Photodocumentology

The most interesting photos i find on my camera are not taken by me.

My camera is conveniently located in the most trafficked area of the house. Everyone grabs my camera when they see something they think needs to be photodocumented. I take photos of new beads for my etsy shop every two or three days and then download all of the images from the camera. Often i am surprised by what i find. I have three teenaged sons, and i will spare you the picture of the swollen purple toe, or the blood trickling out of a gaping shin wound (unrelated incidents), but these pics were among the more pleasant surprises from my camera this morning.

Black & White Day

I took my camera with me when i went to my babysitting gig yesterday. I took photos of high contrast situations that i figured would work well in black and white, and of course they turned out really obvious, almost to the point of uninteresting. I tried flowers, too, since that would be less obvious and pose more challenge. I don't think the results were very special, although i do like Pip's hair in the one picture where the sun is behind it. :-)

Photo Trip--summer lake

Photo/Wallets

If you appreciate photography/ like to accessorize/ are looking for a really unique and affordable gift for someone, I strongly recommend that you visit mmsomewhere's etsy shop: Photo/Wallets. The artist/proprietor offers her very good art photography in the form of fully functional wallets. (Click on images to go directly to her shop.)

"approximate wallet size = 8"x3.5" (standard size)
graphics printed on double sided premium photo paper.
(paper will crease)
graphic is sandwiched between clear vinyl. sewn."

Walking through her shop is like spending time in an art gallery. She travels a fair bit so the subjects of her photos often have a subtle exoticness. There is a dead goldfish wallet that I'm quite fond of. The wallets with images of bikes leaning against walls have classic appeal. But i think it is her montage type images of architecture and urban subjects with their vivid clolors and intriguing compositions that i would most like to pull out of my purse when i'm buying a gallon of milk down at the corner store.