Painting By Chagall

I was looking at some Photoshop blogs and somehow discovered a painting technique that I tried and loved!  I am inclined to enjoy some unusually strange stuff.  I think I'm going to try to do more of these....lol!

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

Michelangelo

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By My Side

This is another photograph I made on the WorldwidePhotoWalk.  The dog was so amazing with so much hair and looked just like his master.

Man is a dog's idea of what God should be.  ~Holbrook Jackson

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Every Picture Tells A Story

I was in Bodega Bay California right before crab season.  These are the crab pots lined up on the pier ready to go.

"The crab that walks too far falls into the pot"

Haitian Proverb Quotes

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MyLittle Town

This photograph was made in downtown Petaluma California.  As you can see, it was a gorgeous autumn day.  ”

"The nice part about living in a small town is that when you don't know what you're doing, someone else  does."

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Guiding Light

I thought this photo was an appropriate one for fall. 

And Fall, with her yeller harvest moon and the hills growin' brown and golden under asinkin' sun.

Roy Bean

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About a Boy

This is another photo I took at the Worldwide Photowalk.  This boy was walking across the street and I rushed to get the shot.

Older people sit down and ask, 'What is it?' but the boy asks, 'What can I do with it?'.

Steve Jobs

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Have No Fear

On October 1st and 2nd in more than 1,100 cities around the world nearly 30,000 photographers collectively took literally millions of photos as part of their local Photo Walk.  My photowalk was the Sunset Junction Photowalk in Silverlake California.  I mets some wonderful people and had a lot of fun.  Anyone can participate and there is no fee.  This is an annual event and it was my first.  I plan on participating in many more in the years ahead.  This walk is for people who love photography and you can make pictures with any kind of camera and be any level of photographer from beginner to professional.  I will be posting several of my photos in the days and weeks to come.  This first one is a collage of my day.

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." --- Frank Herbert, Dune - Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear © copyright Linda Swanson all rights reserved Click on photo to view large