dell latitude d620 akku]

Regularly in my path are these two pups. What's changed is the grass - from green to fall brown.

[Silvia Soul]

FEET AT THE DOOR.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51604062@N07/6297849909/

[Holly {Soupatraveler}]

cold and snowy yesterday morning, and sometimes wondering where the hell i'm headed, but its all good : ) i've been looking down in the mornings now for a couple of months, watching the progress of my garden as the seasons unfold. here's yesterday's snowy version: http://www.flickr.com/photos/soupatraveler/6294706085/

[autumn sun]

i love the looking down photos. many times it's those simple photos with an iphone that mean the most to me. it would be fun to do a full year project like this and shoot at the same location like you do. thanks for the inspiration.
afternoon cup at home
http://www.flickr.com/photos/autumnsun/6267845582/
i took several looking down just last weekend while away. this was my favorite
http://www.flickr.com/photos/autumnsun/6279923830/

[Khrista]

The entrance of a new season... physically & figuratively :: http://www.flickr.com/photos/krunyen/6295429978/ http://krunyen.tumblr.com/post/12103853371/ive-missed-their-soft-warmth-these-temps-are-most

[hillary]

feet, yes! and eyes, too, show groundedness ...

http://www.eyechai.com/blog/2011/10/31/a-fact-of-beauty.html

[-smallroots]

love to think of it as being grounded.
Here is how I marked my spot today: http://www.flickr.com/photos/smallroots/6301147659/
This one is because it always makes me smile: http://www.flickr.com/photos/smallroots/6301147659/

[-smallroots]

or i should say this one always makes me smile: http://www.flickr.com/photos/smallroots/5009475184/
(i copy and pasted too quickly above!) =)

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