a picture's worth a thousand words

...but i still like to add a few of my own.

okay, since i'm so getting into the whole post labels thing—which i've never done to my posts until recently {macro monday and bird watcher}, i thought i would also start to tag my posts that have photos with words on them.

if you have been visiting this blog for a while now, you will know that i love to add text to my photos—not just because i like to add something to the mood, but because i am fascinated by typography. my favorite course during my graphic design schooling was called typography 1. i absolutely loved learning in that class. typography is the art of using text/fonts as an art form to convey a message not just through words, but also design.

i love the premise that words and text can be art in and of itself and that creative use of type is its own art form—even type that stands alone with no other elements such as photos or patterns/backgrounds.

i am by no means a great typographer. and i am certainly limited now that i am not working as to how many fonts i have at my disposal to be creative with. but i still love to try! it is a challenge to take a photo and add type and not have it come out looking like a cheesy hallmark poster. i know i don't always meet the challenge, but i always try to. and i only want to get better with time.

shutter sisters recently did a post about finding your voice, niche or your style when it comes to photography. i did not feel i have a particular style—yet. i like to shoot so many different kinds of things, and the more i learn about processing, i realize there will not be one particular way that i will always process my images. there are too many neat things that can be done for me to just pick one and stick with it.

but what i did realize as i tried to look over my work and figure out what my niche was, is that i do often add type—and i love it so much, that it's kind of become my thing. looking back, i have done this a lot more than i realized. {encouraged in the shutter sisters post to leave a comment with a link to a photo that sort of defines your style, i left this one.}

so... introducing my newest label—"something to say". i will label any of these kinds of posts as such. and like macro monday and bird watcher, i will have a button for these posts in my side column.

hey, this is fun—this getting organized with labels thing. now i get what the purpose of them is all about. {i'm such a blog nerd!}