3 Things : playing with printing + a giveaway

My tips? Fill the frame - I love the pictures that focus on faces! And, tilt the camera and get down low or high. And...take lots and lots of pics.

very cool. we're on the same wavelength - i just bought some of the colorfast inkjet sew-in fabric sheets (got this idea from donna downey) - maybe this brand would work for you? i have yet to try it but can't wait. like the idea of the vellum too - very cute. so cool. thanks.

Humm....don't have any good photo tips, what I want to work on is taking more shots of myself (or someone taking them of me) Like you said, the 'one behind the camera' is part of the story too! I have tons of pictures (everyone else) and it's like I don't exsist!
Love the words + photos... thanks for all that share with us!!
Liz, NC

Favorite photo tip....take lots of photos and carry your camera every where, you never know when or where that perfect picture opprotunity will happen.

A favorite photo tip would be to carry extra batteries. LOL Seriously though, my batteries will run out of juice in preciesly the most expensive place to buy them (ex: Sea World). heehee

I had good luck with a different brand of print-on fabric; it was not self-adhesive so I think that helped. I ended up using the printed photos on a quilted project, and ironed them on using a fusible fleece. Thanks for the great giveaway op!

I have 3 young kids and getting everyone to have a real smile in a photo (and not a silly forced smile) is always difficult. I have resorted to potty talk. Kids think it is hilarious and I get really great shots!
HeatherOz

i like to print on paper other than photo paper. printing on vellum though has not worked out for me in the past. perhaps another attempt is necessary...

My tip? Don't forget to pull back sometimes. My two favourite photos that I have scrapped recently? One is my son running on an empty beach, mountains in the background. While he is small in the picture, pulling back conveyed the feeling of that day. The other photo is of my son and mother walking down a path. Also sometimes pulling back a little allows more freedom with cropping photos to fit a layout. That being said, I also love to get in close!

My favorite photo tip is to just "go with it" and then set the camera aside and enjoy the moment. Loving all of your tips!!

I don't have any tips but I am constantly working on getting better indoor photos. I love working with photoshop and using actions right now!
Kaitlin

My main photo tip is for pregnant people! Because it's hard to remember to take "belly" photos when you are pregnant, I just tossed my digital camera in my purse and at every prenatal appointment I had my practitioner take a pic of me in the same pose and same spot... the result is a CUTE time lapse page with all those belly shots showing my tummy growing!

My best tip is to find a good method for organizing all of your photos beyond chronological order. After going mac and using iphoto for organizing photos it's one of the best ways I've found to organize all of the photos I take into albums making it easy to sort and find any photos I want for my projects. My two cents.

I want to know the process of putting words on photos and printing them from home. And I need to store them in the comp., organized like. I suppose I really need lots of help!! :)

I need to learn Photoshop to do picture editing. I've been loving the vintage actions that people have been using to give their photos a genuine vintage look.

Love your site, Ali. My favorite photo tip is to sneak up on your kids by zooming and not intruding on their space to get a more natural, "unposed" look. This especially helps if you have kids who either avoid the camera or cheese it up a little too much.

ok i really like the vellum and WILL be giving this a try. how freakin cool is that?
Okay, I dont really have any tips because I'm learning about photography right now. But what I realy want to work on is taking pictures from a different perspective. I usually shoot dead on and I think it'd be nice to take it a step further!
Thanks for all the inpiration that you give me! Love your blog!

My tip would be take lots of photos at different angles, remembering to take pictures from eye level, below, above, side to side. Make sure to take horizontal, vertical photos of the same image. Have fun, play with angles. Get in really close to your subject. Mix it up! Now the only thing I need to work on is trying to figure out why my pocket digi never wants to focus for me.

My favorite photo tip is get close ups. I get some of the best shots of my daughter when I zoom in on her face and really capture her expression. Often that means "cutting" part of her head, ear, etc. off. But it's so worth it!

My favorite photo tip is for landscape photography -- try getting *down* and then tilting your camera up. This works great for wildflower meadows, beach scenes with rocks in the foreground, a forest to make the trees loom overhead -- you get the idea!
The thing I want to work on is using all the photos that I take more. Have a hard time finding things after a month or so. I use iPhoto and name the rolls, but I'd like to get more organized. :)

Fave photo tip = Just Take Photos!!! Never be intimidated by all the great pics you see in mags, on the web, blogs, etc. Just click away...better than not having any!

First off, I think Donna Downey has printed on fabric with an inkjet before. I could be wrong, but you might want to hit her up for ideas (not that you haven't already thought of that). Second, my new thing to try is from the Inspired weekend. I am experimenting with transferring photos the way that Kal taught us in class. I am then coloring them and using those as accents to my pages instead of just photos. Really fun stuff!

I don't really have any good photo tips. I am always learning. But with the digital age that we are in, I definitely suggest taking TONS of pictures and you usually get a really good one. (I might have actually learned that from Ali :) That is what I try to do. Love this week's posts......you're awesome.

I keep my small Sony point and shoot in my purse at all times, so I'm ready whenever there is an opportunity for photos. When snapping my great-niece and -nephews, I'll often snap, snap, snap without pause or waiting for a 'pose.' Sometimes they're too blurry, but I've also gotten some really interesting pictures that way.
I've also learned to think about the story or stories while choosing what to shoot. Taking pictures of my great-nephew Bennett's first birthday party the other day, I caught a picture of Bennett pausing mid-crawl and looking up at big brother, Russell. No party stuff in sight. That picture won't be with the party layouts or mini-album, it will be put into a layout about looking up to big brother. So keep in mind other connections unrelated to the event you're taking pictures of.

I love to take pictures of my kids with their entire bodies fully engaged in whatever they are doing. I love natural shots that really show who they are and those amazing personalities that God has blessed us all with.