by Martha Brettschneider | Mar 6, 2025 | Mindful Photography
If you are a Damselwings subscriber, you may have seen a mention or two about a new project I am co-creating on Instagram with my dear friend and fellow Sage photographer Melissa Maillett. Here’s an example of what we’re playing with @the_sage_photography_project...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jan 13, 2025 | Mental Fitness, Mindful Photography
To listen for an echo from the depths, in our thoughts, in our reading, or in our listening to the repeated drops of blessed rain after a long drought, is to live in the deeper parallels that transform a simple surface life, into a rich flowering, unconscious,...
by Martha Brettschneider | Nov 17, 2024 | Mental Fitness, Mindful Photography
Every once in a while, a seemingly incomprehensible array of life experiences come together to serve you in the moment. I’ve been experiencing such a moment since the election, with birch trees at the center of my processing. Along with birch trees, other elements...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 13, 2024 | Mindful Photography, Mindfulness in Nature, Workshop
We walked single file through the dense, dripping jungle of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Our family’s two local guides seemed to have night vision lenses implanted in their eyeballs as they scanned the shadows and tree canopy for wildlife. Relieved I didn’t have to...
by Martha Brettschneider | Nov 24, 2023 | Mindful Photography, Mindfulness in Nature
If you have been following my work for a while, you know that trees have become important teachers for me over the course of my mindful photography journey. It started with feeling an intimate connection with old growth redwoods while in California for my Search...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 30, 2022 | Mindful Photography
Is it my imagination or is this year’s fall foliage more vibrant than usual? Here in the mid-Atlantic region, this seems to be the case. Of course, it’s also true that whenever we bring mindful attention to our chosen focal point, the whole experience...
