Sorry that I have been so neglectful in posting for years now. I don’t think I have to explain myself. I think everyone gets why many of us, if not all of us, are a bit “out of it” for about the last 2 years.
There. That ought to encourage me a little bit to at least get a few of my favorite fall photos uploaded for your enjoyment.
Enjoy the remainder of Autumn where ever you are. Michigan is one of the best states to view the changing color of the leaves.
If that’s even an option for you. Life is fragile & fleeting & the future of our entire world has never been more unpredictable.
Interesting….
The same people that have been promoting abortion for many years are the same people who won’t let you see your mom this year.
I am going to forgo the usual political bitch fest and post some vintage pictures of my mother today beginning with the youngest to her becoming a mother. I’m the oldest of 6 children, all with the same father if you can believe that. That used to be a thing. Getting married & having children & staying married to the same man, for better or worse.
Guess which one it usually was?
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers. Being a mother has been the most joyful & fulfilling experience of my life. Where there is love, children are a blessing.
Hope your day is great even if you can’t be with your child this year for one reason or another.
I chose this body because I had a Pentax 35mm with a couple of lenses & I could interchange on this digital camera body which is what I have been doing for over 10 years. I absolutely need to upgrade but know when I do, another better digital camera will come out even cheaper.
Come to find out that B is a stronger softener than the A that was not available at the time. Had I questioned the proprietor I would have been told that this filter has a stronger softening effect than A and asked them to order it for me since that was my intent. I wished just the slightest hint of softening. Instead I ended up with almost a “fog” effect which I intend trying at a later date in a cemetery or especially with lights like at Christmas.
Needless to say I used it a few times and was not happy with it.
Sharing the results of the Hoya 49mm softener B results. I promise to do another post later when use it again with specific results in mind. I had no idea what the effects would actually be until this trial shoot at Greenfield Village in Dearborn Michigan and my yard.
So sad to see the garden come to it’s end this year for it may be the last one I have here.
I still have much to do and will update after I feel there is something more to show. I like to use photo transfers from my inkjet printer on all kinds of paper and cloth. Computer software is great for making all kinds of special effects to customize your mixed media art. I usually make a transfer off of construction paper or vellum due to the thickness of the paper. I will just affix any pictures printed onto tracing paper with the paper, inkside down. You have to be very careful when you are working with inkjet photos instead of laserjet, because they smear worse. I always apply the medium to the canvas or the board and then affix the picture ink side down carefully in place so you don’t have to move it. Then you are free to add additional medium to the top and edges to firm in place without any fear it will smear.
I know that I will be adding additional paint and perhaps stamping techniques, maybe even covering up some of the images that are already on the canvas. I will sometimes work something over so much that it is no longer recognizable from the first creation. Like any artist, I just keep working until I feel it is complete. I do plan on adding more mixed media hardware and fabric as well.
Po' Girl Shines 
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