Comments on: PRT051 – Location, Location, Location

By: Diana

Diana — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:42:00 +0000

I know I am listening to this one a month or so late, but thanks so much Noell for sharing the link for Vivian the Nanny! Oh my gosh what an amazing story and photographer. I just want to say, that I think every scrapbooker needs to go look at her photos. Talk about every day life, especially in Chicago at the time. I just want to know how she got some of those shots! I wish she was alive so I could meet her. Just amazing! Thanks for sharing! ~Diana

By: Noell

Noell — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:00:00 +0000

That makes me so sad! Yes, get yourself out there!

By: Noell

Noell — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:59:00 +0000

Oh I am in LOVE with this project! Thank you for sharing. It’s going to be
my pick for this week.!!

By the way, the link is wrong seems to go to a blog that hasn’t really
gotten started yet. I did some googling and found this link –

http://streetphotographynowproject.wordpress.com/

Not sure if it’s the same group you’re participating with but it’s good. :)

By: Margie S

Margie S — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:23:00 +0000

I should also add that Beijing changes by the day. They are tearing down all the old neighborhoods at a rapid rate. I feel like I need to do my part to help preserve images of what it used to be like. I often feel I should be out there more and also be braver since it is literally disappearing before our eyes. There is always that shyness that goes along with photographing on the streets. Luckily, most Beijingers do not mind their photos being taken and many seem to feel complimented by it.

By: Margie S

Margie S — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:19:00 +0000

I’m very intrigued by the Nanny story. I live in Beijing and have been studying photography here. I have been doing quite a bit of street photography myself. I occasionally join the Street Photography Now project sponsored by a street photography museum in London: streetphotographynow.wordpress.com. Two friends and I meet once a week and wander the streets just taking photos. I’m so excited to look at her pictures for inspiration. Thank you very much for telling us about this story!

By: Noell

Noell — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:17:00 +0000

Awesome — thank you for your thoughts!

You reminded me of my grandparent’s home that was so deeply rooted in my
heart. Grandpa built it and it was so unique. My brother and sister and I
still mourn the fact that they had to sell it not long before they died. I
still fantasize about eventually buying it back, even though it’s in the
middle of nowhere. I never got to go back one last time, but I hope we have
enough photos already to eventually be able to make a little scrapbook
memoir for that house.

By: Kari

Kari — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 04:45:00 +0000

This is one episode that has my mind overflowing with ideas! My elderly parents will soon be moving out of the home where I grew up – and now I have so many things that I must photograph and document before the house and land become someone else’s. It made me a little sad to think that my childhood home will not be in the family anymore in such a short time.

It also made me realize that no matter how much I wanted to leave home and go to the big city of Minneapolis for college, my little hometown of 2,000 people is a big part of me and should also be documented and photographed. I really like the idea of photographing it from a strangers point of view – what would you show someone when they come to town to visit?

Anyway, I’m going to have to start logging the hundreds of thougths and notes on Evernote (thanks for recommending that), so I don’t forget anything. The list will be long I’m sure.

Thanks again for a great episode and for getting this topic out there – I have lots of work to do! Keep up the good work!

Kari in Minnesota

By: Noell

Noell — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:58:00 +0000

Some of our friends from the tech community do a no-pants day on our light
rail here in Phoenix! I’m sure the tradition started in NYC though. ;)

Enjoy your new MacBookPro! I love mine!

By: Hokiecoyote

Hokiecoyote — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:26:00 +0000

I actually lived and worked in Bridgeport when I was with the Department of Transportation. I wish I had taken photos at work back then. The funny thing is that I spent my first day in CA driving through Bridgeport on the 4th of July. I was 22 years old with everything I owned in my little Toyota and I was completely surrounded by Hells Angels bikers. What a memory and what a location!

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By: JoRoFan

JoRoFan — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:01:00 +0000

Great show and great topic!! I live in Manhattan and listened to the episode earlier in the week. I was thinking about how New York City is like no other place in the world. Then today, I got onto the subway (like I do every day) and had no idea that it was “No Pants Subway Ride 2011”. Yes, you heard that / read that right! At least 30 people in my subway car had no pants on. I just kept thinking, where else could you see something like this! (I came to find out, it took place in other cities too, but still…). I’m doing Project 365 this year (actually using Shuttercal.com – Thanks Stacy Julian for the pick of the week a few weeks ago!), but I was too embarrassed to take pictures of the participants, so instead I took pics of the actual subway car and station. Now I can’t wait to create a scrapbook page about the NYC Subway that I take every day and the different things I’ve seen / experienced on it!

Speaking of New York City, I know that Julie, one of this week’s guests lives here. I had never heard about Speedy-Carve and never thought about carving my own stamps, but she made it sound so interesting that I took a look at her website and saw that she’s teaching a class about it next month at a local craft store. I’m totally signing up and can’t wait to meet her in person. I listen to the show every week (and the digi-show of course) and feel like you and all of your guests are friends. I even purchased a MacBookPro on Black Friday! (Thanks Izzy!) Anyway, keep up the good work! I can’t wait to see what 2011 brings!!

By: Noell

Noell — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 18:03:00 +0000

That’s a great idea! I so, so wish I had done that with all the places I
lived in high school! (I went to three different high schools!).

By: Amy K

Amy K — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 10:48:00 +0000

I first listened to this episode in the car, then had to go back and re-listen at home where I could jot down some notes.
This show inspired me tremendously (they all do actually, but this one in particular spoke to me because of the current projects I’m working on).
Our oldest is graduating from high school in June, so I’ve been working on some different memory keeping projects (through both tears and laughter), aside from her regular scrapbooks.
As I was listening to you all talk about locations, I’m thinking…..how cool would it be to go around to her favorite local places/establishments and take pictures to incorporate into these projects for her and write about them?
Thank you for the great ideas and continued inspiration!
~Amy

P.S. Noell, I too pronounce homage as you do, and have never heard it the other way. Interesting!

By: Girlwhoscraps

Girlwhoscraps — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 04:40:00 +0000

Hey Noell,
I haven’t listened to this show yet, and am not sure if you take “requests,” but someone I would LOVE to see on the show is elise blaha cripe from eliseblaha.typepad.com. I love her simple approach on mini books, goal setting, small buisness, and just life in general. Awesome show! Thank you for the wonderful year!

By: Liz Ness

Liz Ness — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 03:44:00 +0000

What a cool concept — thanks for sharing the name of the book — I’m totally going to go look for it! =)

By: Diane C

Diane C — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 02:44:00 +0000

As always, a wonderful and thoughtful show. As Noelle, Julie and Liz were talking about scrapbooking home and the people and places that includes, I couldn’t help but think about one of my all time favorite books.
The Oxford Project by Peter Feldstein and Stephen Bloom. I don’t know if any of you have seen or heard about this book but it basically began in 1984 when photographer Peter Feldstein offered to photograph the residents of Oxford, IA (pop 676) for free. He converted an old store and put up fliers and one by one all the residents came out to have their picture taken. He didn’t do much with them at the time, but rediscovered them 20 years later in a box in his storage room. These images inspired him to return to find the people he had photographed and brought writer Stephen G. Bloom with him to record their stories. I can’t even tell you how powerful the stories that emerge from the words and images of these residence. You see how people have and have not changed over 20 years. Births, deaths, marriages, struggles and triumphs. It is essentially the scrapbook of a small town.

Anyway I thought that as scrapbookers, you and your blog readers would share my adoration of this book. Let me know what you think.

By: Noell

Noell — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 20:09:00 +0000

Ah-ha!

By: AnnieB

AnnieB — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 18:09:00 +0000

On dictionary.com the little “speaker” pronouces homage with the ‘h’, like Noell did. It’s how I’ve always heard/pronouced it, as well.
I love the Roundtable and look forward to it each week. Actually, I’m kind of hoping you will opt to air twice weekly!!! (Hint, hint)

By: Noell

Noell — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:22:00 +0000

…and get more savings!

No, I didn’t realize you could do that. Never thought of it before! Thanks
for sharing!

By: Shannon McPheeters

Shannon McPheeters — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:32:00 +0000

Hey I’m sure most of us have figured it out by now but… If you want to get the most out of your BPC discount just buy more than one class at the SAME TIME!!!! I just purchased Ali’s One Little Word and Yesterday and Today along with Darci’s Decorate Life and was able to use the code to get the 10% off the whole shebang! Just food for thought on a way we can support the show and get quality scrapbooking education all at the same time!