Up Close
July 23, 2008 by Heather Goldsmith
Filed under Arts & Crafts
Today I did something a little different. I took my camera wherever I went, but my photos were of objects up close. Mostly the images were of trees, plants & flowers, but I also snapped pics of graffiti and walls, that kind of thing. Why did I do this? I intend to use these as background images for my visual journal pages. Instead of printing them out photo quality, I’m going to print them onto copy paper and paste them onto the blank pages of my journal. When I’ve had a chance, whenever that is, I’ll make a montage of the images for you to see.
Of course, I’m sure other uses will come up for these images. If you have any ideas, please suggest them in the comments section. You could also share, if you like, what you enjoy taking photos of. Do you use any of these images in your visual journal or any journal? Do you use photography at all in your journal?
Please feel free to share your thoughts on this or any journal related topic.
Heather
Photo used with permission from Pixelperfectdigital
I have been reading & enjoying your blog. I also like to take pictures of things up close, but had not thought about using them in my journal. Thanks for the inspiration.
I love taking photographs, really. Especially macro photos. It help me to focus on details.
I’m just starting my creative journal, so it’s not really filled yet. But I like the fact of illustrate what I write with one or two photo.
I like your idea of background, I painted some pages juste because I didn’t want all my pages to be white. But can you explain how you will paste them in your journal ? with some medium ?
I’d love to see your photos
Hi Lynette,
Thanks so much for leaving a message. 
I’m so glad to have inspired you.
Hi Nolwenn,
So far I’ve just been using my glue stick to paste full pages onto blank pages in my visual journal. I suppose you could use just about anything, depending on what you wanted to do. I’m glad to read the up close photos is something you’re already doing. Thanks for leaving a comment.
I’ve never tried the up close photography, though my husband loves to take photos like that. He tends to focus on interesting designs in old streets or rusty chains.
Hi Peggy,
Cool, would love to see some of your hubby’s photos some time, too. Thanks for leaving a comment.