inspiration Archive

2Fri June 17, 2011
18 Hip-to-be-Square Photography Examples

This week, prompted by a link about Instagram, a brief discussion broke out on my Facebook page about the merits of square photography. With the…
8Fri June 3, 2011
18 Awesome Light Painting Examples

Light Painting is kind of exactly what it sounds like. Paint your photographs with light in a long exposure by moving your camera around or…
6Fri May 27, 2011
18 Inspiring Sunflare Photographs

While some photographers feel all sunflare is a technical flaw and the mark of a bad photo, I welcome the addition of sunflare to almost…
0Thu May 26, 2011
Inspiration, Challenges and Photography Fun!

Friday Finds has been my pet project for over a year. It’s an ongoing series with a weekly photographic theme. Each article shares new or…
22Fri May 6, 2011
Project 52: Self-Portraits: Jump

A couple of weeks ago, I read Elena’s tips for jumping self-portraits in the Selfie Saturdays feature on her blog. If you’ve been around here…
14Mon April 4, 2011
You Are a Photographer

It’s Day 1 of the SITS Spring into Action Photo Challenge and I really can’t believe all the amazing talent and positive feedback the event…
2Mon March 28, 2011
The History of The Rule of Thirds

Years ago I read the book The Eight by Katherine Neville. It’s a thriller, suspense and historical fiction novel thrown into one. This book introduced…
4Fri March 25, 2011
Friday Finds: Urban Photography

I grew up a stone’s throw outside Baltimore city in an industrial little town next to the railroad tracks. I love the sound of trains…
4Fri March 11, 2011
Friday Finds: Landscape Photography

I struggled a little with this week’s theme. Can one include seascapes and cityscapes in landscape photography? Is it no longer a landscape if taken…
2Fri March 4, 2011
Friday Finds: Child Photography

Children are the reason a lot of people ever get into photography in the first place. It may not start out as their intention, but…
2Sat February 26, 2011
Friday Finds: Abstract Photography

It took me a week, but I think I finally got what an abstract photograph is. Macro photography lends itself very well to abstract shots,…
0Sat February 19, 2011
Friday Finds: Night Photography

Photo Credit: Vaidotas Mišeikis.
6Wed February 16, 2011
Abstract Photography

I recently subscribed to Digital Photo Magazine and my first issue came in the mail last week. I read it cover to cover and thoroughly…
0Fri February 11, 2011
Friday Finds: Fog

Fog exudes other-worldliness, surrealism and mood. It can be scary or peaceful. It hides part of our world and brings another part, usually ignored, to…
6Wed February 9, 2011
All We Need is Love: Loving Ourselves

In the month of February, The SITS Girls are hosting a 30 Day Challenge called All We Need is Love on their fabulous forums. The…
1Fri February 4, 2011
Friday Finds: Street Photography

I had a lot of fun this week finding Street Photography shots on Flickr. I would love to concentrate more on street photography, though the…
0Fri January 21, 2011
Friday Finds: Diptychs

This week’s photographic theme was diptychs, or two photos side-by-side. To be honest, I wasn’t sure about this theme, but as usually happens I fell…
0Fri January 7, 2011
Friday Finds: Colorful

With each Friday Finds, I start the week with a preconceived notion of what the end result is going to be. For example, I thought…