Category: Journal

Some weeks, I get really into the 52 Frames challenge and this was one of those weeks. The theme was “common object. I’m camping in a forest. Common object? Gotta be a leaf! This was also one of those weeks where three things were true: My first concept was my only concept. I fell in love with my first idea and didn’t even try anything else. Small changes in an image can make a huge difference. Post-processing can be a lot of fun. The Concept As I was talking on the phone to a friend, I noticed how the leaves…

I’m a little behind on my posts these days, so I’m going to whip through three weeks of challenges in one post. Let’s get started! Challenge: New The point of this challenge was to take that word NEW and do something with it. New technique, new lens, new baby, new house, whatever was new to you. As I was surrounded by old trees in an old campground, this definitely wasn’t a slam-dunk challenge for me. I decided that I would take two of my favorite views on my hikes and learn new post-processing techniques. I like sepia tones, but I’d…

For someone who’s becoming more and more attracted to black and white images, the photography challenge of complementary colors was an eye-opener. All week, I was SO aware of colors. Turns out the recycling bins in Gainesville are complementary colors. Who would have thought about that, if not for this challenge? In the beginning… I took a lot of flower photos and then used the diptic app to see if I could make a foursquare of them. I liked the flowers on the left way more than the ones on the right, which got me to thinking… Looking for inspiration……