Tag Archives: Roses

Triple Image Sundays: The Arteest At Work

15 Apr

This space is usually reserved for single image Sundays/Saturdays, but this week, it’s bonus time with a look both behind the scenes and close-up.

An Early Rose - click for full size view at Flickr

An Early Rose. Click for full-size view at Flickr

Sometimes, the moment presents itself to you and it’s just your job to step up and be a part of it. Awesome when that happens. Bonus: a behind the scenes view of what goes into a shot like this. Not very glamorous, but interesting, perhaps.

I snapped this image at Reynolda Gardens with the Hipstamatic app, and I’m still amazed at the level of detail the iPhone4 can capture. Bright sunlight and a stationary subject also help to get a crisp result, so as a bonus, here’s a quick look from the full-size version of this image over at Flickr, where I do more mass-uploading than at Instagram. I mention Flickr in a previous post as an alternative social network to Instagram — and I’m there as rsmithing. Feel free to add me as a contact if you’re there too.

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What do you think? Have you ever had a photo opportunity present itself to you, and were you ready to get the shot? Do you make a special effort to have your mobile phone ready just in case? Let us hear from you in the comments!
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Stuff You May Have Missed: March 2012

1 Apr
Skulls, Bugs, Flowers, Cats

When I do a photo exhibition, it will probably be called this. For accuracy.

To make sure I stay on track with blogging, I’ve set myself the goal each month of writing at least one major post about each of the categories covered here at rsmithing.com. Early on, I didn’t even bother with categories, but as the amount of my posts grew, it made sense to, well, categorize them. Doing this in WordPress makes for an easy navigation menu, and that’s a blogging best practice: including navigation to give visitors a sense of what the heck your site is about.

I’ve done this successfully for three months now, and since you may be a follower, you might be interested in at least one of these posts (and if you aren’t following, consider signing up at left like all the cool kids are doing). Whether recent or from way back four or so weeks ago, your comments are very, very much appreciated, because, well, you rule for reading this.

Seriously: Thank You, from all of us at rsmithing.com (i.e. me and the cats). And now, the rundown:

Photography

• Single Image Sundays: The Emerging Dog (Detail)
• Single Image Sundays: Moth At The Door
• Single Image Saturdays: Spring is Springing
• Single Image Sundays: Skull Pendant

Social Media

• How to Talk About Social Media In Business: 5 Points, Video Interview

PR

• Homeless Hotspots? What Could Go Wrong?

Technology

• Digital Ancestry: an iPad Forerunner

Music

• iPhone Video Editing: The Black Keys Live

Writing

• Blog Post Artwork

What do you think? Should I keep doing this every month, or have you already seen all the posts here? If so, which was your favorite? Want me to comment on a post of yours? Just share your link in the comments below or at the posts listed and let’s do this!
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