Irony is the opposite of what you would expect. It is the seemingly out of place element in a picture that draws you in to look closer. Having never noticed this before, I’ve been perusing different photography web sites lately looking for irony. It’s effective. I was explaining this to my teenage […]
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Photographic Commentary on School
I was given an assignment in photo class called “windows and mirrors”. The challenge was to take some pictures that either conveyed the way I view the world around me or that were self-reflective. Unable to capture what I wanted in one single picture, I wound up singling out 5 photographs that, when viewed one after […]
“The Pearl of Great Price” Altered Ring Box
This vintage ring box belonged to my great-grandmother. It was one of many odds and ends I came across in the old boxes I mentioned in my last post. Rolling around in the boxes were several faux pearls. I decided to alter the ring box a bit and include the scripture about the “pearl […]
Photos of my Prisms
I just found something very special to me. Not long ago I wrote about my childhood fascination with prisms. I had an extensive collection when I was a little girl. Unfortunately, during the years 2004-2006, our family moved 6 times. With all the hurried packing and unpacking I had watched […]
Photography with Wings
I was beyond thrilled when I found these wings at O.P. Taylor’s (“coolest store on the planet”) in Greenville, South Carolina. These wings are so beautiful, made entirely from dyed feathers! With the help of a very talented young model I know, I was able to get some great photography practice in. […]
Amos 5:8
Sketching Garden Veggies
It seems as if everyone I know put in a vegetable garden this summer! With garden grown vegetables ripening in the sun, there is no shortage of colorful material for sketching. If you have a crop of any kind […]
“Cropped into Greatness”-Handmade Card Project
Even the most creative person has a project flop now and then. That I have slightly more projects fail than succeed is a fact that I’m not going to share on this blog very often. I generally keep my art gone bad to myself, slipping it quietly into the waste basket with the outgoing pampers:) However, to encourage all artists […]
“Thou Art A Sea”
The small quote on this card has been in my Bible over 10 years! I don’t remember what publication I saw it in. All I remember is that the words so resonated with my spirit when I […]