by Kim Ort | Oct 31, 2017 | Inspiration, Lines, People, Photo By Design 1, Photography, Practices, Shapes
Last weekend, I spent a day with Freeman Patterson, one of my mentors in seeing. Patterson is a well-known and loved Canadian photographer, known for his workshops with Andre Gallant in New Brunswick and South Africa, as well as other places. He’s been...
by Kim Ort | Jan 25, 2017 | Books, Photo By Design 1, Photography, Textures / Patterns, Visual Design
A pattern is defined as something that occurs three or more times, imposing a sense of order and rhythm. Patterns are strongly embedded in nature, in our lives, and in our photographs. We crave them. In her book, Sight and Sensibility, Laura Sewall says that...
by Kim Ort | Sep 10, 2015 | Contemplation, Photo By Design 1
The other day my husband and I were visiting Hamilton, Ontario (about an hour’s drive away) for a doctor’s appointment. Even though we grew up nearby, neither of us have spent much time in this city of half a million people, halfway between Niagara Falls...
