(You guys are all the best. Thank you to everyone who commented and emailed with encouraging words after my last post. I am looking forward to thanking each of you individually over the next day or so!)
This post is supposed to be wordless, but this English major just can’t shut up. Beth’s Quilt Photography Workshop for the month of October asks us to communicate carefully using photographs instead of words. I’ve dragged my heels (“this is so much thinking” “this is so haaaaaaard” “I have to really WORK on this”) and gotten out my camera several times to take some really unsatisfying flops of photos (geez maybe somebody ought to comb my kid’s hair once in awhile), only to realize that
EVERY TIME we take a cell phone snap or Instagram something, we’re doing exactly what Beth is asking us to do. We’re using a photo to speak better than words could. So now I’ll shut up and share some of my most favorite iPhone/Instagram photos that I think work to SAY something about my sewing or my life.
Frustration!
Relaxing
My Style
Color Palette Inspiration
Favorites (yes, Plucky) (“sorry for the chat”)
Inspiration
My Sewing Process
Future and/or Goals
A Typical Day
Things That Make Me Smile
If this is cheating please feel free to throw rotten fruit boo hiss etc. But I really just have to point out that even if you think you’re not speaking with your photographs, probably you are, every day (or at least every time you Instagram). I encourage you to flip through your cell phone/Instagram takes and think about what you’re trying to say with each photo! Many of us are photographers many times a day; while I agree that we should strive towards increased DSLR use, sometimes…we gotta work with what we got.
Linking up, of course, with The Plum and June Quilt Photography Workshop
It was a hard request, but you are so right. Your photos speak volumes and it is clear what they are saying. Great post, Laura.
Your relaxing photo is so me. Love all her books and a nice glass of chardonnay.
Your photography is speaking volumes to me, I love it when a picture/s can do that. I especially am loving your ‘style’ and your ‘process’ – they made me smile, I think because they have a familiar feel to them for me. Though, mind you, the ‘frustration’ made me LOL because it is soooo true, right?!!!
I’m still thinking about your last post – it’s something that I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about too, because I am a small blogger and almost certainly always will be. The reality for me, though, is that I’ve stopped following the Big Name Bloggers (by and large anyway) because I don’t feel like I can have that sense of community that you get when you do follow people on a smaller scale where you can have a bit of a conversation with someone. For me, I don’t have people in my every day life who are interested in crafting at all and I’m too far from the local guilds/shops to really meet people who are interested in it. Blogging, both reading and writing, for me is all about having that niche, and for me it works better on the smaller scale.
Anyway,.. I guess I thought most of my thoughts about it and should have posted it over there 😀
Amen
Love them! Perfect illustrations of the themes!!
So I’ll stick with the one word thing for my comment and just say “perfection!”
I love the atmosphere these pictures create. They capture the moment.
I actually ooh-ed out loud at your color photo. Love those brights! How are you liking the Valentine series by Adriana Trigiani? I love the books but most of the time want to give her a big old shout for being such a whiner. Not that it’s stopping me from reading them. Is that bad? 😉
Loving those photos of Lucy! And all of your shots about quilting resonated with me- so my process/frustration/inspiration too 🙂
Great great Photos! No need for words. 🙂
xo jan@sewnandsowfarm
It’s funny how this happens. I always try my best to use my “good” camera for my blog posts and yet it’s all the shots i take with my cell phone that really talk about the reality of my day! Your photo’s are all fantastic!
And your typical day and things that make you smile would be the exact same for me, you know, with my kids though 😉
This was a hard one, and as a fellow English major, I understand the pain of keeping it wordless. 🙂 I totally love your take on this challenge. They show the realness of life and really do capture a story.
Oh love the colour palette inspiration. May borrow that one.
I love what you had to “say” this week!!! I can always use a reminder to shut up for a minute and see what’s really going on… but we must talk about our mutual love for LillyP;-)
ah, ha ha ha! i felt the same way. i can’t shut up, either. ever. but very good point about the instagram thingy. (even though i don’t insta because . . . i just don’t.) great collection of photos!