A few of you have mentioned that for the photo challenge you would like to take pictures of OBJECTS but are not sure where to begin on the best way to do that. I have recently been introduced to Christa Toulson of Adore Photography. She is a journalistic professional photographer who has graciously agreed to write an article for all of you giving tips and tricks on getting awesome photos! You can find the article at:
http://www.adorephotogtheblog.com/2011/03/how-to-take-better-pictures-of-objects.html
PLEASE make sure to leave some comments/feedback and thank her for being so kind to help us all out!
Thank you, Christa!!!!
(you can also visit Adore Photography on Facebook, Website, or on Twitter)
Showing posts with label Photograph Challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Photograph Challenge. Show all posts
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
NEW PHOTO CHALLENGE!!!!
Sometimes we tend to get into a routine with our picture taking. We have the same photos of the kids playing at the park, opening birthday gifts, standing by the Christmas tree, etc. Our photos begin to look the same year after year. Really good scrapbook pages start will really great photographs!!! This photo challenge is meant to spark your creativity and inspire you to think outside the box.
THE BEST PART???.....you have the opportunity win a FREE scrapbook page layout!!!
Twice a month you will receive an email with the new challenge "idea". The challenge will usually come in the form of a word (such as "Spring") or a phrase (such as "Once upon a time"). It is up to YOU to interpret the word or phrase however you wish.
Each challenge will last for a two week period. You may only submit ONE photo for each challenge and must be the sole author and owner of the copyright. Each photo will need to be emailed to me by midnight of the closing date at order@lovingreflectionsscrapbooks.com so they can be uploaded to Loving Reflections facebook page.
The winners of each challenge are chosen by the photo that has the greatest number of "likes" from the viewers. Then on a monthly basis, the two winners from the two challenges that month will go head-to-head for a FREE SCRAPBOOK PAGE. Judging for the monthly winner will be held in the same way that the bi-monthly winners were chosen.
You have nothing to loose! Stretch your imagination. Challenge yourself. Unleash your creativity. I cannot WAIT to see what you can do!!
***MAKE SURE TO ENTER YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN THE BOX ON THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE THE NEW CHALLENGE UPDATES!!!***
I'd love to get your feedback! What do you think? Are you excited about a challenge or does the thought of it scare you? Please share!!! And also, please tweet/fb this post if you like it!! I always appreciate the social love! Thank you so much!
With love,
Katie
Monday, March 14, 2011
Guess How Much I Love You?
Spring Break - Day 1
So it's Day #1 of Spring Break for my kids. When planning and thinking about the upcoming time with the kids, I had visions of picnics, walks through the nature center, bike rides, and bar-b-ques. Because of my work-a-holic status for the last week or so (see previous post), I felt that THIS week was going to be my mommy redemption time....the time when I would no longer be shunned by the flawless mothers who have their children at the park 3 times a week before taking them home to feed them chicken and broccoli while mine are hurriedly shoving the last Girl Scout Thin Mint in their mouth in preparation for their next battle on Halo 3. Last weekend I had my mental 'pre-game pep rally' where I convinced myself that 168 hours straight with my kiddos is going to be AWESOME! Plenty of quality time with my kids, laugher, eating our healthy fruits and vegetables, butterflies and rainbows, and possibly even a unicorn or two.
It was a pipe dream. I woke up this morning with 4 text alerts on my phone that we were under a "Winter Weather Advisory" the high for the day is suppose to be 34 degrees....snow tonight. Put away the apples, time to pull the Thin Mints back out.
I decided to have a Monday Morning Meeting with the kids since my game plan was now null and void. After 5 minutes of trying to gather them up, the meeting went something like this:
Me: Letting out a deep sigh of disappointment, "So guys, it's really cold outside what do you want to do today?"
(long pause of silence)
Kid #1: "NERF GUNS!!!!!!!" he screamed as he got up and ran out of the room waiving his hands in the air.
I watched him leave with no energy to do anything about it.
(Another long pause)
I took a drink of my tea and looked down at my daughter who was blankly staring at me.
Me: "Sweetie, what would you like to do today."
Kid #2: "NOT nerf guns, he always shoots me in the face and it HURTS. I'm worried that he might get me blinded and then I can't dance ever, EVER AGAIN" she said as she flings her hands down on the grounds and forces tears to fill her eyes (so my daughter MAY have a flare for the dramatic...I refrain from correcting her grammatical errors.)
Kid #1 screams from across the house: "I do not SHOOT YOU IN THE EYES!"
Kid #2 screams back: "Uh HUH!!! Remember, you shot me in the FACE last week when I was on the stairs???"
Kid #1: "Well....yeah. I shot you in the face....but you said EYES. I didn't shoot you in the EYES!!!"
It was at this point I had already made my way to the kitchen and shoved a second Thin Mint in my mouth. So much for Monday Morning Meeting.
I sat down at the computer to go through my email and noticed our library books were overdue. The LIBRARY!! Thankfully my kids LOVE the library. We began to go through our shelves and shelves of books to try and find the overdue ones to take back when we came across their favorite..."Guess How Much I Love You". It had been a long time since we had read through that book. My first grader opened it up and began reading in her slow, monotone first grade reading voice "I....love.....you....as.....ha...ha....hard?"
"High" I replied.
"high....as...I...can.....hop!" she said proudly. She read the whole book.
I fought back the tears. I had read that book to my kids when they were just months old and now they could read it on their own. As always, when I have a "Mommy Moment" like that, I have to scrapbook it. (Yes, I just used "scrapbook" as a verb). Besides.....reading "Guess How Much I Love You" to my children and scrapbooking it MIGHT get me back into the good graces of the flawless playground mommies.....(might).
Don't forget that YOU are part of the story in your kids lives. Lots of parents have tons of photos of their kids in their scrapbook, but not many photos of them WITH their kids. Even the cheap cameras have timers that you can set and then run into the photograph. Tripods are inexpensive but you can also use anything that is stable and the right height (for this photo the camera was sitting on a dresser with a bunch of overdue library books stacked underneath).
For a photograph challenge, try to think of an activity that you can do with you kids and utilize you camera timer to get in the photograph with them!!
So it's Day #1 of Spring Break for my kids. When planning and thinking about the upcoming time with the kids, I had visions of picnics, walks through the nature center, bike rides, and bar-b-ques. Because of my work-a-holic status for the last week or so (see previous post), I felt that THIS week was going to be my mommy redemption time....the time when I would no longer be shunned by the flawless mothers who have their children at the park 3 times a week before taking them home to feed them chicken and broccoli while mine are hurriedly shoving the last Girl Scout Thin Mint in their mouth in preparation for their next battle on Halo 3. Last weekend I had my mental 'pre-game pep rally' where I convinced myself that 168 hours straight with my kiddos is going to be AWESOME! Plenty of quality time with my kids, laugher, eating our healthy fruits and vegetables, butterflies and rainbows, and possibly even a unicorn or two.
It was a pipe dream. I woke up this morning with 4 text alerts on my phone that we were under a "Winter Weather Advisory" the high for the day is suppose to be 34 degrees....snow tonight. Put away the apples, time to pull the Thin Mints back out.
I decided to have a Monday Morning Meeting with the kids since my game plan was now null and void. After 5 minutes of trying to gather them up, the meeting went something like this:
Me: Letting out a deep sigh of disappointment, "So guys, it's really cold outside what do you want to do today?"
(long pause of silence)
Kid #1: "NERF GUNS!!!!!!!" he screamed as he got up and ran out of the room waiving his hands in the air.
I watched him leave with no energy to do anything about it.
(Another long pause)
I took a drink of my tea and looked down at my daughter who was blankly staring at me.
Me: "Sweetie, what would you like to do today."
Kid #2: "NOT nerf guns, he always shoots me in the face and it HURTS. I'm worried that he might get me blinded and then I can't dance ever, EVER AGAIN" she said as she flings her hands down on the grounds and forces tears to fill her eyes (so my daughter MAY have a flare for the dramatic...I refrain from correcting her grammatical errors.)
Kid #1 screams from across the house: "I do not SHOOT YOU IN THE EYES!"
Kid #2 screams back: "Uh HUH!!! Remember, you shot me in the FACE last week when I was on the stairs???"
Kid #1: "Well....yeah. I shot you in the face....but you said EYES. I didn't shoot you in the EYES!!!"
It was at this point I had already made my way to the kitchen and shoved a second Thin Mint in my mouth. So much for Monday Morning Meeting.
I sat down at the computer to go through my email and noticed our library books were overdue. The LIBRARY!! Thankfully my kids LOVE the library. We began to go through our shelves and shelves of books to try and find the overdue ones to take back when we came across their favorite..."Guess How Much I Love You". It had been a long time since we had read through that book. My first grader opened it up and began reading in her slow, monotone first grade reading voice "I....love.....you....as.....ha...ha....hard?"
"High" I replied.
"high....as...I...can.....hop!" she said proudly. She read the whole book.
I fought back the tears. I had read that book to my kids when they were just months old and now they could read it on their own. As always, when I have a "Mommy Moment" like that, I have to scrapbook it. (Yes, I just used "scrapbook" as a verb). Besides.....reading "Guess How Much I Love You" to my children and scrapbooking it MIGHT get me back into the good graces of the flawless playground mommies.....(might).
Don't forget that YOU are part of the story in your kids lives. Lots of parents have tons of photos of their kids in their scrapbook, but not many photos of them WITH their kids. Even the cheap cameras have timers that you can set and then run into the photograph. Tripods are inexpensive but you can also use anything that is stable and the right height (for this photo the camera was sitting on a dresser with a bunch of overdue library books stacked underneath).
For a photograph challenge, try to think of an activity that you can do with you kids and utilize you camera timer to get in the photograph with them!!
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