Crush on L I N E A G E II | Project 52 week 11

I liked the play on l i n e a g e  a couple of weeks back and wanted to revisit the theme. I tried the same techniques but ended up with these slightly different results.

iphone project 52 

Another look at lineage through a play on the word and the process of movement--like lineage through a family history. This is from a senior session. I've been playing with this look for a year or so now. Once in a while, the right person and place make it work.

Crush on I N S E C T S | Project 52 week 10

Project 52 week 10 theme was I N S E C T S so this is what I made:

Way too opaque on the butterfly. I flattened and saved the image without saving the psd file. Really? Stupid me. I may revisit the problem.
 I really liked the background so I took a film image that was green from old, heat stroked negatives, scanned it and started playing to see if I could learn something.

Finally, I decided to finish my insect week with some dried biology or bug"taxidermy". I don't like how the eye pin looks in the resin. I tried a pinch bail but those were not wide enough to go around the edge of the piece. I'm sure there is a better way and if you know, I'd love for you to let me in on the secret. All the other items were found around the Sierra Nevadas. A little piece of Nevada/California jewelry art. 

iphone pic of shells from Eagle Lake, Ca, Wasps from Verdi, NV, Pinecones and Moss from Dog Valley, NV

 I like this better-- a nod to Victorian botany and insect collections.

 I think I'll revisit this week's theme and see what else we can create.

Crush on L A N D S C A P E | week 7/52 photo project

For this week's landscape subject I decided to revisit the view I've seen the longest in my lifetime.  Our home was cradled by the Sierra Nevadas and the sage covered desert hills. Today was the first time I took my own children to the lake I spent many hours at as a kid. I would ride my banana seat bike or 50cc honda motorcycle down to her shores and ponder how whales in the ocean would look. Today, we saw a few fish jump.

Join us next week for the theme of GEOMETRIC

Crush on Project 52 | Reno Portrait Artist | Skye Snyder Photo

I've never participated in a Project 365 or 52 before. I've wanted to but fell to the "too busy" mantra of the daily grind. I dread, loathe the anxious adrenalin in which we propel ourselves into each day and onto the next. When I consider taking the time to conjure up photo ideas, to learn guitar, develop my

cooking skills, paint, a restless feeling of irresponsibility comes over me.  This obnoxious sensation is

Rick Vian's Maxim "Life Without Art is Stupid"

tough. I always fall prey to it.  With the turning of the calendar, there seemed no better time than to correct this wrong. It is indeed a wrong to deny ourselves the very things we love. They save us from the grind.

For 2014, I'm giving myself the opportunity to improve my photography and artistry by participating in a Project 52. I will concentrate on one theme a week for 52 weeks. I chose this over the 365 so I could concentrate on the quality of each theme's image.

I'd like to invite you to join me in this project. Even if you pop in only once in a while.

How do you participate?
Instagram: I'm @skyesnyder on IG. Tag the images #skye52 so we can all be inspired.
(I spend most of my social media time on IG-- I love the visual platform and the amazing communities that have developed there). Encourage your friends to participate.

Facebook: Skye Snyder Photography -  Label your image with the week's theme. Share the post with your pals and get lots of folks involved. The more, the merrier!

I'm looking forward to my personal journey with this and hope to see you on the path.

The first theme of the year is:

R E N E W  1/52

Post by Jan 12th to IG or FB. Have theme ideas? Please share in the comments below. To 2014 and to doing what you love.