#other things to not: some of my example clips are mostly an approximation of what i imagine the character to sound

[somecoolpigeon]

I made a post on twt talking about en va fancasts for twst since the anime got a recent (albeit vague) update. Seeing everyone's responses inspired me to put together my own headcanons :3c

Please note that I'm not 100% sure on all of them (ESPECIALLY with ortho's), so do keep that in mind!!

[queerdraws]

i love your postcard artwork for the zolu playlist SO much!! the colours are so so good and i love the brushwork! i think my favourites are a tie between the one for chikai and the one for simple song <3 also, I was wondering if you could share what brushes you used + how long they took you! looking at your art makes me want to draw again after not doing it for so long

Thank you!! and wow i think this is the first time someone's asked me for my brushes, this is like a digital artist rite of passage!

Answers n screenshots n stuff under cut (I went a little to ham on this oops)

While we're talking settings I want to give a quick PSA to all digital artists:

CHECK UR ASPECT RATIO!!!: (MOST IMPORTANT SETTING BY FAR)

DO NOT DRAW WITH THIS ALL MESSED UP, IT WILL DRIVE YOU CRAZY. It's probably good to check this after every system update (I don't, but, you know...). Windows likes to mess w your shit when it updates.

If you have a really tiny tablet you might need to trace outside a bottle lid or something.

Okay now on to the meat of the post

-- Brush Stuff --

I use Clip Studio Paint. For my playlist drawings I think I only used these brushes (these are my main 3 in general) (p.s. they're all default brushes! but i've adjusted the settings):

1) Gouache This is most of what i used for the postcards. I nuked Color Stretch because i hate it (it blends colors together as you're painting, like painting over wet paint. I prefer things to look more crisp)

2) Real G-Pen Used this as little as possible, to keep the painterly effect. My preferred fine-detail pen, has a nice crunch to it. I've fine-tuned my setting further in the thickness dynamics / brush size dynamics settings because I mostly use this brush for linework and wanted it to handle really, really naturally and precisely

The random box is checked by default, probably to make this brush feel more like handling a real inkdip pen (I don't like that)

3) Mapping Pen Least used. I generally keep this brush at the 50-70px range. It's unpleasant to use for detail work (the taper is really fiddly at my tablet pressure settings) but good at filling in large areas very opaque very quickly, with a crisp edge (Also, doesn't lag as much as the gouache brush at large-ish sizes). Has enough wiggle room that it can be used to approximately fill tighter spaces at large brush sizes. Used for when I needed to quickly color over an area that wasn't working or quickly fill in background color that didn't need paintbrush texture. Did not realized the stabilization was set to 10 until just now. I usually turn that waaay down to prevent lag (my laptop isn't very old but it's a sensitive beast)

Other stuff that'll help:

General pen pressure: (under File -> Pen Pressure Settings)

tweaking how CSPaint handled my pen pressure helped a lot with making lineart look more natural. It's worth messing around with this and trying out different settings for a while to see how they feel.

-- How Long it Takes 2 Draw --

I don't really keep track of how long art takes me from start to finish, and making the playlist drawings was kinda nonlinear 😅 sorry!

-> I started out sketching really quick composition and color ideas as the songs were playing, limiting myself to just the duration of each song (so like, 5 minutes for this part) -> i did that again at least 2 more times per song -> after that, idk. I would work on one pic then get stuck and move to another. Some I could hammer out in like... 5 hours? Some took me upwards of 20 (30?) hours for no real reason (I have "will graham clock" days, where I'll try to draw a face over and over and it'll look really strange, like will graham's clock drawing every time) (this seems to be either a vitamin deficiency or a brainfog inflammation type thing 4 me 😵‍)

I'll use ur two favorites as specific examples: -> Chikai was one that went pretty quickly (with the exception of their arms and the clothing folds there giving me trouble). Probably took 4-6 hours? -> Simple Song had a couple different versions, partially because I initially had the cards all laid out landscape-style, and I decided I actually wanted them all portrait-style & repainted it after it was already done. That aside, the colors /atmosphere on that one gave me trouble and the general composition / perspective had a lot of tweaks (I was trying to figure out if I wanted it to be a kinda flat stylistic perspective or if I wanted it to make more literal sense, trying to figure out what to do with luffy, trying to make him not look Too baby boy sweetie pie). Probably took 7-10 hours...?

In-progress landscape versions: (varying levels of in-progress)

Misc in-progress of Chikai and Simple Song:

Simple song looks kinda sequential like this lmao. Luffy looks like he's A-posing and floating away to the boat and then sitting down pleasantly in it. Wonderful. --

Anway -- hope any of that was helpful!

[compressednerve]

25 and 27 for the fic meme please 🙏

Thanks for the ask!!! :D Big rambling ahead <3

"25. What did you use to write? (e.g. writing programs, paper & pen, etc.)"

Most of my writing skill is fleeting based off how functional my brain is working that day, so I tend to go back and forth between hastily typed notes in Discord and attempts to flesh things out in google docs-- both of which I don't really love, but they're online and I can link the files easily to @parasitefun who's my creative partner and helps with my processes. I loathe the spellcheck/grammar function on docs! I used to write exclusively in notepad or OpenOffice back on my old computer but I find OpenOffice in general... lacking.

I wasn't taught to read or write in the uh... traditional way, so I usually have an exorbitantly difficult time with actually formulating sentences. So I guess using Clip Studio Paint is another program I use for writing, because I need to storyboard, assemble timelines of events, sketches of emotions... what have you. It helps me in "assembling" the information required for a plot, but usually I just end up scrapping the fic entirely and condensing it down to a comic or a few paragraphs attached to an illustration... for example, here's some sketches from a few weeks ago while I chip away at my millionth attempt at a chaptered longfic, this time now featuring Yung Northmoor!

Whether I complete this as an actualized comic or intermittent illustrations, or keep them as sketches for referencing certain vibes of the scene, is mostly up to luck if I even can keep the momentum up to carry the work to the finish line 😔 I am also extremely shy and precious about my WIPs most of the time, I feel like my sketches are very vulnerable... which is unfortunate because I finish maybe 15% of the pieces I start!!! This is due to CTE though, and thus for the most part cannot be helped at the moment. I think for 2024 a resolution I have is to try to hold myself to finishing at least one Large Project a month, cuz then at least I'll have 12! :D

Recently I ..........acquired.......... Scrivener which I hope will help with a lot of the messy notes and outlines become more organized. It's an old version of the program though, and I can't figure out how to make the text of the UI any larger which makes navigating the program itself a pain. It's also very informational dense. Which is. Difficult and maze-like for me to comprehend sometimes. Multiple times in the past few years I've bought corkboards, pushpins, notecards, and other utensils to try to help make physical note taking easier, but my arthritis makes my handwriting dogshit to a point where I can hardly read it myself... and we don't have the physical space for my pepe silva act XD Maybe some day, though!

"27. Did you do anything special to celebrate finishing a fic?"

I wish! I never really thought of doing anything special for finishing fics- most of the time if it's not painstakingly planned out like above process described, the only time I get anything finished is if I do it all in one single sprint... hence so many abandoned WIPs... It's hard to take something to the end when so much of my ability to even start it is based off random whims! I think I get the genuine ability to write, coherently and cohesively, maybe every few months. I'm inspired and writing fic in my head pretty much all the time as a part of my psychotic processing as filtering my distorted reality through the lens of characters and scenarios has been one of my main perceptions of the world from a young age due to childhood schizophrenia, but capturing it in actual words and sentences that other people can actually read is a whole other basket!

...So, I guess nothing really, other than a large sigh of relief and a feeling of release in having finally achieved what I was hoping to achieve, or at least, an approximation that's close enough to it that I'm satisfied. Maybe this is my sign to try to incentivize finishing things by setting up a reward if I can manage! :D

[khadyniangccri1399]

Helping those in need can save many lives

By Khady Niang

There are a lot of people all over the world who need help but don't know where to turn. Every day, people struggle to overcome their unhealthy habits and become healthier. Non-profit organization (The Salvation Army) has been around for a long time. It is a Christian nonprofit charitable organization that provides assistance and direction to those in need. This non-profit organization's primary objective is to provide food, shelter, and clothing to homeless families living in poverty. Additionally, they have drug rehabilitation facilities that assist drug addicts and provide the necessary treatment to save them and help them become better people.

My initial focus was on the YouTube channel of The Salvation Army (The Salvation Army USA). They have around 17.2K subscribers and around 432 videos. Due to mostly short videos, their YouTube channel had the fewest subscribers. Likewise these recordings show different recoverings, for example, from a fiasco, and showing clasps of occasions that are being facilitated in various regions all over the world. They didn't post anything major about the centers, like an inside look at their community centers, as I continued scrolling. Regardless of whether individuals' appearances are obscured out, it ought to constantly be some type of model so that when others see it, they can send their friends and family battling with misuse or chronic drug use to better their lives. Since almost all of their videos are short, no longer than five minutes, they should work on posting content that is longer. Additionally, they post on their YouTube channel about once every two to three months, which is really not a good look for them. At the very least once or twice every two to three weeks, new content should be created. The article "How Often Should You Post on YouTube:'' from Repeattube blogs 2023 The Ultimate Guide" examines the guidelines for when and when not to upload videos to your YouTube channel. Also goes into great detail about how frequently you should post on YouTube, with consistency as the most important rule. Consistency is essential to every successful organization, regardless of whether it is a personal channel or an organization. As well as posting at least a couple of times during the week, this way individuals that view the channel can have motivation to continuously return for additional recordings. Additionally, I believe that the Salvation Army channel will gain more subscribers if interesting content is posted. They should also use more information and increase the length of their videos because what if viewers want more information?

After that, I looked at their Instagram page, and I found that they had approximately 80.2 thousand followers on the Salvation Army US Instagram page. They also post about volunteer work, major announcements, and honerings almost every day on their Instagram page. They have approximately 1,474 posts in total, demonstrating their page's consistency. This delineates that web-based entertainment stages are where whatever is shared can be seen quicker than posting short clips that won't get viewers consideration. In case anyone wishes to donate to the local Salvation Army thrift stores, they also have pins on their page. A development metric they have on their page is they included photos of their rehabilitation centers and destitute sanctuary and how individuals can give and participate in charity events. In contrast to their YouTube channel, they only provided a brief clip and provided no additional information about any of these. One thing they can enhance is showing all the more short clips and pictures of humanitarian effort that is going on, this way when viewers go over their post and be more keen on chipping in. Their page will gain additional followers as a result of this.

I decided to focus on this nonprofit organization because it’s not only for a good cause but it’s very helpful to those people in need of shelter, food, and rehabilitation.This nonprofit is meaningful to me because there are so many people that struggle either with domestic abuse or drug addiction and these nonprofit organizations can help bring those affected individuals to be more responsible and independent plus rebuild their lives. While focusing on the social media platform for this nonprofit organization like Instagram and YouTube there’s a slight difference within these platforms.

[jackalgirl]

[ Image descriptions: the first image is of a snowy yard and street.  An oak tree spreads its branches over the sidewalk, which has been cleared of snow.  There are lumps of snow on either side of the road, left by the plow, that reach approximately 2ft (.6m) in places.  The snow has been cleanly shoveled in the immediate foreground and shows how it drifted up there: it’s probably up to almost a meter (3 ft).  The second image is of several items on a green-patterend background: a very small seax (a straight blade with a drop/clipped point), its handle wrapped in brown leather, resting against a brown leather holster that’s been stitched with thick tan sinew.  Next to it are two pottery cups, one in a dark greenish-gray clay incised with geometric patterns that have been glazed white, its inside glazed with purple glaze.  The other cup is a simpler tan clay cup, undecorated, with its interior glazed in dark maroon glaze. Lastly, a shawl pin in copper wire that has been arranged in stacked figure-eights to form a diamond shape, and then hammered flat.  It’s secured by a straight pin made out of copper with the end fashioned into a coil and hammered flat. End ID. ]

Recent doings

First image: We had snow where I’m at yesterday.  I wanted to call it “a blizzard” but I realize that’s my San Diego self talking.  It is icy on the roads, though.

Second: I’m working on developing a set of implements and belongings for my SCA persona, and to my delight my mini-seax arrived yesterday. It’s all of about 6″ (~15.5cm) long, and I’m going to dangle it from my belt for use at meals.  I’ve been trying to find hand-made things for this, and things that are realistically period for my persona (who is late 900s Anglo-Saxon) -- given that things are justifiably higher-priced because they are made by actual craftspeople, building up the kit will take some time (for the things I don’t make myself).  But I think it’s worthwhile to do so, whenever I can actually afford it.  There’s been regular discussion here about the impact that mass manufacturing has had on our general ideas about what things should be worth, a generally negative impact, since the stuff you can find on the shelves at your local BoxMart carry no information about what it took to make them, their components, the time it took, etc.

For more on that, let me link to a delightful video by Bernadette Banner in which she’d found that one of the zillions of CHICV or CHICV-inspired “stores”* was using a photograph of her, wearing her own hand-made, hand-stitched, bespoke-tailored dress, to sell something that was, as it turned out, not her dress.  I’ve posted about this before, but it’s so wonderful, it bears repeating.

* CHICV International is a company that specializes in creating a Web presence for a whole host of “clothing” “stores”, and you’ll see them all over Facebook (I always report them when I see them).  Their photos are of absolutely amazing clothes -- this is because they’ve searched the Internet for actual craftspeople’s photos of things they’ve made (they’ve stolen plenty of photos from people on Ravelry, for example) -- sometimes photoshopped to show the clothes in different colors, and the prices are suspiciously low.  It’s because here’s how it works: they put up the photos.  If you purchase an item, they then send the photo to a garment factory.  It is now up to the clothiers in that factory to Figure It Out from the photo.  Something like upwards to 4 months later (if you’ve purchased something that was, say, bespoke-made by hand by an incredibly talented Bernadette Banner), you will get a mostly-polyester knock-off in the mail, constructed as inexpensively and as swiftly as possible, because the person at the sewing machine probably has another stack of photos to Figure Out.

Anyway, here are the sources for the stuff I bought:

 Mini-Seax: Olde Town Smithy, on Etsy

 Pottery: Lobster Rose Pottery, on Facebook

 Shawl Pin: Nicholas & Felice, also on Etsy

Not pictured: my bone nålbinding needle, which I promptly misplaced upon its arrival. I’m sure I’ll find it when I’m tearing the house apart looking for something else.

I should have an update on Vicar Max’s Pocket Watch sometime today or tomorrow.

[sigritandtheelves]

You told me you don't believe in canon, can I ask why? I am really curious, and I don't mind a long detailed answer ( lol). Also what are your thoughts on the difference between canon divergent and AU?

Crisis on Infinite Truths, or, Why I Don’t Believe in Canon (And Neither Should You)

Thanks for this ask, friend. I’ve thought about this quite a bit, especially when I see occasional comments about what or when events “really” happened, or people saying that they don’t like AU (by which they often mean any canon divergence). So here’s my little manifesto on why I think adherence to canon is pointless (and painful).

The world of the X-Files contradicts itself. Constantly.

Mulder and Scully met in March, 1992 (Pilot). But in December, 1993, they’d known each other only a few months. Scully was missing for four weeks. No wait, Duane Barry clearly takes place in August, and she was returned in November so that’s three months!  Samantha’s middle name is Teena—no, Anne! Margaret Scully gave Dana her cross necklace for her birthday… or was it for Christmas?

Anyone who’s ever tried to piece together a coherent timeline for this show knows that there are constant, frustrating contradictions, and numerous impossibilities—but not the good kind that Mulder likes to investigate. We pick and choose these minor points to accept or deny all the time without worrying about betraying canon. Why, then, do some remain committed to the idea of a “true” storyline (canon), even after major contradictions in story, not to mention the betrayals and cruelties of our Clueless Creator? It’s a matter of personal preference and one’s own relationship to the show, but here’s why I don’t believe in canon.

The smaller discrepancies listed above (just a tiny sampling) appear early in what I think of as the main timeline of seasons 1-7, but the contradictions that began to appear afterward were truly egregious: major changes in the mythology and characterization that were incompatible with earlier seasons, and which were sometimes later retconned by the show itself (Supersoldiers? Never happened. Colonization in 2012, “The date is set!”? Nup.). The plot became desperate (for ratings and to intensify its drama), cruel (to both Mulder and Scully in its violences and unjustified, poorly handled traumas), dictated by real-world constraints (Duchovny’s absence), and utterly nonsensical (the Smoking Man appears to be an otherworldly demon? He dies how many times?). I mostly hang with canon in the first seven seasons, but after that, I feel absolutely no obligation to this nonsense. Season ten was so painful and so offensive in so many ways—I won’t ever go near most of that season. I don’t think any fan should feel obligated to believe in one “true” timeline, especially when it seems written into the show that there are multiple possibilities and versions of truth.

My orientation toward canon, and I think that of many fanfic writers, is based on this multiplicity: we pick narrative elements that are grounded in what’s given or represented in the show itself. We reframe and retell. We offer something new. I’m going to draw, just briefly, on the work that I do academically, and talk about hermeneutics. Writing fanfiction is a transformative act of interpretation. By necessity, all of it is canon-divergent to some extent, because canon (like any primary text) contains no “true” interpretation. There is no single and correct reading, no singular meaning beyond what we, as readers and viewers, bring to it. A text is worth what we make of it and nothing more. Isn’t that incredibly liberating?

Why are some people so committed to the idea of canon?

When I first returned to writing fanfic, I had an epic goal in mind—I wanted to trace the relationship development between Mulder and Scully through all of the years of the show. I failed very early on because the project quickly felt both impossible and unnecessary. Most fic that is “canon compliant” emphasizes a particular piece of the timeline in order to parse out the distinct emotional and psychological nuances of a single arc. We zero in on one place to make sense of it (hermeneutics) and then tell our stories that offer more than the original. Already, we diverge from canon.

Rather than an account of the whole series, my idea became an effort to understand and reframe the reproduction arc, beginning in season five. It became the “Bearings” series of four stories, which attempted to be faithful to canonical events as much as possible. But even then, it diverged after the beginning of season eight because the things that happen in that season do not make sense in the arc of the rest of the show. I could find absolutely no justification for Mulder’s “death” based on what we know of the alien plot. Supersoldiers? They get written out of the show after season nine! They don’t make sense in relation to anything else we know about the aliens, and they never appear again. Screw supersoldiers, and screw the nonsensical mytharc of seasons eight and nine. I rewrote it in the final part.

People focus on the canonical because they want there to be coherence and consistency—they want a true truth that is grounded in the show’s representation. I say: let go of that. It is impossible both because the writing contradicts itself, literally, over and over again, and because many of the events that do become consistent (Scully gave up William? Really, we’re sticking with that one because no one in Hollywood knows how to write children?) are so fundamentally wrong in relation to what we know of the characters.

There is no dogma, there is no truth, there is no single and correct canon. We have pieces. Let’s make beautiful things with them.

Through all of a narrative’s divergent possibilities, we choose our elements.

We know that the arc of this overall story was not planned. There’s no show bible, no “truth” that was ever out there, in the end. What we have instead are truths (plural) and infinite possibilities: factoids, events, feelings, characters. Personally, I have a few things that I hold as true across most versions of the stories that I like to tell, and some of that borrows from post-season-seven events, even as I tend to rewrite canon after that point: Mulder and Scully tried IVF, but it didn’t work. Afterward, they had two children together (at a reasonable human age for conceiving children). They find their way (in all ‘verses) to the unremarkable house. They keep fighting the good fight and are as tough as nails—but they always love the absolute hell out of each other and their kids. These are the elements that I often choose to keep, and the rest I can play around with. Others do great things with other bits and pieces, and I like to experiment with angsty vignettes, too. I dig a good break-up fic, for example. Even an on-the-run fic: I love those, too. There are interesting, nuanced, painful, and beautiful things that can be done with what 1013 gave us—but not with everything it gave us and nothing else.

What’s the difference between AU and Canon Divergence?

This is a difference that gets conflated all the time, and I’m just as guilty of this mix-up as anyone else, because of the way the term AU gets used these days. It’s not a huge deal; I’m not really into taxonomizing and hair-splitting. But I do think story metadata is useful for finding what you’re looking for, so maybe we should clarify what these things mean. AU stands for Alternate Universe, and initially, that’s what this term was used to designate: a fundamental difference in worlds. Let’s put Mulder and Scully in the Wild West, or the 1950s, or in space, and see how their story changes or stays the same. I love these stories, as many do, because they maintain essential elements from the world of the show (characterization, certain plot points, family relations, approximations of life-defining events), but allow readers and writers to speculate about how things might have played out, were the world not as it is.

Canon divergence is different, and also is pretty self explanatory. This is the world of the X-Files, but here’s how things would play out if just this one thing (or these five) happened differently: Melissa didn’t die in Paper Clip; Scully and Mulder kept and raised William; Mulder finds Samantha alive at the end of Closure; etc. These stories are great because they allow for imaginative speculation, but keep us in a world we’re familiar with. But again, all fanfiction involves creative speculation. All of it diverges from what we actually saw. These just diverge a little more widely. They speculate a little bit harder, maybe.

The difference between canon divergence and AU gets fuzzy in spaces like pre-XF, because it’s kind of an AU—a world that takes place before the timeline of the show, and therefore makes major changes before there’s such thing as “canon” (see—we using scare quotes now). It seems like hair-splitting to argue for one or the other, but AU probably makes the most sense, unless you’re going to incorporate major elements of the canonical storyline too.

So that’s pretty much all I have to say. Sorry for the long-windedness, but I’d love to chat more about it.

[thuskindlyshescatters]

HI! I was wondering, when you make AMVs, are there some general things that you keep in mind or try to do? For example, synchronizing the changes in the clips or whatnot with the music. I'm kinda asking for advice, so I'd be really grateful to hear anything you have to say.

Ohhh, boy...

OH BOY,,,,,,,

This is probably gonna get really, really long, because I happen to be an aspiring filmmaker, so seeing someone ask ME for advice on AMV craftsmanship just makes my heart soar. So, thank you for that

Here’s a couple of my tips and tricks! Note that these are just my preferences, as many other styles and techniques are available to people who use different software.

You’re correct in the assumption that changing clips to the beat of the music (beat-syncing, as I unofficially call it in my head) plays a HUGE role in making AMVs. To make that smoother, I think that being able to see the waveform of the music you’re editing to is a great tool, because I know exactly where the downbeat I want to sync to is. As well as syncing cuts to beat, I think syncing the action within a shot to the beat, like someone blinking or their footsteps, adds an extra layer of immersion. This can be hard to do sometimes given the length of the shot, but the effect is worth it.

Sometimes beat-syncing isn’t precisely the way to go, however. Often, slow, soft fades are much more effectively when matching tempo adagio or slower, or quiet music. And never underestimate the power of a black screen; when the audience has just been hit with a pensive moment, give them time to think. I point to my “Bohemian Rhapsody” video for advice on both of these -- if it’s a slow song, slo-mo, fading, and sometimes straight-up darkness is the way to go.

Just for general creation advice, my “routine” for making videos follows thusly:

Choose the song you want to use. If you scroll through my channel, a lot of the songs I choose are 4+ minutes, mostly because songs that are longer tend to be about something. It’s hard to show meaning and create a visual story to a song with no relevance to the themes of the show.

Write down all the lyrics to the song and break lines according to when you want to change visuals, or make a note indicating when the shot will change (i.e. “One shot per downbeat”, which is usually hell to make and so fun to watch). 

Think to yourself, how do I want to organize these visuals? For example, will each verse go chronologically through the show? Will I follow the character arc of one specific character? Just trailers? Just Volumes 1-3? Just 4-6? If it’s a song with multiple “acts”, like “The Killing Kind” on my channel, the answer may be all of the above. Or none -- maybe just all the fights in the show! Just know that the viewer tends to associate chronology the best with the logical progression of a cluster of shots -- if I show the fight on top of the train, Cinder vs Neo, and the fight of the Grimm Reaper, your brain goes “oh, she’ll probably show the mech fight, or the fight with Adam, or the Silver Eyes sequence next” because your brain has figured out that all of these intense scenes are from Volume Six. This is why I find it annoying to do meaningless, upbeat pop songs -- action is exciting, but often when the entire song is action, you have to jump around a lot, and the audience quickly becomes lost.

Now it’s time to “block,” as I call it. For each line or phrase of the song, find the most appropriate shot in the context that you’ve just established (a character’s arc, a Volume, an episode, even), and write a brief description so that you, when you read those words, know what shot that means. I also tag the volume and episode it’s from. For example, some of the common shots I use are “Arm severing (3:11)”, “Pyrrha disintegrating (3:12)”, and even silly ones like “Cinder gets rekt (5:13)” that still get the point across, because I know what I mean. This step is where having an obsessive, encyclopedic knowledge of the show is pretty useful, especially if you want to avoid reusing shots but have the same lyrics as before to work with.

After that, you FINALLY start editing. I cut out ALL of the shots I’m using first by ctrl+F-ing the document I blocked in and going in release order, starting with the Red Trailer, all the way through 6:13. I find the shot and cut it at the very first frame and the very last. It doesn’t matter if it will only be used for 0.4 seconds (literally) -- having all 10 seconds of material may come in handy. Sometimes in this step I see an unused shot that might be better than what I originally intended, so a lot of swaps can be made. After that’s done, I put the shots in order and add the song.

Then you CUT THAT SHIT DOWN, SON. You might have 45 minutes of content before you start editing. In this stage, don’t add any sorts of transitions or anything -- just beat-sync the shots as well as you can, then go back and rewatch to see if there are things you want to fix. Consistency is key; sometimes, lyrics and the beat are syncopated, and you have to choose whether to sync to the downbeat or the words, and then remember that decision for the next verse. This step is my favorite part of the entire process, but it usually takes the least amount of time.

Once you’re SURE it’s properly synced, now it’s time for transitions and colors and whatnot. Transitions should always follow the tone of that part of the song -- is it fast? Is it full of movement? I’ve found that cymbal crashes and other high-pitched percussive noises are best accompanied by a flash or white-fade transition. I generally prefer more simplistic transitions; the meaning and tone of the song is more important to me than looks and showing off. Same goes for color editing; the eye expects to see an approximate parallel to what it’s used to, which means you better have a damn good reason if it’s suddenly going to be in X-ray mode. Obviously, black and white or washed-out colors are more somber or grimdark, and fully saturated colors are more jubilant. Mess around with it -- you have been a consumer of art your entire life, so at this point, your eye knows what looks nice!

That’s probably nowhere NEAR all of my thoughts, but that’s mostly how I do it! My best advice is to find what you love to do most about it -- for me, it’s beat syncing -- and study in AMVs you like to watch how they do it. Don’t plagiarize, but do imitate if it helps you learn, because I know for a fact that I learn something new from every video I watch and create.

If you have any more questions, feel free to ask them! I’m thrilled to receive them. And, if you're planning on making a video, shoot me a link -- I’d love to see your art!

[lindsayherkertphotography]

5 Great Ways To Display Your Family Photos From Your Phone to Home

I love that we live in a time that is well documented and full of photos. I love that people everywhere are taking pictures of their lives - after all it is too easy not to with the incredible camera quality our cell phones have!

Where I think we fall short nowadays is what we actually do with our photos. So often we leave these magical moments hidden on our phones or displayed on social media, which doesn't allow the people who should see them (our kids) to enjoy them. Displaying photos in your home is a way of celebrating your family and the lives you live. It is a way of showing your kids that ordinary moments are full of beauty and magic. So my 2019 challenge to you is: update the photos on your walls and find new ways to get  photos off your phone and into your home.

To inspire you, I've brought in reinforcements. I've asked some of my photographer friends to share how they display photos in their home. Below are 5 ideas with tips of how to get started for home photo displays.

But before we get to that, I just have one piece of advice: choose two spaces in your home to display photos. One should be a more permanent photo space where photos are rarely changed out. Photos of grandparents, special memories, and extended family photos should live here. Think of this space of telling the bigger story of your family. For this space you'll want to choose a timeless way to display these photos, i.e. - simple frames or canvases. Next, choose a space to display fun photos that are updated often - silly photos, soccer uniforms, family adventures, and candid photos. A high traffic area like your kitchen or family room is ideal for this type of display. Try to update this area a few times a year. It is not as hard as you think! And I promise you - your family will notice and love it!

Oh, and I’ve got a special surprise at the end of this post!  I’m taking part in a blog circle with some photographer friends of mine.  We’re linking to each other’s posts, so you can check out what they’re up to. This month, I’m linking to a fabulous  Minneapolis Baby Photographer, who’s sharing all about one of her NICU clients turning one!

But first, onto displays!

1. Photos mounted on substrate and displayed on simple shelves

Ideas and photos below provided by Kelley Dallas, based in Denver, CO

www.kelleydallas.com

Instagram - @kelleydallasphotography

This wall shows photo shelves (from IKEA). The photos are mounted on a substrate. When you want to switch them out it is really easy, and you don't have to feel bad because you didn't spend a ton of upgrade money for just a substrate.

*Kelley used black styrene purchased through ProDPI to mount her photos.

2. Timeless Frames

This option is usually more time consuming to create at first, but easier later on because you will only switch out one or two photos a year (for example your favorite family photo from your fall photo session could be updated) and the rest are milestones that will be kept up all the time. Ikea is a great option for simple frames. It may be a good idea to purchase a few extra frames and keep for later on in case one breaks or you want to expand your area.

3. Colorful, mixed frame photo wall

Ideas and photos below provided by photographer

 Kirsty Larmour based in Abu Dhabi

www.kirstylarmour.com

Instagram: @kirstylarmour

Facebook: Kirsty Larmour Photography

Start by deciding which photos you want to take prominence and print and frame them that way. Then lay them all out on the floor in alignment with where they'll go on the wall to see how they'll work. Keeping things irregular is much easier to maintain than a display with all matching sized frames and it also allows to easily add in other photos at a later date. In the example wall above, it took Kirsty approximately an hour or so to lay it all out and get it feeling right, and then maybe another couple for to hang them. Another tip is that the wall opposite the photo wall is quite plain so the room isn't overwhelmed by the size of the photo wall!

*Side note, Kirsty was featured on Design Moms for this photo wall. Click here to read the article and learn about her fascinating life of travel!

4. Polaroids on canvas (a fun kid project!)

  Kirsty says, "For the heart canvas the pictures were mostly taken by my kids with a fuji instax and then we just used push pins on a framed canvas to mount them - because the pins are in the bottom of the photos it can be hard to keep them all upright sometimes, so you may want to add a dab of glue at the top of the photo."

5. Photos hanging from wood

Idea and photo below provided by photographer Amy Selleck based in Bainbridge Island, WA

www.AmySelleck.com

Instagram: @Amy_Selleck

This is a simple, yet fun way to display photos in your home. It only requires a piece of wood, twine, and cute clips (available here ) and is ideal for a hallway or entryway. You could even paint the wood or stain it to match your décor. A bright color could be used if you want to apply this idea to a kids room.

Jolene Redfern, a photographer based in San Diego has a similar idea with a twist - she used a branch found in her local park in lieu of cut wood!

www.joleneredfern.com

Istagram: @joleneredfern

So start printing those photos! It is the first step in getting them off your phone and into your home!

Below are a few of my favorite printers to help get you get started. You may even find more inspiring ideas for home photo displays on their websites.

Artifact Uprising

PinHole Press

MPIX

*this is not a sponsored post*

Oh and don’t forget to follow along the blog circle. There’s a group of three of us this month, and next up is my friend Michele Quattrin.  Click the link to check out her blog post and stunning work: Minneapolis Baby Photographer

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Build up your resume with wanted capabilities. Maybe there's a superior career at operate you already know you are able to do, but your manager doesn't think you might be skilled for it simply because you absence certain expertise. MOOCs are a terrific way to turn into proficient in regions like HTML coding, Search engine optimisation analytics, or what ever talent you must turn into the appropriate individual for the career.

Keep to the links in the following paragraphs For more info on lots of MOOC programs. MOOCs also are out there by way of many different academic platforms, including Coursera, Udemy, and edX. But MOOCs may be accessed instantly as a result of Each individual College, and are available by using the following Google search restricting syntax entered into your google look for bar:

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For example, if I enter web site:edu MOOC robotics, I get about 7,000 success, including this Introduction to Robotics Specialization from Penn Engineering. By using this syntax, you'll be able to generally bypass the clearinghouses and find exactly what you're looking for on College sites, even lessons the clearinghouses may not present.

Pleased MOOCing!

"Millennials," "Technology Y," "The Peter Pan Era" - they go by lots of names and ended up born approximately among 1980 and 2000.These are the technology that grew up with smartphones, rear-facing cameras, internet etc. They were being at a young and susceptible age when Harry Potter first took his flying lessons on his magical broom, if they witnessed the great drop of the dual Towers of Planet Trade Centre in New York City on 9/11. The millennials grew up in the period of mobile devices, digital cameras, e-mail, textual content-messaging, mp3 gamers, handheld video clip activity equipment, WhatsApp, Facebook/Instagram, YouTube Videos, Website searching and what not.

One these kinds of millennial who knocked my socks off was this young girl named Anushka, a teen in her early twenties. Her white t-shirt with "MILLENNIAL" in large, black, Daring letters just caught our rapid attention and we couldn't stop pondering her One of a kind Expertise Presentation, right here at Nirmiti Academy. The DIY (Do It Yourself) Craft was her exclusive talent. She represented a young confront of your millennials. Furthermore, it absolutely was her presentation that spoke a lot more of her as being a millennial. She was a real go-getter when it arrived to existing her exceptional talent in a singular way. We could see her beaming with pleasure and happiness to showcase her one of a kind expertise to Other individuals. She was so enthusiastic that she was talking a mile a moment. She experienced a great deal of to convey about it and he or she could go on and on and continue to keep us glued to her presentation. The millennials like Anushka and a lot of Many others are determined to operate on issues which fascination them. Simultaneously, I could also see her currently being not able to smile and current herself Fortunately. Gone are classified as the moments for the millennials the place they really feel present and enjoy their surroundings. They are the technology who come to feel the consistent have to have for Digital consideration which sales opportunities them to overshare their life and times on social media marketing or go inward in deep conscience to find themselves. This leaves them unconnected With all the physical earth about them.

Millennials certainly are a very praised and self-confident technology. They may be a very optimistic generation. They may have a greater have to have to have daily life ordeals as an alternative to to build up materials wealth, Regardless that they do like to accumulate things that may help them to get pleasure from those ordeals. Millennials are quite possibly the most educated technology. Since the rate tag of training is now so significant and continuing to climb annually, Millennials have grown to be incredibly savvy with regards to their academic alternatives. Not like earlier generations who saw education and learning to be a ritual and an expenditure within their long term, millennials watch education as an expenditure, Until it'll empower them in order to be a greater person. They be expecting education and learning to help you them get ready for the new chances and issues of this age, in lieu of encouraging them by supplying reality-based mostly facts/awareness. The millennials wish to be challenged by pondering the future And just how they are able to lead to developing a better Culture and natural environment. They don't experience the need to become "textbook sensible / e-book worms".

They are aware that facts may be conveniently found on line by their very own unbiased motion. They can be the generation that offers and thrive on knowledge at finger "click". Inside a globe of open usage of information, it helps make little perception to rely on the classroom for a forum for the transfer of knowledge.

Alternatively, the students much prefer to understand through the stories and encounters of Many others. These shared tales and ordeals help them to reinforce their unique expertise by Mastering through the achievement and errors of Some others. This helps them prevent making a similar problems as their influencers. Hence, they like to invest extra of their time and expense on this kind of courses which support them to develop numerous tactics that they might include into their thoughts and final decision-earning course of action, therefore creating a new skill established.

We can not dismiss The reality that millennials are also a era of uncertainties and fluctuations. They may be the technology who likes to help keep switching their gizmos. They grew up with technological know-how where everything was at their fingertips. It gets annoying for them to not get what they want when they want it. Most of the factors are actually handed to them over a silver spoon. This would make them come to feel entitled for getting what they want devoid of putting in Considerably exertion.

Even though They may be the most important workforce of the businesses currently, they don't have confidence in lifelong employment. Lifelong commitment is really a fairy tale with the millennials. They usually jump from on occupation to another simply because they are constantly searching for a thing new and greater. These significant anticipations turn out to be their downfall and would make them much less monetarily steady than their mom and dad.

Millennials are below to remain! These are young, bright and energetic and they're the long run. They are fantastic property which the planet will have to harness and use. They are really the era that is definitely revolutionizing the earth. These are the budding leaders of tomorrow. They undertake technological innovation and stimulus in precisely the same breadth. This era is additionally a collaborative and social era that features a target knowing and building their awareness by various varieties of medium to find the solutions. It is actually for that educator like us to offer an arena for engagement and discovery in addition to become a articles expert and mentor. It's for Mastering System providers like Nirmiti Academy to provide an explorative and experiential expertise and convey out their true potential in everyday life and at operate. It Is that this transformational journey that we at Nirmiti Academy sit up for on a daily basis to learn, unlearn and relearn Using these youthful and magical generation - the Millennials!

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Rock climbing is exploding around the world as a popular way to get outdoors, stay fit, and get out of your comfort zone. And on top of that, it’s awesome fun and you always get fantastic views!

You might be climbing indoors in a gym already and want to go outdoors, or you are starting out fresh as a complete beginner. The question everyone is always interested in when starting is this:

HOW MUCH DOES IT REALLY COST TO START ROCK CLIMBING OUTDOORS?

The following items will be listed by importance, based on you starting your climbing journey in a climbing gym and progressing outdoors, or even going straight outdoors and skipping the indoor. The items are the same and will still be in the same order.

Any non critical safety items, like shoes and chalk bags, are fine to buy second hand. For all safety equipment, buying new is recommended.

With all items, keep an eye out for sales and discounts at stores. Joining climbing clubs will often get you discounts year round. Sales can see some items reduced by significant percentages! So make use of them!

Read More:

7 Tips to Take Your Gym Climbing Outdoors!

Your Guide to Starting Adventure Sports Easily!

A quick note: Some of the links in this post might be affiliate links. This means that if you click on the link and make a purchase, I’ll receive a small commission – at no extra cost for you, which helps me cover the costs for this blog, or at least, I can buy a slice of cake.

Rock shoes

Almost all styles of rock climbing will involve the use of specialized ‘rock shoes’. These are snug fitting (repeat: snug, not painfully tight) and allow your foot to stand on tiny edges (with practice). There are many styles of shoes; from the aggressive down-turned, to high sided ankle protection, but to start with, go for the most basic shoe you can get that is snug fitting and comfortable. All brands usually offer a ‘entry level’ shoe at an affordable price, so try on as many as you can to get some that fit you just right. And never get a shoe that isn’t comfortable to stand in or is so tight your eyes water!

And as shoes are not critical safety gear, you can definitely buy second hand pairs! These are often found on Facebook climbing groups or gear buy/sell pages.

Approximate cost: $70 AUD +

Example:

Mens/Womens

Harness

Your harness keeps you safe and is your tie in point to the rope. A basic harness with padding is good for starting, there’s no need to get top of the line models. Having gear loops is handy as you progress and gather more kit, as you will need places to carry it. I find getting one with gear loops as your first harness is best so as to accommodate your climbing progression from the beginning.

Approximate cost: $80 AUD +

Example:

Mens/Womens

Helmet

Wearing a helmet is a no brainer. Rockfall outdoors is common, though easy to manage mostly, but wearing a helmet is the smartest thing you can do to protect your head. I recommend buying a model based on fit and how much you like it versus the price. The more you like the look of you wearing it and its comfort, the more likely you will ALWAYS wear it!

Approximate cost: $60 AUD +

Example:

Mens/Womens

Belay device with a locking screwgate carabiner

The belay device is a tube style alloy device that uses friction, and you holding the rope down, so that when weight is applied you can hold the climbers fall easily. Belaying takes practice and is the key skill you need to learn to be a safe climber. Remember, you are literally holding the climbers life in your hands when you climb. Always appreciate this fact and never let go of the rope!

A locking screw gate carabiner is used in conjunction with the belay device. The tube screws over the nose and prevents it from opening accidentally. However it doesn’t hurt to check this periodically while you belay. Getting an alloy D-shape carabiner is best, they are the lightest and best shape for the purpose of belaying.

Approximate cost: $50 AUD +

Example:Black Diamond ATC and carabiner

Chalk bag and chalk

Using chalk stops your hands getting too sweaty when climbing the rock. In hot and humid conditions it’s even more important. Some climbing areas around the world may require coloured chalk to match the rock colour to minimise the ‘visual effects’ of it on the cliff faces. It’s always a good idea to respect the local ethics.

Approximate cost: $20 AUD +

Example:Sukoa Chalk Bag

TOTAL COST TO START ROCK CLIMBING:Approx$280 AUD or $200 USD.

EXTRA GEAR YOU WILL NEED AS YOU PROGRESS IN ROCK CLIMBING

While the gear mentioned above gets you started, you will require a few more items as you progress. These can be bought over time and will depend on your exact climbing needs. Not everyone will need a rope as friends or partners climbing together can share this cost.

So, what else do you need?

P.A.S (Personal Anchor Safety)

A personal safety, or PAS as we often call them, is your way of cleaning routes and staying safely attached to an anchor.

Cleaning a route means you take your gear off the top anchor, thread your rope through the fixed anchor gear in order to be lowered, or abseil. You should always receive supervised instruction from a guide or experienced individual when learning this. You can see a perfect demo of how this is done on Youtube, HERE.

The key concept of a PAS is you have loops so you can adjust your length from the anchor. Why? Because the most important thing to never do when using a PAS is let slack develop because if you suddenly slipped, for instance, the shock load can actually cause a failure on the sling- they are not rated for shock loads!

You can buy a ready-made PAS, or make your own by tying overhand knots in a nylon sling. I encourage you to buy a purpose made PAS however. Buy another locking carabiner that will permanently go with your PAS. I like to use the Petzl oval carabiner as it fits better on crowded anchors, is less bulky overall, and also has a red coloured strip to make visually checking its closure easy. A D-shape like the one used on your belay device is also fine however.

Approximate cost: $70 AUD + (or $15 + for 120cm Nylon Sling) plus a locking carabiner $15

Example:Metolius PAS

Rope

Having your own rope certainly opens up opportunities in climbing and doing your own trips. They generally last 1-3 years depending on use so while they seem like a big investment initially, paid off over each climb they are quite cheap (1/week x 3 years=$1.20 per climbing session approx).

For your first rope, it’s good to get something around 10mm in diameter, and 60 meters (200 feet) in length. Smaller diameters, like 9mm, are more expensive, and should only be used once you have gained some experience.

Brand? Specs? While I encourage reading and learning about all the different rope specs between brands, don’t get too caught up in it all, they will all do the job at the end of the day!

And don’t forget you can often grab bargains on store sales!

Approximate cost: $200 AUD +

Example:Mammut Classic 10mm

Quickdraws

These are the means of clipping to the single bolts going up the wall to the anchor at the top when you are ‘lead climbing’. It will take a bit of time top-roping before you will even feel close to ready to lead climb. You should always receive supervised instruction from a guide or experienced individual when both lead climbing and lead belaying, as it is different to top roping and can have major consequences if done incorrectly.

Many guidebooks and online topos for climbing areas will often indicate how many bolts are on the wall so you know how many quickdraws you will need. It’s always a good idea to have more than need of course, so I recommend buying 2 sets if you want to be self sufficient, or pool together sets of quickdraws with your climbing partner.

Approximate cost: $180 AUD + for a set of 6

Example: Black Diamond Posiwire Quickdraw

Extra Carabiners

You can never have enough carabiners! They are useful for all sorts of tasks and building anchors. A good idea is to get another 2 larger ones and 2 smaller ones, all screwgate locking.

Approximate cost: $15 AUD each x4 =$60

Example:

Large locking/Small locking

Slings

Just like carabiners, you can never have enough slings! Get another 120cm sling for your bolted anchors.

Approximate cost: $15 AUD

Example:Black Diamond Nylon Sling

TOTAL COST, INCLUDING THE FIRST LOT:Approx$820

DOES IT SEEM A BIT EXPENSIVE?

While running the climbing and abseil events in my adventure group years ago, many people thought this amount of money is quite substantial. I have always disagreed.

Here’s why.

Many people happily fork out $150 + per month on membership based fitness classes. While they offer a great service, I’ve always seen it as money that could be spent on gear that will then open up many new avenues for adventure and spending time in the outdoors.

Other outdoor activities, such as boating or SCUBA diving for example, are far more expensive, in both startup and ongoing costs.

Think about this: after 6 months of the fitness classes, you would have bought ALL the gear you need to continue climbing independently for 3 years (approximately) before needing to replace some of the gear for safety. Items such as belay devices and carabiners (and all gear made from alloy for that matter) last a lifetime unless damaged. Helmets tend to last many years as well.

And as mentioned earlier, you will be able to share gear and costs with items such as ropes and quickdraws among friends and partners, reducing individual costs.

This makes climbing quite affordable in comparison to many other activities or sports, and also allows you far more freedom to have a variety of adventures and see new places all around the world.

Also, climbing in almost all locations in the outdoors is FREE. A bit of gas money to get to the climbing areas is the only extra ongoing cost.

Once you have the gear and some instruction, it's then time to find some routes to climb! Taking that first step can be hard, so never be afraid to ask questions no matter how silly they seem.

Enjoy climbing in the outdoors!

Got questions? Comment below or contact me!

Remember:Safety is your responsibility. No internet article or video can replace proper instruction and experience. Make sure you’re practised in proper techniques and safety requirements before you climb.

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5 Great Ways To Display Your Family Photos From Your Phone to Home I love that we live in a time that is well documented and full of photos. I love that people everywhere are taking pictures of their lives - after all it is too easy not to with the incredible camera quality our cell phones have! Where I think we fall short nowadays is what we actually do with our photos. So often we leave these magical moments hidden on our phones or displayed on social media, which doesn't allow the people who should see them (our kids) to enjoy them. Displaying photos in your home is a way of celebrating your family and the lives you live. It is a way of showing your kids that ordinary moments are full of beauty and magic. So my 2019 challenge to you is: update the photos on your walls and find new ways to get  photos off your phone and into your home. To inspire you, I've brought in reinforcements. I've asked some of my photographer friends to share how they display photos in their home. Below are 5 ideas with tips of how to get started for home photo displays. But before we get to that, I just have one piece of advice: choose two spaces in your home to display photos. One should be a more permanent photo space where photos are rarely changed out. Photos of grandparents, special memories, and extended family photos should live here. Think of this space of telling the bigger story of your family. For this space you'll want to choose a timeless way to display these photos, i.e. - simple frames or canvases. Next, choose a space to display fun photos that are updated often - silly photos, soccer uniforms, family adventures, and candid photos. A high traffic area like your kitchen or family room is ideal for this type of display. Try to update this area a few times a year. It is not as hard as you think! And I promise you - your family will notice and love it! Oh, and I’ve got a special surprise at the end of this post!  I’m taking part in a blog circle with some photographer friends of mine.  We’re linking to each other’s posts, so you can check out what they’re up to. This month, I’m linking to a fabulous  Minneapolis Baby Photographer, who’s sharing all about one of her NICU clients turning one! But first, onto displays! 1. Photos mounted on substrate and displayed on simple shelves Ideas and photos below provided by Kelley Dallas, based in Denver, CO www.kelleydallas.com Instagram - @kelleydallasphotography This wall shows photo shelves (from IKEA). The photos are mounted on a substrate. When you want to switch them out it is really easy, and you don't have to feel bad because you didn't spend a ton of upgrade money for just a substrate. *Kelley used black styrene purchased through ProDPI to mount her photos. 2. Timeless Frames This option is usually more time consuming to create at first, but easier later on because you will only switch out one or two photos a year (for example your favorite family photo from your fall photo session could be updated) and the rest are milestones that will be kept up all the time. Ikea is a great option for simple frames. It may be a good idea to purchase a few extra frames and keep for later on in case one breaks or you want to expand your area. 3. Colorful, mixed frame photo wall Ideas and photos below provided by photographer  Kirsty Larmour based in Abu Dhabi www.kirstylarmour.com Instagram: @kirstylarmour Facebook: Kirsty Larmour Photography Start by deciding which photos you want to take prominence and print and frame them that way. Then lay them all out on the floor in alignment with where they'll go on the wall to see how they'll work. Keeping things irregular is much easier to maintain than a display with all matching sized frames and it also allows to easily add in other photos at a later date. In the example wall above, it took Kirsty approximately an hour or so to lay it all out and get it feeling right, and then maybe another couple for to hang them. Another tip is that the wall opposite the photo wall is quite plain so the room isn't overwhelmed by the size of the photo wall! *Side note, Kirsty was featured on Design Moms for this photo wall. Click here to read the article and learn about her fascinating life of travel! 4. Polaroids on canvas (a fun kid project!)   Kirsty says, "For the heart canvas the pictures were mostly taken by my kids with a fuji instax and then we just used push pins on a framed canvas to mount them - because the pins are in the bottom of the photos it can be hard to keep them all upright sometimes, so you may want to add a dab of glue at the top of the photo." 5. Photos hanging from wood Idea and photo below provided by photographer Amy Selleck based in Bainbridge Island, WA www.AmySelleck.com Instagram: @Amy_Selleck This is a simple, yet fun way to display photos in your home. It only requires a piece of wood, twine, and cute clips (available here ) and is ideal for a hallway or entryway. You could even paint the wood or stain it to match your décor. A bright color could be used if you want to apply this idea to a kids room. Jolene Redfern, a photographer based in San Diego has a similar idea with a twist - she used a branch found in her local park in lieu of cut wood! www.joleneredfern.com Istagram: @joleneredfern So start printing those photos! It is the first step in getting them off your phone and into your home! Below are a few of my favorite printers to help get you get started. You may even find more inspiring ideas for home photo displays on their websites. Artifact Uprising PinHole Press MPIX *this is not a sponsored post* Oh and don’t forget to follow along the blog circle. There’s a group of three of us this month, and next up is my friend Michele Quattrin.  Click the link to check out her blog post and stunning work: Minneapolis Baby Photographer