Julie A Green's photostream  

I've just recently picked photography back up. I played around with it in college, but then the years went by and I soon forgot all about taking pictures. Also back then I think I was mostly interested in taking snaps, rather than making a picture, but that was then, and I digress...

Then a few years ago I was in a difficult place at work and in need of a distraction that would cause me to look for beauty in things around me and use whatever creative juices I had in me. I was especially challenged to observe patterns, and light and color. And photography fit the bill nicely, and with a new digital camera I went out to play.

One of my first assignments (for myself) was to look for green smiles. I soon found them everywhere!! Check out the green smile club here on Flickr. Even now when I see a green smile, I smile.

Most of my photos are straight out of the camera. I'm learning Photoshop elements, but at this point in time, if something's broke in my picture, even photoshop won't fix it.

I am eclectic and probably undiciplined in my photos. But hopefully I'm learning to find (and capture) something beautiful, or puzzling, or funny or... to take pictures rather than snapshots. But, I'm still playing.





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