February's theme: RED week four

Here it is, the last RED week for February. Did you all have fun playing along? Did you see any cool red things near you? Take a look at our last images for RED and let us know what you come up with.

Edie's Photo:

Corinna's photo:

February's theme: RED week three

We are halfway thru our RED them for the month.    I bet a lot of you saw RED this last week, especially on Valentine's day.   We are loving the submissions we are getting!  Just keep them coming!

Here are our photos for this week.

Corinna's photo:

Edie's photo:

February's theme: RED week two

We're back..... time for our 2nd round of photos with the theme of RED.   As you can see Corinna and I took two totally different approaches to the photo this week.

As always, anyone is welcome to play along.  Just post the photo to a online gallery we can look at, or your blog and then add your comment below.  We would LOVE to see what is RED in your area.

Corinna's Photo:

Edie's Photo:

Ok I will admit, I was REALLY inspired by Corinna's hershey kiss photo from the week before.   I will also admit that this was a "last minute" photo for me... I had tried a few other ideas and then didnt work out.   So I tried Corinna's idea, got a few good shots and went with it. :)

February's theme - RED week one

Sorry for the delay.. Corinna and I were debating on the theme for this month for a bit. We decided to go with a theme that matched this month, since February is the month of love, hearts, flowers and candy. The theme we went with is RED... as in the color red.

Show us what is RED near you.

Corinna's Photo: I debated about posting this photo because my hubby (who taught me a LOT of what I know about photography) said it was blurry when I showed it to him. But that's what I actually like about it! LOL I like that it has this soft dreamy quality about it.

Edie's Photo: In case you are wondering I don't have any fancy studio equipment. (though I wish I did) This photo was taken right on the kitchen table with my awful kitchen light on overhead. What helped make this photo look better is 1) 2 pieces of white foam board/photo board for the surface and background area and 2) using my desk lamp as my "studio light" and thus fixing the icky kitchen lighting I had. It's something that anyone can do. :)

January's theme SHAPES week 5

Ok this is the last week for our SHAPE theme. February we will be starting a new theme with new photo ideas. Remember you can post as many photos as you like in the comments just as long as they pertain to the theme. The more photos the better. :)

Corinna's photo:





Edie's photo:

I almost didn't think this photo was going to happen. It was raining the entire day, and then towards the end of the day the sun finally poked it's head through the clouds. I had actually intended on taking photos of what I thought were some geometric fountains and sculptures near by, but either my memory is bad, or they changed the sculptures since I was there last. So I went with my 2nd choice which was this building with its many rectangular windows, and the curvy landscaping out front.

January's Theme SHAPES week 4

Sorry about the late post friends.   Edie came down with a really bad flu bug that knocked her out for most of last week.

Here are the photos we came up with for our 4th week of SHAPE.   We have ONE more week left with this theme.  Are you enjoying finding shapes near you?

Corinna's Photo:

Edie's Photo:

January's Theme: SHAPES Week 3

We are 3 weeks into the new year already and we are 3 weeks into our first theme of the year. Have you been having fun looking for shapes? Did you turn up any interesting or unique shapes near you? Can't wait to see what you have found.

Edie's Photo:

Ok I finally went on a walk, but it was a brief one. I had lost track of time and realized that the sun was going down in 30 minutes so I ran over to the local park to see what kind of shapes were there. Parks with playground sets are great places to find interesting shapes.

This is a picture of a spiral pole slide thing. I actually laid on the ground, got myself mostly under the thing, and shot the picture looking up at the sky. I think the kids in the park thought I was crazy but hey I just had to get the shot. :) I wish my depth of field would have been more "in focus" but unfortunately there wasn't too much light left in the day so I had to open my aperture up as big as it could go, which then cuts down on the depth of field that is in focus. This was taken as ISO 3200. My camera can go higher, but then I start getting a grainy appearance so I try to avoid pushing it any further.

Corinna's Photo: I think this wall has a lot of interesting shapes. If you look at it one second, you can see a butterfly or flower, but if you look again you can see a circle, and then there are lots of individual shapes making up the larger ones.