The Response: Purple Boots — Cheryl I find that getting the perfect shot has a great deal to do with patience and perseverance. Today, I shot nearly 300 photos. It’s almost as if I need to warm up. I generally start out with a specific goal in mind, but the winning image will very likely […]
The Call: Dining Room — Jessica Today was the perfect day to go take pictures of the cherry trees. Perfect in the sense that the weather was gorgeous — sunny and warm with a slight breeze (sorry, Cheryl, I don’t mean to be rubbing it in!). It was not perfect, however, in the amount of […]
The Response & the Winner: Swan Lake (because it reminds me of the scenery) — Jessica I’m writing this before I even choose the picture for my response. I’ve got two selects and I can’t decide what to go with. Once again, they are different. One is a capture of the glittery evening light on […]
The Call: What Does “I Am Good Enough” Look Like? — Cheryl Acceptance is one of those words that carry a lot weight, for women more than men, I’d bet. Yes, we all want to be accepted by others, but women seem to have an especially hard time accepting themselves. Throw art into the mix, […]
The Response: Recollections of Liberty — Cheryl I keep returning to my paintings and starting new ones to use as fodder in my multiple exposure and composite images. Combining them in this way seems like a perfect synthesis for me.
The Call: Early Spring in the Backyard — Jessica Gregory was standing next to me today when I sat down to think of a call. So I asked him for a word. “Photosynthesis” was his original choice but I cut it down to synthesis. I was thinking along the lines of thesis-antithesis-synthesis…but then that sounded […]
The Response: Forsythia: Spring Fire — Jessica I am slowly starting to discover a way of getting the impressionist/abstract look but still maintain a somewhat identifiable subject. This is not the best example. In fact if I were feeling better I would go out now and keep trying the technique to see what I could […]
The Call: The Right Direction — Cheryl Now that I’ve found this artistic place that feels like home, I discover something new and wonderful every time I pick up my camera. This four-shot multiple-exposure image was created with the corner of a canvas I’m painting, an odd camera angle, and a little tweaking in Lightroom.
The Response: Little Red Riding Hood Has Arrived — Cheryl Expression? Yes. Explanation? No. Evocation? Yes. How do I know? Intuition.
The Call: Rainy Good Friday — Jessica Maybe I had an intuition that today would be rough. Still recovery from the stomach flu myself, two more kids fell victim to it. And that’s why I’m so glad that I took this shot out of my bedroom window this morning as I was getting dressed.
The Response: The Essence of Procrastination Well, I’m not so sure I would call it procrastination, but somehow that sounds better than just plain forgetfulness, doesn’t it? I was fairly busy today and (thankfully!) feeling much better than the previous two days so I was trying to fit in as many things as I could. […]
The Call: Eye Cannot Explain — Cheryl It seems like a great deal of my life has been centered around explaining who I am or what I mean. Being understood was of the utmost importance to me. Now, it’s not. I once read something like, “If an artist could express himself in words, he wouldn’t […]