MY EYE ~ FOUND!!!

Gimmelwald, Switzerland ~ July 2005

For the past several weeks, I've been participating in Kat Sloma's FIND YOUR EYE online photography course (see pink button on right hand). 


Kat's twice weekly lessons have encouraged us to participate in group discussions and share photo responses on our blogs or the FYE Group Flickr account. 

Cinque Terre ~ July 2005

After reviewing over 2000 photos, I THINK I was able to identify what "draws my eye" as I get ready to snap a picture.

Orsay Museum ~ July 2005

While I still have a lot to learn about photo editing (which was not the focus for this course), I was able to see the evolution of my photo composition...   and more importantly, I learned it wasn't about the CAMERA I was using!

As I mentioned in ANOTHER POST, the Kodak camera used in 2005, has been passed along, yet, the COMPOSITION of the three photos is surprisingly similar. 

Oxford, London ~ July 2010

Kew Garden ~ July 2010

The pictures from 2010 were taken with a Canon Rebel (a camera with multiple dials).  I still consider myself at the "fiddling" stage as I try to understand the 'creative mode' settings. Ummm, does another word also come to mind?

How about "Peeping Tom"??

Conclusion: I like "looking into other people's worlds"?!!! 

One fact stills remains ~ my creative eye focuses on... SHAPE + LINE + COLOR

here's more color + TEXTURE

December 2010

color + shape + DETAIL

KEW GARDEN ~ July 2010

color + DETAIL

JPE'S Jamming Day ~ 9.12.10

This is kind of embarrassing, but I'm also known for my "eye for detail" so it shouldn't come as a surprise that many of my photos focus on the "finer elements" of the object I'm capturing. 

View from the front porch ~ March 2011

If you haven't visited Kat's BLOG & you enjoy photography - you're missing out on a lot of photo tips & inspiration!!!

RUFFLING THE PAGES...

:: Today is NOT a dress rehearsal ::

SMILE...

Make "daily" memories...

SLOW down...

Stay connected to family... 

SIMPLIFY!!!

Wishing SLE & ACE lived closer!

"1-4-3"

365 DAYS AGO...

Aphrodide ~ British Museum ~ 8.4.10

Three hundred sixty-five days ago, JPE & I were visiting this pretty gal... 


YEP... we were at the British Museum! Our three-week adventure began AT THIS POINT in my blog (in case you missed it OR are new to Silver Linings)... 

British Museum ceiling

Unfortunately, numerous photos from this time period disappeared (blogger error - which I haven't fixed yet)! You might have done the same thing?? but, I deleted "duplicate pictures" from my photo library, which deleted the photo I had posted. Of course I still have a copy of the photo, but I've NOT taken the time to upload these photos back into my blog.


This is a long explanation to say, "If you see a weird box, with no photo, that is what happened"...


The British Museum is gi-normous!!! so, we HAVE to go back again, to see the rest of the exhibits!


Where have you VACATIONED? and DREAM of returning to?

outside Amsterdam ~ summer 2005

I've been away from blogging for a week - driven to Northern California three times - to attend a wedding in Nevada City, visited ACE, and picked up SLE after her bar exam & brought her to our place for a 3 day visit! Plus, I had two work days in the office... It's been great to see the girls, but I have to admit, "I'm not young anymore" and "I'm tired!!!"


Summer is coming to an end & JPE & I will return to work in another week! 


We're already "LOOKING AHEAD" & planning for another trip overseas next summer! Ummm... where should we go? Ireland? rent a flat in Florence, Italy? Machu Picchu?

LAZEE DAZE...

Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia.

~ Alexis Carrel, French surgeon, awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology (1912).

WEEKWORD = INERTIA

My period of inertia is coming to an end!!

Yesterday's workshop, on California Common Core Standards, and another one Tuesday... 

ummm,

my "summer brain" and "lazy days" 

are coming to an end.

This picture was taken in the 
SPRING

:: when the rains were done :: 

:: the pollen had drifted to the pond surface :: 

:: the ducks were sliding silently ::

:: through the thick muck ::
(I think the ducks were experiencing
SPRING INERTIA!)

Not the best picture!!

You could say I was experiencing 

I-N-E-R-T-I-A

when thinking about 

going for a camera run to find another picture!

Be QUICK about it, 

and skip over to 

KATY's @ CREATING MISERICORDIA

to see who else has participated in

WEEKWORD!

COME PLAY ~ WEEKWORD...

:: hanging on ::

KATY @ CREATING MISERICORDIA  is hosting WEEKWORD. I'd lost contact with my WEEKWORD buddies & Carmen let me know that a WEEKWORD PORTAL had been set up, making it easier to find the word & host for the week.


If you haven't participated in WEEKWORD, it's easy, encourages you to "think outside the box," it's open to anyone with a blog, & you meet a lot of new bloggers when you visit their websites!


I hosted WEEKWORD at the beginning of 2011! you can CLICK HERE to learn about WEEKWORD....


The word this week is: I-N-E-R-T-I-A


As the summer winds down, I begin dragging my feet (ummm... enertia?), thinking about going back to work. The GREEN GUY represents my "current mood" ~ I'm "hanging-on" to every moment of my time off this summer!!


This picture is just a "teaser" to get you interested in participating... visit KATY & leave her a note that you'll post your interpretation of INERTIA.


There's a WEEKWORD button (sidebar) that Carmen created for the :: WEEKWORD PORTAL ::


You're welcome to add it to your blog ~ encourage participation ~ and post your interpretation of the word of the week (poem, drawing, picture, trivia, story, etc) on your blog. The host for the week will leave a list of all the participants, then you can visit & leave comments.

TAKE A PICTURE...

Arcata, CA ~ public trash can "art" (April 2009)

"TAKE A PICTURE, IT LASTS LONGER!"

I remember girls saying this during my elementary school years! At the time, it was sort of a "snotty" way to respond to someone you thought was staring at you...

This phrase has an entirely different meaning now! I take pictures to DOCUMENT...

Avila Beach ~ November 2010

...the places near my home.

...to remember special days. The Avila Beach picture was taken on our 6th Anniversary ~ we decided on a "stay-cation" (hot tub, couples massage, coffee at Joe Momma's & a walk along the beach).

street musician ~ Chinatown, San Francisco (spring 2009)

...to remind me of interesting people I've seen...

Library of Congress ~ April 2011

...and places we've traveled.

Spring cleaning 2011

...to remind myself of where & how I spent time on a particular day! 

backroad to Cuesta College ~ May 2011

and of the "silver linings" in my daily life. This is the view on the back road to work... pretty amazing, eh? 

To take pictures, I don't need to travel to far-way places, although, we have... 

Lake Bled, Slovenia ~ June 2007

On our Eastern Europe tour, I took pictures with a Kodak camera that has been passed along to another family member!! I currently take pictures with a Canon PointShoot & Canon Rebel!

I'm learning to use the "creative settings" on the Canon Rebel & develop my "creative eye" --- so, you may notice some pictures that fall outside my normal "gratitudes" while I participate in Kat Sloma's "Finding Your Eye" (pink button on right hand side of blog) online photography course.  


This post is my homework, in which we were asked to explain,"Why we're exploring photography." In addition to documenting what I see, my photography is quickly becoming a creative outlet, and more importantly allows me stay connected to family, friends & blogger friends!!!