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Guest Interview: @loupdeloopy

11 Wednesday Mar 2020

Posted by sharingsix in Featured Artist, Macro

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#artist, #chalk, #crayons, #featuredartist, #flower, #nail, #nailvarnish, #paintbrush, #paints, #pastelcrayons, #petals, #vividcolors, @loodeloopy, Color, Macro

For the month of January, Janet chose @loupdeloopy to be our featured artist.  I caught up with Lilan to learn a little bit more about her and her photography journey.  What I love about Lilan’s story is that you do not have to have a fancy camera.  All of her gorgeous images are taken with a mobile phone.

 

Tell us a bit about yourself?  And …  Are you a hobbyist or a pro?

I am an American expat based in Berlin, formerly a writer, editor, and translator, now a hobby photographer with the guiding wish to grow my skills in shooting and editing.

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Mobile macro is not optimal for capturing foreground, background AND middle-ground. So this tulip seemed a small victory

Tell us a bit about your photography gear.  What is the lens do you not have but you   desire to have the most?

With some embarrassment, I must admit to using mobiles phones only. The best clip-on macro lenses I have found are by Ollioclip for the iPhone SE. Having upgraded to the iPhone 11 Pro, I am limited to Sandmarc.

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The rainbow hues, the translucence, the focus, and blur, the negative space and alternating angles – it works for me.

Describe your style of work and how you found your style.

My style has been shaped almost entirely by circumstance. I have been housebound and mostly bed-bound by serious illness for over ten years. This limits my subject matter to the details I can capture in my apartment or garden. I have always been enchanted by miniatures, so macro does suit me. And, perhaps because I spend so many hours lying in the dark, it is a lust for color, more than anything, that characterizes my work.

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Depth of field is everything! As are my neighbor’s art supplies, which I shoot whenever the opportunity arises.

Are you a creative person, ….have you always been creative, ….what inspires your creativity?

I have been creating in a wide range of art forms for at least 45 years. (My parents shoved colored markers in my pudgy fists before I was old enough to walk.) But writing was my one true love, and just as my fingertips finally grazed success, my disease impaired my language skills too severely for me to continue. Finding, some years later, that I had the capacity to photograph still surprises me. I consider the creative process a privilege; it restores joy and meaning to my life. I am inspired by color, by ephemera, by fellow photographers on Instagram, but I never push myself if uninspired or too ill. I know my creative juices will flow again soon.

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The saturation and texture here do me in.

Who is your favorite photographer, living or dead?

Picking a favorite photographer feels impossible! In terms of influences, growing up in California, running wild in the Sierras, I was initially most impacted by Ansel Adams, clichéd as that may be, and in my twenties, I was forever road-tripping through the Pacific Northwest and the Southwest, shooting the American landscape (analogue). More recently, the photographer who awakened my love of mobile macro was Michael Van Huffel. His work takes my breath away, and we share the same disease: @michaelsvh

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In this case, depth of field is nothing.  But I find satisfaction in the purity of shapes, the flat background, my nail art on a lone thumb

What is your favorite quote?

“I am not somebody who thinks I am entitled to good health or to a good, peaceful, happy life. We are fortunate when we have them, but when we don’t have them, it’s not that someone’s taking them away from us. It just happens.”

~Laura Hillenbrand, author of SEABISCUIT

 

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A departure for me, as I rarely shoot in soft tones or textures.  Credit goes to the rose.

Thank you Lilan for sharing a little bit more about yourself and your work.  Go and check out Lilian’s page @loupdeloopy.  There are so many beautiful colors.

We look forward to seeing your images on our Facebook page and our Instagram Page.  The theme this month is {Morning} so tag us with #sharesix_morning.  

Guest Highlights: January 2020: Macro

24 Monday Feb 2020

Posted by sharingsix in 2020, Macro

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#blogcontributors, #ceriherdphotography, #lynnegrantphotography, #macrophotography, #macrophotos, #naturephotography, #outoffocus, #sharesix_macro, #sharesix_oof, #sharleenstuartphotography, @itsstilllifeewillson, @loupdeloopy, @melissatokariwski_photography, @micheletremblayphoto, @mjbissel, @quotidian_mysteries, @shellbellphotos, @triplelovelucy, @wiredtothemoon_, @withheidijoy, @_plantmyheart_, Macro

{Macro} is a favorite field for many of the contributors and we had over 100 amazing tags on Instagram.  Sadly Facebook has taken a back seat this month.

This month Janet Douglas of @wiredtothemoon choose @loupdeloopy‘s image for the following reaosns:

 “I loved the abstract nature and colour palette of this little guy. Loved the   intricate swirl of the shell, it’s like a little button. Wonderful macro image.”

Congratulations Liloodel on this beautiful feature.

@loopdeloopy

@loupdeloopy

 

Instagram was full of beautiful macro eye candy.   Photos from our Instagram page that we have chosen to highlight are below and in no particular order. Click on the names to link to the photographers page.  Go and like them, show them some love, you will enjoy seeing their images in your feed. Congratulations to you all.

@_plantmyheart_

@_plantmyheart_

@melissatokariwski_photography

@melissatokariwski_photography

@quotidian_mysteries

@quotidian_mysteries

@tripleloveluch

@triplelovelucy

@shellbellephotos

@shellbellephotos

@mjbissel

@mjbissel

@withheidijoy

@withheidijoy

 

We have changed up the theme for the month of January 2020 so check out what our blog contributors shared on the theme {Out of Focus}.  Click on the images to view their Facebook page. You just have a few more days to share your images before the theme changes.

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Sharleen Stuart Photography

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Michèle Tremblay Photo

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Ceri Herd Photography

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@wiredtothemoon by Janet Douglas

Lynne

Lynne Grant Photography

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It’s Still Life Photography by Elizabeth Willson

We look forward to seeing your images on our Facebook page and our Instagram Page.  Don’t forget to tag the Instagram posts with #sharesix_oof.  Each month we feature one artist on our Facebook and Webpage banner.  We will also do an interview with the featured artist, so share your images to be a part of this opportunity.

Look out for the new theme on March 6, 2019

Share Six: Guest Highlights:December 2019: Light

23 Thursday Jan 2020

Posted by sharingsix in Macro

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#cobertphotography, #guestblogger, #light, #lynnegrantphotography, #sharleenstuartphotography, #wiredtothemoon, @ashleytheislander, @campbellcophotography, @courtneyathome, @danaleighportraits, @divyawolf, @everydaylightwithliza, @ginayeophotography, @itsstilllifeewillson, @kareny.photography, @mandysurk, @nicolewang1122, @rachelkrausmannphoto, @rachel_bashaw, @shaycathleen, @smittenandswoon, @sofia_sitnikiene, ceriherdphoto, Myra Neal, sharesix

December was an awesome month of glittering lights and perfect for the theme {Light}.  We had so many entries that we are going to close out 2019 Guest Highlights with a bumper crop of images and thank you all for sharing your stunning images with us over the year.

Our featured artist for the month of December 2019 for the {Light} theme was chosen by KG Ledbetter Photography.  Kathy chose @rachael_bashaw for the following reasons:

I love the wonder in this image. It reminds me of the magic of the holidays when I was little. The light is so soft and beautiful.

@rachel_bashaw

@rachael_bashaw

Congratulations @rachael_bashaw  for being selected as the featured artist and sharing this beautiful image.

 

Photo’s on our Facebook page have really diminished, however we loved seeing these a selection of images on our page from Myra Neal.

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Myra Neal

 

Instagram was busy this month and we had over 450 images to choose from.  This feature we decided to do a bumper selection of images.  Photos from our Instagram page that we have chosen to highlight are below and in no particular order. Click on the names to link to the photographers page.  Go and like them, show them some love, you will enjoy seeing their images in your feed. Congratulations to you all.

@nicolewang1122

@nicolewang1122

@rachelkrausemannphoto

@rachelkrausmannphoto

@smittenandswoon

@smittenandswoon

@mandysurk

@mandysurk

@everydaylightwithliza

@everydaylightwithliza

@shaycathleen

@shaycathleen

@courtneyathome

@courtneyathome

@danaleighportraits

@danaleighportraits

@ginayeophotography

@ginayeophotography

@ashleytheislander

@ashleytheislander

@campbellcophotography

@campbellcophotography

@sophia_sitnikiene

@sofia_sitnikiene

@divyawolf

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And with that we are into 2020.  Thank you Karen for you perfect {Light} image to get us into the new year.

@kareny

@kareny.photography

 

Lastly we have changed up the theme for the month of January 2020 so check out what our blog contributors shared on the theme {Macro}.  Click on the images to view their Facebook page. You just have a few more days to share your images before the theme changes.

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@wiredtothemoon

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@sharleenstuartphotography

Ceri Herd

@ceriherdphoto

Kathryn Photo Jan 04, 6 31 25 PM

@cobertphotography

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@itsstilllifeewillson

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@lynnegrantphotography

 

We look forward to seeing your images on our Facebook page and our Instagram Page.  Don’t forget to tag the Instagram posts with #sharesix_macro.  Each month we feature one artist on our Facebook and Webpage banner.  We will also do an interview with the featured artist, so share your images to be a part of this opportunity.

Look out for the new theme on December 6, 2019

Share Six: January 2020: Macro

06 Monday Jan 2020

Posted by sharingsix in Macro

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#ceriherdphotography, #cobertphotography, #extensiontubes, #itsstilllifephotographybyelizabethwilson, #kgledbetterphotography, #lynnegrantphotography, #macrolens, #micheletremblayphotos, #reversering, #sharesix_macro, #sharleenstuartphotography, #wiredtothemoon, sharesix

Welcome to 2020.  On behalf of the blog contributors, we would love to wish you a very happy New Year.  May you achieve all you set out to do.  We also hope that you will be with us along the way.

I am excited to see what this year is going to bring.  I think Share Six is going to try and stretch us a little bit more.  So to start off January with a bang, this month Share Six has chosen to do {Macro}.

Macro Photography is all about getting close up to the lens, photographing things that would typically not be visible, like small bugs, textures in the grass, waterdrops, even ice or snow etc.  Here is a great article on macro photography for beginners.  I hope you are excited.  I am!  Macro is one of my favorite subjects.

There are a number of different methods, your traditional macro lens, a reverse ring method, extension tubes, and even lensbaby has marcro lens.  We would love to hear more about what you use and see your images.

 

Share Six: Macro Jan 2020: 3315

Sharleen Stuart Photography

 

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Janet Douglas

 

Kathryn Photo Jan 04, 6 31 25 PM

Cobert Photography

 

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Lynne Grant Photography

 

Ceri Herd

Ceri Herd Photography

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It’s Still Life Photography by Elizabeth Willson

 

If you have not experimented with {Macro} photography, I would encourage you to try.  It certainly if fun and I love seeing what I am able to get out of the image.  Best thing, macro photography can be done in the house, or out in the elements.  Each image is unique.

Share with us what you have photographed this past month for your {Macro} theme on our Facebook page and our Instagram Page.  Don’t forget to tag the Instagram posts with #sharesix_macro.  Each month we feature one artist on our Facebook and Webpage banner.  We will also do an interview with the featured artist, so share your images to be a part of this opportunity.

Look out for the new theme on February 6, 2020

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