Posts Tagged ‘Photography and art’

This awesome photo was taken (and enhanced) by Adam Lee at his home in Corona last July. He snapped the pic of his son with his iPhone and other than the added text, it is unedited.

A cat who hits it’s tush for photos? Taken by Annmarie Hill, in Alison Viejo, CA on her Blackberry.

This photo was taken by an LG eNV2 at ACCHB while the photographer from the OC Register was showing us the pictures he had taken of  myself an Annmarie for my Accidental Entrepreneur story published online today (and in print tomorrow).

January 6th, winter in Stowe, VT – captured by Yolanda M on her iPhone

Capture your life and share it on phone photo friday!

Photo taken by Jeff Hooker at Beacons Beach, Encinitas, CA. He captured the winter sunset with his iPhone:

Your photo can be featured next friday with one simple form!

Thanks to Jackie E. for today’s photo, taken with an LG enV2, in her home in Lake Forest, CA of her adorable toy poodle, Bella:

Want your amazing cell phone photo featured next week? Submit one now!

Today’s blog post is one you need to get involved with. To start, open a word document (or just grab a sheet of paper).

Look at the picture:

Now immediately type or write the first thing that comes to your mind.

Got it? Okay…then let’s keep it going with 5 more photos (After each, write the first thing you think of , then move on):

You should now have 6 quick thoughts based on the photos.

Some may be great, some may be silly…that’s not the point.

The point is that you let your mind run free and opened yourself up to whatever came first. You had quick responses based on immediate reactions. This is the key to strong writing.

Most blog posts that I write don’t have a beginning, middle and end. I react to something, start with a quick response, then I turn it into something solid. Writing doesn’t need structure right away, writing needs the freedom of creativity, and quick responses allow for that creativity.

To wrap up this post, I’d love to see your quick responses: pick your favorite thought/word/phrase and share it in the comments (or share them all if you’d like!).

*Thanks to all the Photographers whom I borrowed images. To visit their sites, click on any of the images*

You are only limited by your creativity and your talent. Neither of which have limits if you are willing to learn.

What turns your attention? What catches your eye? Do you give yourself a chance to stop and admire whatever it is?

For me, designer shoes advertisements and incredible photo manipulations are my weakness.

Here are my two favorite of the moment:

Peter Lippmann for Christian Louboutin, Winter 2010

Fishy Island by Eric Johansson

For the longest time, I never had an image show up when I was posting comments…even on my own blog! Finally, I did some simple investigating and found gravatar.com. According to their site:

A gravatar, or globally recognized avatar, is quite simply an image that follows you from site to site appearing beside your name when you do things. Avatars help identify your posts on blogs and web forums, so why not on any site?

Honestly, it took 5 minutes to sign up with my email address and the image that I wanted, and poof, within about 30 minutes, all my icky grey avatars turned into pictures of me!

Do you have a gravatar? You should!