It's the WEEKEND!!!

#1 here,
Hope everyone had an awesome week. I know I did. The weekend is here-so it is time for some relaxation, but don't relax too much we still have our lovely challenges to think about.

#2 and I were brainstorming on what to do this weekend when we both came across one of our fave sites and their idea just jumped out at us. DPS you are AWESOME!!!!
So unto our challenges:

Challenge #1- Black and White Nature-we all love black and white and we all love nature so this should be fun combining the two.

Challeng #2- Water drops- we have seen several pictures of this and they all look AWESOME and we have read and watched many tutorials over this. So we thought hey lets give it a try. We will posts the best ones as always. We will also try to post pointers on what we did, what worked and what didn't. Hopefully we will all come up with some really good stuff and not get too frustrated if it doesn't go the way we want it to (mmm-smoke).

Everyone have a safe and happy weekend. Until later!
#1 is out!!

Easter Challenge Results

Morning everyone! I hope you all are feeling better than I am. I am a bit... Hungover. I had my brother and his wifey over for Easter and we hit the bottle until there were no more bottles to hit. Boy am I glad I didnt buy any more booze. I sure hope they got home safely.

Now for the challenge! I think Spring turned out pretty well. This is a tree that we planted a few months ago and it is budding nicely. I put my camera on the ground and shot straight up the trunk.


Unfortunately I dont have face planting kiddos to photograph at Easter time. Kids really do make the best subjects. I took a picture of the tulips my husband got me for Easter. Don't be jealous. It took several years to train him like I want him.

Lastly, I attempted smoke again. It was still freakin hard. I did notice that the longer I worked with it the better my photos got. I guess practice really does make perfect. Too bad I got tired and bored before I got perfect. Here is one of my good ones. It would have been better if I had the appropriate back drop. Maybe if I decide to go into smoke photography for a living I will buy better equipment.

Well, I posted my 3 best but I do have more on Flickr so you should check them out. I had fun this weekend and I actually tried harder on this challenge than I normally do. Yay for me!

Spring and Easter!! Smoke again??

How was everyone's weekend?? Mine was truely GREAT-the best one I have had in quite sometime. I finally have blinds on my windows at home so all is wonderful in my life :) Now if I can finish moving in completely all will be perfect.
I hope everyone had a great Easter-Mine was a lot of fun. I got a big kick out of watching my boys hunt for eggs. My two oldest ones were imitating various video games so it was hilarious to watch until my oldest slipped and landed on his face. He just got a few scratches so no big deal.
I really enjoyed this weekends challenges (all except for smoke-UGH it just doesn't like to cooperate)
Easter (Sorry no pics of the face plant)

Spring (I have lived in Texas for like 18 years and this is the first time I have taken pics of the pretty Bluebonnets)

Smoke (was very frustrating but I think it looks better than last time)

Well, this is all I have. Have a great week!!!
Until next time,
#2

Challenge #4

I am stoked about this weeks challenge. Easter and Spring kinda go hand in hand so it should be easy, peasy. Lets all hope for sunshine, so we will have plenty of opportunities to complete these. Just wanted to add a quick note and wish everyone a Happy Easter!!
#2 is over and out!! Peace!!

Well, April has arrived. It seems like just yesterday it was January. My how the months fly by. Anyhoo... Enough of that.

So I spoke with #1 and we decided that we were both unequipped and ill prepared for the smoke challenge and now that we are a week older and wiser we are ready to tackle it again. Not to worry though, for those of you that have mastered smoke pictureing we will assign new challenges. For those of you that would like to attack smoke and completely mop the floor with it, we welcome your entries on Monday.

In addition to smoke the new challenges for this weekend are Spring and Easter. Go figure, huh. We thought we would be different and pick a couple of random topics out of the blue. So collect your Easter eggs, make some Deviled Eggs (how did THAT tradition start?? Isn't Easter about the resurrection of Christ and you celebrate with some Devil eggs??), and get out and enjoy the sunshine!

I apologize, my mind sometimes wanders when I type.

I wish you all the best and have a wonderful Easter weekend.

Finally!!!

Ok-So this has taken me practically all week. But better late than never-right? I had planned on getting really creative with this but things did not end up happening that way. I did complete it and that is what counts-Atleast for this time around. Next time I will do better and get in on time-fingers crossed.

Smoke was the first one that I completed. This one was a lot tougher than I thought it would be. I took about 100 pics and was only really semi satisfied with this one. I did this by holding up a burning incense against a black background.

For my photo about me-I included everything that is important to me. My kids, my sister and my hubby are the most. And you might think I am crazy but Blue October is pretty important too. I see my kids and hubby everyday. I try to talk to my sister everyday and I definitely listen to Blue October everyday. There are other things that I could of and probably should of included in this (mom, dad, brothers-i promise you are important too)But these were all of the items that I had on hand at the time. That is what happens when you are in the process of moving.

WOW it has been a really fast week!!!
Til tomorrow when a new challenge arises.
#1 is OUT!!!