Archive for the ‘On being creative’ Category
Because I love travel and photography, friends often ask for travel-photography advice. I’m always happy to help, even if I feel like a fraud: I’ve never taken a formal photography class, nor have I mastered even the basics. Still, here are some ideas I’ve picked up along the way — with a special shout out […]
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Tags: better photographs, Eiffel Tower, Laurice, Paris, Paris photography, photo tutorial, photographing people, photography tips, Prague photography, Rome, travel photo tips, travel photography, Venice
The lighter side of street art
Last Saturday I had the honor of being Freshly Pressed. Many thanks are in order: to Cheri at WordPress; to everyone who read, “liked” or reblogged my post on street art; to my new subscribers (welcome!); and especially to the more than 200 readers who took the time to comment. But what most surprised me […]
Filed under: Minnesota, On being creative, Photography, Psychology | 28 Comments
Tags: digital photography, Freshly Pressed, graffiti, light painting, Minneapolis, street art, TCB, Twin Cities Brightest
A meditation for the new year
Fontplay copyright 2013 Heather Munro. Public-domain illustration via saamiblog on Flickr. Font: Dominican, via dafont.com. Text adapted from multiple sources, including First People.
Filed under: On being creative, On this day in history, Psychology | 13 Comments
Tags: Cherokee Elder, Cherokee lesson, new year's resolution, the wolf you feed, which wolf wins
I have a terrible confession: I’m bored with my city. “I feel like there’s nothing to shoot here,” I told my friend Craig today after we’d spent an hour strolling through the old milling district, cameras in hand. I brooded a bit as I drove home. “Must find a way to live in Europe for […]
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Tags: fall in Minnesota, Mill City district, Minneapolis, Minnesota tourism, Riverplace, twin cities
A tutorial in photo composites
Yesterday I wrote about a photography technique I played with during my last trip to Europe. Called “composite photography,” it basically consists of shooting several frames and then stitching them together to create a single image. It’s very handy when you’re in a tiny enclosed space — or when the subject is too big to […]
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Tags: composite photography, how to make composite photo, Milan, Photoshop tips, Photoshop trick, travel photography, Venice
When it won’t fit in one frame
Have you ever raised your camera to snap some sweeping vista — or maybe a cramped interior — only to discover that it won’t fit in a single frame? Happens to me all the time. I used to mutter naughty words and curse myself for not having a wider lens. Until one day, it occurred […]
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Tags: composite photos, Heather Munro photographer, Heather Munro wordpress, Italy, photo technique, Photoshop, travel photography, Venice
My Seven Things thingy
One of my favorite things about blogging is meeting other bloggers. Every day I’m reminded that there are still truly kind people out there, and that — no matter what life may throw at us — none of us is truly alone. Two of those truly kind people are Trisha and Carolyn, authors of the […]
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Tags: blogging, Seven Things About Me, writing
A note to my loyal readers
For various reasons, the past few months have been tough. Some days it’s been a struggle to meet my most basic obligations, let alone blog. But many of you have willed me on through your kind comments. Others have waited patiently for my long-promised posts. And all of you have given me the motivation to […]
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Every so often, my friends at work and I are asked to give a “creative inspiration” presentation. I really struggled to come up with a topic that would show me (1) trying something I’d never done before, and (2) evolving creatively as a consequence. I suppose I could have talked about how I transitioned from […]
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Tags: creative inspiration, Paris, Paris photography, presentation, street photography
