#stefaniejasper

I'm always searching for the "about" in an image...as contrasted to being an image "of" something, and I find adding more space in the frame adds a sense of place. FWIW best…jf

Thank you for this. I think that what is bothering me lately is that there is too little "about" going on. I am looking to express something rather than just post something technically nice or technically poor but of something that is interesting in-and-of-itself without my camera.

stefaniejasper replied to your post “This is my 4000th post! Thank you to everyone out there who has kept...”

What has always worked for me is to imitate someone else's work that I enjoy. It gets my own creative wheels turning.

I will try that, thank you.

intothewildfire replied to your post “This is my 4000th post! Thank you to everyone out there who has kept...”

I say, (and maybe you already do this), take your camera everywhere with you, and try not to "plan" what you're going to shoot. Just shoot when you feel like it. Or take a break from shooting and come back to it fresh.

I do take my camera all over and plan very little (that's probably obvious), but I find it hard to avoid shooting the same things again and again. If I go on a trip someplace different, I tend to be disappointed with what I come home with. I think there are extremes of "look at this cool thing I saw" and "look how cool I think this mundane thing is" that I fall into and neither sits quite well with me.

laurabfernandez replied to your post “This is my 4000th post! Thank you to everyone out there who has kept...”

I feel the same way with my work most of the time,but I´ve learned to accept it,I wish I could improve somehow into what I wish my work would be,and it´s work like yours what inspires me in different ways,keep it up and don´t think,just shoot!

Such a calm expression for a creature that seems to be regurgitating! ?!

Eventually – and with a wee bit of assistance – Algy managed to open the exciting parcel that had flown all the way across the ocean, sent from the USA by his friend stefaniejasper. Nestling in tissue paper within the box, there was an envelope with "Algy" written on it inside a heart – so Algy guessed that it was meant for him :-)  When he opened the envelope he found a lovely card with a bird design on the front, and a sweet message written inside it. But that wasn't all! Underneath the envelope there was a beautiful little bag in very pretty colours. The drawstring wasn't very easy to loosen with feathery wings, but after a while Algy succeeded in opening the bag, and discovered another, very special heart. This was a gorgeous sparkling heart that dangled on a handmade necklace and danced in the light. Algy was absolutely entranced. He hung the necklace from a wee branch above his head, gave it a little tap to set it swinging, and leaned back against the daffodils to watch it. With the bright spring sunshine in his eyes, the larks singing overhead, and the dazzling heart swinging backwards and forwards in the light, Algy soon found himself hypnotized :-)

stefaniejasper said: love

Because somehow you have associated something bad happening with taking a nap

...you think so? 

i find myself simply thinking to much, i think it happens because relaxation is backfiring on me

also

stefaniejasper replied to your post“I stopped reading existentialism 6 years ago. why am I still horrified...”

Because somehow that was the way you were trained to feel

I see it!

It is hard not to resent the world when you don't feel safe with yourself.