Reference: http://www.creativity-portal.com/articles/cynthia-staples/creative-spark-color-challenge.html
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My Personal Color Challenge Continues: Red
Posted in Inspiration, tagged color challenge, Photography, red on January 3, 2010| Leave a Comment »
A New Inspiration: The Photography of Andy Rouse
Posted in Books I Love, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Andy Rouse, animal portraits, Photography on January 3, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Because I work part-time in a bookstore, people often ask me if I’ve read anything good lately. My favorite book of the past year had about 3 pages of text in total as an introduction. The rest of the several hundred page book is portraits — animal portraits by UK photographer Andy Rouse.
There are traditional wildlife photos of the big cats, great apes, and so forth. But then there are the images that took my breath away as I tried to figure out what was happening in the picture or understand how such emotion could be captured on a page. In particular look for the mammoth head of an East African Cape buffalo covered by insect-eating birds or the red-eyed lepilemur blending into the multicolored bark of a Madagascar tree.
I found the book on a remainder’s shelf for just a couple of bucks, but I would have happily paid full price. Seek it out in a bookstore or at your public library.
Andy Rouse’s website: http://www.andyrouse.co.uk/
Happy New Year
Posted in Inspiration, tagged color, happy new year 2010, pencils, Photography on January 1, 2010| Leave a Comment »
New SmugMug Gallery: Paper Umbrellas
Posted in Inspiration, tagged colors, paper umbrellas, Photography on December 29, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Dusky Blues
Posted in Inspiration, tagged blues, colors, Photography on December 29, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Winter Blooms
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged color, flowers, Photography, winter blooms on December 28, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Sitting in the Sun
Posted in Inspiration, tagged Photography, sipping tea, sitting, sunlight, water droplets, window on December 21, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Today I did something that I haven’t done in a long time. I sat in the sun on my narrow window seat and had a cup of tea. I looked out the window admiring sunlight on water droplets — droplets that just yesterday were patches of ice and snow.
On the window sill sat rolled up blinds, taken down for the winter. In the quiet, I could study the beauty of shapes and forms to be found in even the most mundane of objects.
It felt good … though I did have to take a moment to remind/convince myself that taking such moments is good for the body, the soul, the creative spirit and the career. 😉
The Blue Snowflake on the Window
Posted in Inspiration, tagged blue, paper snowflake, Photography, snowflake, sunlight on wall on December 20, 2009| Leave a Comment »
New Article on Creativity Portal: The Color Challenge
Posted in Contributing Writer, Inspiration, Photography, Publication Updates, tagged color, color challenge, creativity, Creativity Portal, Photography on December 17, 2009| Leave a Comment »
A new article and photographs up at Creativity Portal. Enjoy!
http://www.creativity-portal.com/articles/cynthia-staples/creative-spark-color-challenge.html
What Makes an Image Spiritual?
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged nature, Photography, religion, spirituality on December 15, 2009| 1 Comment »
I’ve been invited by a local shop to submit a portfolio of images for review. The caveat is that the images must be of an obvious spiritual subject matter and/or have titles that evoke a spiritual ethos. What makes an image spiritual? There are undoubtedly objective as well as subjective measures. Here are two photos that I think many people, without need of a title, would consider spiritual in nature:
But what about these images?
In the end, I’ll do my best to pull together a representative grouping. I’ll let you know what happens. Meanwhile, if you have thoughts on the subject, please let me know.
Words + Images 