Featured Photographer Carrie Stadelman shares her inspiration for embarking on her first 365 challenge in 2012! I started the 365 project to get some motivation... After months of being stressed and overworked from the summer and fall (not to mention being pregnant), doing photography everyday was the last thing on my mind. However, I am a forever student. I don't believe in settling and am … [Read more...]
When you question your value and start to wonder why you bother... When you doubt your ability and consider giving up the fight... When you lose your focus and can't seem to find your way in the dark... STOP. Then ask yourself one question that can change everything... Think about it. Answer from your heart. Has your art been brave enough? Whether your art is photography, writing, … [Read more...]
“Because of their age long training in human relations—for that is what feminine intuition really is—women have a special contribution to make to any group enterprise.” – Margaret Mead 42 dedicated women filmmakers and photographers. Five sparkling days in the Bahamas. One powerful message: Women Create. I was a speaker at the first professional event filmmakers and … [Read more...]
You may have heard the news and speculation that Barnes & Noble will be taken over. Its stock soared last week over the news. Well, today it actually happened. But not in the way you might think. The B&N cafe at the Mall of GA was taken over by girls, Teen Identity girls. Today I met with the Teen Identity team of girls. I think they were a little giddy from finishing their first … [Read more...]
In the final stretch of this 365 challenge and in the first 10 days of my 75-DAY SPRINT TO THE FINISH, I'm having to change things up. Committing to losing 30 pounds in 10 weeks requires some intense focus... and to complete that along with the 3 rules I'm already keeping each day to complete tasra365... that means I've got to be pretty serious about my time and even my food. I'm having to be … [Read more...]
If you've been around since the inception of the tasra365 photo challenge (started after a dinner conversation with master photographer Scott Bourne and later watching Julie & Julia in the theater) then you know that our time is coming to an end. (Cue sad music.) There is something exciting, liberating, and also saddening about nearing the end of a challenge. So instead of just sitting back … [Read more...]
I don't know where he gets it. Maybe he was born with it, maybe it's me... the photographer with a camera always ready to capture his faces and poses... maybe it's his dad... the filmmaker with a pro camera out for every major family event... whatever the cause, we now have a true poser on our hands. He actually asks me to get my camera and shoot some images. His sister eggs his on from behind me … [Read more...]
Do you ever just think to yourself... "What in the world am I doing?" The subject of my photos today had to be thinking that at some point. Who is he and why is he standing next to a freeway dressed like a leprechaun? By the same token, who am I that as soon as I left the church building this morning, I pulled my camera out of my purse, rolled down the window and prepared... just in case … [Read more...]
It's easy to go with the flow, to fit in with the group, to do what we're told. Maybe not easy, but it feels easier to listen to the music someone else created, exclaim about images someone else took, enjoy books someone else wrote. It's easier than writing the book inside us, creating our great photo work, or making our own music. Since it's easier, we give in... and sometimes we give up. … [Read more...]
Each photographer creates their own flight plan ... whether the plan is to go from amateur to aspiring to professional or whether the adventure starts with a student at photo school and heads into the world of photojournalism. We each navigate through to our final destination, some flying at break-neck speeds, others moving at their own pace enjoying the journey. Here are a few tips to remember … [Read more...]
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PUBLICATIONS Top 100 Wordpress Article: Stepping Into the Frame on PhotoFocus Featured Photographer on Darren Rowse's Digital Photography School Featured Writer on 5 Minutes for Mom for Photography and … [Read More...]
I am not a sales person and actually am trying to overcome a particular disdain for anything that smacks of overt selling. I do however like to talk and write about products, services, and people that I like and love. … [Read More...]
Welcome to the new home of Real Women Scrap - the book and blog that helps people get inspired to take back their time, find balance, liberate their creativity, and pursue their passions. My name is Tasra Dawson and I’m the woman behind … [Read More...]
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