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Jann Alexander
Jul 12, 20141 min read
Show Me the Rust, and I’m There
Show me something rusty, and I’m there. (With camera.) Pearls Before Lobster by Jann Alexander © 2014 Let me hasten to add: Rust is...
Jann Alexander
Jul 11, 20141 min read
It’s Useless to Resist These Relics. And Why Would You?
Deco Dazzle by Jann Alexander ©2012 It’s impossible for me to resist the marquee of an old movie palace. They’re relics of an era when...
Jann Alexander
Jul 5, 20142 min read
Collecting Eye Candy for Inspiration—and Fun
Oysters as Eye Candy by Jann Alexander ©2014 Eye Candy. It was the way I described San Francisco, the first time I was there. Later, it...
Jann Alexander
Jun 30, 20143 min read
Putting Contrast to Work with Your iPhone
Contrast on the Waterfront by Jann Alexander ©2014 My iPhone 5s makes a pretty spectacular camera . In fact, it’s the best camera on...
Jann Alexander
Jun 29, 20141 min read
Ebb and Flow on the Water
Balance on the Water by Jann Alexander ©2014 Morning brings balance. The coastal Maine waters are glass—smooth, flat, and above all,...
Jann Alexander
Jun 28, 20141 min read
A Meaningful Contrast on the Wharf
Contrast on the Wharf by Jann Alexander © 2014 On a Harpswell wharf on the Casco Bay in Maine, the contrast between old traps and new...
Jann Alexander
Jun 27, 20141 min read
A Contrast Between Life and Death
Snowed Under in Seco by Jann Alexander ©2013 Photography excels at capturing contrasts—between dark and light, shadow and bright, death...
Jann Alexander
Jun 22, 20143 min read
Finding My First Sweet True Love
Beautiful That Afternoon Later, I painted what I missed while reading. ©2014 Jann Alexander I was lucky to never lose my first true...
Jann Alexander
Jun 21, 20142 min read
What’s Your Creative Personality?
Do you recognize your creative personality from among these eight types? Road Trippin’ by Jann Alexander © 2014 The Traveling Creative :...
Jann Alexander
Jun 20, 20141 min read
Looking for the Contrasts Between Things
Light Between the Lines by Jann Alexander © 2014 When I’m out with my camera and determined to make a photograph, I’m looking for light...
Jann Alexander
Jun 18, 20141 min read
Lost and Found Along the Highway
Alone Along the Highway by Jann Alexander ©2014 Lost: Johnny A. Lucero. Found: A roadside grave along the highway, New Mexico. Not...
Jann Alexander
Jun 15, 20141 min read
When Serendipity Makes Your Shot an Image
Serendipity at the Lobster Shack by Jann Alexander © 2014 “It’s a bizarre but wonderful feeling, to arrive dead center of a target you...
Jann Alexander
Jun 14, 20141 min read
Finding That Sweet Lagniappe in Photography
Orange on Milkweed by Jann Alexander © 2014 It never fails to happen. Like white on rice, you fail to see, and then you do. You move in...
Jann Alexander
Jun 11, 20142 min read
How Collecting Art Is Also Collecting Stories—Yours
Maine Pattern by Jann Alexander ©2013 What does a photograph mean to me? To you? Photographs, like all art, elicit our emotions and our...
Jann Alexander
Jun 10, 20141 min read
The Naturescapes Shop Is Open for Art Collectors
Unfolding by Jann Alexander ©2013 Just like a plant that’s spreading its fan of color, my Naturescapes Shop is unfolding today—making...
Jann Alexander
Jun 8, 20142 min read
Why Cities Are Ideal for Creative Voyeurs
All of us who practice the creative arts are voyeurs. As writers, we use our imaginative powers to conjure up insights into others’...
Jann Alexander
Jun 3, 20141 min read
A Lesson in Patience on the Pier
Patience on the Pier by Jann Alexander © 2014.jpg “The greatest art is to sit, and wait, and let it come.” —Yogi Bhajan She was still,...
Jann Alexander
May 31, 20141 min read
Timing Is Everything
Water Under the Bridge by Jann Alexander © 2014 In photography, as in life, timing is everything. Shooting boaters from an Austin bridge...
Jann Alexander
May 28, 20141 min read
Harmony With a Twist
In Panama City Beach, Florida, clouds find harmony with the setting sun’s palette in a daily dance that twists from sea to sky. ♣ A few...
Jann Alexander
May 26, 20141 min read
On Searching for Brilliance
A Twist on Fall Color by Jann Alexander © 2014 “The gift of an image is that it provides a place to watch your soul.” —JAMES HILLMAN...
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