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Channel: Reflections on Life – Marian Kraus – Chicago Commercial, Architectural and Fine Art Photographer
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Symbolism and ancient wisdom in stones

The symbolism of stones…one can’t help but conjure images of the steadfast, the eternal, and the permanent while considering these powerful, but familiar words. Rock and Stone. Place the words rock...

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Peace starts at home, in your mind

Whether you are an artist, photographer, corporate executive, housewife, yoga teacher, athlete, therapist, writer, politician or barista…how do you begin each day, what is your meditation for the day…?...

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We can end homelessness in DuPage County

For the past 26 years DuPage PADS has been providing hope for men, women and children who are homeless. Moving beyond providing shelter and meals, the not-for-profit agency has evolved to providing an...

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How to end homelessness

A while back, the executive director of DuPage PADS, Ms. Carol Simler and I talked about the possibilities of creating documentary photography based visual tools that would help spreading the message...

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Flashes of Hope Photography in support of Pediatric Cancer Cure

It so happened that the day I was photographing my second assignment for Flashes of Hope, across the Atlantic my “little” sister checked into the hospital to undergo her 2nd cancer related surgery the...

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Quantum Leap Thinking

Photography is an immediate and intimate reflection of the photographer’s ability and degree of being present. Most outstanding photographs are created when the photographer is fully aware and attuned...

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Contact with Water

Water covers 70% of the Earth’s surface and is vital for all known forms of life. The cells in our bodies consist of 65 – 90% water. We cannot survive without it. So let’s look at some of the...

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Skydiving is it Calculable Risk or Luck

For the longest time a jump out of an airplane has been on my bucket list. In 2010, just in time for my big “0” birthday it did not work out because “prevailing adverse circumstances” somewhat...

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The Life giving Power of Tree Photography

Isn’t it amazing that the land we walk upon is the same land that frames the sky with majestic mountains and leads sandy beaches to the shore? The limitations of earth are few and her mysteries are...

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How Photography Can Help Cultivate Mindfulness

  The great thing about integrating mindfulness and photography is that you improve on your mindfulness and on your photography. When you are mindful while creating a photograph, it is called mindful...

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