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3 Lessons From The Imagination Paradigm

Art & Life: Married in Imagination Creative photo processing isn’t for sissies. Especially if you share images publicly. There’s always bound to be someone who says something like… “Oh Karen” (fill in your own name for full effect)… “you’re so beautiful, your photos are so beautiful, but you do too much. You should try to be…

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Thomas Cook “Explore the Elements” Winner: Air

Winning Air If I was going to win one division of Thomas Cook’s “Explore the Elements” photography/blogger contest… I would vote “Air”. Not that got a vote. Nor did I have an expectation about the outcome. So, DANG I was surprised when that’s exactly what happened! I entered the Thomas Cook “Explore the Elements” contest…

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Anatomy of a Photography Show, Part 4 – Putting It Together

4th installment in a 4-part series of  “Living Your Dreams… Lessons Shared”, featuring much of what I learned and experienced whilst putting on my first photography show in Truckee, California… Putting It All Together You’ve got your photos selected. Check. Print lab chosen. Check Print materials and images matched up. Check and check. Now you…

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Anatomy of a Photography Show, Part 3 – The Selections

3rd installment in a 4-part series of  “Living Your Dreams… Lessons Shared”, featuring much of what I learned and experienced whilst putting on my first photography show in Truckee, California… Photo Selections… The Mannequins So, in yesterday’s post I mentioned that the owner of  Coffeebar had some pretty clear ideas about this photo show of mine.…

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Anatomy of a Photography Show, Part 1 – The Concept

1st installment in a 3-part series of  “Living Your Dreams… Lessons Shared”, featuring much of what I learned and experienced whilst putting on my first photography show in Truckee, California…   Ever Wonder What It Takes To Do An Photography Show? I sure did! I’ll admit it – nothing makes me purr like the vision…

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From iPhone to Aha!

The Painful Realization This photo was taken with an iPhone. Why? Because that’s all I had on hand! ARGH! I’m grateful that I was able to capture it somehow, BUT… I also started kicking myself over the obvious… never leave home without your camera! The full frame one. Hey, I’m human. Prone to mistakes, big…

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