Perspectives - A Photo Challenge: Black & White

It is week #4 of "Perspectives - A Photo Challenge hosted by Lena B Photography, Agape Love Designs and When Shutters Click.


This week's challenge was Black & White.

Since I didn't actually have any photos of zebras, pandas, oreos, dalmatians  or other things that are actually black and white, I went with black and white versions of the photos.

1.  Sweet Willow getting ready to take a nap on her fluffy bed.

2.  Giant palm leaf I saw at Meijer Gardens. This thing was huge - about three feet across.  I think the swirly bit in the middle looks a bit like the nose of some crazy plant monster.

Thanks so much to Lena B for featuring my palm leaf as one of her photos of the week.

3. This is my husband, D. We were messing around while on vacation.  D was making these crazy faces while I was playing with all the settings on my new camera.  He makes me laugh every day.

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Here are the deets so you can join in if you like. I really hope you will! I would love to see the photos that represent Black & White to you.

Each week the hosts will choose a "theme" and on Friday, they ask that everyone link up 3 different photos representing their PERSPECTIVE of the week's theme. 

It's all about YOUR perspective and interpretation! {If you don't have a blog, you can link to a flickr account, etc. They just want to see your photos!!} 

By the way... 
you dont have to be a professional photographer to join in! 
You can even use your camera phone. (I know I will!) 
They just want to see YOUR perspective! 
They want to see how YOU view the world. :) 
So don't by shy, or afraid to join in! 

The following week, each host will choose and highlight their favorite photo from the linkup! The next linkup is going to be happening today, August 10rd... Link up your post with 3 photos you've taken to represent this week's theme: Black & White.

They want this to be successful, so if you're IN give a few shout outs! Grab a button a spread the word! 

Feel free to tweet using hash tags #Perspectives or #PerspectivesPhotoChallenge as well as tag @mariagridly, @Mom2MandR and @shuttersclick.

Perspectives - A Photo Challenge: LIFE

It is week 3 of "Perspectives - A Photo Challenge hosted by Lena B Photography, Agape Love Designs and When Shutters Click.


This week's challenge was LIFE!

After last week's difficulty finding photos with yellow, this one was much easier.  Sorry for all the dog pictures but D and I are some of "those" people. We don't have kids of our own so Willow is a HUGE part of our life and the reality is that much of our life revolves around her. Plus, she is just so stinking sweet.

1.  Willow enjoying in the pond at the dog park.  We take our silly dog to the park several times a week and getting her lots of exercise makes our life much happier and calmer. Plus, the exercise does us good too.

2.  Our 65 pound dog thinks she is a lap dog and will howl at D until he lets her up into his favorite lounge chair. She will stay up there for as long as he lets her just getting good snuggles. Sometimes she even falls asleep like this. It cracks me up every time I see it.

3. This last one I call "the one thing you can count on in life (and renovations) is that you will find something you don't plan on." When we tore up the carpet to install our bamboo flooring we were horrified to discover major water damage from an old leak. Boo! We ended up tearing out the sheetrock in the corner, discovering carpenter ants (shudder) and then tearing out the subfloor to the joists before putting it all back together again so we could actually install the flooring. Blerg!

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Here are the deets so you can join in if you like. I really hope you will!  I would love to see the photos that mean Life to you.

Each week the hosts will choose a "theme" and on Friday, they ask that everyone link up 3 different photos representing their PERSPECTIVE of the week's theme.  It's all about YOUR perspective & interpretation!

{If you don't have a blog, you can link to a flickr account, etc. They just want to see your photos!!}

By the way... you dont have to be a professional photographer to join in!

You can even use your camera phone. (I know I will!)
They just want to see YOUR perspective!
They want to see how YOU view the world. :)
So don't by shy, or afraid to join in!

The following week, each host will choose & highlight their favorite photo from the linkup!

The second linkup is going to be happening today, August 3rd...
Link up your post with 3 photos you've taken to represent this week's theme:

LIFE

They want this to be successful, so if you're IN give a few shout outs!
Grab a button a spread the word!
Feel free to tweet using hash tags #Perspectives or #PerspectivesPhotoChallenge and #July20
as well as tag @mariagridly, @Mom2MandR, and @shuttersclick.

Perspectives - A Photo Challenge: YELLOW

It is week 2 of "Perspectives - A Photo Challenge" hosted by Lena B Photography, Agape Love Designs and When Shutters Click.

This week's challenge was YELLOW!

It was a hard one for me. Apparently I don't take many pictures that have yellow in them - especially since I went digital.   I had to hit photo albums from some of my trips to find something that would work for this challenge.

1.  I saw this lone yellow daisy (or is it a Black-Eyed Susan?) at a roadside park between Charlevoix and Petoskey where we had an evening picnic.  Taken with a Canon T3i, kit 18-55 lens. Settings: 55mm,  ISO/100, f/5.6, shutter speed 1/100.

2.  This photo is from my trip to China many moons ago. I saw this little guy in Tiananmen Square with his mom.  She was so proud to show him off to the foreign lady.  I thought he was just too cute for words and looked so happy. Photo taken with 35mm camera.

3. This is another old school 35mm camera photo from my trip to England.  (I have decided that I traveled a whole lot more when I was single. :-D). London in the spring is beautiful and I found this hill of daffodils while sightseeing getting lost. You can see my head just poking out above the flowers in the upper left corner.

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Here are the deets so you can join in if you like. I really hope you will!  I would love to see the photos that mean Summer to you.

Each week the hosts will choose a "theme" and on Friday, they ask that everyone link up 3 different photos representing their PERSPECTIVE of the week's theme.  It's all about YOUR perspective & interpretation!

{If you don't have a blog, you can link to a flickr account, etc. They just want to see your photos!!}

By the way... you dont have to be a professional photographer to join in!

You can even use your camera phone. (I know I will!)
They just want to see YOUR perspective!
They want to see how YOU view the world. :)
So don't by shy, or afraid to join in!

The following week, each host will choose & highlight their favorite photo from the linkup!

The second linkup is going to be happening today, July 27th...
Link up your post with 3 photos you've taken to represent this week's theme:

YELLOW

They want this to be successful, so if you're IN give a few shout outs!
Grab a button a spread the word!
Feel free to tweet using hash tags #Perspectives or #PerspectivesPhotoChallenge and #July20
as well as tag @mariagridly, @Mom2MandR, and @shuttersclick.

Perspectives - A Photo Challenge: SUMMER

Over the next few Friday's I will be participating in the Perspectives - A Photo Challenge hosted by Lena B Photography, Agape Love Designs and When Shutters Click.




I found this challenge when hanging out on Pinterest, which as everyone knows is a great place to waste time get inspired! Since I got my new camera, one of my goals is to just take pictures whenever I can. I think I have taken more non-blog-related photos in the last month than I had in the previous two years.

This Friday's challenge is SUMMER!

Here are my three pics that represent my perspective of Summer for me. Summer to me is about relaxing, being outdoors and, well, because I am one of those people, Willow - our fur kid.

1.  My first rainbow of the summer with the added bonus of being in my favorite summer vacation spot - Lake Charlevoix! Taken on my Samsung Galaxy IIS. I was kicking myself for leaving my "real" camera in the hotel room.

2.  D's first baby tomato in our garden - I love the way the light hits the water droplet. I enjoy spending time in the garden because my cell phone doesn't work there so it the perfect place to unplug and get your hands dirty.  This was one of the very first photos I took with my new Canon T3i with 18-55 kit lens using the close up macro.

3.  Our sleepy Willow. She loves summer because she gets to sleep in the grass with the sun keeping her nice and warm.  She was so passed out she didn't even mind me crawling right up to her and taking her picture.  Taken with a Canon T3i with 18-55 kit lens with the close-up macro.

Here are the deets so you can join in if you like. I really hope you will!  I would love to see the photos that mean Summer to you.

Each week the hosts will choose a "theme" and on Friday, they ask that everyone link up 3 different photos representing their PERSPECTIVE of the week's theme.  It's all about YOUR perspective & interpretation!

{If you don't have a blog, you can link to a flickr account, etc. They just want to see your photos!!}

By the way... you dont have to be a professional photographer to join in!

You can even use your camera phone. (I know I will!)
They just want to see YOUR perspective!
They want to see how YOU view the world. :)
So don't by shy, or afraid to join in!

The following week, each host will choose & highlight their favorite photo from the linkup!

The very first linkup is going to be happening today, July 20th...
Link up your post with 3 photos you've taken to represent this week's theme:

SUMMER

They want this to be successful, so if you're IN give a few shout outs!
Grab a button a spread the word!
Feel free to tweet using hash tags #Perspectives or #PerspectivesPhotoChallenge and #July20
as well as tag @mariagridly, @Mom2MandR, and @shuttersclick.