Here’s the seventh assignment from the Creative Potential Photo Club. A photo essay gives photographers an opportunity to share a story through a series of images. You can also think of it as visual storytelling. Much like a written story, a visual story should be comprised of different elements.
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Blog 79 : Everyday Objects
This month for the Creative Potential Photo Club we meditate on everyday objects in our space. Be deliberate as you notice the objects you’re surrounded by. Pick an object that you don’t normally notice, something that you see all the time but don’t give much thought to.
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Blog 77 : Positively Negative
This month for the Creative Potential Photo Club we meditate on the idea of using negative space to compose our photos. Negative space doesn't have to mean a plain white background—bright colours, repetitive patterns, or rich textures can also be a way to use negative space in an image.
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Blog 72 : Photographing the Zero
I spend a lot of time thinking about the zero, the absence of marked moments, our unmarked speech. These zeroes are exactly what we're going to focus on for this month's assignment. If you want to join the Creative Potential Photo Club, please send me a message.
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Blog 70 : Kitchen Sink Portraits Series
I’m launching a series of portraits of people beside their kitchen sinks. With this series, I’m curious to explore what others have to say about their kitchens, their sinks, and the way their lives are reflected in this part of their home. Photos by Montreal photographer Selena Phillips-Boyle.
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Blog 69 : Creative Potential Photo Club 2
This blog post shares photos from the second assignment from the Creative Potential Photo Club. This month we explore the idea of the visual cliche. This Life by Selena Photography blog post is compiled by Montreal photographer Selena Phillips-Boyle.
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67 : Creative Potential Photo Club 1
I receive a lot of messages from people in my community asking them if I can give them feedback on their images or send them assignments. Motivated by this, I've decided to create a new digital community and photo club called the "Creative Potential Photo Club".
Read More64 : Energy Management
This post explores the idea of topping up the potential energy in our systems with the fuel of self-care. I'll be speaking to my fellow photographers, but I hope the ideas and concepts can be easily applied to the lives of my artist and writer pals in other fields too.
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