Category: The Arts
Improve Your Photography Skills with These Steps by James Miller – for OAM
written for Our Arts Magazine by James Miller A piece of great equipment also needs great skills to make the most of what the technology…
Heatwave
Phantom winds sweep through baked, drought ravaged lands. The relentless furnace of the sun wounds! Shade is no refuge. No breeze flows . No evaporation…
Music Spotlight Buddy Holly & The Crickets – That’ll Be The Day
Lyrics Well, that’ll be the day, when you say goodbye Yes, that’ll be the day, when you make me cry You say you’re gonna leave,…
Music Spotlight Celine Dion
Every night in my dreams I see you, I feel you That is how I know you go on Far across the distance And spaces…
Spanish Moss
Nothing is quite as indicative of the US Southern landscape as the sight of Spanish moss draped trees, especially the majestic live oaks. Even a…
The Vital Importance of Environmental Stewardship
It would not come as a surprise to anyone who has viewed my artwork that I have an affinity for subjects from the natural world….
Message With History And Performance
In this article I look at how a message with history combined with a powerful musical performance really packs a punch. This is the fourth…
I Want To Be Found But Do Not Want To Do Anything To Help
Oh! Do not get me started on people contacting me with questions about marketing and then, when I answer them, they say, ‘Oh! I did…
The Raw Power Of A Live Performance
In the third of a series of articles on aspects of music, I look at the raw power of a live performance. Previous articles have…
Pixels / Fine Art America adding widgets showing category first
With a premium membership on Pixels / Fine Art America you may add a shopping cart widget to your own site. However it is only…
Combining Old With New In Electro Swing
In the second of my short series of articles on aspects of music, I look at combining old with new music in Electro Swing. In…
June, My Elephant In The Room
June is a strange month for me. It’s my time for reflection which most people do at the New Year, or birthdays, (especially as we…
Goodbye Christopher Lee 27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE, CStJ (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor, singer and author. He died on the…
Hozier Puts A Message Behind The Lyrics
Hozier (full name Andrew Hozier-Byrne) is an Irish musician, singer and songwriter who pus a message behind the lyrics of many of his songs. I hadn’t…
Getting to Know Mona Edulesco
I am a contemporary artist with a background in architecture, living and working in Lyon, France. My style is modern impressionist, semi-abstract and in some…
OAM Introduces Theme Image Days
I remember when I first joined G+, now deceased (or at least dying) I used to really enjoy the image theme days. It was one…
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
Lynyrd Skynyrd is an American rock band They were originally formed in 1964 as ‘My Backyard’ and have also been known as ‘The Noble Five’…
A Lawyer’s Random Musings – Do I always need a model release when I’m photographing people?
A Lawyer’s Random Musings on Intellectual Property and Other Legal Stuff, Mainly for Visual Artists and Occasionally for Other Creative People. Question: Do I always…
