One Photo, Twenty Words: All-American Dog

Waiting to pick Clara up after school.
Buster reflected in the mirror; the softball field; the flags.
An All-American dog.

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Abi, over at Creating Paper Dreams, hosts a link-up of short stories about photos called "One Photo; Twenty Words." To see others, click here.

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On Thursday, I will be participating in Seth Apter's Buried Treasure

It's a very cool idea to mine the treasure found in your past blog postings.  You can read more about it here.  I"d love to see others join in!

FYV: A Story in Photos told 3 Ways

Take 1:

Scavenger Hunt Item #9: Something out of place

A dog. On a piano. On a bluff overlooking the ocean.

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Take 2:

Artist Mauro Ffortissimo's latest art installation. He has placed twelve pianos in various places along the Coastside. He encourages people to play the pianos and also documents the decay of the pianos over time. When I saw this piano, I thought it was perfect for the 2013 Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt item #9: someone or something that is clearly out of place or doesn't belong. You can read more about the sunset piano project here. 

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Take 3:

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Lesson #4 in Find Your Voice is about experimenting with different story telling styles.  One of the creative prompts asks us to tell the same story in photographs a number of different ways by using different story telling styles.  Yesterday, I took Gypsy with me to take a photograph for the Photography Scavenger Hunt, and the photos I took lent themselves well to this assignment.

I really like Take 1. It is slightly different than what I would typically do for my blog. It leaves a lot to the viewer's imagination to figure out what is going on. It's kindof funny, and it's a well-composed interesting photograph. 

Take 2 is more journalistic and something that would be very typical for my blog. I made a collage in picmonkey and added text about why there is a piano on the coastal bluff.

Take 3 is a totally different style for me. I made a comic strip and told the story from Gypsy's point of view. I added the comic bubbles and text and made the collage in picmonkey.

So, which version is your favorite?

Gypsy's First Hair Cut

Before and After:

What a difference!

It feels like we have a new dog. LOL! The groomer thinks she's probably a Maltese/Silky Terrier mix. Whatever she is, we love her a lot!