FreshPlusGrocery, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. So, there’s this thing about photographers that drives me a bit…shall we say…lulu. When a painter sees a wonderful painting, a real work of art, he or she thinks, “oh,…
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Photo Tip #4-Making the Right Gestures Gesture can be just as important to the portrait photographer as light, color, pose, or perspective. Learn how to work with gestures and how to get your models to…
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Industrial Place, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. Why is it that, every time I want to go and get all minimal, everybody comes at me with busy work? It’s like some form of rebellion, I tell…
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Photo Tip #3-A Matter of Perspective Learn the different types of perspective (one point, one point skewed, two point) and how each changes emphasis on the color, texture, tone, and lines of an image. A…
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CommercialCircles, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. This weekend I cleaned out the garage and started to put together the workbench I bought so I can do my encaustic painting. Now, when we bought the workbench, I…
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Photo Tip #2-Do the Tripod Dance Sometimes very small adjustments to our view can have a big impact. Learn to do the “tripod dance” and move your tripod slightly, exposing slightly different frames as you…
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Notes, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. Hello and Welcome to National Blog Posting Month! This month promises to be fun, engaging, crafty, oh, who am I kidding? We’ll all be lucky to make it to the…
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Photo Tip #1-Watch your corners and edges As you compose an image, pay careful attention to the corners and edges of the frame. Place a leading line into a corner or place something carefully along…
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BlueDoorsToNowhere, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. Happy Halloween, everybody! Happy Halloween, Happy Day of the Dead, Happy Saturday, and Happy start of National Blog Posting Month! Yes, it’s that time again. It’s time for us to…
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OrderHere, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. Went to New Beginnings over at Concordia tonight. Tonight marked the opening reception and I’d have to say the show looked great. The work was wonderful and it was great…
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Light Trails At Diner, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. Went out tonight shooting in Hyde Park, one of my favorite funky old neighborhoods in Austin. It was the first meeting of the Austin Night Photography group…
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HangingAround, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. On this day in 1989 I got stopped for speeding. It was a nice day, sunny, not much traffic, I had the radio on, a bit too heavy with the…
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BentleyBackSeat, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. Lots to talk about this weekend. For starters, I spent most of the weekend shopping! Actually, it wasn’t as fun as it sounds-I spent a good chunk of the weekend…
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LoneBareTreeS, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. An important announcement from the good folks at Lensbaby came along today, in the form of a few new products that really sound like fun. For starters, there’s now an…
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Jail, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. As I was reading an article the other day about support and sabotage, I realized that I have not yet discussed this, though it can be an important factor in…
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BrownPotsNo2, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. Spent a good chunk of today in the studio over at Bay 6 dipping odd things in hot wax. Yes, yes, I know, seems strange, but there you have it.…
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RedFrogEyeThreeQuarterView, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. This weekend, I’m going to take a workshop on encaustics. It promises to be fun and informative. When I first heard about encaustics, I had little desire to do them.…
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RoundMirrorNo3, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. One of the things that makes classic cars so attractive to me is the detail that went into making them. Instead of just churning out plastic bits, the cars of…
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MariachiDeLosMuertos, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. I got invited to a Day of the Dead altar-making party today. It’s going to be held November 1st over at the Mexican American Cultural Center in Austin. I expect…
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LondonRoofTopWithFlowers, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. Breaking news from the Impossible Project. Polaroid has announced that, due to the success of the Impossible Project, the impossible is, in fact, possible again. Polaroid is going to begin…
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