Organization

Many edges on these crystals.

f/7.1, 1/500 sec, iso 100. cc

Livin' on the Edge

So close, but so far away... this is actually really really happened to me.

**growl**

Why, oh why?

Can you tell I picked words I thought would work great for my first golfing trip in 5 years? : ) It was so great to get out and take pictures of something fresh and new! I also wanted it to have a different look and feel to it than my other submitted photo, so I'm really diggin' the black and white!

-cc-

A Prominent Feature...

...in my city's skyline is the temple. It's ever a stark, white contrast against the dark or stormy sky, and can be seen from almost anywhere in town.
(I used a Nikon D-40, automatic setting, no flash, with natural overcast lighting, then slightly cropped it.)

And I know this one is incredibly late, but I never got a chance to post for EDGE, and I really wanted to put up the picture I took. This is an example of what happens to the snow here when it melts--an edgy wavelike effect is created. (Nikon D-40, automatic setting.)

CC welcome on both photos.

Edge and Automatic

Another busy week with little time to take photos. Here are the best ones. Sorry!

Livin' on the Edge

18 mm, 1/160 sec, F 5.6, ISO 200

Rod and Rumba on the edge of a trail behind our house.

Automatic

20 mm, 800 ISO, 1/155 sec, F5

No matter what we're doing, if Rod is near me, I automatically reach for his hand. CC

Livin' on the Edge

This isn't the photo I wanted. In my head it looked SO MUCH cuter. But here it is. My almost 1 year old likes to cuddle on my bed, and when I get up to do something (tidy up, get dressed for the day, get ready for bed...) she follows me as far as she can, to the very edge of the bed. Sadly, in trying to get her to be on the edge, she got shy on me and left a foot of space. But she does usually get right there on the end. My flash and I were having a disagreement. I took this with my 'P' setting, zoomed more than I usually would, ended up cropping even a little more, took it to Picasa, fixed a red eye and present it now.

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Cutting EDGE

This is my new paper cutter. I love how I got the front blurry and the end clear. I had to turn off my flash for this picture and used a manual focus and the normal lighting in my living room.

Rough around the edges

My poor saw had a terrible encounter with bleach. This was the result. I loved the jagged edge and the contrast of the rust spots.

Definitely tough around the edges!

Beloved Coffee Table

This coffee table was already old and worn when we purchased it at a thrift store. We were newly married, feathering our tiny one-bedroom nest with used furniture. I loved this weather-beaten little table from the moment I saw it, and have insisted that we keep it, no matter how many times we move. One of my favorite things about it is that the EDGES are so worn - I love the old look, plus it means that my kids won't be able to make it look any worse!


I had trouble with this one, I think it's hard to take a picture of the edge of something! I tried to get pictures at the library and just couldn't get anything to look quite like I wanted. I'm still not convinced that I got this picture to look just the way I want, but all my batteries are used up and I'm photographed out!

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Edge of the door

A cute little door holder.
I just really liked the colors, the wear, and the fact that it was an iron.
An excellent use for an iron if I must say so myself. :)

More than One Edge

Let me just say three days of sick kids, I'm on edge. Two days of flu symptoms I'm on edge keeping things down. Believe it or not I got my idea from the only thing I could eat for 2 days now which was on the edge of popping up! Toast!

I tried to fill the frame and tried to zoom in but the heat just made it too blury for my taste of a picture. Just enhanced the colors a little to get the glow for the reflection of the heat strips.

Sharp Edge

nikonD90 f4.8 1/8 iso200 no flash

No, not very inspired, but an edge, nonetheless! I love big knives. ;)

On the Edge of Bankruptcy

No I am not on the edge of bankruptcy but with the way the Economy is these days I know some families that are. Times are tough but we are blessed, I am thankful for tithing! Anyways this was a good topic, made me really think about what I wanted to do.

The Edge of Sleep

I know I've been really bad about posting as of late. Would you believe I've been worse at actually taking pictures? I'm Sorry! But I'm back so here goes...
My in laws came to visit and grandma took my little boy for a stroll around our living room. Around and around and around... grandma loves to spoil. This is what I found when I came home. Another couple rounds ought to do it.

This is SOOC, but I want to try some photoshop on it to make it more dreamy. Any ideas?

Nikon D40x, f/5.6, ISO200, Shutter 1/60sec

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Razor's Edge

A Razors Edge

This is a shoot I did today- I have never used a rozor in a photo shoot, but this was the idea I had. This little girl is my neighbors 3 year old.

On the edge

This is my son Allston who is right on the "Edge" of being potty trained. He just turned 2 last week, and potty trainig sucks. But he starts private school soon and has to be all the way potty trained to go. This was taken today at the park and the snow is starting to melt which reminds me that we are on the "Edge" of spring.

Manual camera settings and adjusted on photoshop

Intro and Edge

(D70, f5.6, 1/50s, ISO 200)

Hi all! My name is Lindy and I heard about this blog from my amazingly talented friend, Carly Carlson. The above photos was taken in my kitchen at about 7:30 am after having been up all night. I had just gotten Rachel's invite and a request for a self-portrait after getting out of the shower, so here I am in all my wet-haired, un-make up'd glory! Which is why it's in black and white, to mask the horrid red blotchiness that is my bare skin.

I've always had a love for photography, but that love went on a brief hiatus after college...a three year hiatus, to be exact. My senior year was, for me, a very discouraging year, photographically. I had, what I thought, a great photography professor, and yet my photo skills were not increasing. I've just started to realize that all of my frustrations have stemmed from one simple problem: I never bothered to learn how to take my camera off of automatic and actually BE the photographer. I always relied on my automatic settings, never forcing myself to learn how aperture, shutter speed, and ISO all go together. It made for a sad, bleak world.

But then the other night at work, at approximately 3 am when absolutely NOTHING was going on, I 'snuck' onto Pioneer Woman's photography site and read through her tutorials. Sge managed to teach the basics of shutter speed, aperture, and ISO without being too overwhelmingly technical, yet without sounding like she was teaching a 5 year old. So tonight I dug out my Nikon D70 digital SLR and spent a good hour just fiddling with the controls. Oh my heck, it's like a whole new world has opened to me.

Other than that, I've been married to my husband, who is a professional photographer, for almost three years. We live in Oregon, in the town I grew up in. I'm a mom to 5 1/2 month old twin boys, who absolutely rock my world, which would be why you see the bottles in the background of my self portrait. I'm a 911 dispatcher and am currently on graveyard shift, 6 pm-6 am, which is why I was up all night.

And now the assignment. Keep in mind that this was taken at around 3 am, as a series of photos I took while fiddling with the aperture and shutter speeds. I honestly don't remember what shutter speed I used, but I was in ISO 200 and I believe f6.3. I didn't do "Edge" literally, it more symbolizes me regaining my photographic edge, as I love how the depth of field turned out after trying several other f-stops.


I used gradient map in Photoshop to make it black and white, and then backed off on the opacity to give it a little more warmth, which makes it look like it almost has a sepia tone to it. Which was always my favorite tone in the darkroom. CC

CHALLENGE: Edge

This should bring a good variety of pictures! I think there was a slump in picture posting last week, so I am hoping we can all recommit to getting out there and doing great things this week!

The challenge this week is: EDGE

So many meanings!

What does this mean to you? How does it make you feel?

Let's see it in action!!