photography for doers and dreamers
There is an art and science to getting and maintaining constant improvement in your life and creative endeavors. This post will look at how you can transform your photography, as seen through the lens of my own transformation, as well as set the bar for what’s next in the coming 365 days. Here’s what I’ve [...]
Everyone is graduating, moving on to another level… it’s the end and the beginning wrapped up in one. I know my Teen Identity juniors are over the moon about finally being seniors. My daughter is thrilled to have finished her freshman year of high school. My little one, well, he is moving on from pre-K [...]
It may be the only type of exercise I do, but I certainly have been exercising my creative freedom lately. Today, Mother’s Day, I had the joy of being treated to an entire day to myself… alone time… recharging… regenerating… heaven for an introvert. I took advantage of the opportunity to fill my creative tank… [...]
There’s nothing like finding a good excuse to break out the Christmas lights in March. Today’s Theme Thursday of Blur or Bokeh was just such an opportunity. I got a few ideas for doing some studio photography shots from Chris Gatcum’s book, Camera Creative. Then I did what I always do and started something entirely [...]
I’m in Tennessee, somewhere in the freezing cold mountains. Literally. I had NO idea it was so cold here. I guess I skipped this section in my geography class.
Decided to try something new today—a study in texture. Of course converting to black and white keeps the focus on the texture and form rather than the color. One clear lesson I’m always reminded of when I give myself an assignment pre-shoot is how differently I see things. If I have no specific vision of [...]
You might look at the image above and think I’m a little nutso saying I can’t see the forest. Not so. Look again. You aren’t seeing a forest, you’re seeing trees in what looks like a forest. There’s a vast difference. While the presence of trees often indicates or represents a forest, with this image [...]
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