Treasury: Fun Camera Finds

'And that's when I snapped...' by cursiveart

All things cameras

Pretty retro copper whi... toofashion2010 $4.50	TLR camera, screen prin... vital $21.00	3D Wooden Camera bRainbowshop $65.00
Iconic Camera Messenger... mediumcontrol $36.00	Favorite Things: Retro ... aniMEemily $10.00	KadeVice // Handmade la... kdzy $13.00
Camera Stud Earrings ozlemakin $10.50	Hand Stitched Fujifilm ... therereworksho... $85.00	Personalized Toy Camera... littlesaplingt... $34.00
Vintage Camera mobile SaltyandSweet $36.00	Leica M3 Camera Locket ... iluxo $34.99	Polaroid Camera Necklac... jmebyjaime $20.00
Camera Lens Pendant MetalFusion $110.00	Notebook- Canon Camera-... SarahEln $14.00	SALE vintage 70s KODAK ... PasseNouveauVi... $11.70
SLR camera lunch bag - ... girlscantell $16.00

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Stuff I Love: Travel Photography

There are so many places in the world I would love to see and have yet to travel to, but quite a few people have captured them already in perfect images, the kind that trigger a daydream when you see them, here are a collected few, all available for sale on my favorite shopping site, Etsy, of course.

Paris is a feeling

Paris is my number one destination city I have not yet been to, and this photograph from Irene Suchocki captures it as I've always imaged, dreamlike and serene.  By looking at it, one feels all the romance and mystery the city could hold.

Copenhagen Street

Copenhagen is the number one travel destination I have been to and would to back to in an instant.  Every street of this city is as beautiful as this one taken by LaFayette Photography, even the crowded squares, the parks, the castles.  I fell in love with the city while I was there and it will always be a part of me, until the day I return and am a part of it, again.

Literary Walk, Central Park

Would you believe I've never been to New York?  I suppose the city should be first on my list to travel to, as it's the most easily accessible.  Here, Tim Schultz Photo has managed to capture the softer side of a city all too often thought of as harsh. 

Buon Giorno Venice

Truly a city of fairytales, this Venice photograph from Serantoni Designs captures a bright spot in the city of water. The picture is so soft and subdued, the reflections so deliberate and colorful, it appears to almost be an Impressionist painting.

London Silhouette

If you're going to go half a world away, why not go somewhere the language is the same?  This skyline of London has been beautifull captured by TCapone Photo, showing us in silhouette all the majestic architecture of the classically beloved city.

Where would you go and what memory would you want to capture on film?

Less Talk Tuesday: Camera Photography

From tumblr.com

From tumblr.com

From etsy.com

From etsy.com

From modelcitizen.us

From ofpaperandthings.blogspot.com

Monday Spotlight On: Kim Ulrick of Moolric

Kim Ulrick of Moolric is a photographer and April's Army member who I met through the super-secret Regretsy chat room  whose breath-taking macro photography of nature ensured that I bug her until she agreed to answer my questions.  An Australian, born and raised, Kim studied graphic design at university and decided on a career in web design.  She went back for a few years to study photography, fell in love and now presents us with her passion (which she thankfully has the talent to back up) in her Etsy shop.

Paperbark Blossom 8 x 12 photograph

Tell us three other things about yourself.
I'm a scuba diver - certified to rescue diver.
I love my pets; I have two cats and a dog.
I play a lot of video games - especially WoW.

Tell us about how you first got into photography.
 I did it in high school. I got my first SLR at 17 and had a darkroom set up in the laundry. I did it a bit more during my design degree, but i didn't really get into it until I got a digital camera.  I started posting on fotolog  and for a long time I managed to post every single day. Knowing that people were actually looking at my photos, and liked them, made a huge difference.


What’s your favorite thing you’ve made?
I really like the wedding album i made for my brother and his wife. It was a big project, but having a physical book at the end that i had designed was so much better than a pile of photos. I've always thought that combining photos well, will make them greater than the sum of their parts.

Pounce 8 x 12 Photograph

From where do you take inspiration?
I do a lot of nature macro photos. I love looking for the little details that most people walk past. So I guess I get inspired by the weird and wonderful in nature - the bits that aren't as obvious as sunsets.

Name one piece of art you wish you’d created and why?
Do you count documentaries as art? I wish I'd had anything to do with making The Blue Planet. It really showcases how beautiful the world is and how different things are underwater.

I have to count documentaries.  My husband is a filmmaker so I know the art that goes into it. Aside from watching the Discovery Channel, what are you doing when you’re not crafting?
Well, video games as I said before. But now that summer is coming up I'll be spending a lot more time at the beach.

I'm jealous of your summer beginning as ours comes to a close. If you had to give up your medium and pursue another, what would it be and why?
I have tried a lot of different crafts. Pretty much anything that sounds fun - embroidery and sewing toys have been the big ones lately. It's rare that anything holds my attention for long though, the way
photography has. If I did do something else it would need to be something that was a large part digital.

Misty Day 8 x 12 Photograph

I appreciate people who have a capacity for digital art.  It's never been something that's come out weel for me.  Tell us about a time you were making something that came out better than expected and how it happened.  
I bought a lomo camera to help me do 'messier' photos. I'm really bad at faking messy in my photos and design, so letting it happen naturally in the camera seemed like a good idea. But when I got the
first roll of film printed. the photos were so terrible. Underexposed and blah. But a couple of months later I found the bag and had a look at the scans I'd had done, did a bit of post-processing in photoshop
and I was amazed at the difference it made.

Who is one person living or dead, famous or not, who you wish owned one of your creations and why?
I honestly can't think of anyone. I don't really care too much about my photos being owned by individuals. I would much prefer to see my photos in a book or magazine and owned/seen by a million people instead.

I like the way you think. How would you explain how to do what you do to an eight year old?
"I take photos." I think photography is self-explanatory to even a small child. And
kids get their photos taken so much now, I think they all understand
what a camera does in essence. Unless you use a film camera. Then they
get confused when their picture doesn't show up on the back.

There is a lot that is involved in taking a great picture.  What’s your favorite part of the process?
Going for walks looking for bugs and flowers to shoot. I become hyper-aware of my surroundings. Though the times I've done aerial photography have been pretty awesome too.

Alien World 8 x 12 Photograph

One random thing you think people should know.
The animals in Australia won't actually try to kill you if you come visit.

Your shop address/facebook/Twitter/blog/website. Etc.
Shop at  http://moolric.etsy.com
Website at http://pets.kimulrick.com and also at http://www.kimulrick.com
Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimmau


And one final question. If you could go anywhere on Earth at any point in time, where and when
would you go and why?
Assuming I could get home again safely, I'd want to go to the
Cretaceous period and see some dinosaurs.

My husband would be inclined to agree with you.  As Kim's a Regretsy member, I'm going to take this time to let you guys know the April's Army Charity store opens tomorrow, August 30th, so check it out.  This month we're helping pay a girl's tuition to beauty school.  Please make a note and go by tomorrow and at least share the links and love. 

Stuff I Love: Seaglass

Sea glass is a part of the tradition of going to the cottage.  Every piece that is found is considered good luck and is saved in a great jar upon the mantle.  I don't know how far back it's been collected but I look at that jar and imagine one of my husband's distant relatives strolling along the shore in a bustled skirt and wide-brimmed hat, bending gently to grab a found piece and take it back up to the house.  Here are a few beautiful things made from simple, soft-edged glass.

Keychain from LiliDMagpieCreations

Fine Art Photography from QuercusDesign

Earrings from SeaFindDesigns

Necklace from SeaFindDesigns

Stuff I Love: Art

I wish I had more room to put art on the walls and the money to put it there, and perfect frames to put it all in.  Here are a few of the things I'd get, given the chance.

Pearl by AmberAlexander

Anyone who's seen one of my sketchbooks knows I love drawing Rococo era ladies in their tall wigs and gorgeous gowns, so of course this lovely Marie Antoinette-style woman with her friendly rodent companion, by Amber Alexander, hits me right where I art.

Steam and Sails by EllyMackay

Okay, anyone who has ever read my blog has probably seen Mackay's work before.  I love her stuff and actually already own two of her prints. Recently, though, she came out with a new series featuring steamboats which I love just as much as her other stuff and which somehow seems just as magical even though its a simple city and water scene.

May by ErinTyner

Erin Tyner's work has shown up here before as well, in the SIL about miniature.  I find her photography of train model figures in little landscapes slightly surrealist, breathtaking and beautiful (and yes, photography is art).

Winter Rains by Kecky

This print from Kristin Kemper was one of the first things I favorited once I got into Etsy, and even now I still love it. It evokes everything it is supposed to.  I look at it and think of winter and coldness and rain and stillness.  It moves me in a way there aren't quite words for.  As a matter of fact, every piece I've selected today, evokes emotion in me, invokes a part of me.  After all, isn't that what good art should do?

Treasury Thursday: Autumn is Coming....

It may not seem like it, what with the incredible heat waves all over the county.  It's been so steamy out, you feel like you might evaporate walking to the car.

But this is the turning point, folks.  Once the heat breaks, you know as well as I do, it's all downhill from here (or at least down-temperature).  And I, for one, am for it.   I used to love summer, but now I'm starting to look forward to the cooler weather, the smell of leaves and campfire, the feel of being snuggled into a hoodie, the first cool fall winds on my face.  And here is my treasury in honor of all of it.

'Autumn is Coming, Colored Amber and Rust' by cursiveart

Oranges and goldeny browns for fall!

Orange Temple and Flags... SketchAway $18.00	Dandelion Photograph - ... buckscountyfra... $30.00	Eco Friendly - Handmade... WeeBindery $37.00
On SALE Hazel Atlas Rus... bythewayside $3.40	The Perfect Mug / Wheel... patspottery $24.00	Sz 7.5 Vintage Wacky Or... ragsfeathers $32.00
NEW for Fall- Full Bloo... LittleBlueEyes $6.50	Grand Canyon Stubby Bic... LindenAvenueDe... $29.00	Fly away with me ... wh... divinalocura $26.00
6 FEATHER HAIR EXTENSIO... hauteFEATHERco... $24.99	Orange and Green Archit... ruthsartwork $30.00	Armadillo Art Print wi... NicoleFitzGibb... $28.00
Zaida--hand dyed lace w... marigoldjen $24.00	Tiny Harvest Leaf Earri... linkeldesigns $5.00	CIJ BOGO SALE: I made y... sparksoffire $40.00
vintage 1990 Coppertone... vacationvintag... $64.00

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