Paint The Street

 The annual Springfield Art Association's fund raiser "Paint the Street" was last weekend.The fundraiser involves closing down one of the downtown streets and painting a  6 ft x 6 ft squares. Each square registration received one paint supply bucket (including the tempera paint which is water soluble) one giveaway bag with goodies from sponsors, and one Paint the Street t-shirt. There were 244 entrants and I was asked to...

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Leading Lines! Week 25

" Leading Lines are simply lines, real or perceived, that come out from the edges of your frame, and guide the viewer into your story. Picture a road stretching out before you, long roots of a tree guiding you towards the main trunk, or even outstretched arms of a loved one asking for a hug!""Leading lines are a powerful tool to guide the viewer's eye into the frame, creating depth and perspective while drawing attention to your main subject. Leading...

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Around Town

 Without a doubt one of my favorites genres of photography aside from macro, is street photography. I like walking around and just clicking.Most street photographers suggest one find a spot, position oneself for the foot traffic and click when a worthy image transpires.I rarely follow that suggestion.Instead most often I follow the hip photography style or just walk around and cick.I find candid shots to be much more appealing than portrait...

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Inspired By A Framer! Week 24

 "Choose one of your fellow Framers whose work inspires you and create a photograph inspired by their style or subject matter. It can be anyone from the community and the subject / theme of the photo is entirely in your hands." Extra Challenge:Recreate A Submission The above is not an exact recreation, because my backgound and my pose are not identical to Dani Lager 's photo, but it was definitely inspired by her week 20 of 2020...

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Amazing Clicks!!

No! No! This has nothing to do with my ability to click.This has to do with......................looking out the window and suddenly seeing  a beauty tramps in your yard!Let me clarify the word "your yard".My yard, a small yard, butts up to the farmer's "yard" (in this case his plot of land to plant either corn or beans, depending on the year) which this year is planted with beans.Out the window I look  and what do I see......A beautiful...

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