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Your attention please: Photographic Supurbness

National Geographic Photo Contest: Honorable Mention for Nature category Location: Biei, Hokkaido, Japan. (© Kent Shiraishi)

Photography buffs, click the beautiful photo above for the link to the 2011 National Geographic’s Photo Contest winners and submissions. If you’re off today, you can allow yourself to get carried away (who am i kidding, even if you’re working you can spend the day there!).

This one is by Kent Shiraishi and I just love it. The color and crispness of the trees just makes me want to stare and stare. I’d love to go there and see this myself. 

I finally got a flash for my camera for Christmas. I used it yesterday for the family Christmas and it really makes a difference – no washed out faces or unflattering shadows. So Excited for the 2012 Monthly Theme Challenge- the flash will open up a world of new subjects.

And if you’re here, you share a silly sense of humor too – Another link to waste some time with- “Kim Jong-Il Looking At Things“. 

Enjoy your Boxing Day!

 
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Posted by on December 26, 2011 in Photography

 

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Who wants to join me in a 2012 Photography Challenge?

This would be a December photo!

Every year, as I create my 4×6 desktop photo calendars, I wish I had more “seasonal” photos in my stash to use for each month. The years we go on a vacation are fine, because I usually have a ton of favorite photos from the trip, but the non-vacation years pose a challenge.

As I package up my 2012 calendars (70 of them now, the list is growing yearly!), my thoughts turned to next year and how I could fill my photo stash to make the next batch better. It dawned on me that a photo challenge was in order, but not one that will suck the life out of me.  A daily photo is awesome, but can lead to burnout.

This is what I came up with- any number of photos in the month that reflect the “personality” of the month.  So, January to me is bare trees, rainy days and hot beverages by the fire. Sweaters. Scarves. I wish it meant snow for me, but maybe for you, snow!  July might be BBQ or popsicles, beaches. You get the idea. A minimum of 1 photo, the max only being what you can sanely accomplish.

I thought about making a list defining the personality of each month, but people have different ideas of what each month means. So guess what? No structure and only one rule – at least one photo representing the personality of the month according to you!

You with me?  Yes? Let me know- if there is enough of an interest, a Flickr group may be in order. I can’t wait to start this project!

 
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Posted by on December 14, 2011 in Photography

 

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May I Direct You…

What do you get when you collect the photos from hundreds of tourists, who’ve travelled to dozens of the worlds famous landmarks and who have taken almost the exact same photo of said landmarks?  If you’re an artist, specifically Corinne Vionnet, you might stack 300 or so of the different, but same, photos on top of each other and combine them to create…

Artist Corinne Vionnet - My Modern Metropolis - The Coliseum, Rome Italy

Check out the article I read today at The Upshot about Corinne Vionnet and her photographs.  You can either follow the links from the article, or go to My Modern Metropolis to see the full collection and Corinne Vionnet’s website.  Enjoy!

Corinne Vionnet - St. Basil Cathedral, Moscow

I think she’s my new hero!

 
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Posted by on February 23, 2011 in May i direct you..., Photography, Travels

 

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WPC2011: Joy

Shutterboo’s Weekly Photo Challenge, week 2:  JOY

I am having a hard time not being literal with the challenges so far.  My sister in law and newest niece both share the middle name JOY and I would have loved to get a portrait of the 2 of them, but I work nights!  Schedules don’t mesh.  Maybe I’ll revisit this challenge a little later.  So for now I present my JOY photo:  Christmas Candle burning with the word JOY.

Honestly?  meh.

 

Check out Shutterboo’s blog for the next challenge!!

 
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Posted by on January 12, 2011 in Photography

 

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Clean & Modern Calendar: Yes, another digital freebie!

I’ve been creating a base template for a photo a day project and needed a clean and simple calendar brush set to use on the daily page.  So this is what I came up with and I’m offering it to you!  By clicking the image, you will go to 4shared.com to download the .abr file.  I’m sorry- it’s only a brush/stamp this time- no overlay/.pngs.    Enjoy!!

Are you doing a Project 365 or Project 52 this year?  If so, how are you planning to document it?

 
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Posted by on January 2, 2011 in Photography, Photoshop & Digital Art

 

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