Comments on: Joen Wolfrom’s Playing with Color: Have A Happy New Year & A Super Creative 2012 http://blog.jwdpublishing.com/2011/12/31/joen-wolfroms-playing-with-color-have-a-happy-new-year-a-super-creative-2012/ Blending the quilting traditions of yesteryear with the imaginative ideas of today. Thu, 03 May 2012 17:41:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cheryl Hanson http://blog.jwdpublishing.com/2011/12/31/joen-wolfroms-playing-with-color-have-a-happy-new-year-a-super-creative-2012/#comment-4435 Cheryl Hanson Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:46:34 +0000 http://blog.jwdpublishing.com/?p=2653#comment-4435 Joen, Just got back from the Seattle area where we met our adult children for Christmas. I was so thrilled to get a photo of Mt. Rainier in December and was pretty proud of myself until I saw these-incredible photos of the mountain and so atmospheric. Guess when you live there, you can catch it "out" in various seasons and times. Thanks for sharing Cheryl Joen,
Just got back from the Seattle area where we met our adult children for Christmas. I was so thrilled to get a photo of Mt. Rainier in December and was pretty proud of myself until I saw these-incredible photos of the mountain and so atmospheric. Guess when you live there, you can catch it “out” in various seasons and times. Thanks for sharing Cheryl

]]> By: Joen Wolfrom http://blog.jwdpublishing.com/2011/12/31/joen-wolfroms-playing-with-color-have-a-happy-new-year-a-super-creative-2012/#comment-4421 Joen Wolfrom Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:52:12 +0000 http://blog.jwdpublishing.com/?p=2653#comment-4421 Hi Hannele, Thank you......and I think you can! Have some fun....and try it. Hi Hannele,

Thank you……and I think you can! Have some fun….and try it.

]]> By: Joen Wolfrom http://blog.jwdpublishing.com/2011/12/31/joen-wolfroms-playing-with-color-have-a-happy-new-year-a-super-creative-2012/#comment-4420 Joen Wolfrom Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:51:18 +0000 http://blog.jwdpublishing.com/?p=2653#comment-4420 Hi Marija, Happy New Year! Let me know what you find to do. It should be fun. I hope to have a great year filled with new ideas and lots of learning. That's my plan. Joen Hi Marija,
Happy New Year! Let me know what you find to do. It should be fun. I hope to have a great year filled with new ideas and lots of learning. That’s my plan. Joen

]]> By: Joen Wolfrom http://blog.jwdpublishing.com/2011/12/31/joen-wolfroms-playing-with-color-have-a-happy-new-year-a-super-creative-2012/#comment-4419 Joen Wolfrom Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:46:39 +0000 http://blog.jwdpublishing.com/?p=2653#comment-4419 Hi Dianne, Thank you so much for your kind words. Reflecting upon the images you named, here are my thoughts: The photos Woodland Reflection, After the Rain, Afternoon Stroll in the Churchyard were all done with my film camera (Nikon N65 or F100). In my first workshop I learned to use Fuji Velvia slide film (ISO 100). This is a "slow" film; hence it is able to pick up colors, shadows, highlights, and other color nuances more easily than faster film. Consequently, the image colors are more saturated than when using faster film. Additionally, it is my understanding that slide film provides a better color representation than print film. Once I could no longer get Fuji Velvia in my area (nor get it processed locally), I had to get with the rest of the world and go digitally. I almost always now shoot at 200 ISO, as I did for The Mountain is Out. (I might play with 100 ISO this year to see what the differences are between the two with my digital camera.) Also, I mainly shoot in aperature priority (A mode), which allows me to choose the F-stop and the camera selects the shutter speed. I'm not a professional photographer, so this may not be exactly the right answer, but it's what I do and it works for me. This year I want to increase my use of shooting manually. It's pretty easy to do, if I remember everything. However, I don't trust myself yet, because I often forget one step. That makes for some interesting surprises and disappointments. I hope this is helpful. Have fun playing with your camera. Happy New Year! I wonder what will be your creative challenge in 2012. Hi Dianne,
Thank you so much for your kind words. Reflecting upon the images you named, here are my thoughts:
The photos Woodland Reflection, After the Rain, Afternoon Stroll in the Churchyard were all done with my film camera (Nikon N65 or F100). In my first workshop I learned to use Fuji Velvia slide film (ISO 100). This is a “slow” film; hence it is able to pick up colors, shadows, highlights, and other color nuances more easily than faster film. Consequently, the image colors are more saturated than when using faster film. Additionally, it is my understanding that slide film provides a better color representation than print film.

Once I could no longer get Fuji Velvia in my area (nor get it processed locally), I had to get with the rest of the world and go digitally. I almost always now shoot at 200 ISO, as I did for The Mountain is Out. (I might play with 100 ISO this year to see what the differences are between the two with my digital camera.) Also, I mainly shoot in aperature priority (A mode), which allows me to choose the F-stop and the camera selects the shutter speed. I’m not a professional photographer, so this may not be exactly the right answer, but it’s what I do and it works for me. This year I want to increase my use of shooting manually. It’s pretty easy to do, if I remember everything. However, I don’t trust myself yet, because I often forget one step. That makes for some interesting surprises and disappointments. I hope this is helpful. Have fun playing with your camera. Happy New Year! I wonder what will be your creative challenge in 2012.

]]> By: Joen Wolfrom http://blog.jwdpublishing.com/2011/12/31/joen-wolfroms-playing-with-color-have-a-happy-new-year-a-super-creative-2012/#comment-4418 Joen Wolfrom Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:54:42 +0000 http://blog.jwdpublishing.com/?p=2653#comment-4418 Hi Norma, Thank you. I'm a bit lazy in winter with my photography, but I shouldn't, as there are wonderful opportunities for interesting images. I hope you create more wonderful quilts. Let me know what your challenge for 2012 will be as soon as you figure it out. Happy New Year, Norma. Hi Norma,
Thank you. I’m a bit lazy in winter with my photography, but I shouldn’t, as there are wonderful opportunities for interesting images. I hope you create more wonderful quilts. Let me know what your challenge for 2012 will be as soon as you figure it out. Happy New Year, Norma.

]]> By: Joen Wolfrom http://blog.jwdpublishing.com/2011/12/31/joen-wolfroms-playing-with-color-have-a-happy-new-year-a-super-creative-2012/#comment-4417 Joen Wolfrom Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:52:47 +0000 http://blog.jwdpublishing.com/?p=2653#comment-4417 Happy New Year Martha! Well, I know you had a trying 2011, so I am glad we are all out of that year. A fender bender to begin this year is a good way to get the worst out of the way. Now all should look up and be on the bright side. If Corel Draw is anything like it was in the 90s, it has a very good tutorial. I learned a lot from it. C.D. was the first illustrator program I used and I think it's an excellent program for quilters. So Martha, I look forward to you learning Corel Draw and designing a beautiful quilt....and then making that quilt. You have to keep me updated. Take care. Joen Happy New Year Martha!
Well, I know you had a trying 2011, so I am glad we are all out of that year. A fender bender to begin this year is a good way to get the worst out of the way. Now all should look up and be on the bright side. If Corel Draw is anything like it was in the 90s, it has a very good tutorial. I learned a lot from it. C.D. was the first illustrator program I used and I think it’s an excellent program for quilters. So Martha, I look forward to you learning Corel Draw and designing a beautiful quilt….and then making that quilt. You have to keep me updated. Take care. Joen

]]> By: Joen Wolfrom http://blog.jwdpublishing.com/2011/12/31/joen-wolfroms-playing-with-color-have-a-happy-new-year-a-super-creative-2012/#comment-4416 Joen Wolfrom Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:39:32 +0000 http://blog.jwdpublishing.com/?p=2653#comment-4416 Greetings Jane & Happy New Year! The Mountain is out actually looks like a painting, perhaps more oil painting than watercolor. I actually don't know how that happened. Perhaps because it was late in the day when we came upon this scene on a Mt. Rainier trail. If you ever paint a scene like this, send me a photo of it. Greetings Jane & Happy New Year! The Mountain is out actually looks like a painting, perhaps more oil painting than watercolor. I actually don’t know how that happened. Perhaps because it was late in the day when we came upon this scene on a Mt. Rainier trail. If you ever paint a scene like this, send me a photo of it.

]]> By: Hannele http://blog.jwdpublishing.com/2011/12/31/joen-wolfroms-playing-with-color-have-a-happy-new-year-a-super-creative-2012/#comment-4415 Hannele Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:05:18 +0000 http://blog.jwdpublishing.com/?p=2653#comment-4415 Fabulous, stunning pictures - I wish I could... Fabulous, stunning pictures – I wish I could…

]]> By: Marija Vujcic http://blog.jwdpublishing.com/2011/12/31/joen-wolfroms-playing-with-color-have-a-happy-new-year-a-super-creative-2012/#comment-4413 Marija Vujcic Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:50:21 +0000 http://blog.jwdpublishing.com/?p=2653#comment-4413 Dear Joen, what a treat this was for the first day of the brand new year - THANK YOU!! Your photography is amazing, inspirational and so uplifting! I am on to find something NEW I want to learn this year! Have a happy, creative, inspired year ahead! Dear Joen,
what a treat this was for the first day of the brand new year – THANK YOU!! Your photography is amazing, inspirational and so uplifting! I am on to find something NEW I want to learn this year! Have a happy, creative, inspired year ahead!

]]> By: Dianne Ridgley http://blog.jwdpublishing.com/2011/12/31/joen-wolfroms-playing-with-color-have-a-happy-new-year-a-super-creative-2012/#comment-4412 Dianne Ridgley Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:34:33 +0000 http://blog.jwdpublishing.com/?p=2653#comment-4412 Happy New Year Joen, Your photos always amaze me. I understand about using the things you have listed here for effects. What I don't understand is how you get the intense (sometimes surreal) color as in Reflection, Rain, Churchyard, and even Mountain without using Photo Shop Elements or something similar. Thanks for the beauty you put in my mailbox. Happy New Year Joen,
Your photos always amaze me. I understand about using the things you have listed here for effects. What I don’t understand is how you get the intense (sometimes surreal) color as in Reflection, Rain, Churchyard, and even Mountain without using Photo Shop Elements or something similar. Thanks for the beauty you put in my mailbox.

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