This week I played with Photographing Light “What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time.” – John Berger I remember someone once saying that photography was the art of painting with light. It’s true. Paying attention to and understanding light are key Read more…
Today’s post is all about creative play, although it’s a particular kind of creative play using photographs and Adobe Photoshop. “Be the weirdo who dares to enjoy.” ― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear There are all sorts of ways to play in photography. Playing With Texture Recently Read more…
I went to Wolsfeld Woods today for a hike. And glory hallelujah, it was a golden wonderland! Along with craning my neck to look up all along the trail as I walked I also played with camera movement and shooting from the hip (without looking into the lens finder). It Read more…
Last week I began working on a landscape painting of a favorite scene from the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. My first efforts at painting the scene were disappointing. So I decided to paint it over and over again using different techniques to see what I could learn about the process of Read more…
As I work on accumulating Brush Miles (or Practicing Presence?) I feel like I’m getting continual lessons in letting go of expectation, embracing beginner’s mind, and non-attachment. Part of me cringes every time I see my child-like paintings. What I create is so different from what I imagine in my Read more…