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The Art of Seeing – Week 7

Quote of the day: “The expressive quality of a photograph depends on the photographer’s ability to abstract, that is, to separate the parts from the whole. Abstracting is recognizing both the basic form of something and the elements that make up that form.” —Freeman Patterson Photography and the Art of Seeing One of the important parts of a photograph is the tones, or areas of differences in brightness. It’s one thing to notice tones and differences in brightness.  It’s another to take it a step further and use tone to convey a message or feeling. Pick an idea or emotion and Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Finding Beauty Anywhere

Quote of the day: “Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.” —Ashley Smith If you have eyes to see, you can find beauty anywhere. Take a walk today and practice seeing through eyes of love and you will see beauty. I promise you. Even amidst sorrow and pain there is beauty. Look for it today. Beauty is chasing you just as it chases me.

By Marilyn, ago

Balancing on the edge between spirit and action

Quote of the day: “Photography, I discovered, is as much about seeing inside ourselves as it is about looking out at the world. All creative activity joins spirit to matter and so can transform. But photography is special. It is all about focus and attention, image and shadow, figure and ground, darkness and light.” —Jan Phillips God is at Eye Level Photography helps me to discover who I am and what matters to me. Over the past months, I’ve learned that beauty is everywhere I look. I’ve learned that when I make portraits of someone, I need to first be in Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Friday’s Bliss List

Quote of the day: “I just sort of follow my bliss, so to speak, and then I see where that takes me.“ —Zooey Deschanel It’s been a week of highs and lows for me. I spent much of the week stumbling around in a funk. Fortunately, the funk is gone and I’m ending the week on a high. Here is my list of things to be grateful for this week: Saturday, we attended the Habitat for Humanity house dedication for a Somali family that I am Habitat Family Neighborhood Partner with for the next year. The charming house above is going Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Stepping toward the light

Quote of the day: “Every step in the process of taking pictures is a step toward the light, an experience of the holy, an encounter with the God who is at eye level, whose image I see wherever I look.” —Jan Phillips God is at Eye Level   Today I played with Photoshop.  I had been wanting to find a better way to make photo a mandala (also known as photo kaleidoscope) and today I found a nice YouTube video that taught me what I wanted to know. Picking the part of a photo to use is part art and Read more…

By Marilyn, ago