Martie Venter
Profile
I truly enjoy the creative freedom digital photography provides – it is a life-changing experience that makes you look at the world with different eyes. Suddenly you can see the beauty all around you. Everything seems full of promise and potential. There is a photographic opportunity around every corner – you never know what you might capture next. It’s uplifting, enriching, addictive – and great fun!
My cards
Groups
Martie Venter is a member of Special Moments, ! ♥♥All About Hearts♥♥ !, All Things Orange Artwork Gallery, The Fruit and Veg Shop(2 uploads a Day), Yellow Gallery, ! $$☻Valentimes Day Love (Get Art Promoted)☺ !, **ELEGANT ROSE CARD'S**, **Gorgeous Flower Cards**, **SPRING, GLORIOUS SPRING**, *Amazing Orton Effect* - Limit 3/day , 1:1 Macro Photography (Limit: 2 posts per 24 hour period), Adjacent Flames, All That is Nature (Photography Only / 4 per 24 hrs), All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, All Things Twin, Amateur Photographers' Association, At the edge, Berries, Fruits & Seeds - (NO PROPS) 3/day, Bokeh, Cards for Everyday (With words or Collage style) , Cards: Best of Your Best, Childhood, Closeups in Nature (2 per day), Colour Me Vibrant Red!, Compassion, Courage & Friendship, Cottage Style, Country Bumpkin, COUNTRY ROADS / around the World, Creative souls -> * members do not submit (work chosen by host/s), Cups, Mugs and Saucers, daisy & company--->ONLY daisies & its species, Dawn and Dusk Light [No Sun], Diptychs & Triptychs , Dolls & Teddy Bears Group! , Domestic Art - [2/24, NO PEOPLE, PETS, or FLOWERS. INSIDE shots only.], Down on the farm, Entrances (Archways and Doorways), Fabulous Flowers, Falling Leaves, Farms and Countryside, FAUNA, FLORA, LANDSCAPES AND ARCHITECTURE OF SOUTH AFRICA, Flowers in macro, Food for Thought, Friends of RedBubble, Glitter!, Green!, High Key, In the Pink 50% pink, Indigenous to East & Southern Africa, Inspirational Greeting Cards ~ 2 per day, Inspiring Blend (Words IN Your Image), Leaves , Light up My Life (all about lamps), Minimalism, Minimalist Landscapes (2 per day), Mood & Ambi(e)nce - Strictly Photos / ( No need to enter images in the group for the challenges), Object Studies & Concepts, Out of the Blue (75%+ Blue), Out of the Past, Passions, People and Portraiture Photography, Portraits in Natural Light, Purple Passion Gallery. 2 per day , Rain Drops & Water Art - Fresh Water Only!, Rusty, Crusty and Falling to Bits - 2 Per 24 Hours, Seasonal Greeting Cards, Selective Coloring, Sepia Only, Shapes & Patterns - Limit of 2 images per day, SIMPLY WHITE ARTWORK GALLERY - 95% White !, Skyscapes, Sony Shooters, South Africa - Rainbow Nation, Spring Blooms - 2 per day, Still Life Photography, Stop and Smell the Roses, Sun Rays, Sunrise, Sunset, TABLES AND CHAIRS, Textures Unlimited, The Birds, The Eyes Have It, Tulips, Vibrant and Vivid Color and Your Country's Best (2 images per day).
Journal Entries
Thanks so much!
Posted 13 days ago.
My second feature on the home page!
Posted 3 months ago, 3 comments so far.
"A Hidden World" featured in Sony Shooters!
Posted 8 months ago, 6 comments so far.
Thanks to the Buyer of "Red Rose on Blue Fabric Background"!
Posted 10 months ago, 2 comments so far.
This really made my day...
Posted about 1 year ago, 5 comments so far.
Off to KZN for a week...
Posted about 1 year ago, 1 comment so far.
"Rose Vignette" featured!
Posted about 1 year ago, 4 comments so far.
"Last Light" featured!
Posted about 1 year ago, 3 comments so far.
"Marble Rose" featured!
Posted about 1 year ago, 8 comments so far.
A Warm Welcome To...
Posted about 1 year ago, 4 comments so far.
Art
Writing
Cold Feet, Flashing Lights: The Men You Shouldn't Marry
Cold Feet, Flashing Lights: The Men You Shouldn’t Marry / “To my wonderful husband – / and the motley crew of boyfriends / that preceded him. / Thanks for the lessons! / Consider this my…
Burnished Autumn
Burnished flames against the night / Heralding the icy light…
