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Sunday, March 2, 2014

Crush on G E O M E T R I C | Week 8 Project 52 | Reno Photographer

I'm stumped. Geometric has me uninspired. A quick review of those I follow on Instagram confirms this. I'm drawn to the emotional and I can't seem to muster up much when looking at squares. I appreciate beautiful architecture as I walk through it, around it, dwarfed by it. Photographing it? Not really. I love the rhythmic geometric patterns of shapes in the world but can't seem to find myself interested to go look for them. Nothing came to me until at the tire shop yesterday. I had a long wait and started contemplating what I was going to do for this week's theme. I'm in a tire shop! Surrounded by circles and subway tiling. Nothing! This was the ceiling.
Man-made Shapes

On the other hand, people do it for me. Instead of photographing, I thought I would play in photoshop a little. I liked where the right side was going; the left not so much. I was a trying to play around with some kind of concept of home. In other words….I'm working on it. I did learn how to make a triangle in photoshop. Who knew I needed the polygon tool?! A three-sided polygon. I had a tutor in Geometry.
Home

I ended with this which has led me down a completely different track for a different week (image in the making). And for that I'm excited and what the Project 52 is all about--out of my comfort zone and nurturing the creative process; good or bad.

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See you next week for the theme of H O M E. Can't wait to see how you interpret this theme. Post to Skye Snyder Photography on Facebook or tag #skye52 on Instagram (@skyesnyder) so we can all share our ideas.

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Crush on P A I R S | Photo Project 52 | Reno Photographer

Far from ordinary, this week hurled my family into a spiritual world of loss and memories (explanatory blog here) making concentrating on this week's project more difficult.

For me, the point of the project was to help boost my gratitude and creativity while boosting my joy as I got to spend more time developing my artistic side. It did that and more this week. I took photos that are deeply personal to me but will not be sharing them in this forum. I found old photos that filled my landscape with flashing memories and good times. They helped to ease the sorrow. Photography settles me and lets me feel exactly what I need to be feeling.

There will only be one image this week. A photograph of two yellow day lilies from my "mother's" bouquet after her passing.

I've held her hand so many times, I can almost touch her.

Thank you to my fine arts colleagues at McQueen High for the thoughtful gesture. xo.

Monday, January 20, 2014

Crush on Aura/Halo | Project 52 | a themed photography project

This week's theme was AURA/HALO inspired by the photo project of @jalvarezcastillo on Instagram. Check out the #peoplesaura for more photos from all over the world. We were inspired by several ideas:
1) the halo of Christian divinity so often seen in early Renaissance art and ancient Pagan crowns of light.
2) the ancient Sanskrit word namaste - meaning "The Spirit within me salutes the Spirit in you".
3) the study of energy fields and auras.

Image found on Body Quirks as Aura Imaging Photography

This week was fun as we stepped out on our photo walk as tourists visiting Seattle. It was a fun twist to look for the halos instead of the compulsory tourist snapshots. Although, we couldn't help but take those too.