those crazy kids

Some of the artists dressed up for Halloween.

notan?

A little art lesson. "Notan" (no tan) is a way of seeing lights and darks in a composition. Mostly black and white. This actually has a lot of tan, or gray, a midtone, so it is not really notan.

I'd rather be taking pictures.

Obviously. Today I am catching up on housework, but I am delayed by all the "creative" things I can do around the house. Hmm. What could I do with these interesting, broken old shells. Aha! What if I placed them against a black background and photographed them? So I arranged and snapped away. Most of the pics looked as if they were taken in space! I did not get a best or favorite, but here is one of them.

blue and green

From Nature's favorite palette.

photo of the day

Using a free photo editing app, I played with a pic I took today. Which one do you like better?