theme 8: Free

Focal Points

Theme120: Frosted

Last weeks snow storm frosted the trees with fresh fallen snow.

Theme 135: Hair

I was with my daughter last Friday & we looked at each other and said "Boy do we need haircuts" She got on the phone & was able to get us in for a cut. I watched the kids while she went & when she got back I went. Sally's new hair style

Theme 359: White

White statue in front of white snow & backlit by the sun. I was trying to get the right exposure in manual mode by overding the meter.

Theme 163: Kitchen utensils

Bella watching as her mom makes juice

Theme 112: footware

Added a texture to photo

Theme 193: Natural framing

I didn't take this photo with this theme in mind but I think it fits. The deckrail & the fir tree seem to frame the playground

Theme 218: Pastel

SOOC
Alarm clocks lights up in different pastel colors

Theme 185: Motionless

My subject is not moving. LOLOLOL

Theme95: Fairytale

My SnowWhite & Ariel

Theme 191: Music

SOOC

Photo taken at my grandaughters BD party this March. Twe neighborhood girls came over for a short time & played their fiddles & violins .

Theme 326: Yellow

Driving around neighborrhood looking for something to photograph & I saw this sign peaking up through the snow. This photo was taken about a week ago. The snow is melting fast now

Theme 309 Letter H

Hawaii Girl
Dreaming of better weather. Getting tired of these cloudy overcast days of winter.
Used manual mode to take this photo. I've tried manual mode for the first time this week.

Theme93: Faceless Portraits

I don't really know what this theme means- a photo of a person with shallow depth of field to the point the facial features are blurred out?
This is my faceless submission for the theme.
SOOC taken in manual mode.
Willow Tree
Beautiful Wishes
A gathering of beautiful wishes for you-love,health, happiness

Theme110: Fluffy

Some thing green for St. Patrick's Day
My version of a Lephrichon with out his hat of couse.

Theme 188: Movement

I put my camera on a slower shutterspeed to catch some movement 0f the dance steps& still have a sharp clear bg.

Theme 220: Pipes

Well my idea of pipes is usually plumbing pipes or something in that line. But since I need a photo to fit a theme for today it will be my windchime pipes.
SOOC

Theme 208: Orange

Practising aperature settings.

Theme 259: Shades of Grey

These photos are for all the southern bloggers who don't get much snow & only see photos of beautiful fresh fallen snow
This is what snow looks like at the roadside after many cars have driven past.
Seems to me we need a fresh snowfall to "brighten" up the place a bit!lololol

Free Theme

I need to do a photo shoot for the suggested themes.This is harder than I thought it would be because I am so busy right now.

Theme 172: Literature

SOOC
I am noticing that often my photos are not completely all in the pic.Either I have to step back alittle more or zoom out more or I am movng the camera down a bit when I press the shutter bottom.

6 Free Theme Depth of Field

I put my camera on aperature mode for the first time & got this shallow DOF photo

theme 215: Panning

SOOC
First ever attempt at panning & using continuous shooting mode. boy that continuous mode is fun!

Theme 75:Distant Also redo for theme: leading lines

SOOC

I guess I need to go out on a photowalk to take photos that fit the themes.I'd have to make it a autowalk-very cold here.. This isn't the grand idea I have of far away subject but I don't want to miss a day of posting so this is it!!lolol Also I think it fits the theme leading lines which I already posted & completedly screwed up that theme.Maybe it is being here in the dead of winter and I have been hibernating in the house that I need alittle inspiration _so off to visit the other blogs!

Theme 357: What is that

I was out on a auto walk( too cold here to do an actual walk) looking for themes to photo & I ran across this. What is it? Doesn't seem to be a new home foundation or is it? Some kind of retaining wall?
SOOC

Theme 54: cold

My 4 year old granddaughter sledding.See the ice chunch she is holding?

Theme 308: The letter G

Green Boat in the Snow
I was drivng along a side street & saw this green boat sticking out of the snow
SOOC

Theme 331: Thriving

I have been a premier member over at LindaSattgast's DigitalScrappers site for at least 3 years Every month we get a beautiful kit & 4 video lessons with a pdf file to learn some new technique in digiscrapping.Each month Linda selects top picks out of that months gallery. Only once one of my Lo's was included in the top pics. I just received my march newsletter & see a Lo of mine was included in the top pics! Here it is:

My flowers THRIVING in my garden

The Letter E

E is for Emily

Theme 167: leading lines

I don't really know what is meant by leading lines. Lines leading to the main focus of a photo? This photohas lots of lines

Free Theme 5: Shutter Speeds

This is my second attempt at taking my camera off auto. I used S-Shutter priority
I started an online class by Candice Stringham called Oh Shoot yesterday & this was are first assignment