Mindful Photography – Scott Murphy ⊙ Photographer

I Spy Little Eyes

Black pipe with googly eyes attached, photographed against a dark wall.

Once I noticed the first pair, I started seeing them everywhere: googly eyes on fire hydrants, walls, and bits of street furniture, turning city walks into a small scavenger hunt.

Crowd Control

A 323-second long exposure of the Winged Victory of Samothrace at the Louvre, with the surrounding crowd dissolved into faint atmospheric traces.

A Field Note on photographing the Winged Victory of Samothrace at the Louvre, using long exposure to turn a crowded museum encounter into an image of time, movement, and human presence.

Patience at the Water’s Edge

Black and white photograph of an adult swan swimming among reeds with three cygnets, two riding on its back and one beside it in the water.

A quiet Field Note from Kingston, where a managed stormwater pond becomes a neighbourhood habitat for swans, cygnets, and patient observation.

I must confess that I haven’t been out shooting much these past weeks. The cold settled in, the snow kept coming, and the days seemed to contract around that reality. Recently, though, I’ve reenergized myself and returned to exploring the Rideau Canal shorelines once again. Yesterday I made my way back to Upper Brewers Lockstation.Continue reading “Still Light”

First Ice – Haskin’s Point

Metal staircase leading into thin ice on the Rideau Canal at Haskin’s Point, Seeley’s Bay, photographed in winter.

Early winter stillness settles across Haskin’s Point as the Canal begins to freeze. A mindful observation of changing seasons and inner recovery, part of Meditations on the Rideau, exploring the landscape as a place of transition and healing.

First Journal Cover Published: Supporting Military and Veteran Health Through Photography

Silhouetted figure walking toward daylight at the end of a tunnel, representing military transition and recovery.

A photograph created during my transition away from military life has found a new home as the cover image for the Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, Vol. 11, Issue 5 (2025).

(Open-access journal link in article)