Jun 20, 2014 | inspirations, photography
Sharing finds is half the fun! Making a “spark” board on Pinterest has been a very interesting process for me. I usually think of Pinterest and someplace to randomly scroll through late in the evening — like you would flip through Southern Living or...
Jun 18, 2014 | just everyday, photography
Sure they’re cute and cuddly. And sometimes they’re pretty funny. But one thing is sure, they don’t care one whit about your blog or giving you the time to work on your it. So how do you go about creating, maintaining and promoting a blog with small...
Jun 16, 2014 | inspirations, photography
Icons, Icons, Icons I have had icons on my mind lately as I am reading “The Little Oratory.” Elizbeth Foss and Leila Lawler are doing a wonderful summer read-along podcast that has been so lovely to listen to. Normally, books like this have a tendency to...
Jun 13, 2014 | inspirations, photography
What are you watching on YouTube? I subscribe to quite a few channels but these three, well, I get a thrill up my leg when I get a notification that a new episode is out. 1. The Art of Photography — Ted Forbes is awesome! Always educational, from historical film...
Jun 11, 2014 | photography, photojournal
I have spent some time over the past year or so, considering how to make my photos tell better stories. I’ve thought about character, conflict, metaphor and setting, among other things, but listening to Ibarionex Perello interview David DuChemin on the Candid...
Jun 9, 2014 | daybook, photography
Four years ago I wrote my first real post on Living in a Still Life. I used the daybook format as a kind of introduction. Now, 514 posts later, I feel like I need to re-introduce myself. Life changes and I’m all over the place, a fact clearly reflected on this...
Jun 6, 2014 | photography, photojournal
If wabi-sabi is the the beauty of imperfection than my house would be the picture in the dictionary entry! But I can’t really take a picture of the four-year-old size “dent” in the drywall, or the dog-scratched doors, or the monster-truck pitted...
Jun 5, 2014 | inspirations, photography, photojournal
We’ve lived in this house for ten years. I’ve been avidly (or should I say obsessively) walking around with a camera for six of those years. You would think that I would know the light in every nook and cranny in every season and yet I still find...
Jun 1, 2014 | creativity, photography, photojournal
Woo hoo! Celebrate with me! I did it! I took an IG photo and spent a bit more time on it with my DSLR and got something that I’m very proud of! I can still see weaknesses and flaws but I did it and that’s what counts. And I learned a couple of valuable...
May 31, 2014 | photography
I’ve always liked the idea of using Instagram and my iphone as a kind of sketchpad for ideas and concepts that I would later develop with my “real” camera. Nice idea but in reality what’s put up on IG stays on IG and there doesn’t really...
May 29, 2014 | just everyday
Now that blueberries have made their appearance at the grocery store, I’ve been making blueberry pancakes on Saturday mornings. Over Memorial Day, I bought some that were so big and beautiful that I decided to make muffins with them. Unfortunately, as beautiful...
May 29, 2014 | photography
My new portfolio site is now live. Trying to NOT get hung up on perfection, I have included only the most recent stuff. Expect older ideas to show up as I have time to plow through my archives. It is built with Koken and, all in all, it was a pretty painless process...
