Seeking the Higher Light

 

Just completed this second mixed media piece in my series of ballerinas. This lightness they have in contrast to the oil paintings I think is really nice and speaks with a voice about the subject of balance in a way that the oil paint maybe can't. "Seeking the Higher Light" comes from the idea of "Good, Better, and Best", a talk given by Dallin H. Oaks in the October 2007 General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. There is so much good in the world but where in the journey can we find the best in the world? Sometimes the good just isn't enough. Seek the best!

 

Sketch of the Week

More sketches inspired by the Renn. Fest. My camera however, made her eyes look a little crazy. They are boring into your soul.

Lighting makes all the Difference

 I am loving the lighting in these pictures. My brother, husband, and I took a trip up to Papago Park in Phoenix, AZ to climb all the awesome rocks. What a fun adventure but I also got some great shots. The amazing sun that was out that day balanced with the right settings on my camera really gave the images a nice look and feel. I love that the way the light and color came through gives me the feel of what it was like that day. Success!

 

Painting with Light

 

 

 

 

What an awesome activity to share with my photography class. These are some images I took but my students went wild with this one and had an awesome time. For any photography teachers out there, this is a super fun activity for students and its a great way to teach them about Aperture and Shutter Speed as well. We just turned off all the lights in the class room then, waving my phone around, I let them try taking pictures of the light streaking across their cameras. I then let them get into groups and take turns taking pictures and streaking the light. I had to work with many of them to help them get their aperture and shutter speed to the right setting. Many of then though, did not have cameras that let you adjust the aperture and shutter speed so we had to play around with the pre set settings to optimize their light streaks. Many of them really got excited about trying to make shapes or spelling things out. Even if you are not a photography teacher or into photography, this is just fun to do just for the heck of it.