Milly's Clothes Grow on Trees

Photographed at Big Milly's in Ghana. Big MIlly's is a tourist destination outside of Accra with beautiful beachfront and a lot of very colorful people and good music.

Ice Fishing

by Dave Mance III | January 14th 2010

Ice fishing on Newfound Lake
Photo courtesy of Wayne D. King

We were on the ice by 6:30, loaded for bear with tip-ups, axes, augers, bait fish, cooking implements and the likes, the three of us heading out across a virgin snowpack on a lake that seemed to spread out forever. Crunch, crunch, crunch our footsteps echoed off the hardwood shoreline. A day camp was struck on the south side of a small peninsula, sheltered from a light but steady northerly breeze. Somebody set to work on a fire and a coffee pot while the others turned their full attention to the ice.

The auger hadn’t run since last February and it took a few good sprays of ether to get the varnish pulsing through the carburetor. Then, the deep gargling sound of the engine. In a minute or so 18 inches of ice was ground to a perfect circle. (While I hate to sully an otherwise serene scene by describing the buzz of an internal combustion engine, I’ve got to report that the sound of a power auger is that of divine progress and angels singing to someone who spent their formative years hacking hundreds of holes through bunker-thick ice with a spud bar). More

Washday Book Benefits Project Laundry List

There's something warm and comforting about a wash line on a beautiful day. It is a timeless image that speaks to us of days gone by and days to come. It is a metaphor for our connection to the earth and our shared humanity.

"Washday" is a photographic essay that captures those moments and puts them on your coffee table. More than a conversation piece, it is an invitation to engage one another in a dialog about saving the planet and about those rare moments when a small experience - the smell of fresh sheets, the warmth of the sun, the flapping of clothes in the breeze - can serve as a joyous bridge connecting each of us to one another through a shared experience and the hope that connection can inspire.

The Artist behind Washday is Wayne D. King, an accomplished photographer. King's images are a celebration of life, blending the real and the surreal to achieve a sense of place or time that reaches beyond the moment into a dreamlike quintessentialism designed to spark an emotional response. Using digital enhancement, handcrafting, painting, and sometimes even straight photography, King takes the viewer to a place that is beyond simple truth to where truth meets passion, hope and dreams.

King holds a BS Degree in Environmental Conservation and a Masters Degree in Earth Science Education from the University of New Hampshire, Durham.

A three term former State Senator from New Hampshire, Wayne King was the 1994 Democratic nominee for Governor. King is also the founder of The Electronic Community, a group of social entrepreneurs working on social and development issues in Africa under the non-profit umbrella of the MaxImpact Institute.

Recent Images and Calendars February 16, 2009

Here's what some visitors are saying about the 40 new images recently loaded to the Mindscapes Gallery.

"This is awesome…...........you did a wonderful job!" - Debra
"Beautiful Wayne!!!" - Nori
"Fabulous and stunning captures Wayne!" - Cora
"Wayne: What a gorgeous work of art. The colors are stunning." - Mary

"A Drink from Hall's Brook"



"Smith Bridge from Plymouth"


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Calendars:

New Hampshire Mindscapes 2009


Washday Calendar 2009


Mindscapes – Children 2009 Calendar


All God’s Critters – 2009 Calendar

The Garden in My Mind, 2009 Calendar


Mindscapes – the Color of Life, 2009 Calendar

Recent Uploads to the Mindscapes Gallery

Here is a sampling of the images loaded to the Mindscapes Gallery this week.

"A Conversation in the Square"


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"Leap from the Trestle"



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"The Field Trip"



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"A Sea of Boys"



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Mindscapes Gallery

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Using the Vignette Effect to Isolate Multiple Areas

The Vignette effect in Photoshop or other digital software programs can be used to isolate more than one object within an image, thus allowing you to create more than one focal point in an image while blurring the other items to lessen their impact.

In "The Artisan" below, this technique is used by blurring everything but the line of masks above his head and the Artisan himself.


The Artisan
Photographed in Accra, Ghana, West Africa

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Tire Swing at the Rumney Trestle

An old railroad trestle in the town of Rumney has been converted to a bridge for snowmobiles and off road vehicles. Beneath it is one of the sweetest swimming holes on the Baker River and a choice spot for local folks who are willing to stand up to the landowner through whose land the public right of way runs.

The Tire Swing


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