by Kim Ort | May 21, 2015 | Contemplation, Inspiration, Photography, Practices, Visual Journalling, Workshops
The best photographs tell a story, whether real or imagined. In the online visual journaling workshop, Once Upon a Time: Photographs have Stories to Tell, we practice telling three types of stories – ambiguous, personal, and documentary (as described in this...
by Kim Ort | May 12, 2015 | Abstraction, Going Abstract, Photography, Wonder / Awe
One of my current projects is to create abstract photographs of my hometown of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. With abstract photographs, we try to reflect the mood or emotions or qualities of a place. Each Tuesday, I’ll present a new image from the...
by Kim Ort | May 7, 2015 | Perspective, Photo By Design 1, Photography, Visual Design
Aleksander Rodchenko was a Russian photographer who changed the way people saw photography. You can see his unique perspectives in this inspiring article from the Huffington Post. With his Leica in hand, Russian photographer Aleksander Rodchenko spent the 1920s...