Trending in Photography:

You've likely spotted this trend in photography in the past 6 months.  Being that I do not live in France, macarons were hard to come by. It is also the middle of winter here so, fresh flowers are not abundant. I pulled out a few buds from silk flowers in the studio in place of fresh ones. I must say these interesting to photograph mostly due to their shape and bright color. 

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Photo Trends: Nests

I love to see nests in photos, either handmade or natural. For this nest I stacked a grass nest, mini grapevine wreath, and shredded music sheets. 

I love the mix of textures in nest!

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Photo Trends: Vintage Postcards

Vintage postcards are very popular in photography stills.  Finding vintage postcards is easy type postcard in the search bar at Etsy and you'll find nearly 50,000 items.  The difficult part is photographing them.  They're flat and hold little texture or color.  I find stacking them together and binding with string or ribbons works well.  What do you suggest for photographing postcards?

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Photo Trends

I love the country touch of mason jars!

1.   Quail eggs by Fraulein Klein  2. Lemonade by House of Design 

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Photo Trendsetter

Photo Trendsetter: Evelyn, author of Within my Focus is sharing a tutorial with us today!  I'm madly packing for vacation, thank you so much Evelyn for your excellent timing!  I encourage you to visit Evelyn's blog she always has a page full of inspiring art!

Add hues of Spring to your image:

1. Duplicate Background
2. Hurricane Cool Soft Light 100%
3. Duplicate layer Soft light 100%
4. Seventeen Cool  Linear Burn 48%
5. Duplicate Layer Soft Light 64%

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Photo Trends: Farm Fresh Eggs

I love the rustic wood against the crisp, smooth eggs

Artist: Mary Ruffle

Beautiful contrast between the espresso nest and pastel eggs

Artist: Jo-Anna author of A Pretty Life in the Suburbs

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Photo Trends: Entomology

I love this week's photo trendsetter F2images 

entomology style prints!  

Emiko says, 

"There are so many ideas for images running through my brain, 

there's just not enough time in the day to accomplish them all. 

I can only hope to achieve as many as possible while I'm feeling 

inspired to do so."

 You can keep up on Emiko's newest captures on Twitter!

 P.S. All the entries are in and it's to vote for your favorite Texture Twist!

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Photo Trends: Lisbon Lavender

Twiggs is a talented photographer and author of A Place for Twiggs.  She is sharing with us her inspiration and how she got started behind the lens!

What inspires your art?

Lisbon… and my everyday life. I have learned that some details that are present on my daily life, if captured in a certain way, make incredible moments in a photo. So, I never leave home without my camera, and on the weekends I take two of them with me. Film is so magical… How can I leave it home? So I try to have my eyes wide open to everything that surrounds me… and capture the magic. I believe this is definitely a way of feeling better about your life, the place in which you live… what surrounds you. It’s a matter of being positive.

How did you get started in Photography?

I started a few years ago, when a very close friend, that I actually consider a second father, gave me a film camera. I took pictures of our vacations as a family, but it was just after years later in 2007, I was spending Christmas with him and his wife (that I also consider a second mom!) in NYC, and their Christmas present was again a camera, a Canon! From then on the passion started… I think I have been improving as time goes by, and have also been dedicating myself to film photography, with my lomo camera and yashica tl electro. 

Find Fine Art Prints from A Place for Twiggs and A Lomo Love Affair!! Stop back in Sat for a special giveaway just for Readers of Life-n-Reflection!!!

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