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Archives for July 2011

July 31, 2011 by Kat

The Daily News

I discovered something new on my excursion around town a couple of days ago – newspaper boxes! These were so fun to photograph, and are something I would not have even seen in the past.  Such great texture, color and shape in these weathered boxes.

They also made a great repeating pattern, all lined up in a row. The color differences make it more visually interesting, breaking up the pattern.

Do you have any of these around your town? Have you noticed them before?

Filed Under: The Kat Eye View of the World Tagged With: Carbondale, Colorado, red, repeating patterns, yellow

July 30, 2011 by Kat

Seeing Green

A funky green-painted building on Carbondale Main Street made a great repeating pattern, in the sunshine and shadow.

Filed Under: The Kat Eye View of the World Tagged With: Carbondale, Colorado, green, wall

July 29, 2011 by Kat

Shaking off the Rust

Whatever your medium, if you’ve been away from it for a few weeks, the first days are going to be clumsy and fruitless. But things get easier as the rust falls away. The ideas come more smoothly. The hands on the instrument, the fingers at the keyboard, the eye at the easel respond in sync to the urgings of your mind and heart. You are fit and gleaming. You can’t wait to attack your work.
– Twyla Tharp in The Creative Habit

Those of you who subscribe to my newsletter will recognize this quote. In the last newsletter, I talked about how rusty I am, not really photographing anything since my move back to the US. That all changed yesterday, when I took my camera out to explore my sister’s little town of Carbondale, Colorado.

I may not be fit yet, but I’m getting back in shape. It’s amazing how quickly the rust falls away, when you get back to doing something you love and have invested time learning. I found many interesting scenes to capture, and I could tell I saw things that I never would have seen two years ago.

Over the next few days I’ll share a few images of repeating patterns I found in Carbondale, since that’s the Exploring with a Camera theme right now. If you are ever in the Roaring Fork Valley of Colorado, between Glenwood Springs and Aspen, stop in this little town. It’s worth a visit.

PS – Today is the last day of the One Life 2011 Photography Contest. Will you come vote for me one last time? 

Filed Under: The Kat Eye View of the World Tagged With: Carbondale, Colorado, plants, pot, table

July 28, 2011 by Kat

Share Your View: Repeating Patterns

cocktail umbrella lantern

cocktail umbrella lantern by *jdarby*

Patterns, patterns everywhere. Our lives are made up of patterns of bricks and blocks and daily routines. Have you been seeing the patterns? Exploring with a Camera: Repeating Patterns continues for a second week, you can link in below or share your photo in the Flickr pool.

Today, enjoy this great photos shared by participants!

Nowhere to Go

Nowhere to Go by tim mcmurdo

FYI – Links will be moderated. Please use a permalink, ensure that your linked image is on topic, and include a link back to this site in your post through the Exploring with a Camera button (available here) or a text link. Thanks!

Filed Under: The Kat Eye View of the World Tagged With: repeating patterns, second edition, share your view

July 26, 2011 by Kat

And They’re Off!

Here and there a few people have asked me to share how I’m going to do the Liberate Your Art postcard swap. I brought the box of envelopes with me on vacation to swap the postcards out and get them mailed. So here’s how it was done…
First, I opened each envelope and laid them out on the floor. As I did this, I made sure they all had the right number of postcards (found a few more for me!), the right postage and labels. If anything was missing I took care of it as I laid them out. The swap participating was about 80% US and 20% non-US, so I made sure that every 5th envelope was a non-US participant so they would be mixed in. Otherwise, there was no planning involved as to the order.
Thankfully, my sister has a very large, open living and dining room (~600 sq ft), because the postcards looped around the full space. Here are a couple of photos to show you how it looked. I wish I could have captured the full extent of it!

Next, the easy part, actually doing the swap. Picking up the stack of 5 postcards from the pile, I dealt them out to the next five participants. I did the same thing, moving from one stack to the next on the left around the whole loop.

Finally, the labels and stamps had to be put on. This was the time-consuming part. I cajoled my husband into helping (he’s such a good sport) and we went around the loop putting the postage and labels on all of the postcards, stack by stack. As we completed each participant’s stack, we sorted them out in to five stacks for the different mailings. There is a sixth stack of postcards from me done too.

Here I am, mailing the first stack. The postcards are officially off. Look at all of that art being liberated in the world! Pretty cool, huh?? The second mailing will go out later this week!

Filed Under: Liberate Your Art Postcard Swap, The Kat Eye View of the World Tagged With: liberate your art, postcard, swap

July 23, 2011 by Kat

Heading Out

I’m heading out for a few days, and my presence here will be a bit sporadic while I’m gone. Unfortunately, not to the Greek Isles this time (isn’t this place dreamy?) but I’ll find some equally interesting things to show you while I’m gone.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, see you soon!

Filed Under: The Kat Eye View of the World Tagged With: blue, door, Greece, Santorini, sea

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