by Kim Ort | Apr 21, 2015 | Abstraction, Going Abstract, Photography, Place, Visual Journalling
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 | Apr 16, 2015 | Contemplation, Essence, Place, Seeing, Visual Journalling
* Inspired by the post, How to Unlock all Five Senses in your Writing from The Write Practice. On one of the first spring-like days of this year, I went to a park downtown, sat at a picnic table and wrote from the perspective of all my senses before taking the...
by Kim Ort | Mar 26, 2015 | Contemplation, Visual Journalling, Workshops
Ansel Adams famously said that there’s nothing worse than a sharp image with a fuzzy concept. What is a concept and what does it have to do with telling a story? “A concept has no visual characteristics, and the role of the creative photographer is to find a way...
