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Finding Your Voice: Day 9. The View.

Can you believe we’re almost done? Today is Day 9 in: “Finding Your Voice… 10 Days, 10 Concepts To Help You Find Your Photographic Voice.”  And now… The View: Wide or Macro? Today’s exploration asks how you love to see the world. The wide view? Close up, contained and focused? Or somewhere in between? If you’re like…

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Finding Your Voice: Day 8. Shapes & Patterns.

Oh boy! It’s Day 8 in: “Finding Your Voice… 10 Days, 10 Concepts To Help You Find Your Photographic Voice.”  Today, we’re going to wrap ourselves around… Shapes and Patterns A world without shapes or patterns is pretty much a blob. Ditto bones. 😉 Shapes and patterns are definitely important elements to watch for – and potentially build…

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Finding Your Voice: Day 7. Movement

Welcome to Day 7 in our series: “Finding Your Voice… 10 Days, 10 Concepts To Help You Find Your Photographic Voice.” Movement Today we get into an area that might seem a little more abstract to you, but I’ll give it my best shot at explaining how I see this one. Here’s the fill-in:  My favorite type…

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Finding Your Voice: Day 3. Light.

Welcome to Day 3 of our fun 10-day series: “Finding Your Voice: 10 Days, 10 Concepts To Help You Find Your Photographic Voice.” My friends, it may seem elementary, but fill in the blank on this: My favorite light is_____. In an interview recently, violinist Lindsey Stirling put it this way: “When I’m onstage, I feel like I’m…

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New is the New NEW!

I Loves Me Some NEW! I just finished some changes around here and feel downright ebullient about it! Hey, I coulda said “zippy”, but that sounded weird. I chose “ebullient” because it means: “overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement.” Bingo! That’s what I feel right now, because I just revamped the photography section of my…

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Fuji: My Parisienne Paintbrush

Paris Speaks NOTE: This is a lengthier post than usual. It’s a summary of how the Fuji gear I took to France and I got along. (Famously!). It’s not meant to be camera “review”. It’s one human’s experience of being on a mission of art and heart; and the gear that helped bring it all to…

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Paris Opera House Magic

What Do You MEAN, What’s My Name? I’ve had a bee in my bonnet to see the Paris Opera House ever since we missed seeing it when we were here in 2010. This day was a good day. The place seems to have many names; As Wikipedia explains it: “The Palais Garnier is a 1,979-seat opera house, which…

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