“Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.”
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Participating in scavenger hunts and in the 52 Frames project have been terrific ways to keep me practicing my photography. I find that each image I make, the good and the bad, help me create better pictures the next time. Both the scavenger hunts and the 52 Frames project also
“I believe that each person has a favorite place, a tree, a mountain, or a beach which they want to come back to, even if the return can only take place in the boundaries of their imagination.”
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I have several places that I return to again and again to photograph. Roan Mountain is one of those very special places. One of my favorite times to visit Roan Mountain is
“The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.”
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When my world became smaller, due to circumstances beyond my control, I began walking. I have always enjoyed walking for exercise, so this choice was not unusual. I simply started walking more.
In addition to walking, I
“The soul is healed by being with children.”
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A week and a half ago I finished my thirty-third year teaching elementary school. To say that this was an unusual year would be quite an understatement. Friday, March 13, we left the
“Live like an artist!”
-Art Wolfe
According to Oxford Dictionaries, inspiration is “the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative”. I regularly seek sources of inspiration. Inspiration can be found in books, on the computer, on television, and in nature. There are sources for inspiration everywhere!
One of my favorite photographers,
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.”
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One of the things that I have enjoyed most during the past two months is walking throughout my neighborhood. I have made it a point to rise before the sun in order to get one walk in before my work day begins. My dog, Maui, and my camera have been my companions for these walks.
There is an incredible,
“Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals “love” them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more.”
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When I read the challenge for week seventeen with the 52 Frames project was soft, I started brainstorming soft things that I might photograph.
It didn’t take me long to remember my husband telling me of the
