This week my small photography challenge group word was Fruit. Simple beauty simple play As I pondered what I might create around this theme I envisioned a beautiful still life like the ones the old masters painted. I thought about playing with chiaroscuro lighting with simple elegant fruits like pears. Read more…
Last week I enrolled in an online class led by Fine Art Photographer, Brooke Shaden. The class is called 15 Day Content Creation Challenge, and the idea of the class is for participants to create something new each day for 15 days straight using story prompts from Brooke Shaden. In Read more…
A still life created with wooden duck decoy, nest with paper mache eggs, and birdhouse. I softened the photo, added grain, and added a texture. Still life was back-lit by a large window. Photo Art Play My time up in the North Woods has been a time of creativity and Read more…
Friday night I went with a friend to see the Bruce Monroe Winter Light Show at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. The photo above is an intentionally soft and slightly unfocused view of a field of tiny lights amongst trees behind the Arboretum visitor center. It was interesting and unique but Read more…
I believe the most important thing any of us can do is to follow our joy. “First, feel joy. Second, deepen joy. Third, use the source of that joy as the source of your service.” — Liv Lane and Lori Portka, Infinite Purpose You would think that it’s a simple thing Read more…