3 Things : playing with printing + a giveaway

thanks for all the photo tips..I just got my own printer and am printing for the first time!

Thank you so much for all of your inspiration, Ali, and your work to help others.
With my photos, I feel that I'd like to work on capturing more emotion--more close-up shots that hold the eyes of the subject or the feelings on their face. That is what I want our memories to be of--how we felt and what we experienced together.

Ali, I love your blog and am grateful for your ongoing inspiration and encouragement for stepping outside of the comfort zone. I have been using the tip to take a zillion photos to be sure to get a few really good ones. I have been striving to learn how to take photos that really capture the feeling of the moment or the essence of the person in a portrait.

on taking photos---i love using just natural light and doing away with my flash. and opening up the aperture really puts more focus on the things i really want to capture. on printing---i love printing photos on transparencies (using an inkjet printer) and while ink is still wet, i place an onion skin on top to absorb the excess ink. i also love printing photos on textured cardstock. :)

I wish I could let go of those less than perfect photos. I have more drive space and storage space taken up with pictures that I'd no more scrap than put in the bird cage, but I can't seem to do it. Call me a clutter-bug and I won't be upset because the truth is the truth. Thank you for your inspiring information. I've just recently found your blog and enjoy what I'm learning.

My fave photo tip is to remember to take your camera so that you can get the photos!!! After that, is to use the flash. They seem to turn out so much better!

I want to be able to take pictures without them looking/feeling posed. I want my pictures to look more natural, more "loose". That's what I need to work on....

How do you always know just what I am looking for in regards to my scrapbooking? Thank you Ali!

My favorite photo tip is that you can never take too many pictures :) I love the fact that you can easily delete the bad ones and keep the good ones. And you never know when you'll catch a great shot so just keep snapping :)

I take photo after photo of the same thing. I am far sited and I can't use the view finder so I have to go by the little screen. I get blured pictures even doing that. Plus I get the shakes so a clear picture for me is hard to get. But I do manage once in awhile to get a good one. LOL

My favorite photo tip is using natural light when shooting indoor photos. The pictures come out striking. I hate the look of photos with flash and will use it only when absolutely necessary...

I love these ideas. I love how you are always evolving with techniques and trying new things! You provide great inspiration.

I'd like to learn how to take good 'macro' pictures. I have a nice camera, but I'm not sure how to take those beautiful close ups of objects like you see on etsy. I would love to keep a record of things I create, especially since I often give them away.

When taking photos I like to be in the moment - get down on my kids' level and take the photo as if I am another kid playing along side them. Also, I want to learn more about printing words on my photos in photoshop. Thanks for the chance to win!

i typically do all of my cropping in the camera when i take the photo...rarely do i have to do cropping after. it saves me time in getting the pics edited and printed. one less step.

I recently got a photo printer, so I'm starting to experiment like crazy. Ali, like you I'm looking into experimenting with printing photos on different types of paper for different looks.

There are so many things I want to work on with photos...but for now I want to work on "sports" photos and capturing the action of baseball games!

My favorite tip in regards to photography is to...
"shoot with your heart".
Trust me there will be a lot more meaning to your photos.

I received a Canon Rebel XT for Christmas; I'm trying to work more with the manual focus instead of automatic.

I am trying to work on getting pictures of the everyday day to day events not just the special events!

I thought vellum had gone by the way-side! I am so excited to bring this "out-dated" staple back into my line-up! Thanks for the inspiration.

I would like to work on focusing on telling stories rather than making a work of art. Because if I tell the story successfully, it is automatically a work of art.
Thanks for the posts this week. Very inspiring.

Don't use that delete button too eagerly. Sometimes the imperfect pictures tell your story the best.

I leave my photos prettymuch as is. Once in a while I will add some text before printing. I may put two photos on one 4X6 using my photo editor. Would love to play with vellum. Thanks for the inspiration.

I really want to experiment with the TV and AV settings on my camera. I just bought the Cannon Rebel XT. I also need to get centered on photo storage now that I am going digital!