Hip Shots

July 30, 2010

Blur I

By Jim Sizemore

 

The “Hip Shots” series of Doodlemeister.com photographs will feature images that were grabbed “on the fly” with little or no regard for framing and focus. The object of the exercise being to create dynamic pictures, not perfect ones. With this shoot-from-the-hip method, the more frames  exposed, the better the chances are that you’ll come up with something interesting—a related series which can be arranged as a three-image post. If you’d like additional tips for using the technique, or to submit your own pictures, leave a question or note in the “Leave a Comment” section, below. Meanwhile, click on these images for a larger view. And tune in next Friday for another “Hip Shots” post.

Copyright © 2010 Jim Sizemore.

Hip Shots

July 23, 2010

The Torso

By Mary Azrael


The “Hip Shots” series of Doodlemeister.com photographs will feature images that were grabbed “on the fly” with little or no regard for framing and focus. The object of the exercise being to create dynamic pictures, not perfect ones. With this shoot-from-the-hip method, the more frames  exposed, the better the chances are that you’ll come up with something interesting—a related series which can be arranged as a three-image post. If you’d like additional tips for using the technique, or to submit your own pictures, leave a question or note in the “Leave a Comment” section, below. Meanwhile, click on these images for a larger view. And tune in next Friday for another “Hip Shots” post.

Copyright © 2010 Mary Azrael.


My New Mailbox . . .

July 22, 2010

Why It Makes Those Sounds

By Jacquie Roland

Today, for some reason, I decided to redo my mailbox. (As if I don’t have enough other stuff to do.) However . . . When I came in to get out of the heat and have a cool drink, my phone rang. Not unusual. Except that I couldn’t find it. I could hear it, but . . . Well, as it turns out—in a fit of artistic madness—I had epoxied my live phone into the assemblage. (The old phone had dropped out of sight behind my work table.) And now my good Ma Bell is glued into the sculpture. Forever. *sigh* I guess it will just have to keep ringing until the battery wears out.

Copyright © 2010 Jacquie Roland.

This post was adapted from an e-mail I received yesterday from my friend Jacquie, who, as you can see, keeps very VERY busy in upstate New York. This 3-D doodle was too good—and the story of its creation ‘way too funny—to keep to myself. Click images for larger views.


Hip Shots

July 16, 2010

Golden Hour

By Jim Sizemore

The “Hip Shots” series of Doodlemeister.com photographs will feature images that were grabbed “on the fly” with little or no regard for framing and focus. The object of the exercise being to create dynamic pictures, not perfect ones. With this shoot-from-the-hip method, the more frames  exposed, the better the chances are that you’ll come up with something interesting—a related series which can be arranged as a three-image post. If you’d like additional tips for using the technique, or to submit your own pictures, leave a question or note in the “Leave a Comment” section, below. Meanwhile, click on these images for a larger view. And tune in next Friday for another “Hip Shots” post.

Copyright © 2010 Jim Sizemore.

Art Quote

July 9, 2010

“I always thought that one of the reasons why a painter likes especially to have other painters look at his or her work is the shared experience of having pushed paint around.”

Chuck Close, born July 5, 1940.


Shadow Play

July 3, 2010

The Beach Shoes

By Mary Azrael

Act I: Going Crazy

Act II: Calming Down

Act III: Going Home

Copyright © 2010 Mary Azrael.

Photo Quote

July 2, 2010

“A good photograph will prove to the viewer how little our eyes permit us to see. Most people only see what they’ve always seen and what they expect to see. Whereas a photographer, if he’s good, will see everything.”

Leon Levinstein, 1910-1988


Photo Quote

June 18, 2010

“The only thing that gets in the way of a really

good photograph, is the camera.”

Norman Parkinson, 1913-1990


Fort McHenry

June 16, 2010

Where Every Day Is Flag Day

Copyright © 2010 Jim Sizemore


Photo Quote

June 11, 2010

“I am just a middle-class farm boy from Dodge City and my grandparents were wheat farmers. I thought painting, acting, directing and photography were all part of being an artist. I have made my money that way. And I have had some fun. It’s not been a bad life.”

Dennis Hopper, 1936-2010