A new photo-story every day! You can see my latest photographic work in this gallery ... What is it that nudges people to share the beautiful things/moments/spaces in their lives with others? I have felt that tangible 'rush' to the head while standing at the mouth of a glacier in Alaska, solitary and so wishing I had someone to put my hand on his/her shoulder and exclaim - "Isn't that just a glorious view?". I have felt it watching the exuberant finish of SeaBiscuit (while watching the movie in my study) at his final race, and that particular summers day in Utah when I continued hiking in a torrential downpour to see the Delicate Arch (while all other hikers turned back) and then for a few seconds the sun had shone through, illuminating the arch and producing the most gorgeous rainbow I have ever seen smack in the middle of the arch and I photographed it! I wanted to share that moment too but I was alone then - thoroughly drenched but grinning ear-to-ear, soaking-in that beautiful moment. And so it is ... with all the changes/growth/evolutions, one thing that has survived in my life is wanting to 'share' - I guess it must be one of these 'default settings' from the factory for our species :), and so this gallery is about 'sharing' - the photographs that I continue to take/create ... these are views that have caught my eye and perhaps even made me go weak-in-the-knees for a moment or two ... these are pics that chronicle the 'regular days' of my life these days -- these pics may not be the 'sexiest' ones out there ... but they are of 'my' days, of the town I live in, people I meet and allow me to offer my bit of that 'lowest common denominator' that threads through all our lives - no matter where we live ... 'humanity'. Welcome! Please e-mail me at Parvphoto@yahoo.com, in case you'd like to order a professional-quality signed, print of any of these photographs. Enjoy! http://parv.smugmug.com/Art/Photo-story-of-the-Day/246843591005c4bc49a0o/458119561_H9BeH-Ti.jpg http://parv.smugmug.com/gallery/7141473_5WCu5/ 2009-02-16T01:32:21Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://parv.smugmug.com">ParvProGallery</a><br />Jan. 19, 2009. I only had about 5-6 seconds to compose and take this shot, of a 'Geisha' who was standing by the side of the road, waiting for a cab, in Kyoto. It was just after 5 P.M. and ...</p><p><a href="http://parv.smugmug.com/Art/Photo-story-of-the-Day/7141473_5WCu5#458119561_H9BeH" title="Jan. 19, 2009. I only had about 5-6 seconds to compose and take this shot, of a 'Geisha' who was standing by the side of the road, waiting for a cab, in Kyoto. It was just after 5 P.M. and ..."><img src="http://parv.smugmug.com/Art/Photo-story-of-the-Day/246843591005c4bc49a0o/458119561_H9BeH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Jan. 19, 2009. I only had about 5-6 seconds to compose and take this shot, of a 'Geisha' who was standing by the side of the road, waiting for a cab, in Kyoto. It was just after 5 P.M. and ..." title="Jan. 19, 2009. I only had about 5-6 seconds to compose and take this shot, of a 'Geisha' who was standing by the side of the road, waiting for a cab, in Kyoto. It was just after 5 P.M. and ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-19T12:08:44Z ParvProGallery http://parv.smugmug.com http://parv.smugmug.com/Art/Photo-story-of-the-Day/246843591005c4bc49a0o/458119561_H9BeH-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://parv.smugmug.com">ParvProGallery</a><br />"Graffitti on the Beach" ... I love 'silhouettes' ... they are to a well-lit photograph, just as a 'book' is to a full-color movie ... it was almost dark, this evening at Venice Beach, in L. ...</p><p><a href="http://parv.smugmug.com/Art/Photo-story-of-the-Day/7141473_5WCu5#474870649_9woYt" title=""Graffitti on the Beach" ... I love 'silhouettes' ... they are to a well-lit photograph, just as a 'book' is to a full-color movie ... it was almost dark, this evening at Venice Beach, in L. ..."><img src="http://parv.smugmug.com/Art/Photo-story-of-the-Day/eb9cc83a51b4c8f0f5279739dc44ed/474870649_9woYt-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt=""Graffitti on the Beach" ... I love 'silhouettes' ... they are to a well-lit photograph, just as a 'book' is to a full-color movie ... it was almost dark, this evening at Venice Beach, in L. ..." title=""Graffitti on the Beach" ... I love 'silhouettes' ... they are to a well-lit photograph, just as a 'book' is to a full-color movie ... it was almost dark, this evening at Venice Beach, in L. ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T11:49:55Z ParvProGallery http://parv.smugmug.com http://parv.smugmug.com/Art/Photo-story-of-the-Day/eb9cc83a51b4c8f0f5279739dc44ed/474870649_9woYt-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://parv.smugmug.com">ParvProGallery</a><br />Love ... it's a multi-faceted thing! May we all be lucky to feel all kinds of it ... From birth, growth and death ... [I had photographed these images and created this collage for a contest ...</p><p><a href="http://parv.smugmug.com/Art/Photo-story-of-the-Day/7141473_5WCu5#474870721_Qpabw" title="Love ... it's a multi-faceted thing! May we all be lucky to feel all kinds of it ... From birth, growth and death ... [I had photographed these images and created this collage for a contest ..."><img src="http://parv.smugmug.com/Art/Photo-story-of-the-Day/f2f9a3a5f4ed3e4914c36743e30ef1/474870721_Qpabw-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Love ... it's a multi-faceted thing! May we all be lucky to feel all kinds of it ... From birth, growth and death ... [I had photographed these images and created this collage for a contest ..." title="Love ... it's a multi-faceted thing! May we all be lucky to feel all kinds of it ... From birth, growth and death ... [I had photographed these images and created this collage for a contest ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T11:48:41Z ParvProGallery http://parv.smugmug.com http://parv.smugmug.com/Art/Photo-story-of-the-Day/f2f9a3a5f4ed3e4914c36743e30ef1/474870721_Qpabw-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://parv.smugmug.com">ParvProGallery</a><br />A good photograph transports the viewer 'into' a photograph in a way that is almost invisible to anyone in the photograph itself ... there is this 'almost' fly-on-the-wall feeling to seeing ...</p><p><a href="http://parv.smugmug.com/Art/Photo-story-of-the-Day/7141473_5WCu5#474870273_igbpr" title="A good photograph transports the viewer 'into' a photograph in a way that is almost invisible to anyone in the photograph itself ... there is this 'almost' fly-on-the-wall feeling to seeing ..."><img src="http://parv.smugmug.com/Art/Photo-story-of-the-Day/51fd57f72ecf5ae7930ae1048a776b/474870273_igbpr-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="A good photograph transports the viewer 'into' a photograph in a way that is almost invisible to anyone in the photograph itself ... there is this 'almost' fly-on-the-wall feeling to seeing ..." title="A good photograph transports the viewer 'into' a photograph in a way that is almost invisible to anyone in the photograph itself ... there is this 'almost' fly-on-the-wall feeling to seeing ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T11:45:56Z ParvProGallery http://parv.smugmug.com http://parv.smugmug.com/Art/Photo-story-of-the-Day/51fd57f72ecf5ae7930ae1048a776b/474870273_igbpr-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://parv.smugmug.com">ParvProGallery</a><br />I have often asked myself - Why is it that I photograph? I now know the answer - so that I may walk awake and aware, with all my senses alert, searching, scanning and creating ... stealing c ...</p><p><a href="http://parv.smugmug.com/Art/Photo-story-of-the-Day/7141473_5WCu5#474870239_q5PwE" title="I have often asked myself - Why is it that I photograph? I now know the answer - so that I may walk awake and aware, with all my senses alert, searching, scanning and creating ... stealing c ..."><img src="http://parv.smugmug.com/Art/Photo-story-of-the-Day/130b077bb0039e23958128d24667e5/474870239_q5PwE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="I have often asked myself - Why is it that I photograph? I now know the answer - so that I may walk awake and aware, with all my senses alert, searching, scanning and creating ... stealing c ..." title="I have often asked myself - Why is it that I photograph? I now know the answer - so that I may walk awake and aware, with all my senses alert, searching, scanning and creating ... stealing c ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T08:37:01Z ParvProGallery http://parv.smugmug.com http://parv.smugmug.com/Art/Photo-story-of-the-Day/130b077bb0039e23958128d24667e5/474870239_q5PwE-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://parv.smugmug.com">ParvProGallery</a><br />It was December in Istanbul. He sat huddled in the street corner, alone, head slightly bent downward, refusing to meet the quick, furtive glances of passers by ... I had stood at a distance ...</p><p><a href="http://parv.smugmug.com/Art/Photo-story-of-the-Day/7141473_5WCu5#474876588_nERv9" title="It was December in Istanbul. He sat huddled in the street corner, alone, head slightly bent downward, refusing to meet the quick, furtive glances of passers by ... I had stood at a distance ..."><img src="http://parv.smugmug.com/Art/Photo-story-of-the-Day/d2178e344ad17577acdf1d501dcbc8/474876588_nERv9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="It was December in Istanbul. He sat huddled in the street corner, alone, head slightly bent downward, refusing to meet the quick, furtive glances of passers by ... I had stood at a distance ..." title="It was December in Istanbul. He sat huddled in the street corner, alone, head slightly bent downward, refusing to meet the quick, furtive glances of passers by ... I had stood at a distance ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T01:34:07Z ParvProGallery http://parv.smugmug.com http://parv.smugmug.com/Art/Photo-story-of-the-Day/d2178e344ad17577acdf1d501dcbc8/474876588_nERv9-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://parv.smugmug.com">ParvProGallery</a><br />(Cont'd from previous photograph) ... That was when his face just lit up ... albeit in a subtle manner, but sure enough there was life that raced across his face and eyes - I remember feelin ...</p><p><a href="http://parv.smugmug.com/Art/Photo-story-of-the-Day/7141473_5WCu5#474876619_U6L4M" title="(Cont'd from previous photograph) ... That was when his face just lit up ... albeit in a subtle manner, but sure enough there was life that raced across his face and eyes - I remember feelin ..."><img src="http://parv.smugmug.com/Art/Photo-story-of-the-Day/c945b457405af897aa4cd88cbeb10e/474876619_U6L4M-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="(Cont'd from previous photograph) ... That was when his face just lit up ... albeit in a subtle manner, but sure enough there was life that raced across his face and eyes - I remember feelin ..." title="(Cont'd from previous photograph) ... That was when his face just lit up ... albeit in a subtle manner, but sure enough there was life that raced across his face and eyes - I remember feelin ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T01:34:47Z ParvProGallery http://parv.smugmug.com http://parv.smugmug.com/Art/Photo-story-of-the-Day/c945b457405af897aa4cd88cbeb10e/474876619_U6L4M-Th.jpg