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Jann Alexander
Feb 26, 20151 min read
Composition by the Rules
Seaglass | iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2015 “If I’d observed all the rules, I’d never have got anywhere.” — Marilyn Monroe...
Jann Alexander
Feb 25, 20151 min read
Surprise Someone on Wordless Wednesday . . .
. . . with your words. Pull out your favorite pen, and write a note. Let this picture show you the way on Wordless Wednesday: Surprise...
Jann Alexander
Feb 12, 20151 min read
Living Life in the Details
Green in Maine by Jann Alexander © 2014 Happy Flowers by Jann Alexander ©2014 Done In Maine by Jann Alexander ©2013 “A life is lived,...
Jann Alexander
Feb 11, 20153 min read
Try This One Weird Trick to Improve Your Friends’ Photography
One Weird Trick t o get one decent shot ©2015 Have you ever handed your iPhone to your friend to photograph you when you’re outdoors...
Jann Alexander
Jan 22, 20151 min read
Does Weather Influence Your Creativity?
The Rain on the Plains by Jann Alexander ©2015 On an especially rainy, chill day (where the view from my window echoes the one...
Jann Alexander
Jan 17, 20153 min read
What’s Everyone Got Against Adverbs?
16 Dreaded Adverbs , According to the Hemingway Editor Adverbs are terribly out of favor , and I frankly cannot understand why. I...
Jann Alexander
Jan 11, 20151 min read
Cheap Tricks with Pattern and Light
Blinded by the Light iPhoneography with iPhone 4s by Jann Alexander ©2015 Don’t you just hate Venetian blinds? When they’re open,...
Jann Alexander
Dec 13, 20142 min read
The Hippest Holiday Art Fair in Town
The local newspaper, the Austin American-Statesman, calls the Blue Genie Art Bazaar “simply the hippest holiday art fair in town.” So...
Jann Alexander
Dec 3, 20142 min read
Shopping Local With The Locals
Shop for my art prints at the Blue Genie Art Bazaar in Austin, Texas “Simply the hippest holiday art fair in town” —the Austin...
Jann Alexander
Nov 22, 20143 min read
The Power of the Flower . . . and the Pie
Flower Power prints in prep | iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2014 The holiday frenzy is almost upon us, but for exhibiting artists,...
Jann Alexander
Nov 19, 20143 min read
Where Do Ideas Come From? Crazy Places
Inspiration and creativity are some pretty crazy bedfellows. Plenty of more philosophical and scientific minds than mine have devoted...
Jann Alexander
Nov 12, 20144 min read
Are There Any Advantages to Being Disorganized?
Though I’m not one of them , advocates of disorganization thrive on it. The truth is that even the most organized among us have lapses in...
Jann Alexander
Oct 17, 20141 min read
Take This Simple Refraction Test
Refracted City by Jann Alexander ©2014 Sit at a comfortable distance from your iDevice or monitor, and cover one eye while gazing...
Jann Alexander
Oct 15, 20142 min read
Where Dreams Await
Where Dreams Become Memories by Jann Alexander ©2014 The mocha of my dreams had begun life less than an hour earlier. It was a typical...
Jann Alexander
Sep 17, 20141 min read
Finding the Light at Day’s End
As the sun sets and daylight wanes, the most magical palette lays down color on everything a camera can capture. From golden time to...
Jann Alexander
Sep 12, 20141 min read
Wordplay: One Word, One Picture
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But what if you could illustrate just one word with just one photo? Here are a selection...
Jann Alexander
Sep 8, 20141 min read
Let There Be Rust!
See the USA by Jann Alexander © 2013 Don’t tell the folks at Rustoleum , but we photographers really like rust and are frequently...
Jann Alexander
Sep 6, 20141 min read
One Tree, Two Apps, Three Treatments
I came upon the tree I dubbed ‘Palo Duro Tree’ in a West Texas canyon, bent and alone, begging for a photograph. I obliged, using my...
Jann Alexander
Sep 5, 20141 min read
Adventure Awaits Capture
End Is Nigh iPhone 5s Pano by Jann Alexander © 2014 “There is no certainty; there is only adventure.” —Roberto Assagioli Adventure...
Jann Alexander
Sep 2, 20142 min read
So Many Photo Apps, So Little Time
Windy Magnolia by Jann Alexander ©2014 How many apps does it take to edit an iPhone photo? Sometimes, the auto-edit function built into...
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