52-Week Photo Challenge: Week 26

Greeting & salutations, my photo friends!

How did you do with last week's LOVE challenge? I can't wait to see how you interpret the prompt...

So guess what!

This week marks the HALFWAY POINT in our 52-week journey! Can you believe it!? I can't...

Anyway, before I introduce this week's prompt, I wanted to let you know about a new feature I'll be adding for the remainder of the Challenge. Each week I'll be selecting one of the photos from our flickr group to spotlight in Sunday's email and blog post! So don't forget to share them there when you upload!

So without further ado, our final challenge for February is: PINK

Before everything goes all green, find the PINK around you and capture it in some creative way.


Click to embiggen!I was blessed to wake up to this gorgeous sunrise one morning this week and catch it on film (well digitally anwyay). What will you capture?

Share it with us at our flickr group! And don't forget to sign up for the reminders via email!

52-Week Photo Challenge: Week 25

Hello again! How was your Valentine's Day weekend? I hope it's been wonderful!

How did you all do with the HEARTS challenge? Hopefully you were able to find some... ^_^

So, in keeping with the same kind of theme, this week, our challenge is:
* L ♥ V E *
What do you LOVE? What does LOVE mean to you? Take some photos and share them with the group!


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Of course my photo is of our weekly Friday Night Family Dinner. Due to weather & health problems we haven't had one in a month or more! It was LOVELY to get together for our traditional individual heart-shaped pizzas and sit and talk for the evening.

I added several layers to my photo, including a nice red border & some hearts, to add some extra interest & color. You certainly don't have to do so much with your photo editing software -- if anything -- to get a nice photo. I can't wait to see how you interpret this challenge! I hope you'll share it with everyone at our flickr group!

And don't forget you can sign up for twice-weekly reminders via email by clicking right here and entering your email address!

52-Week Photo Challenge: Week 24

Welcome back, fellow creative photographers!

How did you do with last week's REFLECTION challenge?

I'd love to see them! Don't forget to share them at our flickr group!

So this week, our challenge is: ♥ HEARTS ♥

Like all our other shape challenges so far, look around you for hearts, and use them as a frame, focal point, or repeating element in your photo.


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Yup! Playing in the window again. I just can't help but be amazed at how beautiful the sun on the frost & through the paper flakes, and this one had a circle of hearts! Perfect for the challenge!

So let's see yours; share it with everyone at our flickr group! And don't forget to sign up for the reminders via email!

Illustration Friday

This week's prompt: PREHISTORIC


Click to embiggen...Just a little something I drew for Draw-A-Dinosaur Day, which was January 31st!

Click through to Illustration Friday and check out the other participants!

52-Week Photo Challenge: Week 23

How did you do with your WHITE photos last week?

Sometimes it's hard to get the color balanced correctly when photographing white. I chose to leave mine on the blue-ish side of things just to get that icy cold feeling in it. Don't be afraid to play around with your camera's white balance settings to get an image you like!

So this week, our challenge is: REFLECTIONS

Find a window or mirror (or a few!), and play around with capturing reflections for this week's challenge.


Click to embiggen!We have a lot of mirrors in our bedroom and while I was attempting to capture some reflections in the dark window, I noticed my bunnies all staring at me in the reflection of our full length mirror reflected in our big over-the-bed mirror. You can just see the corner of the frame of the mirror that the camera was aimed at over the tan bunny's head.

Don't forget to share yours with everyone at our flickr group! And remember you can get twice-weekly reminders via email!