Dias y Flores Community Garden, NYC
Always up for a challenge, I’m joining in on Bella Cirovic’s 52 photo projects. For 52 weeks, she provides a photo prompt and we display our work and meet others with the same shared passion. So this week is week 1 of 52! And here we go!
Her first prompt of the “new year” is about beginnings…What are you beginning right now?, she asked. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about printing my photographs. I love creating and sharing (posting to my blog) but I find that most of my work is hoarded and buried deep into my hard-drive. I recently read an article and kept a portion of it as a reminder. Unfortunately the author’s name escaped me, but what was said really opened my eyes to the importance of printing. “We need to print it, look at it, live with it, and react to it. And we need to share it. The downfall of the digital revolution is that so much of our work never makes it past the pixels.”
So with that reminder and Bella’s prompt this week, I WILL PRINT! I’m looking forward to sharing the other 51 prompts with you as well, so I hope you’ll follow along! Have you started doing something new lately? Would love to hear about it!
Ha!!!! yeah about that print thing…agreed! Just printed 258 4×6 photos, 6 months worth….now to find a wall to post them on…..
and to figure out the edit thing!
My new beginning is…taking a photo class, the first one I’ve taken since art school in the early 70’s. Wish me luck!
I’m so excited! Not that you need it!!! And I just ordered greeting cards! Yeah! xoxo
Print it amen!!!!!! Not done enough now a days
Amen is right! Thank you for dropping in and commenting!
Now that’s a worthy project, Robin! I’ll be more than delighted to tag along for the following 51 weeks. How fun.
The only new thing I’ve been up to lately is figuring out our greeting cards for our V&V Shoppe. It’s been very rewarding and exciting. Can hardly wait till we open. 🙂
Thank you Ginnie! You are doing a fabulous job with the greeting cards for V&V!! Big hugs!
That sound fun! I too have pondered on what to do with all my images. I was more in to make photography books. But just print them out and put into albums is a very good alternative. We have a computer placed centrally in our home and our screen saver show this years images and I/family often stop for a while looking at a few images and the walk to where we were headed.
Yes, I recently finished a photography book with a good friend of mine with photos from our trip to Morocco and many that I’ve taken here in NYC. I’m working on getting it up on my blog. Would love to have your feedback on it when I get it out there! I also bought one of those electronic photo frames for my parents. They LOVE it! So I understand how your computer images can be so captivating! Thank you Frida!
I too am guilty of this. My hard drive is full of photos no one sees except me. Great idea to finally get them printed, maybe I will get around to mine too!
Yep, I’ve been photographing for about three years now so I’ve gotta get my butt in gear! Thanks for dropping in and commenting!
You know I will always follow you on your journeys frissy. I am trying new things with my blog. Sharing more of my thoughts and what I believe in as well as my life’s story. Love, hugs & always MORE! GH
Yes, I know!!! Your blog is AMAZING! Can’t wait to talk about all kinds of blogging stuff when you come out!!! Love you and miss you!
love your image above…the figure’s arms wide open, seemingly ready to take the plunge…as are you regarding printing your work. yay for you!
Thanks Michelle for stopping in and commenting! Yep, ready to take the plunge! YAY!!
This little fella reminds me of a game I used to play with my son at the PC. The Lemmings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmings_(video_game)
I love this picture and the project. 4 years ago I wanted to start printing my pictures, however my divorce came in between and now, I think I wait until retirement.
Recently, I bought new editing software to have more fun, and I do, so see this as a new beginning of me, taking pictures.
I scrolled down on your pictures. They are wonderful, That turkey is a ‘blast’, I think it scared the S*** out of you.
OMG, you’re right! They do look a like! Ha! Can’t wait to talk photography with you girls! Thanks for all of your wonderful comments!
Such a mesmerizing photo. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Katie for stopping by and commenting! Means so much!
Oh my gosh, Robin I have the same thing, it was given to me as a gift. Its African!
Amazing! It was hidden in this little garden in the Lower East side. I thought it was so adorable! So no surprise that it’s African!
Printing!! Don’t even get me started with monitor calibration…
My new beginning: A business Facebook page…something I had been putting off for a long time. https://www.facebook.com/AmyMayesPhoto 🙂
Yeah for you!!! I know…calibration will probably make me blow my brains out!! Love what you are doing with your photography!
My new beginning is creating craft memories with my girls. 🙂 I LOVE YOU!!!!
Loved your email and I love it even more that you’re going to share it with your babies!
Love this image … a moment of calm, ready to soar! Love that you will print your photographs … your shots are stunning and for others to be able to see them, hold them, feel them … simply wonderful.
Thanks Kat for stopping in and commenting. Kindred spirits!
What a fabulous idea! I used to print and hang my photos—and 10 years later, there they still are. Time to begin again! Thanks for this inspiration!
Glad to help Linda! Thanks for stopping in and commenting!
I HEAR YOU!!!
I made this same exact vow, no longer will they sit contained in the computer!!
Looking forward to seeing your journey through 52 Weeks.
Oh, I am so happy to have you joining in the fun! Thank you for linking up.
~Yes to printing!! I’ve only begun printing my photos over the last year (5,000 of them on an external drive!). I can wait to hang them up.
Happy day to you. xo Bella