Showing posts with label Choose your challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Choose your challenge. Show all posts

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Near Future...Wishing Not

My daughter will soon be going to school for the first time. I kind of wish that it wasnt the case.

Some people think that taking the bus is like prison. The stigma of the short bus is somewhat like a prison I suppose.

Well if you are like me school was just a prison.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Challenge: choose your challenge

I am sorry all the computer has been on the fritz lately and I have been out of my mind busy so I didnt get a new word up. Since we are halfway through the week just pick any previous old one challenge and post it. If you took a picture for one and didnt get it posted go ahead and use the old picture too.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Southern Belle




Just did a shoot today and thought this picture was just gorgeous in black and white...made me think of this "open" challenge since I haven't done anything in a long time :)

Love is Sweet


62 mm, 1/30 sec, F 4.8, ISO 800

CYC: Portrait


24 mm, F 5, 1/400

CYC: Blue

56 mm, F 7.1, Shutter Speed 500

I've been in Ireland, which does not have a lot of blue. I had all sorts of ideas of how to spin a green shot as a blue shot (e.g. green is just a mixture of yellow and blue). Luckily for me, though, I don't have to try to rationalize my picture. There was one early morning, beautiful blue sky (overlooking the ocean). I should have picked "luck" as this picture would have worked better as Luck O' the Irish. :)

Chain Line

In an effort to try and practice framing with the lines so ellogantly drawn by our very own Katy I thought I would try a few out. Here is my son on the tire swing using the chain framing his face. Didnt quite work out but he sure looks happy! Dont you love how his hair nearly flares in the sun! I sure do! CC

What is that Abstract?

In an effort to work on sun flare I was laying on the ground with the camera taking a picture up while my daughter layed on the swing on her belly! It was fun for us to laugh at each other. Anyway this is her wind swept hair and the sun. It turned out more washed out than flare but It makes to me an interesting abstract piece.

CYC: Vintage checkers

Another shot from the Whitney store in Kirtland. There is an old-fashioned checkers board set up on a table there, with two sets of checkers, these reddish ones, and yellow ones on the other side you can see here. Both are made out of corn.

About the photo: I desaturated the colors a little, warmified, and added a film grain. I tried to make the vintage era stuff look a little more like a vintage era photo.

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You can see all my runners-up here.

(By the way, last night I was leaving the grocery store, and I saw a great opportunity for a "shadow" photo. There were thin wisps of clouds crossing in front of a nearly full moon. I dutifully pulled out my camera, and began snapping away. They came out miserably. Does anyone know how to do night photography, especially without fancy lenses? Is that even possible? That would be a really great tutorial subject.)

CYC: Abstract basket


I have a hard time with this word, because whenever I think of "abstract" I think that you're not supposed to be able to tell what it is you're looking at. However, I took this photo with the word "abstract" in mind. It's an old-fashioned (probably hand-woven) basket hanging from the ceiling in the Newel K. Whitney store in Kirtland, OH.

CC

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

CYC: Inspiration...I'm BAAAAAAACK!

Hey everyone! Wow, I've missed you guys! We're finally settled into our new home in McMinnville and my new job as a 911 dispatcher for the county. Whew! And now my first photo in a couple of months.


My husband and I took our twins on a hike to Silver Creek Falls, a place I've never been but have always wanted to visit. As we were walking along the creek at the bottom of the falls, I saw this leaf and it inspired the photographic side of my brain as nothing has for the past few months. As soon as I threw the "Super Fun Happy" action (from Totally Rad Actions) on it, I was in love.

Sorry, no photo specs included tonight, the hubby is "patiently" waiting for me to post this so we can watch a movie now that the twins are down for the night.

Summer Fun


Taken with my NEW NIKON D700!!!! AHhhhh!!! LOVE IT! Iso 200, 280, F5.6
This was a day at the beach, and I have terrible "OCD" about dirty things, so sand is a big yuck for me...but I have worked hard since having a child to overcome this...so this is my tribute to "giving a hand to sand" ha ha.

ABSTRACT animal


This is a picture of one of the Cleveland Zoo's elephants who is currently being a guest at the Columbus Zoo as the Cleveland Zoo's elephant exhibit is being overhauled for a couple of years. I've visited this elephant so many times in my life -- I'm old, but he's OLDER!!! Elephants have always been my favorite at the zoo. I love the way their skin looks...so dry, but cool shapes and lines. They have so much character to their bodies. Funny how shapes and lines are character on their bodies and just plain old ugly wrinkles on us humans.

Seeing RED!!!!


You guys are quickly going to get tired of my flower pictures. I just love to take them though.

Where are you at?

This sign tells you all. You are now in Ohio. Thanks for coming. :)

Vintage Machine


A Ferris Wheel is one of those classic fair rides. One of those 'good ol' day' moments.

Sweet Corn

Last night my family went to the fair. My daughter, Maggie was totally into the Sweet roasted corn. (She ate two cobs!) I just thought she looked sweet.

Monday, August 3, 2009

I don't really know what word these would go with but it has been a long time since I have posted. We are in the middle of adopting a baby so I have been super busy. We were at my parents the other day and my mom was nice enough to let me use her studio to take some pictures of my son.

the one above is my favorite



Summer

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I didn't see this challenge till today and I really wanted to do it! So here is some summer time fun! This is a new sport that I'm picking up and I love it! I'm totally posing here because it was hard to set the 10 sec timer, and get the position that I wanted. Hope you like it!
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Sunday, August 2, 2009

Extra! Extra!


I took this portrait of my daughter on the way to dinner with her grandparents (my in-laws).

I also wanted to say thank you for giving us this week to take pictures we like for challenges that speak to us.