Yesterday I bought a pretty bouquet of roses and carnations to photograph. Actually I bought them to play with a new (to me) photography technique called the Ventosa Photography Technique. I began working on photographs yesterday and then continued today. With the rain coming down this afternoon it’s a great Read more…
I have been challenging myself to create layered abstract images using only the photographs that I’ve made in the last week. It is a challenge because often when I go out to make photographs I’m not thinking about layering them into something new. Imagining how I might combine or alter Read more…
Yesterday I got up early and went out to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum with my camera. My goal was to make intentional camera movement photographs and other somewhat abstract photos to use for my online photography class. I am enjoying this class so much and it is challenging me to Read more…
The photography class that I am taking had an interesting exercise to try this week. I call it Bowing to Beauty The suggested practice starts with finding connection with your photographic subject. Finding connection with our subject starts with finding connection within ourselves. — Douglas Beasley, Permission & Gratitude, Read more…
It’s that time of year when it’s easy to find ranunculus flowers in the flower markets around town. I picked up two small bunches of them Thursday and I’ve been playing with them each day. Three Days of Flower Play I love to photograph these papery many-layered flowers! One of Read more…