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    • #MFRWauthor 52-Week Blog Challenge: Hobbies. Snap. Cut. Paste.

      Posted at 2:14 am by Mary J. McCoy-Dressel, on April 3, 2020
      Mary J McCoy-Dressel, blog post 52-week blog challenge week 14, hobbies, reading, photography, photo collages

      Welcome to Week 14 in Marketing for Romance Writers 52-Week Blog Challenge.

      Week 14: Hobbies outside of reading.

      Photography:

      The number one hobby I miss a lot is photography. I’ve taken classes at a local college, but I’ve forgotten much of what I’ve learned. However, sometimes my oldest son will ask me a question and I remember the answer. Both of my boys love photography as well. Self-taught, they’re good at it too.

      One of the fun parts of the class were the field trips and learning to take night shots. It’s so easy now to take out a cell phone to snap a shot. I use my point-and-shoot digital occasionally like last fall for the scarecrow, fairy, and skeleton displays at festivals. When I worked, I’d take student photos for the school of kids in various activities like the Halloween parade or Christmas parties. Now, all my fancy equipment sits in my camera bag waiting and calling me sometimes.

      Pixabay photo, Mary J McCoy-Dressel, blog post 52-Week Blog Challenge blog post Week 14

      My dad loved taking pictures so when he had a camera in his hand, look out! He gave me an old Brownie box camera when I was very young. I think it belonged to my step-grandfather. I loved looking down into the view finder in that old thing.

      Photo collage:

      Since photos are mostly in digital these days, it’s been years since I’ve made a collage. The last one I made was for a boyfriend with pictures of him, us, all of our kids—his and mine not ours—and photos of all the places we had traveled to over a five-year span. He was a photographer, too, and a darn good one with a natural talent.

      Mary J McCoy-Dressel, 52-week blog challenge week 14, pixabay images

      To construct, I’d use a large frame and situate the photos on poster board, because of the thickness, and glue the images on with a glue stick. I’d cut the photos with random fancy edges and set them in different angles so they weren’t all straight. They turned out nice. I always received compliments on them.

      I have a couple more, but these are at the top of the list.


      Here is the Link to visit the participating authors.

      Mary J McCoy-Dressel, western romance author, blog post #MFRWauthor Week 1 2019

      I’m slow to getting around to visit other blogs because I’m writing one book while getting another ready to publish, and to be honest, I’m distracted with the state of the world and my state. It’s bad here right now in so many ways, and saying “bad” is putting it mildly.

      To all of you and your families– Stay Safe and well.

      Thank you for coming by today.

      All images are from Pixabay.

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