thegrover Loc: Yorba Linda, CA

Recovering from a traumatic brain injury and finding photography to be very therapeutic.

docrob Loc: Durango, Colorado

can you post more?

tilde531 Loc: Seaford Delaware

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Oh my gosh!
I don't know what to say, except I wish you continued success in recovery.... BUT... this creative work is FABULOUS!

thegrover Loc: Yorba Linda, CA

Yes

Water Show West Lake


Nightmare 2 AM


Alluring

docrob Loc: Durango, Colorado

very unusual - am curious how you see now as opposed to before and curious how your injury has changed you process as it relates to photography. PM if desired

tk Loc: Iowa

Great artistry! I am also curious about your change.

tilde531 Loc: Seaford Delaware

#1 and #3 are sellable.... stellar work!
History would show that it is not unusual for suffers of brain trauma to discover great artistic creativity as a result.

Enviable works... not enviable circumstances.

I'm curious to hear your story as well, if you are so-inclined to share.

thegrover Loc: Yorba Linda, CA

Thanks for your question and concern. At first I found it very difficult to focus on any task. Memory was a major issue and is getting better. I have a catalog of over 22,000 pictures so reviewing them is helping restore memory.
I cannot explain why, but focusing on a picture and finding ways to improve it, or create a new image is soothing.
I pay a lot more attention to colors and lighting now.
I am getting ideas of pictures I want to take and will be out doing so. I shoot in Raw, post process with LR4, and then use Photoshop Elements 10.
Think of the brain as a muscle. It needs exercise or it will wither and die. I am using photography to exercise my brain.
I hope this answers your question. It is difficult for me to talk about it, easier to write. Unfortunately real understanding only comes with the experience and I wish it on no one.

How I feel

T C Gibson

Looking at your postings, I would say your brain is on it way to getting really Buff. I feel that there is not enough use made of the 'effect' features available in photo editing software. Keep up the 'Photo Therapy', I think you are on to something.

FotosForFun Loc: Hampton, Virginia

Thank you for sharing your photos and experience.

sinatraman Loc: Vero Beach Florida, Earth,alpha quaudrant

definitely a 10! I am sorry about your injury and will pray for a speedy recovery for you. I believe there is something to exercising the creative part of your brain. I suffer from severe chronic depression, anxiety disorder and asperger's traits. I find that carrying my camera everywhere and constantly reviewing my photos, has a calming effect, stimulates the intellect, and helps tremendously in day to day living. In fact, I was asked by my shrink to lead a photography therapy group to help others express their feelings through photographs.

When i look at your first shot, i think of peter ma xx the painter, and Pete turner the photographer

docrob Loc: Durango, Colorado

Thanks for your question and concern. At first I found it very difficult to focus on any task. Memory was a major issue and is getting better. I have a catalog of over 22,000 pictures so reviewing them is helping restore memory.
I cannot explain why, but focusing on a picture and finding ways to improve it, or create a new image is soothing.
I pay a lot more attention to colors and lighting now.
I am getting ideas of pictures I want to take and will be out doing so. I shoot in Raw, post process with LR4, and then use Photoshop Elements 10.
Think of the brain as a muscle. It needs exercise or it will wither and die. I am using photography to exercise my brain.
I hope this answers your question. It is difficult for me to talk about it, easier to write. Unfortunately real understanding only comes with the experience and I wish it on no one.[/quote]

Thank you for being candid and vulnerable.

Of course you have suffered and the powerful impact of what befell you and the subsequent unfolding changes you have undergone and may well continue to undergo as a result of this re-shuffling of your memory - of the stories we hold which provide us with a sense of history and a sense of Self - is profound.

However, I do not find it odd at all that you find pleasure using your brain in new ways - we all do....we all should (a judgment i know).

Go for it!

Chinaman Loc: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Wishing you well in your recovery. Hope you don't lose that cretivity as you get better.

Trippmeister Loc: Los Gatos, CA

I like it! One of a kind :)