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May 09, 2015 - Catching up

May 9th, 2015

Hi!
I had done a couple of blog posts then learned that I needed to change the alt tags to help Google find my images and change the title tags to let people know they can click on the images to find out more information, so I went back and edited them all.

There always seems to be more and more to learn. But -I'm catching up - albeit slowly.

I still wonder if I'm doing all this in vain. There is so much work involved and I wonder if I will ever be found in any search ever. Most opinions of people that sell seem to be that if you do all the social networking that you should be fine. My problem seems to be that I really don't know whom to target as people that should buy my art. When I buy something that is only bought because it will make me happy to look at it, it's because I see it and just fall in love

What has ended up happening is that I've been in contact with many different fine art photographers and I have been asked to join some private photo communities and although they are certainly not my customers, they have been very supportive.

I'm not even sure anyone will ever look or read this blog, but if you do and like my work, please help share it. Click on the images and share where ever you show people work that you like. If you comment on my images, I also promise to visit your work.

Now to catching up with posting images that have been featured. I've done a couple dozen so far but have many more to go and many people to thank, so, I hope you don't find the blog too boring, but maybe you'll at least like to see the photos.

LONELY BENCH: When I took this image, I really wanted to share the feeling I got when seeing it. The bench had not been painted in at least a few years and the paint was coming off. There were leaves all over the bench, so nobody had swiped them off to sit and relax. The bench was under a pretty nice big tree and I could not help imagine a sweet couple sitting there, sharing their hopes and dreams. But the bench was empty. At first I took the photo as the way you normally would with the bench to the right and plenty of room to enter the photo from the left. Very traditional composition. But I wanted it to feel like nobody was going to sit there, so I put the bench all the way to the left and used the leaves on the branches to balance the composition. I also gave the photo a monochromatic grey/blue color as I felt it's like the minor note on a piano - it's moody and little sad; it emotional. I hope you like it.

Lonely Bench by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Dan Marinescu, group admin for Premium FAA Artists for featuring Lonely Bench by Maggie Terlecki

FIRST SIGN OF SPRING You will find many of my images are created in the way this one is. I find the flowers outside and bring them in. Then I create a background and either add in in after the fact or print it out on my computer and place the flowers arrangement on it. It all depends on size and final intention. In this image, I love the tiny little flowers of the grape hyacinth. Where I live, they truly are the very first sign of spring. Like little blueberries, that pop out of the ground. In this image, I wanted to give it a bit of a French Country look, so the background should reflect that and the bit of raffia brings it all together.

First Sign of Spring by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Dan Marinescu, group admin for Premium FAA Artists for featuring First Sign of Spring by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Linda Galock, for featuring First Sign of Spring by Maggie Terlecki in the Awe Factor.

SOFT WALKNormally, I'm not the greatest fan of spiders. I was taking a picture of this beautiful white peony when very softly, this white, quite translucent spider walked out from a fold and started to walk up the petals. I was transfixed to see it as it was so unique and almost pretty.

click for more information on Soft Walk by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Dan Marinescu, for featuring Soft Walk by Maggie Terlecki in the Premium FAA Artists

HARMONY When I saw these trees at the top of a hill in a frosty chilly day, I just loved how well balanced the two middle trees were, like twins and beyond another in between. Soft, elegant muted colors.

Harmony by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Dan Marinescu, for featuring Harmony by Maggie Terlecki in the Premium FAA Artists

WINDFLOWERSWindflowers is a photograph of wonderful white anemones swaying in the wind. They also remind me of the lyrics of a song - Windflowers, my father always told me, not to go near them, he feared them, said they carried him away. I think they do the same to me as they make me dream of romance.

Windflowers by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Dan Marinescu, for featuring Windlflowers by Maggie Terlecki in the Premium FAA Artists

LEAN ON ME

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Lean on Me: 2 twin leaves leaning on each other to create balance and stand up. This was done experimenting on new ways to photograph leaves that was different from the traditional way.

Lean on Me by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Dan Marinescu, for featuring Lean on Me by Maggie Terlecki in the Premium FAA Artists

PERSIAN LILACS IN THE SUN I have a lilac tree in my front yard that is a bit different from the regular soft lavender one. The flowers smell the same and have a similar shape but the flowers are pink instead and they bloom a week later than the more common lavender ones. The leaf is a little different too - not as soft and not as bluish green. They attract butterflies and even day moths. I will eventually upload some photos of these together. Here, this is simply a very large bouquet that I brought in to place on a small table by the window. The light come in and they are back-lit; so pretty!

Persian Lilacs in the Sun by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Dan Marinescu, for featuring Persian Lilacs in the Sun by Maggie Terlecki in the Premium FAA Artists

Thank you, Mariola Bitner, for featuring Persian Lilacs in the Sun by Maggie Terlecki in the Polish Photographers' Platorm

FLOWER IN THE SUNFlower in the sun. This white cosmos flower being back-lit by the sun holds a tiny surprise. the tiniest little bug on a petal -- you must look for it though. :-)

Flower in the Sun by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Dan Marinescu, for featuring Flower in the Sun by Maggie Terlecki in the Premium FAA Artists

Thank you, Mariola Bitner, for featuring Flower in the Sun by Maggie Terlecki in the Polish Photographers' Platorm

GOLDEN TREEA photo taken in the fall in Sweden. The golden leaves are falling and the sunlight is softly shining through the morning fog. Quite mesmerizing.

Golden Tree by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Dan Marinescu, for featuring Golden Tree by Maggie Terlecki in the Premium FAA Artists

ALL LINED UP AND READY An experimentation with refraction of water through glass. I love how they get all bendy. I also did this experiment with diamonds. Black and white and very modern looking.

All Lined up and Ready by Maggie Terlecki


Thank you, Dan Marinescu, for featuring All Lined Up and Ready by Maggie Terlecki in the Premium FAA Artists

PIERROT Done as an experiment with refraction through water and glass. I always find the repeat of the diamond shape reminds me of Pierrot. Love the bulge in the refraction. You'll find a similar one called "All lined up and Ready". This black and white photo has a very modern feel.

Pierrot by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Dan Marinescu, for featuring 'Pierrot' by Maggie Terlecki in the Premium FAA Artists

Thank you, Tracy Hall, for featuring 'Pierrot' by Maggie Terlecki in the Table Top and Still Life Photography

THE SAPLINGThe sapling represents the symbolic circle of life. Life to death and life again. I couldn't help but notice the analogy.


Thank you, Dan Marinescu, for featuring 'The Sapling' by Maggie Terlecki in the Premium FAA Artists

Thank you, Mariola Bitner, for featuring 'The Sapling' by Maggie Terlecki in the Polish Photographers' Platform

If you are interested in purchasing any of these images, clicking on them will bring you to the page for more information. If you have visited this blog, and like any of my images, please help by sharing on your favorite platform. Clicking on your fave images will bring you to their page and social network icons are at the very top. If you leave me a comment, I promise to visit your portfolio too. :-)

See you soon,
Maggie






May 7, 2015 Featured images and why I created them.

May 8th, 2015

Yesterday, I posted my very first blog entry here on FAA. and today, I'm going to post more features. I promise by the end of the week, I'll have caught up and be able to post other things besides this but i really do want to thank group admins that have featured my images and hey - I'm sure you can all understand that I also want to show them off a little too. People often ask me why I took a certain photograph so I thought I'd share my reasons and I hope you find it interesting.

I do hope that some of you will take the time to peruse the images and I promise, if you leave me a comment, I will visit your image galleries also!

so without further ado, here are a dozen or so more features.

WALK IN THE PARK ENCORETaken in Sweden, in a small town called Kumla. It was a beautiful fall day where the fog hung in the hair for the entire morning. I will remember it, encore and encore.

Walk in the Park Encore

Many thanks to Mariola Bitner for featuring this in her group Polish Photographers Platform for featuring Walk in the Park Encore by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you also to Dan Marinescu for featuring Walk in the Park Encore by Maggie Terlecki in his group Premium FAA Artists

INSPIRATION I'm slowing working on a series about things that make us who we are - humans - be it good or bad, it is what shapes who we are and how we live in our world.

Inspiration by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you also to Dan Marinescu for featuring Inspiration by Maggie Terlecki in his group Premium FAA Artists


Many thanks to Mariola Bitner for featuring this in her group Polish Photographers Platform for featuring Inspiration by Maggie Terlecki

SORROW OF THE LILY I normally like to bring flowers in to shoot because I want to create a concept and a still life composition. Sometimes, though, I see the shot and know that the flower is already doing what I need it to do. Here, with her blossom bend down and the bud (like a child that looked like it had died) I could vision the sorrow represented.

Sorrow of the Lily by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you to Dan Marinescu for featuring Sorrow of the Lily by Maggie Terlecki in his group Premium FAA Artists


Many thanks to Mariola Bitner group admin for Polish Photographers Platform for featuring Sorrow of the Lily by Maggie Terlecki

SHELL REFLECTED This image was done as a part of a challenge with a group of friends where we took a picture every day for a month, but where we had a list and had to follow whatever was on the list. This was for shell. I also did peanut shells, but, I assure you, this one is prettier. :-)

Shell Reflected by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you to Dan Marinescu for featuring Shell Reflected by Maggie Terlecki in his group Premium FAA Artists

Thank you to Solomon Barroa for featuring Shell Reflected by Maggie Terlecki in her group Wall Art for Home and Business

GENTLE While out looking for things to photograph, I and my son, came upon a small farm that had a few horses and we stopped to take pictures. The owner of the farm, had left a desk job to start a small farm with his wife. It was not a big farm, just a few chickens and a half dozen horses. This horse was a young horse that the farmer was particularly proud of. Gentle of nature and so beautiful. He was very curious and came towards us wanting to know what we were doing. It was easy to take his picture and this is one of my favorites of him.

Gentle by Maggie Terlecki


Thank you to Dan Marinescu for featuring Gentle by Maggie Terlecki in his group Premium FAA Artists

Thank you to Solomon Barroa for featuring Gentle by Maggie Terlecki in her group Wall Art for Home and Business

Thank you to Mariola Bitner for featuring Gentle by Maggie Terlecki in her gorup Polish Photographers Platform

Proud This is the same horse as Gentle but I wanted to show his beautiful head. Different from many horses, I think, although I'm certainly not an expert. I also liked the unusual composition as it is challenging what is considered rules - but once you know the rules, you can break them. I think it works.

Proud by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you to Dan Marinescu for featuring Proud by Maggie Terlecki in his group Premium FAA Artists

ALLIUM BULB For anyone that knows anything about gardening, they will recognize that allium is in the onion family. A friend of mine, Marcy, has an amazing garden and this flower is one of hers. Unlike a regular onion, the head of this flower is about the size of a small orange and will blossom to the size of a large grapefruit. I really liked how the petals were just getting ready to break through the translucent onion like skin.

Allium Bud by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you to Dan Marinescu for featuring Allium Bulb by Maggie Terlecki in his group Premium FAA Artists

Many thanks to Mariola Bitner group admin for Polish Photographers Platform for featuring Allium Bulb by Maggie Terlecki

RISK Another from my series about human nature and how things we do, good and bad, shape who we are and the place in this world. I try to do this entire series without humans in them as, well, that would be too easy! :-D Here when deciding what to do, I thought that cards often represent gambling and taking risks and creating a house of cards falling just helped display how taking too much of a risk can cause your whole world to come crashing down.

Risk by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you to Dan Marinescu for featuring Risk by Maggie Terlecki in his group Premium FAA Artists

BEYONDI live in a small town and behind my home, there is a gully and a path that goes all around it, which is easy to take a walk and you simply come back to where you started. On this particular day, as usual I had my camera with me, and the branches were almost bare, the leaves were mostly on the ground and in the distance light was shining through.

Beyond

Thank you to Dan Marinescu for featuring Beyond by Maggie Terlecki in his group Premium FAA Artists

Dianthus These dianthus are the simple version of the carnation that everyone knows so well, from weddings and proms of the past. I must admit I prefer this more simple version. I also love their smell of cinnamon and nutmeg. Simply yummy smelling.

Dianthus by Maggie Terlecki


Thank you to Dan Marinescu for featuring Dianthus by Maggie Terlecki in his group Premium FAA Artists

Belle Most of you don't know that I also draw and paint. I used to do traditional oil, acrylic and watercolor but in 2003, when I got my first digital camera, I fell in love with photography and now I mostly take photos and try to share my voice and vision that way. I do, however, sometimes still dabble in doing illustrations etc., and although sometimes the traditional way, mostly I do digital paintings as it's much cleaner both for the environment but also in my home and basically it is easier to work with layers to build up your image. Don't be fooled though. This is not a 'press this button' type of procedure. Each and every stroke is done by me. I use a Wacom Graphic tablet and a digital pen instead of a traditional pen or brush. I have a thing for doing fantasy creatures and Belle is one of them. She is tiny and is sitting on a pillow of dandelion fluff. :-)


Belle by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you to Kriss Orayan group admin for Fantasy Digital Artsfor featuring Belle by Maggie Terlecki

UPSKIRT I know an artist couple that do sculptures and they have a Zen Garden. I went there to take photos and there was this very large Dahlia seriously the size of a dinner plate. When I take an image, I always try to see if there is a different angle. Here I found the back of the Dahlia as beautiful as the front and just couldn't resist. If you wonder why it is called UPSKIRT, my friend, Jan, mentioned how it was like a photo taken surreptitiously but naughty young boys with their cellphones under the skirts of women that were walking up steps. Mine is not quite as naughty but I thought it suited the image well. :-D

Uskirt by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you to Dan Marinescu for featuring Upskirt by Maggie Terlecki in his group Premium FAA Artists

Many thanks to Mariola Bitner group admin for Polish Photographers Platform for featuring Upskirt by Maggie Terlecki



If you took the time to check these out and read why they were created, thank you too. If you like these images, please feel free to share anywhere you can and again, if you comment on any of my images, I promise to check out your image gallery too. :-)

More images to come in the blogs that I promise to post soon. :-)
Maggie

























First FAA Blog Post - Baby Steps

May 8th, 2015

I've been on FAA now for a little under 2 months and the experience has been one that has very mixed emotions as there is so much involved and I've only had to create the art before and now there is all the social networking that is necessary. It is a bit over-whelming but as FAA member Frank J. Casella says "Baby Steps".

So here is a new step for me - posting on this blog.

I've decided to start by sharing my featured images as I want to thank the group administrators and at the same time show them off a little. There are simply too many for one blog post, so I will show a dozen or so everyday until I catch up and then will only post when I have images that have become featured. I think this will make my blog posts much easier to digest.

For now, please enjoy some of my first featured images.

Cupfull of Raspberries by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Dan Marinescu, group admin for Premium FAA Artists for featuring my image 'A Cupfull of Raspberries' by Maggie Terlecki.

Balance by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Dan Marinescu, group admin for Premium FAA Artists for featuring my image 'Balance' by Maggie Terlecki

Yin Yang by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Dan Marinescu, group admin for Premium FAA Artists for featuring my image 'Yin Yang' by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Mariola Bitner, group admin for Polish Photographers Platform for featuring my image 'Yin Yang' by Maggie Terlecki

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Thank you, Dan Marinescu, for featuring 'A Trinity of Leaves'by Maggie Terlecki.

New Home by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Dan Marinescu, group admin for Premium FAA Artists for featuring my image 'A New Home' by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Mariola Bitner, group admin for Polish Photographers Platform for featuring my image 'A New Home' by Maggie Terlecki

Peaches Still Life by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Dan Marinescu, group admin for Premium FAA Artists for featuring my image 'Peaches Still Life' by Maggie Terlecki.

Thank you, Mariola Bitner, group admin for Polish Photographers Platform for featuring my image 'Peaches Still Life' by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Sharon Mau, group admin for Still Life Fine Artists for featuring my image 'Peaches Still Life' by Maggie Terlecki.

Comfort by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Dan Marinescu, group admin for Premium FAA Artists for featuring 'Comfort' by Maggie Terlecki

Peaches and Blues by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Dan Marinescu, group admin for Premium FAA Artists for featuring 'Peaches and Blues' by Maggie Terlecki

Therese Bugnet Rose I by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Dan Marinescu, group admin for Premium FAA Artists for featuring 'Therese Bugnet Rose I ' by Maggie Terlecki

Floral Conversation by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Dan Marinescu, group admin for Premium FAA Artists for featuring 'Floral Conversation' by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Mariola Bitner, group admin for Polish Photographers Platform for featuring 'Floral Conversation' by Maggie Terlecki

Uplifted by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Dan Marinescu, group admin for Premium FAA Arstist for featuring 'Uplifted' by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Mariola Bitner, group admin for Polish Photographers Platform for featuring 'Uplifted' by Maggie Terlecki

Whiter Shade of Pale

Thank you, Dan Marinescu, group admin for Premium FAA Artists for featuring 'Whiter Shade of Pale' by Maggie Terlecki.

Thank you, Charolotte Stevenson, group admin for Spa and Salon Art Showcase for featuring 'Whiter Shade of Pale' by Maggie Terlecki

Crystal Rain by Maggie Terlecki

Thank you, Dan Marinescu, group admin for Premium FAA Artists for featuring 'Crystal Rain' by Maggie Terlecki.

Thank you, Solomon Barroa, group admin for Wall Art for Home and Business for featuring 'Crystal Rain' by Maggie Terlecki.

I feel very fortunate to have these images featured as many artists can attest that their art is very personal to them and getting support and appreciation from our peers helps to keep us inspired and have confidence that we are on the right path. I would also, really like to thank Frank J. Casella says , for his most helpful and generous help.

I'll be back tomorrow to try and catch up with more baby steps. :-) I hope that if you enjoy any of my images, that you take a moment, to either leave me a comment or a like or favorite as it would be very appreciated. :-)

Maggie