Edible Arrangements

Not only are edible arrangements a great way to show you care, they taste fantastic and photograph beautifully! That is IF you can get the camera before others have devoured them.

A Bit of Nature

Just a few nature shots

Scavenger Hunt Sunday:

I can't believe a week has gone by already, although it does goes fast when you sleep most of it away. Although I was able to get a few shots taken before the flu landed me in bed for the rest of the week, I only got one for this challenge. So I hunted through my archives and found a few fun shots for this weeks prompts.




Strike a Pose:
My youngest granddaughter is always ready and willing to strike a pose. I just couldn't pass up taking a shot of her posing for her mom.

I would also like to share this shot of one of my favorite clients. Even though our sessions are very relaxed and lean more toward candid sessions this mother and daughter are great at striking poses that look candid.

Footwear:
The first shot for this prompt I actually did take at the beginning of this week.  Thankfully the majority of our ice and snow is now gone. Maybe I will get a chance to wear a pair of shoes like in the second shot which was taken with my cell phone a few weeks back.

Hobby:
I decided to share a college that shows off one of my many hobbies. I enjoy designing and creating historically dressed dolls. This dolls' dress and bonnet were inspired by an 1880's french walking outfit. The outfit and accessories including shoes are all hand stitched.   

Shiny:
Have you ever noticed that the inside of playground equipment can be very shiny?

Color Me Green:
This is Mr. Todd, he was preforming last week and I was lucky enough to not only get to hear him preform but also to get some great shots. This photo is not altered the strobe lights changed colors during the show.

Next Weeks Prompts:

Facial Feature (Sacha's suggestion)

Shadow (Sacha's suggestion)

Spicy (Kat's suggestion)

Gold (Kat's suggestion)

Fabric (Christian's suggestion)

Scavenger Hunt Sunday: On A Winter's Walk

And the hunt is on!

My submissions:

Smile (Saun's suggestion)

Stand Alone: (Saun's suggestion)

Rusty or Something Old: (Saun's suggestion)

Going for a shot of the stairs going into the OLD building I realized I could capture both RUSTY and OLD for the hand rail was rather rusty.

Artificial (Terrie's suggestion)

Walking around down town I saw many things that were artificial, mainly flowers and such in the store windows but nothing really jumped out and said Photograph Me. So I decided to take a photo of an artificial object that make a major difference in so many peoples lives. This one happens to belong to my husband.

Repeating Pattern: (Terrie's suggestion)

 There were of course lots of repeating patterns in the old buildings along my walk. Although I did take photos of a number of them this brick pattern spoke louder than any of the rest. ;)

I hope you have enjoyed my finds, now please click on the button above and head over to check out what others have found for Scavenger Hunt Sunday.

Weekend Reflections: Kick It!

Don't forget to run over and visit all the great photography at Jame's Weekend Reflections!

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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Creating An Inexpensive But Elegant Backdrop

Recently I decided I wanted to get more of a studio look with some of my portrait shots. Of course that means I needed to get some type of backdrop. After looking around I decided that at this time it was more than I could spend to purchase professional backdrops. But this did not stop me from improvising.

First I purchased a rolling garment rack and then went in search of material. I was fortunate to find approximately ten yards of this wonderful 110 inch wide draping material at a Goodwill for only $3.00. I wasn't exactly sure how well it would work as the fabric is a bit sheer so I had to first hang a plain white sheeting behind this fabric but I am happy with the results. However, as you can see by this photo it is not wide or tall enough to do full standing shots, so I will be heading to Home Depot to get longer tubing to increase the width and height of the garment rack.

After putting it all together I set up my lights (made from regular old automotive shop lights) and my camera and had a little test run. Just as I expected the width of the backdrop frame is too narrow for any distance shots.

It was however just fine for closer shots. I do need to figure out a better way to get the focus right when doing self portraits though.

The total cost so far for the backdrop is $15.00, ten for the rack, $2 for a king size white sheet and $3.00 for the fantastic print sheeting.  Both the material and king size sheet were purchased at thrift stores. Looking around I should be able to get the tubing to increase the width for under $21 dollars. Do you have any favorite materials that you use for backdrops? I will be keeping my eyes open for more fabrics to create different backdrops.