Memorykeeping | Liliacs (Sketch solutions)

I had the chance to join the BPC class Sketch Solutions. It is so much fun! Since I have begun to use more and more sketches over the last year the class has inspired me so much. I thought I´d share a few of my layouts throught the class. Here is one I did for lesson 2 where the sketch had 2 smaller photo elements and 1 larger.

I opted to have 2 smaller photos up in the corner, but they are the same photo printed twice and adhered with a 3D glue dot to create some dimension. I used the larger photo placement for my journaling instead. I love how it turned out and how easy it is to adapt most sketches to my needs and style. 

The journaling talks about my love for liliacs and that they remind me of summer leave from school. When I was younger we always celebrated end of school in the church and decorated it with summer blooms including liliacs. Nowadays they are already gone by the end of May sadly. 

I love that I got this done on paper! 

Do you use sketches?

The Phone Photography Project: Summer challenges A Self-Paced eCourse

I am so very happy to announce that the awesome Phone Photography Project (that I was apart of last summer) is being released as a self-paced class right now! It is called:

The Phone Photography Project: Summer Challenges

31 FUN photo challenges + 60 app reviews for iPhone and Android—at your own pace!

Are you looking for oodles of inspiration for photographing your summer adventures? Our biggest, best class of 2013 is back this summer only as a self-paced workshop, now called The Phone Photography Project: Summer Challenges. (And we have a brand-new sequel, too! Don't miss our guided workshop, The Phone Photography Project 2, starting July 17.)

The Phone Photography Project: Summer Challenges includes:

• 31 photography challenges available immediately in the classroom, so you can tackle them at your own pace in the order you choose
• Multiple photo examples, instructor interviews, and bonus content to round out each of the 31 challenges
• 60 comprehensive app reviews illustrated by screenshots and beautiful photo examples
• 7 helpful PDF handouts, including: "Instagram 101," "A Few of Our Best Random Phone Photography Tips," "Photo Printing Review," and more!
• Class hashtag (#bpcphonephotographyproject) and individual challenge hashtags so you can connect with classmates on Instagram
• All the same great content from the original Phone Photography Project guided workshop (from summer 2013), now in a self-paced format!

Note: Don't have a smartphone? All challenges can be tackled with a DSLR or point-and-shoot camera. App reviews, tips, and tricks will only be of interest to smartphone users.

Register in June, and The Phone Photography Project: Summer Challenges becomes the perfect warm-up forThe Phone Photography Project 2! Or start PPP: Summer Challenges immediately following PPP2 on August 17. Or take this self-paced class all by itself, and start any time you want, thanks to our promise of forever access! The choice is yours, but you can only register through Labor Day, so don't delay. (Tip: Visit our PPP2 FAQ pageto see how the two classes compare.)

I am going to take all the challenges again myself starting June 1st!
Follow me on Instagram, my username is lisaborbely
 I hope that you will join me! 

Click here to sign up! 

Giveaway | BPC Picture Everyday workshop

As you know I love photography! And i really love everyday kind of photography. Tracey Clark is awesome at everyday kind of photography! Have you read her book Elevate the everyday? It is magic, pure magic i tell you. 

I am happy to announce that i will be giving away a spot in Tracey´s new class at Big Picture Classes called Picture Everyday! Yay! Here is a bit more about the class:

Class Description

Your life is full of beauty, authenticity, and moments of magic just waiting to be captured in pictures. All it takes is the right perspective. In Picture Everyday, a new workshop from photographer Tracey Clark, you'll learn to see your world in a sublime new light—and to use your camera to tell the story of what you see.

Through 30 surprisingly powerful photo prompts, dozens of inspiring images and videos, and eight weeks of gentle encouragement, Tracey will help you elevate your everyday—and fill your soul with gratitude along the way. You'll be focusing your lens on topics like Routine, Spaces, Places, Details, Connections, and Affections.

Read rest of description here

So, do you want a chance to win a spot to her seven week workshop? Well just send me a comment on this post and I will choose a winner on Sunday September 8th! 

Oh, and class starts September 12th!

BPC | The layouts

For the BPC class I just finished The Phone Photography Project there was a challenge to do something more with your photos you take on your phone. I made 2 examples. 

First this one of my then very new nephew Viggo. I often use my sisters photos that she either upload to her social media or text me for my PL album. I love how modern technology helps us feel closer even though we live apart!

I also asked a few of my online friends from all around the world to help me with the next layout. I asked them to post a photo on one specific day during april of this year and write shortly about what they were up to. That way we could all follow the hashtag and see what everyone posted! Then I just made a collage with their photos, added their country and printed it out. Instagram totally makes me feel like we all live in the same town ;) I am pondering doing a year-long project with this next year!

I feel that my iPhone 4s takes well good enough photos for me to scrap with!

BPC | The Phone Photography Project Week 5

 

 

 

Here are the photos from the 5th and last week of daily photo prompts that comes from the awesome Big Picture Classes workshop called The phone photography Project! You can see the others here:

 

 

week 1

 

week 2

 

week 3
 



week 4 

Summer sky
 

Summer Reading

Go green

 

 

Quintessential summer photo  (the only time we can buy pizza (or eat out at all on the Island) is during the summer season )

 

I had fun, both with the challenges and as in the role of an instructor!

 

BPC | The Phone photography project week 4

 

Here are the photos from the 4th week of Daily photo prompts that comes from the awesome Big Picture Classes workshop called The phone photography Project! You can see the others here:

 

 

week 1

 

week 2

 

week 3

 

summer routine

 

 

laughter

 

 

bloom and grow

 

 

 

summer shoes

 

 

the great outdoors

 

For the sixth day in this week you´ll have to go see a video. I hope it works!

 

 

 

lazy (this was my challenge! I will talk a bit more about it soon!)

 

And now we only have 3 Days left of Daily challenges.

 

BPC | The Phone Photography Project week 2

 

I am enjoying to play along with the challenges each day. 

Every day a new instructor shares a photo challenges and then there is a smacked full intervju where I have learned a lot of new things. 

I thought I´d share my photos here on Mondays. That way I can share 7 (a weeks worth of photos) 

 

Summer color

 

 

Jump

 

 

 

Cloud

 

 

Perspective

 

 

At play

 

 

Water

 

 

On the street

 

And that is week 2.

 

If you´d like, you can follow me on Instagram!

 

 

 

BPC | The Phone Photography Project Week 1

Last Monday marked the beginning of the Big Picture Class that I am a contributer in: The Phone Photography Project. 

I am enjoying to play along with the challenges each day. 

Every day a new instructor shares a photo challenges and then there is a smacked full intervju where I have learned a lot of new things. 

I thought I´d share my photos here on Mondays. That way I can share 7 (a weeks worth of photos) 

If you´d like, you can follow me on Instagram! That would be fun!

BCP | A reminder!

 

 

Did you already sign up for the Phone Photography Project? No? Well it is time to do so if you want to take advantage of the introductory price of $39! Then on June 12th  the price goes up to $49.

 

Here is a quick look at what is included in the workshop!

 

The Phone Photography Project includes:

• Daily photography challenges delivered by email, so you can participate on-the-go during your busy summer days
• Expanded photography challenges with multiple visual examples, instructor interviews, and bonus content available daily inside the classroom
• More than 60 comprehensive app reviews delivered in colorful, downloadable handouts
• Weekly "Do Something More" handouts that show dozens of project examples made with smartphone photos, including: scrapbook pages, craft and décor projects, postcards, community and random-act-of-kindness projects, and more
• A variety of bonus handouts with multiple examples of inspiration
• Interaction with workshop instructors and classmates on classroom message board and inside private posting gallery—and also via Instagram
• Instagram community (through hashtags) to share photos and view photos of classmates
• Prizes, discounts, and giveaways for participants

 

Yay, is all I can say!

 

	LISA OTTOSSON | Lisa Ottosson is a 30-something mom who lives on a small island in Sweden. Her daytime job includes being creative with kids at a Kindergarten, and at nighttime she is always creating in her smack-full craft room. Lisa is a self-taught photographer and moonlights as a wedding and family photographer. When she got her iPhone she felt like she died and gone to heaven! What you might not know about Lisa is that she speaks three languages. web: elisabetottosson.blogspot.com Instagram: elisabetottosson Use this link to sign up! And i hope I´ll see you in class ;)

I am in a BPC class!!!

You guys, I am beyond excited to finally announce that I will be one of the instructors in this amazing class at Big Picture Classes (BPC)! I still can´t believe that I got asked to join the other wonderfully talented instructors. 

Since I got my iPhone I have used it so much that I almost have forgotten about my DSLR camera. The camera in my phone takes great photos and I take lots of photos each day. So if I wasn´t part of this class already, this is for sure a class I would love to take!

The class is packed with phonephotography ideas, tips and tricks. 

The PhonePhotography Project

32 days of Android + iPhone photo challenges, daily inspiration, and app reviews

Need summer photo ideas or help improving your iPhone photography? Spend this July taking amazing photos with your iPhone or Android camera in The Phone Photography Project.

In this month-long workshop, you'll learn to take better photos with the camera you always have with you as you document your summer adventures—with help from 32 incredible instructors. On top of daily smartphone photography challenges, you'll also enjoy:

· dozens of tips and tricks from the pros for taking better photos with your mobile-phone camera

· a handbook of 60+ photography app reviews for iPhone and Android, so you know which are worth your time and money*

· dozens of project ideas for getting photos off your device and into your world

· interaction with 32 experienced iPhoneographers and Androidographers, and hundreds of fellow students in a private classroom and on Instagram

· giveaways, contests, discounts, bonus downloads, and fun fun fun!

*Note: Many of the reviewed apps are available free in the App Store and Google Play, while the rest average about $1.99 each. App purchases are not required for participation in the class.

As of now you can go and sign up for the class. I have an affiliate link that I would be happy if you used! (All of the links are affiliate in this post!) For those of you that don´t know what that is, if you use that link when you sign up for the class I get a part of the proceeds. 

The material in the class is amazing and really smack full of happiness!

The PhonePhotography Project includes:

• Daily photography challenges delivered by email, so you can participate on-the-go during your busy summer days
• Expanded photography challenges with multiple visual examples, instructor interviews, and bonus content available daily inside the classroom
• More than 60 comprehensive app reviews delivered in colorful, downloadable handouts
• Weekly "Do Something More" handouts that show dozens of project examples made with smartphone photos, including: scrapbook pages, craft and décor projects, postcards, community and random-act-of-kindness projects, and more
• A variety of bonus handouts with multiple examples of inspiration 
• Interaction with workshop instructors and classmates on classroom message board and inside private posting gallery—and also via Instagram 
• Instagram community (through hashtags) to share photos and view photos of classmates
• Prizes, discounts, and giveaways for participants

Note: Don't have a smartphone? All challenges may be tackled with a DSLR or point-and-shoot camera, and anyone who takes photos with any kind of camera will sure to be inspired by the weekly "Do Something More" challenges. App reviews, tips, and tricks will only be of interest to smartphone users

Seriously, go check out the instructors and more info on The Phone Photography here! BPC are offering a introductory price  of 39$. That is 10$ off! 

Did I say I am excited?!