For others the Garden has been that Direct Arrow that led them to photography.
What came first for you?... Which passion created the other..what's your story?
Whether that was your garden, blogging..creative pursuits or a need to document?
...or was photography always an obsession?
Whether you are an amateur or pro..or somewhere inbetween..
...what drives you to photography?
What is your Favorite Subject or Content to photograph?
Do you look at this past-time as a way to record time, to creatively experiment?
.. or to just capture your personal history?
Cameras are a great part of eveyone's lives..I'd love to hear your thoughts..
What led you to the camera..what keeps you interested..what your Favorite Subject or Style is!
For me..I used to be obsessed with only Black and White photography, it took me a long time to convert to digital..I love it now and love to have fun with it. I used to be way more serious in my earlier years and now I just love to capture creative moments.
~My favorite subject is "Light and Shadow" and how it interacts with the content in that moment!
~Nature is my most loved scenery to photograph.
~My style and subject has changed over the years..a natural process as we all shift and grow and change..so does our craft and creativity! I especially love elements of texture, shape and atmosphere.
I created a photo blog "Heart of a Wizardess" to express my more creative side ..so if you ever feel like sharing your creative photos please do, or visiting mine you are welcome to.
http://heartofawizardess.blogspot.com/
Gifts of Photography
Creativity
Capturing the Essence of Time
Memories and Magic
Experimentation
Awe and Beauty of Life..Nature..Creatures
The Power of Light and Shadow
Appreciation of the World
Sharing with other photo-enthusiasts
Seeing everything in a new perspective
Inspiration and Discovery
Thankyou to everyone..I have really enjoyed all your photos..from all various blogs..
Whatever reason you do it...Photography is truly a gift...and sharing it is an even bigger one!
I have been truly inspired by many creative bloggers and their amazing blogs and photos!
Keep Creating!!
~Kiki~
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Thankyou to everyone..I have really enjoyed all your photos..from all various blogs..
Whatever reason you do it...Photography is truly a gift...and sharing it is an even bigger one!
I have been truly inspired by many creative bloggers and their amazing blogs and photos!
Keep Creating!!
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61 comments:
Hey Kiki, Beautiful post. I started photographing my garden to document, partly so I could track changes year to year and partly because some aspects are so beautiful but so fleeting it's nice to have a permanent image of them. Then I discovered blogging and the rest is history. I sometimes feel that my garden looks better in images than in real life, it's easy to avoid bug eaten leaves, or plants that aren't thriving, whereas in real life they seem to stand out. Anyhow, it's a lot of fun, encouraging you to check on opening buds and to look at things in a different perspective, and also a pleasure to meet others who share similar visions & appreciations. :)
Hi Kiki,
My passion for the beautiful plants that grow here led me to want to learn more about photographing them so that I could share them with others. I always enjoy your photography :-)
Rebecca@IntheGarden
Wonderful!Wow..thankyou so much for sharing..thats fantastic! I appreciate hearing your story! yay! Awesome!
Kiki~
Noelle
Thanks Noelle for sharing! I agree plants bring so nuch beuaty they natuarally lead one to photograph for sure! Excellent! Thanks for sharing! And thankyou..you are so kind! I appreciate your words!
Kiki~
Wonderful post, Kiki! I'm a long time gardener and flower arranger with a penchant for beauty in all its forms. I'm also a newbie photographer. I picked up the camera to create photos for blogging and discovered the view through the lens excites me. I've grown beyond the garden in the past 10 months and now find photographing everything from grafitti on trains to statuary in cemeteries wildy fascinating.
Your photography, words, and comments have inspired me in so many ways. Thank you.
T Opdycke
Wow..so cool..I'd love to see your other photos..they sound awesome! Thanks for sharing ..that's fabulous! It is neat how we all have our own journey and how it creates new worlds opening! Yay..thankyou..I am honored you would say that! I appreciate your kind words..I love your blog and enjoy your awesome photos and writing! Thanks for stopping by and spreading yoru magic!Always appreciated!
Kiki~
Another wonderful post! The subject is sooo interesting! Both, camera and garden, got to my life long ago, but they got close together only recently. Digital photography is a revolution.
Tatyana@MySecretGarden
Thankyou! Wonderful..great to hear your story..love the way you put it..well said! yes i agree ha ha! Thanks T for visiting and sharing!
Kiki~
Dear Kiki, what beautiful photos as always. You're really lucky to have such beautiful things around you to capture. Thank you for sharing. Take care :D
De Lly Dilettante
Thankyou so much! I absolutely LOVE your photos..your blog is always inspiring..no matter what you photograph.. you are such a great talent and it shows through all you do! I appreciate your comments always..and look forward to your future creations! Take care too..!
Kiki~
Your photos are always breathtaking, Kiki. Your early background shows through in the use of light and shadow. As for us, we began taking pictures when our first child was born, lots of them to send to the grandparents. Always family shots, occasionally a garden shot. When my husband gave me a digital camera, in 2002, he said now we could take pictures of the garden and load them onto the computer. What a concept! I went crazy taking shots of everything, for record keeping more than anything. The files of photos led to the blog, to share them. But our skill are lacking, we only know point and shoot and macro, no settings, ever. It is rewarding beyond measure anyway. :-)
Frances
fairegarden
Wow..fabulous..thankyou for sharing your journey Frances!So awesome that he got you a camera!Yay..and it led to your fantatsic blog!Thankyou for the wonderful compliments..I am super flattered! Thankyou! I so appreciated hearing your story..wonderful stuff..thankyou!
Kiki~
Very interesting posting and question Kiki.
I have always loved flowers and a small amount of vegetables. So the garden came first. On an economical level I would have never been able to take all the pictures I wanted in the film era so when the digital cameras came onto the market I was thrilled. Then blogging and garden blogs appeared and it seemed to be just the ideal format to have it all. I also was able to keep a photo record of the garden and plants which has been a wonderful addition to gardening. The digital era has been a wonderful invention for the gardeners.
Hocking Hills Gardener
Wonderful..wow..thankyou for sharing that..wonderful story..I enjoyed that!I appreciate you taking the time to share you journey..awesome!Great insights!
Kiki~
Kiki as always a lovely and interesting post. I will be back to see your photo blog but for now am sorely behind with blogging friends.
I have always wanted to get into photography more, have taken many snaps of the garden over the years and always been a keen gardener but since going on line two years ago and eventually getting a digital camera things started to slot into place. My blog was just meant to be a visual diary until I met other interesting garden bloggers. Then I had to get a better camera and after many tips from my daughter who did much photography as an art student I have enjoyed learning more and more but still a long way to go.
I decided to buy my daughter the same digital camera as mine I knew how much she would benefit from a good digital camera despite her proclamation that she preferred her non digital camera. My guess paid off and we had a happy christmas day and New year snapping photos and comparing settings followed by e mails with photos exchanged.
A new world has opened to me and the garden, the blogging and the camera are three exciting pastimes now that I am retired and well and can enjoy myself.
Joanne
Wow..fantastic..thankyou for sharing..so wonderful! That is so great you got her a camera.yay...sounds like the perfect day spent together! Awesome!I am thrilled a new world opened for you..and I am happy for I have enjoyed discovering your blog and beautiful posts and photos! Keep creating! I look forward to it! Thanks for visiting and sharing...much appreciated!
Kiki~
This was a great question! For me the garden came first for sure. I've taken pictures of my garden over the years, but really barely knew how to do much other that auto on our old camera. I mostly used it to take pictures of my family. Since blogging I've learned so much about photography and have finally gotten a new camera since then. I'm even getting better at taking pictures of my kids now that I know how to use other settings.
Catherine@AGardenerinProgress
Yay! Thanks for visiting..and sharing your story! Wonderful..I enjoyed that!Glad you created your wonderful blog..I LOVE your pictures! They are fantastic!
Kiki~
Hi Kiki, your photography is inspiring; I always look forward to your posts. I have enjoyed photography since childhood, but the digital age made it affordable, though I am strictly an amateur there. Gardening came with a house and yard; but one of my earliest, best memories is at age three, wandering in my neighbor Miss Jordan's yard, where gladiolas were taller than me and pansies had the faces of fairies. I discovered writing, another passion, at age eight, and now blogging is where all three have come together.
Your pictures are always lovely. I'm still in the "auto" stage that Catherine mentioned, but blogging has inspired me to learn more. The garden & the natural world in general inspires me, as it's ever-changing. I sent a link of your previous post to my Mom, whose parents were from Sicily, but she did not know of La Befana. So, thanks for enlightening us!
Hi Kiki,
Well, this is a hard question. I have gardened since I was 8, and loved photography since as long as I can remember so I am not sure which came first. Nature scenes in all of its forms are my favorite subject, I am not so good with pictures of people. I have written software that prints digital pictures, emails pictures, and creates photo pages, so digital photography really intrigues me with its pixels and RGB tones (yes I am a software geek as well as a gardener!). Your pictures are always beautiful, but more importantly they have an artistic quality about them I really like!
Kathy
Kiki,
I like getting shots of flowers, insects and esp, my kids. I also have a strange affinity for taking candid shots of strangers, though I rarely post those on my blog. It seems creepy. :)
Love this post!
Rosey
debsgarden
Wow, thankyou!yay..how wonderful you have always had a love for it! Awesome..what a super lovely story..so magical..I can totally picture it..fairies and all! Thankyou for sharing such a beautiful memory..I think we would have been great kindred-pals as kids!!Thankyou for such a lovely contribution..pure magic!
Kiki~
Laurie
Thankyou Laurie for your kind words!Lovely..well said..the natural world is truly inspiring..an yes ever-changing!Cool, that you sent the link..interesting how we all have different traditions! Yay..thanks for sharing and for all you beautiful insights!Much appreciated!
Kiki~
gardeningAngel
Wow..thankyou for sharing your story..how wonderful you were in love with the garden at 8..fantastic!Me too..I love nature!Hey..that's awesome..I love geek-talk ha ha!Wow, thankyou for such an amazing compliment, I am truly touched you would think so! Thanks for visiting and sharing your insghts! Always appreciated!
Kiki~
Rosey Pollen
Yay, thanks for stopping by..always love to hear your thoughts! Wow cool..not strange at all..just artsy and intriguing!Thankyou..and Thanks for sharing! Much appreciated!
Kiki~
My love of the garden, family, pets & the great oputdoors has made me want to learn more about photography. You have wonderful photos, I have a longgg way to go.
Kiki, as always, your words coupled by beautiful photos... a beautiful gift you have! Diana
Interesting question to ponder...I have always loved photography. I took photo in high school. It was the only class I paid attention in and did well in - and when I skipped, it was to go shoot - unlike when I would skip all my other classes! :) In college, I was the manager of the photography department at my college's Audiovisual center, but the job was practical and not an artistic one (though I had access to the darkroom and free film!) I then fell out of photography for a long while. Fell in love with gardening about 4 years ago, and only started getting back into photography recently. If I may be so bold, I think I have a good eye and know what I'm doing compositionally, but am waaaay behind the eight ball with the technical aspect. I can compose a shot but it will look crappy because I don't really "get" much past the ISO, aperature, etc. I think I need a true course and lots of practice. Thanks for making thing think about this!
susie
Thankyou so much! And wow wonderful..thankyou for sharing your passion!It is such a fun way to create! Keep creating!
Kiki~
Di
AW, Di..Thankyou..for such wonderful kind words..you're a star! Ditto..same to you!
Kiki~
Wendy
Wow..very cool..all your background and experiences..wonderful!Thankyou for sharing your story..and your passions..awesome!yes.. gardening is so easy to fall in love with..I agree!Yes..a good eye and artistic quality is powerful. If a photo can capture one's soul and speak to the heart..it has done a powerful creative thing!Keep creating..I enjoy it for pure creativity too..and fun..and using your creative instinct..that's key!Thanks for sharing Wendy..a most interesting response!
Kiki~
Lovely thoughtful post Kiki (as always). For me gardening came first. Photography and blogging started at the same time, this summer, when I needed a distaction from redundancy. What started as a distraction is fast becoming an obsession!
Yan
Thankyou so much!Wow..that's awesome..thankyou for sharing your story..amazing how things become new favorite obessions! Excellent..keep creating! Thanks for stopping by and sharing!
Kiki~
Hi, Kiki! I started photographing the garden just to keep a record of what I was doing for my grandfather down in Georgia, since he couldn't get up here to see it, and then when I began a blog, less than 5 months ago, it really took off as a hobby. Only lately have I realized that I really love it and want to develop this passion further... it's so amazing to see all the great work being done out there!
Your photos are lovely. :) Unlike you, I've never been into the black and white much. For me it is all about trying to capture a hint of the lingering magic of a moment, the spirit-infused beauty of the world we walk in.
-- Meredith
Kiki, you take wonderful pictures!!! And to me, the world of blogging brought me back to cameras, I used to have (loooong time ago) a black and white laboratory. I´m waiting to afford a reflex camera now!
Cariños,
Maria Cecilia
Meredith
Wonderful..awesome..thankyou for sharing your journey and story..lovely!Yay..that's fantastic..keep creating and capturing the magic!
Kiki~
Maria Cecilia
Yay! Maria..that's fantastic..your new camera will be awesome! Thankyou for sharing..and I so enjoy your super gorgeous photos on your beautiful blog..always stunning and a joy to see!
Kiki~
I especifically desire the tone of the shell photo, it really is awesome. The blue morning glory is also terrific but i also want that color to be planted in my garden. We have the violets, yellows and whites but not the blue! Oh how i wish to have them here. Thanks for those at least my eyes are pacified.
Hum, interesting question, Kiki, and as always, thought provoking ... one of your sharing gifts, drawing us all in. I too was late coming into the digital era but when I did, like all my passions, went 'hog wild'! I kept scrapbooks as a child and also gardened/cooked beside my mother ... books, also a passion ... macro photography seems a favorites these days and still adore B/W (my daughter carries my passions ... not so in the garden ... and have spent great times in classes and on photo shoots together).
Andrea
Thankyou very much for your lovely words..so appreciated! Yes i love the blue ones too! Such a treat!Thanks for stopping by!
Kiki~
joey
HiJoey..aww..yay..Fantastic..sounds like you both have a wonderful time together creating with your passions for photos..awesome! It was really wonderful to hear your story..thanks for sharing! I always love you comments..so full of life! Thankyou for contributing..it is always appreciated and thankyou for your super generous compliments!
Kiki~
I have always photographed my garden as a visual journal of the seasons. Now I do more for my blog. It's become a fun thing to do and share.
Hi Kiki - wonderful posts - great pics!!!! For me a camera has always been part of our life, dad loved photography, altho didn't do much with it as we grew up .... digital has really expanded my vision and creativity, maybe because you can experiment endlessly .... I'm passionate about photgraphy, everyone asks "where's your baby"? aka as my camera (not my son?! hehe!) I love how photgrpahy has opened my eyes to view beauty absolutely everywhere - hence I take macros, landscapes, people, architecture, scenery... whatever appeals!
Thanks again
Gena @ thinking aloud
a photoblog
South Africa
Mary Delle
Thankyou Mary for sharing..that's fantastic! and i am so happy you do..for your blog is beautiful! Thanks for stopping by.
Kiki~
Gena@ thinking aloud
Hi Gena..wow..thankyou so much for sharing your story..thoughts and insights! Wonderful!Your photos are stunning..and your blog is too..thankyou for the lovely compliments and for stopping by!
Kiki~
Hi Kiki, this is such an interesting post and your photogrphs are spectacular!! I had always been interested in gardening but photography actually came with blogging. Now I feel that I have to freeze-frame everything! whether it's food that I've cooked or a gift I've wrapped....
Not everything gets posted though but I'm glad I can always refer to the photographs. It's a passion that keeps growing...thanks for asking this question in your post. Feels so good to talk about our common passion.
Have a great weekend!
kanak7
Yay Kanak! Glad you stopped by..thanks so much for sharing your story! So awesome we share that passion! Wonderful! I enjoyed hearing your thoughts..thankyou so much for contributing..always appreciated!And thankyou for such lovely compliments!
Kiki~
Very good question. I started taking photo in earnest when digital became affordable about 5 or 6 years ago, although my camera was a cheapy that I no longer use. My garden and wildflowers were my main focus. THEN about 3 years ago, I started a garden blog to share my photos.
Sorry to say, I didn't like the competitiveness among garden bloggers who seemed more interested in how may people they could lure to their blogs than in anything else. So I abandoned that blog.
NOW, I'm having a blast sharing my photos of Ontario. And I'm meeting tons of great people from around the world!
Stine in Ontario
Thankyou so much for your wonderful contribution and for sharing your thoughts, insights and experiences! Lovely! Enjoy your passion..keep creating!
Kiki~
You've done a nice job with the food photos. I really like how you placed the tomato and avocado on the plate. The pictures of the statues are excellent. To me, there is so much satisfaction capturing the "perfect" photo.
AVCr8teur
Thanks so much for your lovely words and generous compliments!Truly appreciated..thanks for visiting.
Kiki~
Gorgeous photos! I schlepped around a big 35mm film camera for many a year and it was quite the love/hate relationship. My hobby was wildflower photos on mountain trails. When I made the shift to a pocket digital camera it was like a whole new world had opened up for me. I'm not a very good photographer but Photoshop helps my cause! :D
Kate
Wow..awesome! Thanks for sharing your story and journey..much appreciated! Wonderful!Lovely!
Kiki~
So I guess you've answered my question about your photography. I'm enjoying your blog. I have to say so many of the blogs I've visited are focused on children or portraits, of just landscapes, and yours has been a breathe of fresh air. I so love your photos, i hope i can get such great shots one day. I've been in front of a camera for years and taken snapshots, but no further. The one time i tried to learn about a camera, my dad gave me one of his old ones but the aperture wasn't working, so that was that! Anyway to make a long story even longer, once i started blogging and saw all these awesome photos that was it. I picked up a camera read a couple of tips and i was hooked. one day i'll actually learn....but right now i'm just having fun with the photos. i want them to tell our family's story, with a sense of humour.
Shelle
Thankyou for your super kind comments..I am touched !yes keep creating..have fun! I don't really think of myslef as a photographer or anything..but I feel super passionate about capturing imagery and feeling! I truly have fun..and post blurry pictures and all!Kinda punk that way ha ha!Thankyou for sharing your story..and your passion..and I look forward to seeing your photos unfold!
Yay..Happy blogging and photo-snapping!
Kiki~
PS: love your blog! So happy to have found it!
This is such fun post. You make beautiful photographs. For me the garden came first. The camera was really for family moments. It wasn't till I had a garden that I took picture of a flower. Now I'm hooked and trying to learn more. I enjoyed your blog.
bloominrs
Yay..glad you enjoyed it! Thankyou for sharing your story..wonderful! Much appreciated!
Kiki~
Hi Kiki, I saw this post on the sidebar while visiting your blog this morning. I love your creativity in composition and light and shadow in your photography. Your blog is just fabulous!
I started taking pictures in the garden to share with gardening forum friends and fell in love with the camera. I'm now also very interested in graphic design as well. I'm learning what I can as a hobby and enjoying every minute of it!
Have great Sunday~ it's Pi Day:)
littlewing
Yay Pi Day!
Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and your journey..it sounds like you really enjoy this ..yay..fantastic! I love your blog and all the photos and graphics..beautiful! Yay..keep shining and keep creating..you are very talented!
Have a happy day..and thanks for sharing your sparkle!
Kiki~
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