Playground Peek-a-Boo

Linking with Jame's Weekend Reflection

Have a Fantastic Weekend!

Sneak Peek: CC & T

Last year I had the privilege of doing this little guys newborn photos the month before we moved back to Sioux Falls from Rapid City, South Dakota.  So I was very excited to find out that I would have the chance to do portraits for him and his mom again. CC let me know they would be in Sioux Falls this weekend so we arranged a time to do Little T's One Year portraits. 

Because he is an active one year old she opted for outdoor photos. So in addition to these photos there are a good amount of fun photos that capture his energy.

Happy

As the song says:

If you're happy and you know it 

clap your hands

Photo Walk

With overcast skies and a chilly wind blowing I decided it was a good day to get caught up on a few tasks I have avoided during the last few months, like archiving my photos. Lo and behold I discovered that I had completely neglected to share the photo walk I took on the last Sunday in September. So I hope you enjoy these.

I had met up with four other photographers for a photo walk through the Freemason District in downtown Norfolk. Hanging back from the group a bit I was happy to capture this reflection of the others in the side of a docked ship.

Weekend Reflection Submission

It was a beautiful afternoon with the long shadows and gorgeous reflections off the water.

 We were not the only once enjoying a peaceful Sunday afternoon.

You know the art is most important when the photographer isn't afraid of a little dirt or odd looks from passerby's.

As it was almost October I was a bit surprised to see the Japanese Gardens still had a few flowers.

 Sorry this one is a tad fuzzy, but this doll is just too cute not to share.

 The buildings in this area of town all have such a warm historical feel to them, both old and new.

 Am I crazy or do pumpkins on a doorstep that just ooze warmth?

 Of course I couldn't pass up this tower, isn't it just amazing?

We did get a few odd looks along our walk. But that is okay, gives me a chance to capture some interesting human shots.

We ended our walk with refreshments at Hell's Kitchen. Overall it was a very enjoyable Sunday afternoon with some wonderful women.

Linking up with:

Jame's Weekend Reflection

and

Black N White Wednesday

Just a couple random black and white shots

Scavenger Hunt Sunday: It's A Wild Life

Time for the fun Scavenger Hunt Sunday. This weeks prompts were so much fun.
Enjoy!

Sunset
I did attempt to get out at sunset this week but with the freezing cold and the wind I chickened out so my sunset submission is from my archives.

Black and White
Generally I shoot full color and then switch only a few shots to b/w during processing. However, I did set my camera to monochrome for a series of photographs this week. This was my favorite.

A Day in My Life
After a great deal of thought I chose to capture an abstract photo that depicts my rather wild, crazy and colorful daily life. Focusing on my rather wild bedroom curtains I used a slow shutter speed and manual movement of the camera to capture a number of really cool abstracts. This is the one that I feel most depicts my daily life.

Four 
When I read the suggestion for this prompt I was pretty excited because this is a prompt where I can share my passion for photographic art.  My submission is a composite multiplicity photo created this week using four different photographs taken specifically for this purpose early last fall.

Colorful

I just loved the look of so many of the shots I took trying to capture my wild life I decided to share another one as my shot for colorful. I call this one Wild Child.

Next weeks prompts:

Smile (Saun's suggestion)
Stand Alone (Saun's suggestion)
Rusty or Something Old (Saun's suggestion)
Artificial (Terrie's suggestion)
Repeating Pattern (Terrie's suggestion)

 

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Weekend Reflections: Face to Face

I still have a lot of work to do learning my settings especially when working with indoor low lighting and subjects that move. It took a fraction of a second too long to get this shot and the young boy moved but I still really like the composition of the shot so I thought I would share it and maybe you all can give me tips to improve shots like this one. To my thinking I should have increased the ISO and used a faster shutter speed. Although doing that I worry about too much noise in the image, what do you think?

f 5.6  1/40 ISO 800

You can see more terrific reflections at Jame's Weekend Reflection meme.

Wordles Wednesday: Sad, Mad and overall unhappy