{"id":5523,"date":"2011-04-20T16:28:41","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T21:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/?p=5523"},"modified":"2011-07-12T11:29:19","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T16:29:19","slug":"painted-with-light-in-somerset-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/painted-with-light-in-somerset-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Painted with Light {somerset memories spring ’11}"},"content":{"rendered":"

ngg_shortcode_0_placeholdermichelle shefveland. strokes of nature 3<\/a>, this is life scrap.words<\/a>,<\/span> art journal fresco papers<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Hi everyone! Hope you’re all enjoying sweeter weather than us, as huge snowflakes are falling as I write…woke up to 2 inches of the fluffy stuff! Thankfully it won’t hang around…it’s just that it’s April 20th! There were tornadoes over other parts of the country; hoping no one was hurt.<\/p>\n

ngg_shortcode_1_placeholdermichelle shefveland.<\/span>this is life scrap.words<\/a>,<\/span> art journal blank canvas papers<\/a>, world travels<\/a>, photo art blends 3<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

So, let’s brighten the weather with some abstract blur imagery! I mentioned in our newsletter a few weeks ago that my latest Digital Workshop column in Somerset Memories<\/a> is out, Painted with Light, and I am beyond thrilled with how it was presented. I’ve said it before, but Stampington<\/a> puts out the most gorgeous publications I’ve ever seen. What an honor to have been writing for them for 6 years now.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_2_placeholder\nngg_shortcode_3_placeholder\nngg_shortcode_4_placeholder\n

The article shares my motion blur imagery process and gives all the camera specs for each image. Hopefully readers come away inspired to try shooting with slow shutter speeds themselves!<\/p>\n

Below is one of the collages featured in the column…Alyssa blended into one of my blurs.<\/p>\n

ngg_shortcode_5_placeholderOff the Beaten Path 11 Papers<\/a>, Take Flight Scrap.Words<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

To see more imagery shot with this technique, check out my abstract set on flickr<\/a> or past blog posts here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And for those to whom it is beneficial, below are the layers and blend modes used to create the collage above as well as a close-up of the texture in the piece. The top four layers make up the smaller focal photo art blend and the rest make up the blended collage on the background canvas. I shot the abstract blur of the April snow shower out my kitchen window this morning. When life hands you lemons, why not make art?!!!<\/p>\n

Tomorrow I’ll be back to announce the two random winners of the $50 gift certificates to our shop as a round-up of our 8th birthday celebration. Thanks for the fun!<\/p>\n

Happy creating! Michelle<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_6_placeholder\n

Snowy Day Abstract Blur Photo Specs: Canon 7d, Tamron 28-75\/2.8 lens, ISO 100 f\/32, .3 second shutter speed (slow shutter speed helped emphasize falling snow on such a gloomy day)<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_7_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

michelle shefveland. strokes of nature 3, this is life scrap.words, art journal fresco papers Hi everyone! Hope you’re all enjoying sweeter weather than us, as huge snowflakes are falling as I write…woke up to 2 inches of the fluffy stuff! Thankfully it won’t hang around…it’s just that it’s April 20th! There were tornadoes over other parts of the country; hoping […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-art-resources","category-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5523"}],"version-history":[{"count":55,"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6241,"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5523\/revisions\/6241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}