the value of a daily practice

some days I have no idea what to create

that's when a daily practice comes in handy

sometimes it's an art journal page

but lately it's a daily photo prompt

I like using Capture Your 365 for that 

... today's prompt was "blurred backgrounds"

and when I sat at my desk with a blank slate, that was enough to get me started today

I brought some things into focus

and let other things blur into the background

a metaphor for my day

studio photography (without the studio)

when I post a photo online (either here or on etsy or on facebook), what you see is just a tiny slice of a bigger picture.

my college photography teacher used to tell us to get the garbage out before we shot our pictures.

meaning, literally, look through the viewfinder and if you see garbage, set down your camera and go get rid of the garbage.

I thought you might like to see exactly how I set up for this particular kind of shot: pre-cropped.

magic

(p.s. these are photo transfers on beach glass)