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