Day 14 - Picture a Canvas

With my taxes mostly done, I felt more creative and I brought my camera along when I left the house. Today's charge was to create a dreamy, soft focus photo reminiscent of a painted canvas. I thought the marsh would be perfect, and it may have been, but I really didn't get any great shots. However, as I stepped out of my car, on my way to the hospital for my annual mammogram, I saw this palette of green foreground, pink/red mid-ground and wisteria in the background. Shot twice quickly, and I'm pleased with what I got.

Day 13 - A Different Point of View

Aside from the fact that I was focused on finishing my taxes, I got fixated on trying to photograph my dogs, and got nowhere. Poor planning mostly, shooting on a distracting carpet, no helper to keep the dog positioned, etc. But when I re-read the prompt... trying taking a photo from a different point of view, as if someone else was taking it... I got somewhere!

So, I've taken a picture of the new dog toy, desaturated since dogs don't see color the way we do...

Day 12 - Awakenings

 "celebrate the messenger, the pioneer, the early bloomer of spring." 
Day 12 - Picture Spring Class at Big Picture Scrapbooking


Here in Coastal Georgia, we are well past the pioneers of spring... we are settling into the easy life of spring blooms everywhere. But this challenge was easy because I'd noticed a few days ago that the Bottlebrush bush was getting ready to pitch itself into full massive blooming craziness. 


I loved looking closely at the blooms getting ready to burst, because even though they are still green, there is a pinkish/red blush to the green. Just beautiful!


First shot, no bloom, just bud.

Second shot, a bit of the bud has started to bloom. 

Day 11 - Hearts in our World

At first, I was really struggling with today's challenge. "Find (or create) a heart shaped sweet-nothing today." It seems easier to find shapes serendipitously, but I decided to go for it. It was worth it. The best part was that I had to pay attention to my surroundings more -- exactly the skill that makes a good photographer! I asked Starling for some help and he struck a heart pose with this arms, but I decided to be more literal.

I'm posting three different shots here, all heart shaped, each a little different.

Day 10 - Capture Catchlights

My usual suspects were all gone, so Shelly kindly agreed to be my subject for today's Picture Spring class challenge. Thanks Shelly!!!

Day 9 - The Beauty of Everyday Objects

Today I was looking for the beauty in the ordinary. This is a photo of the glass bottle I put my dish soap in. To be honest, I did move the bottle up to the window to see what would happen, and I liked the effect.

Day 8 - Water Drops

I kept thinking it was going to rain on the 8th, and it finally did, but not until my bedtime... so, I waited until this morning for my water drop shot. I also love the water shot I took last May... posted in this blog. (I'd link to it, but I'm a blogger idiot!