Little Village, Chicago
© Neil Schierstedt All Rights Reserved
Monday, July 30, 2012
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Quote DuJour
"Light to me is the most profound truth in the universe.
My thinking has been deeply affected by the belief that
everyone is some form of radiant energy."
-Wynn Bullock
My thinking has been deeply affected by the belief that
everyone is some form of radiant energy."
-Wynn Bullock
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Friday, July 27, 2012
Monday, July 23, 2012
Storefront Shrine
Little Village, Chicago
© Neil Schierstedt All Rights Reserved
In the Mexican community they take their faith seriously. In the case of this store they have included a shrine to the Virgin Mary in front by the entrance.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Friday, July 13, 2012
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
7 Habits of Highly Creative Minds
FreelanceSwitch.com has a great post on the "7 Habits of Highly Creative Minds". It's a good read to help inspire and jog your mental rhythms. Read and be inspired at FreelanceSwitch.
Saturday, July 07, 2012
Quote DuJour
"All art is autobiographical;
the pearl
is the oyster’s autobiography."
-Federico Fellini in a December 1965 piece in The Atlantic
Tuesday, July 03, 2012
Creative Vapor Lock
It's summer. Hot, 90 to 100 degrees....sticky and just plain uncomfortable. Tis the season to hit creative vapor lock. My mind is putty and it has stalled out. So I go to the Apple app store and wandered around for some mind stimulating candy. Behold a free app just to jockey the photographic mental digits into stimulation. The free version is DotMatrix FREE by Blackop. The program takes an image from your video cam snapshot or a photo and lets you create a whole mess of unusual and funky images using their presets which you can tweak any way you want. Designers and photographers can play with this for inspiration. Playing with this shakes the old brain cells alive. Download it and give it a shot. The free version creates a lo-res .png file. They also make a studio version for a price. I'd love to do a review on that to see how well that works. But for now the free version allows me to kick the tires. It's on Apples app store or go to Blackops site. Below are some samples.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Saturday, June 02, 2012
Quote DuJour
"A creative is ultimately a person of action.
They have dreams, but they toil.
A dreamer is someone
who never achieves a dream.
Dreamers are bullshit."
They have dreams, but they toil.
A dreamer is someone
who never achieves a dream.
Dreamers are bullshit."
-Lapo Elkann
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The Principles Of White Space
There is a great blog posting by blogger Leo Babauta of zenhabits that deals with the use of white space.
Some of the things white space accomplishes in design:
Some of the things white space accomplishes in design:
- greater legibility
- feeling of luxury
- breathing room & balance
- more emphasis
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Quote DuJour
"Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for miseries and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries."
~Blaise Pascal
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Quote Du Jour
“Opportunity is missed
by most people
because it is dressed
in overalls
and it looks like work”
–Thomas Edison
Sunday, April 08, 2012
Back To Basics In Photography In A Large Way
SILVER & LIGHT from Ian Ruhter on Vimeo.
Ian Ruhter shows us what passion he has in an old school method of photography.
Saturday, April 07, 2012
Friday, April 06, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
Quote DuJour
"...innocence of eye has a quality of its own. It means to see as a child sees, with freshness and acknowledgment of the wonder; it also means to see as an adult sees who has gone full circle and once again sees as a child - with freshness and an even deeper sense of wonder."
-Minor White
Monday, March 12, 2012
Quote DuJour
“Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual."
-Edward Weston
-Edward Weston
Sunday, March 04, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
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