It's a good day to . . .

. . . think about composition, line and design. The second issue of my eZine, "VisuaLeigh" is out and available for just $5. Seventeen short, quick articles about designing images, finding the movement in your own work, and more.

Here's the link to my online store: http://shop.carolleigh.net/main.sc and here's a link for more information: http://visualeigh.blogspot.com/2013/05/issue-2-of-visualeigh-e-zine-now.html

And, as always, thank you for stopping by. ©Carol Leigh

Issue #2 of VisuaLeigh e-Zine now available!

I've finished my second issue of "VisuaLeigh" e-Zine and it's up and ready to wing its way to your e-mail box.

Issue #2 runs 30 pages and features these articles:

Composition "Bones": Shoelaces
On Seeing: View from the Couch
Light & Shadow: Car Show Shadows
Composition: Focal Points
Composition: Having an Anchor or Base
Composition: Weird But It Works
Composition: Centering/Not Centering
Bad Photo and Why It's Bad: Pumpkin Display
Lighting: Same Weed, Different Day
Photomontage: Why I Like This One ("Desert Windows")
On Seeing: What I Saw/What I Made ("Ms. Law")
Cropping Down to the Good Stuff: Orange Fender
Composition Thought Process: "Planetary Shift"
Composition: Shell Fossil
Bad Photo and Why It's Bad: Genoa Leaves
What It's Made Of: "Learning"
Composition "Bones": Balcony Chairs

Issue #2
$5.00
30 pages/PDF format

Here's the link to my online store: http://shop.carolleigh.net/main.sc

Hope you enjoy this issue! Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!

Carol Leigh

First issue of "VisuaLeigh" now available

The very first issue of "VisuaLeigh" is out and about. Here's the table of contents for your perusal. The e-Zine is all about composition, line, design, and seeing. Here's the link to my online store if you care to have this issue downloaded to your computer for just $5.

New e-Zine! "VisuaLeigh"

My first issue of "VisuaLeigh" online magazine is out, subtitled "adventures in composition, seeing, and inspiration for photographers and visual artists of all types."

This issue runs 29 pages, in PDF format, and costs just $5.

Here's the table of contents:

Composition "Bones" - Gisela's Birdhouse
On Seeing: What I Saw/What I Made
What's It Made Of? Components of a Photomontage
Composition Anchor or Base - Bubbles
Composition Thought Process: Battery Point Lighthouse
Inspiration Picture for a Photomontage: Industrial Park
Composition "Bones" - Architectural Salvage Building
Composition "Bones" - Pumpkins at Half Moon Bay
Creativity: The "What If" Factor
Bad Photos and Why They're Bad: Leaf Edge and Blue VW Bug
Composition Symmetry vs. Asymmetry: Painted Lady
On Seeing: Expectations and Preconceptions in an Aspen Grove

You can order this first issue of "VisuaLeigh" at my online store here: http://www.shop.carolleigh.net/product.sc;jsessionid=BCCC46CA5A43E96070E4792FCC670782.qscstrfrnt02?productId=74&categoryId=7 Once your order is processed, you can download the magazine right into your computer. Just $5 ... you can't go wrong!

Something new . . .

A new blog appeared on the horizon this past week, and I'm pleased to share it with you. I'm in the process of creating some instructional eBooks and need a place where I can test out my ideas, so my new blog "VisuaLeigh" is the result. Subtitled "adventures in composition, seeing, and inspiration for photographers and visual artists of all types," it's a potpourri of snippets of information which will be expanded upon in my resulting eBooks.


Here's Rich Baker's reaction, and he kindly granted me permission to quote him here: "I like the idea of showing people how you compose your photographs. The concept of outlining the bones is excellent. This is what you did so well in your excellent critiques. I can see how this could be very instructive in developing the understanding of how composition works. Some people seem to see the composition they want with no vocabulary necessary. Other people need help refining their vision (me included) and a vocabulary helps. I have always felt you had a gift for giving photography a vocabulary that helps people see and discuss photographs."

This blog shall continue, but if you wish a bit more instruction and ideas, I encourage you to take a look at what I'm doing over at VisuaLeigh. Here's the link: http://visualeigh.blogspot.com

©Carol Leigh