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"My Darkroom Is Filled With Light"
Excitement stirred in my chest as I opened up an old dusty box to reveal a camera of old. The more I looked around me the more I found. Dusty hardcover books were grouped with torn softcover books among fabrics that didn't seem to belong together. The sunlight seems to reveal a decay that had begun long ago from heat and time among other things. Mixed in among the weathered old photographs, the single baby shoe, disintegrating newspaper articles, and dilapidated dolls there they were. It was like opening a treasure chest. Only these treasures were better because they belonged to my ancestors. I could not find the significance of some of those treasures, but I recognized the value in others. Another one of the treasures I recognized among the items was a brilliant baby blue typewriter.
By Autumn Rain5 years ago in Photography
The Magic of the Collage
Taking photos is something I’ve come to do in my everyday life. The camera is a part of me and the photos are an extension of my thoughts and ideas. The use of collage however is ultimately what has led to some of my most compelling images. My individual shots often feel incomplete, being part of a bigger whole, something I can bring out in a collage. Whether it’s all from the same roll of film or an intentional project, I’ve created several collages in the last two years which have become some of my favourite projects to date. I’ll go through some of my favourite examples, describing the process and how I bring these ideas to life through editing.
By Nevin Louie5 years ago in Photography
I AM
In 2019, I wrote, produced, co-directed, shot some pictures and displayed my first photo-art album at two art exhibitions; one that I organized and another that I got to be a part of with other black artists. The photo album entitled "I AM" explored mental health journey stories. The idea of this project was to create awareness on mental health and also to share my mental health journey through photography. I can not show the processes of some of the images without giving you a background information on the why of the project. One of the things that I was so sure of this project was that in every process whether it being writing this project, or directing or capturing or editing I wanted to include a piece of myself in it. I let myself just be whatever it needed to be to make this happen.
By naat5 years ago in Photography
The ability to present beauty through pivotal life-changing photo editing techniques
Photo editing has become a notable critical skill in the virtual world of social media. This skill can possibly be acquired with the proper training and practice. In this article, I will take you through the essential steps of photo editing to not only elevate your photos but also your life.
By S A Shmeit5 years ago in Photography
Nothing is as it seems
In this century and during the time the camera came out, we have discovered a wonderful world in photography. Photos have opened up a world that allows us to immortalize loved ones and moments. The photos last us almost forever, it has the ability to transcend from generation to generation. But today, there is a technology that allows us to turn the images that we do not like so much and modify them and turn them into a work of art.
By YESIKA Morel5 years ago in Photography
How to Creepify Your Images
Say you’re an urban explorer, or documentary photographer, or someone who enjoys the creepy aesthetic. You’ve been to some amazingly foreboding locations where you just feel the creepy vibe. But, those photos you took just don’t seem to reflect that eerie atmosphere you felt when you were physically there.
By Michelle Kaldy5 years ago in Photography
I Learned to Take Photos of Tiny Things by Doing Sports Photography
I love to take photos of bees. I work to support them with flowers specifically planted to attract bees into and around my yard. Last year, I documented 7 different species of bees on my Echinacea flowers (aka cone flowers) in 1 afternoon alone. The medium-sized bee in my photo above is not enlarged as I simply took the shot a few inches above the feasting bee. These nerves of steel I gained from sports photography. More on my sports-photography venture in a moment, as I'm on flight with my bees.
By Cynthia L Fortner5 years ago in Photography
Feel, Touch, Love
Have you ever taken a picture and then looked at it on your device and thought - “that is not what it felt like when I looked at it”? The reason you were likely drawn to wanting to take the picture, was because the scene emoted something for you. It called you, caught your eye and stirred something in you that said - “I want to preserve this slice in time, forever”. Then you look at it and you’re disappointed. There is some dissonance between what you recall of that moment and what you’re looking at on your screen. This is one of the reasons I love to edit my photos shortly after taking them. This way I can make sure to stay true to what I remember of that moment.
By Rosalynn Guillen5 years ago in Photography
Squares and Superimposing
Taking photos has always been one of my favorite hobbies, so the chance to share my creative process behind some of my favorite photos I’ve ever taken was an opportunity I had to take. Photography can come in many ways but for me I just slip my phone out of my back pocket and began becoming inspired by nature, creativity, and my imagination. Usually I have a particular aesthetic that I personally follow but to put it in a word for others to understand the word would be: “dreamy”. I like for my photos to look as if they’ve just been specially plucked from my imagination, but there would be no way for me to succeed in bringing my vision to life by without these apps and their features:
By Summer Baldwin5 years ago in Photography
The Amateur Photographer
What is Photography? Photography is the art of taking something simple and mundane and turning it into something everyone wants to see. It’s seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary or seeing beauty in the regular things; that’s what makes it an art. Not everyone has a keen eye to spots photo worthy moments or spot what could be a million-dollar picture. When taking photos, you should always remember that the camera is an extension of yourself. You shouldn’t think of the lense as just an inanimate object, but more like a contact lense added to your original eye to enhance the original vision you got about the person, place or thing you want to take a picture of.
By Hidden Creativity5 years ago in Photography
Mountain Glass Reflections and the Milky Way. Second Place in Before and After Challenge.
How I Captured this Photo Last summer, I invited one of my good friends Connor on a road trip across Colorado. One of my strongest passions is adventure filmmaking, and so we set out for a 4 day trip in July, with the plan to depart from Boulder, CO, across the state, down to Carson, CO, then over to Durango, and up to Silverton, and back North from there.. We had a lot of miles to cover in a short window. You’d think we’d have a solid plan of attack with some activities planned out and campsites lined up. But we didn’t. And this created some unusual challenges and very late nights for us, but it also allowed us more latitude to change our plans last minute, and that's what allowed this photo to happen.
By Davis Yates5 years ago in Photography
