Winners: The Letter A

Good morning everyone! We have one winner and one winner only this morning. You loved Shelby's yacht club anchor! There was a second place, but it was Brittney, who won last challenge. Please remember not to repeat votes!

Congrats to Shelby!

Voting: The Letter A

I just happened to check this morning (I'm on a mini-vacation :) and saw that we hadn't started voting yet, soooo....

Here goes!

Vote for your fAvorite picture stArting with the letter A!

Remember not to vote for Katy, Dave, or Brittney!

Amazing Scouts

This is our annual scout Flag Retirement, it was amazing!!

Nikon D60, 55mm, ???? sorry

CC always welcome

Please allow this one, my computer froze on me.

A for Adorable

Sorry to post another baby photo, but this is a photo from a shoot I did for my newest baby nephew today. He is super adorably cute. The more baby photos' I do, the better I'm getting at them i think.

this is at
iso400
f5.6
60
canon rebel XTI
CC
Sepia tone added

A for Afraid

Hate to post this beside all the cutie patootie baby pics but here is my take.....trying some new stuff

~cc~

A for ANGEL

A is for Angel--my sweet niece Grace being one of them. She is still so new and fresh from heaven. I just love watching her observe the world around her! SUCH an angel baby!

This post is brought to you by...The Letter A

There are two posts here, one from me and one from my husband, Travis. We spent a lot of time with family this weekend and he took some pictures of our ADORABLE niece, Megan.



On the way home I took some pictures of AGRICULTURE. This is a cute farm outside of Blackfoot that I've wanted to take pictures of for a while but hadn't yet. So I seized the opportunity for this challenge.

Both taken with a Nikon D-40, automatic setting, slightly cropped. CC welcome.

Finding Agony

(70mm, iso 100, f 8, 1/160 sec)

Yesterday, Britt rode the Little Red Riding Hood Bike Ride, a charity ride to find a cure for breast cancer. I was her photographer. Knowing the challenge for the day I wanted a picture of agony. I should have known that Britt would complete the 64 mile ride and be ready for more. So, no signs of agony, she happily peddled along with my little sister, Jess, thoroughly enjoying the ride.

Audacious Aphids

Their doom will be coming tomorrow...ladybugs attack!

An Infinite Amount of A's

Well, not "INFINITE" amount... but a lot nonetheless!
Looka all dem A's, baby

Letter A: Adorable, but already??

I took this picture this afternoon of my little girl. She's about 13.5 months old, but I think she started the terrible twos this week. Hence the already??. But she's still adorable (if I do say so myself).

About the photo: Shot in manual mode, ISO 100, early evening. Adjusted exposure, saturated colors, increased shadows.

CC

Abstract Atrocity

This is my daughter's hair after removing her Sunday hairdo...just a big old mess! BUT she looks so cute running around with her hair flying around in 10 directions. I feel like I've taken lots of her lately and wanted to focus on the hair. Taken with flash, then given filtered b/w in picasa. CC always welcome!

ABCs

Yup, my wee one is hard at work learning those ABCs. Good ol' Dr. Suess!

CC welcome

f/2, 1/250 sec., ISO 200

oh and I appologize for my ENORMOUS picture. I'll downsize it when I get a sec. Promise. ;)

Ant in Motion

f/5.6 1/125sec. ISO360 using my 18-135mm
Have any of you ever tried to take a picture of a running ant? NOT easy! I decided I wanted to take a picture of an ant after my hubby told me that my son had been chasing them throughout church today (they were playing hookie) and had actually attempted to say "ant"- HORRAY!

I had no idea how hard it would be to actually chase down an ant and get him in focus before he got away. (I only have a zoom lens so it's tough with tiny subjects) I was trying to track with the ant and I love how the ground looks like it's moving while the ant is in motion. I just cropped it a bit and added a border.

CC ALWAYS WELCOME!

Sound of It

This made me think of the last time I lived in Cali and I was in grade school. I had teachers that forced me to learn how to sound out all the letters. I remember thinking what is the point to sound it out if i know the word. Guess I was a little slow at reading. Still am so it all makes sense now LOL.

Back to the point. Here it is sounding out a or AAAAAAAHHH! with a variety of meanings
1) aaaahhh satisfaction 2) aaaahhh overspent the bank account and 3) aaahhh my belly is hanging over my belt!

Abandoning Tradition

Some of you know that today was my first wedding and it was so Amazing, Alive, and several more A words, I'm sure. One thing I really tried hard to do was to Abandon the traditional, tired shots. This one of the girls jumping was one of my very favorites of the 900 or so I took. Wow, I'm tired. It was a fantastic day! :)

All America Apple Pie

I had a rough day with pictures today, nothing turned out how I wanted it, so I stopped and went home and made and apple pie for our Sunday dinner tomorrow night, and when it was done it looked very pretty so I snapped away, it fit the subject perfectly!

Away

I feel like I'm cheating using two sessions in a row (and similar pics at that) but I wanted to post Something so this is what ya'll get! Once I'm caught up on my editing/sessions I promise to try and get more creative. I hope I can be forgiven ;) CC always appreciated. If anyone wants specs I can post those.

A is for Art Festival

Today the City of Columbus was having is annual art festival at the Columbus College of Art and Design. I drug the girls along with me for the ride. (Who knew everything was going to be cash only.... with no ATM in site!?!)
This is a monster of a sculpture (probably over 4-5 stories tall) is the school's trademark installation piece. There was a lot of fun artsy things to take pictures of, but I thought this sculpture was the epitome of "ART"
(P.S. My husband who has a Masters of Fine Art emphasis in painting and drawing, but also does plenty of sculptures- HATES, HATES, HATES this sculpture... I think it's pretty funny that he has such strong feelings on this piece~ haha.)

CHALLENGE: The letter A

I didn't see a post yet today, so I am popping in quick to put a challenge up.

Let's do something different....The letter A.

What starts with the letter A? What does the letter A make you think of?

Eh, get creative with this one! There are endless possibilities!