Author: brendajohima
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All You Want To Do Is Photography All The Time!
Best thing someone said to me recently : “Brenda, I think you need to get on track. This photography thing is really taking over. All you want to do is photography all the time.” LOL. **Well I wanted to say, was Yay! Thank You. Then that means that I am on track! Thank you for…
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Resist it or Use It. Be Afraid of It or Feel It as Deeply as Possible : LOVE
LOVE. I cannot think of any ONE thing (for me) that fuels creativity, and moves it into a new direction, other than LOVE. With love, paintings explode with color. With love, our energy increases. With love, your vibrational frequency is higher, attracting new and exciting people, who are in sync with your vision. With love,…
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LOVE Fuels Great Work
“If you are not feeling LOVE right now, no matter what is going on in your world, stretch yourself. It’s a big part of the creative process in being an artist, a creative. LOVE fuels great work. Passion fuels great works of art. Feeling LOVE always touches an audience, reaches the hearts of your viewers,…
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Today. Ignore. No. ONE. Include. Every. ONE.
Today. Ignore. No. ONE. Include. Every. ONE. Exclusion. Kills. Too many people are hurting, too many suffering, too many young (and all ages) people are leaving this planet far too soon by suicide. Give Hope. Offer Hope. Care More Deeply. Love. Without Fear. Care Even More. Now. Show. It. >GO< ~ Brenda Johima ~
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Comox Valley iPhone Photography
Living in such a beautiful place like the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, gives me an opportunity to capture beautiful photos while in nature, pretty much, on a daily basis. I am surrounded by ocean and forest, greens and blues and earth tones. My iPhone is with me everywhere I go. All of these have…
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Nature in Color : Death Brings Rebirth
Find beauty everywhere. It’s there. It’s Everywhere. Even death has beauty. Simply slow down. Look. See. Feel. The way I see the world, everything in nature that dies, is broken, or which is in the process of decay, has beauty attached to it, or surrounding it. Copyright 2011 Brenda Johima | Images May Not Be…
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Stunning Fall Colors in the Comox Valley : Mount Washington
Today was my lucky day. The fall colors were stunning! I went for a hike with my nordic poles (really it was more like a dawdle-walk, as I got distracted with my camera and the mind-blowing colors) up Mount Washington. (Comox Valley, Vancouver Island) As usual, I went, with iPhone in hand. I actually intended…
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Forest Silhouette
To date, I’ve been a purist “iPhoneographer,” with a focus on capturing and post-processing everything in-camera, using only the iPhone, wherever possible. (… with a few exceptions, where I have used Photoshop to reduce noise, and whenever I have done that, it is noted with the image … if it doesn’t say anything, it’s pure…
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50 Photos 50 Years : Number 43
Clematis, Purple, Blue, Green. This Was Just Impossible To Walk Past Without Grabbing My iPhone For A Photo 🙂 Number 43 of my 50 Photos 50 Years iPhone image project. Copyright 2011 Brenda Johima | Images May Not Be Used In Any Way Without Written Permission Copyright 2011 Brenda Johima | Images May Not Be…
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50 Photos 50 Years : Number 41
Are you on Instagram? It’s a FREE iPhone app, with a great community of support for your photos, and it’s just FUN, which is why I do it. You can easily send your images to Twitter, FaceBook and email. Instagram has a few cool (built-in) filters, however, I usually add a few tricks via other…