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Showing Your Work: the jury process
April 30, 2019Entering shows - how the fine art jury process works…
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Tutorial: Finding Copyright Free Images at The Commons at Flickr
January 25, 2017In an ongoing effort to help you find copyright free imagery, or imagery with “no known copyright restrictions” here is another source. The Commons at Flickr…
I reserve window seats as often as I can. There is something unbelievably beautiful about seeing the land from the air. On a recent trip to…
More fun with the Waterlogue App for iPhone/iPads. Two photos takes from the air – they translate to lovely abstracts don’t they? If I’m remembering…
More fun with the Waterlogue App for iPhone/iPads. I wondered what it would look like if I ran photos of my own artwork through the app Very fun,…
So a lot of people play games on their tablets or smart phones when they have time to fill or kill. It seems that the…
snowbird utah, on top of the world.…
One of my daughters found out about Little Wild Horse Canyonand suggested that we try it out. I love it when they get all grown up…
Had waaaaay too much fun taking stop action photo bursts (and a few slow motion videos as well) with my iPhone. Leaping is always more fun…
Welcome to the moon, otherwise know as Goblin Valley State Park. We’ve all decided it’s our favorite Southern Utah Park. Well, OK. It’s one of our…
Located in Moab, Utah near Arches National Park, Linn Ottinger’s Rock Shop is a fascinating, fun, and funky place to spend an hour or two. The…
During this road trip I spent time, as I always do in this landscape, gazing in wonder at the beauty created from minerals, time, wind, and water.…
Pictures almost never do this landscape justice. They can capture a little bit of the vastness and beauty of this landscape but I don’t have the…
I thought I’d be posting pictures during our recent family trip. If anyone has experience posting to WordPress blogs via an iPad let me know. Because…
There are some landscapes that make my heart sing. I drink them in like life giving water. I take photographs hoping to save some of…
I know most people hate air travel. It isn’t like it used to be for sure. My mother in law was a flight attendant back when…
Apps for Artists: snapseed…
A photographic essay: art from the freer and sackler galleries of art…
photographic essay on Washington DC architecture by Lyric Kinard…
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For Your Inspiration: a walk in my garden
June 26, 2013…
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For Your Inspiration: Beaufort, North Carolina
May 20, 2013This past weekend I had the great good pleasure of spending time with my best friend. It was the slowest vacation we’ve ever taken. …
I hadn’t seen this before I moved to the South so I thought I’d share it with you even though it’s a terrible picture – taken…
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For Your Inspiration: Charleston SC architecture
March 20, 2013A couple of weeks ago I had the great good pleasure of visiting Charleston, SC to film with Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson for The Quilt…
Snow. We simply don’t get much of it here. That’s a good thing. When we do get snow – we run outside and enjoy every minute…
A fun APP available for iphone or android smart phones that might be of interest is Paper Camera by JFDP Labs As an artist, there are…
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For Your Inspiration: J Raulston Arboretum
October 19, 2012…
I spent an absolutely lovely weekend with my sister in Chicago. (all of these were taken on my iPhone with the photo synth app)…
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For Your Inspiration: Verbesina + Kaleidoscope
July 16, 2012Verbisina (and a little time with Paint Shop Pro’s kaleidoscope feature) …
I spent a week with the family in Philadelphia over the 4th of July. A city where old meets new One of the nations first banks…
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The Sketchbook Challenge: December Theme
December 26, 2011I have a little confession. I’m having trouble with this month’s Sketchbook Challenge theme. As much as I usually love such things, “trashed, ruin, and decay”…
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For Your Inspiration: Asheville, NC
September 12, 2011…
This is one reason I love living in North Carolina. Blossoms at the end of February. Sarah P. Duke Gardens I’m also having fun playing with…
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For Your Inspiration: San Xavier del Bac, Tucson Arizona
January 19, 2011San Xavier del Bac Tucson, Arizona Ceiling detail, crossing lower walls – nave…
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For Your Inspiration: Wickedly Wild Flora at the Sonoran Desert Museum
January 12, 2011I love this desert. I can’t help but thinking that perhaps Dr. Seuss might have loved it too. Still. I think I’m glad not to live…
Beautiful photography by Tina Negis september sunset —crabs explore the skeletonof a humpback whale – collin barber he holds back on the oars not enough moon …
I’ve been wanting to go to the NC State Farmers market with camera and without children for years and years now. I finally made it. What…