The Artist's Eyes by Jenn Lee

I was sitting here late this evening surfing one of my favorite sites…Flickr. What is Flickr? Well Flickr is an online community where people share their photography or art via photographs. It is a community that spans across the entire world.

The addiction to Flickr for me comes in the ability to see so many talented photographers/artists compositions. Seeing the world and what’s in it through others eyes is quite amazing. Whether you are an amateur photographer, professional photographer, artist of any level…you can share your creative art with the rest of the world.

Every month Flickr shares a collection of the most popular entries shared. This is seen via their Flickr Explore page. You can view past months or follow along the current month as it progresses.

You can share your photos or photos of your art through your own page as well as adding them into various groups of various themes or styles. Doing so allows you also to view a more directed collection of work shared by other members that are into the same themes, styles or type of work you are.

Whether you are an artist or a photographer or even an artistic photographer of any level, this is an online community worth checking out. What a vast collection of creativity and inspiration right at your fingertips.

So if you have some spare time where you feel like vegging out in front of your computer….check out flickr, it’s full of art…in this artist’s eyes.

For those of you who already enjoy flickr, please feel free to share some of your favorite pages below!

With the kiddos being out of school on summer break, I have been trying to keep them busy with fun projects of their own. Today was one of those days when it was hard to occupy my youngest son so I decided to do some creative photography with him….

Every once in awhile I have to admit it’s nice to break out of my usual artistic medium and play around with other ways to use my creativeness. I love playing with photography as a secondary tool as a creative outlet.

With today’s digital cameras you can take as many shots as you want and have the instant gratification as soon as you upload them to your computer. My tool of choice is a Nikon D70. It may not be the best digital camera or the newest but it has several great little tools embedded into it that makes it better than some of the newer cameras. If I was going to recommend a nice digital camera to play with…this would be it.

When you are sitting at home with the kiddos this summer and can’t get them to stop climbing the walls…get them to strike a pose for you…besides nice updated portraits of them to share with family, you can get creative and make digitally manipulated photos like this! Not only will you have a little creative fun, your kids will leave you alone for awhile after posing! Mu-ha-ha-ha….

If you don’t see what was so creative about the photo above, other than the fact it looks like my son is falling out of the sky…check out the original below…

All you need is a photo editing program like Adobe Photoshop or if you are looking for a free program, try GIMP. You can find tutorials online for either program and even some on Youtube. After you get the hang of it, you can have a lot of fun as well as this being a great creative outlet…in this artist’s eyes.