An Eagle Away, A Crow at Home
Listening to a podcast recently, the author used the expression, “an eagle away, a crow at home.” This really got me thinking. As an artist, we are all, in some sense, eagles away and crows…
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New Apps
I’ve been playing around with some new apps, just trying to learn a few more tricks. It’s amazing to me how the iPhone has made it so you can manipulate almost anything to get something…
View PostColor and Quirk
So, I’ve been looking a bit at color lately. An interesting thing about color, it’s both a design element and, sort of, a design non-element both at the same time. What I mean by that…
View PostPhotography as a Performing Art
Lately, I’ve been thinking about photography as a performing art, not just a fine art. What I mean by that is that there is a quality about certain photographers, and you know who they are,…
View PostFollow the Energy
Have you noticed in the art world that, where the energy is excitement is sure to follow? What I mean by that is, I love to watch exciting things unfold and love it even more…
View PostLadies who Landscape
I happened upon a link today discussing landscape photography, in fact, questioning why there are so few female landscape photographers. Turns out there is a wonderful website called Landscapes by Women which I checked out…
View PostBumbling Towards Perfection
Today I shared a video clip from Jay Maisel on “How to Be a Better Photographer.” Really interesting clip, that is, as it really speaks to the process at least the process I follow. In…
View PostNotes From the Road – Whidbey Island
Some notes from the road from Whidbey trip. Let’s see. Got in on the ferry on Saturday morning, after an un-Godly early flight out of ATX. The flight was smooth even though I could not…
View PostSeeing Double
I’ve been doing a lot of 2X lately. Just seems to sort of sink in my mind. I love double exposure type work. It’s fun. We tend to approach it differently too-some people just jump…
View PostToday’s Office
This is a shot of me working it. On location today near Coupeville, Washington, watching the ferries go by, shooting both the Canon and the iPhone. I really liked the reflections and found that I…
View PostLangley Today Coupeville Tomorrow
We took a walk around Langley today. Look bunnies! We have some serious hare action going down in our ‘hood. Seems to me they are multiplying like, oh wait, they *are* bunnies. Explains why there…
View PostFly Me to the Moon
Actually, just as far as Seattle, please. First night in Washington State. Notes from the road to follow. Until next time…
View PostMash Up
One on the things I love about the iPhone is the mash ups. This image was made with a finger tracing app, a Diana double exposure app, and then finally an app called trimaginator which…
View PostFocus
Focus turning towards cleaning and packing now that I have my folio ready. Still a lot to do before my trip but things are moving along nicely. The more I have to do the more…
View PostConversations about Clouds and Portfolios of Sorts
I was doing my homework tonight. What do I mean by homework? Well, next week I’ll be taking a workshop with Arthur Meyerson, noted photographer of all things color and author of the book The…
View PostA Box within a Box
Noted architect Frank Lloyd Wright once called a Victorians style farm house, “a box within a box” Now, I’m not a noted architect so it took me a while to figure out he did not…
View PostLayered Today
So, I’ve been playing around with the iPhone a bit, using layering and double exposure type stuff. Came up with this…a bit of bokeh and some soft grunge added to the mix. Going to see…
View PostWhat Do You Mean No Picture Today?
The tagline for Carol’s Little World has always been, “Because somebody had to replace Pluto.” In case you haven’t been following recent news from the world of science, we’ve recently received images from Pluto and…
View PostThe Tornado vs. The Screen Door
Before I get into my usual rant about good old fashioned Texas weather, I should preface this post by telling family and friends in points afar that we here in Central Texas are all OK.…
View PostLensbaby Velvet 56 Initial Thoughts
This past weekend, I had opportunity to break out the new Lensbaby Velvet 56 lens and so I thought I would share my initial impressions of the new lens. For starters, let me say that…
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