Catching up on Picture... Everything

I'm a bit behind in posting updates on my photography workshops, aren't I? Let's see, when I left off, I was doing the weekly prompts through Picture Inspiration. I'm still working on that one (it goes for a full year) and, starting this month, I am also doing a daily prompt for a class called Picture Color. They're both from the family of workshops by Tracey Clark over at Big Picture Classes, the same one that includes Picture Winter which I did back in January. (Trust me when I say that I am not the only one who is addicted to her classes. There is a group of us that are hitting each class in turn and lovingly call the suite of classes, Picture Everything!) Anyway, here are some of my favorite shots from the past few weeks.

 

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What's in My Garden: Late Spring Update

So today was supposed to be another roundup from the National Stationery Show to join up with the desk organization and hedgehog posts from earlier. But now that the super hot weather has broken and my garden is in bloom, I was inspired to share what I've planted this year and share a few pictures from the bounty of color that is spring. 

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Picture Inspiration, Week 10

Welcome to another Picture Inspiration and One Little Word | Captured update. This week's Picture Inspiration prompt asked us to turn our creativity towards our kitchens. My immediate response was the photograph of the forks I took for Picture Winter. My second thought was about an image of our kitchen chandelier which I created as part of Kim Klassen's Skinny Mini Photoshop e-Course. But while I wanted to create something new, I found that after Picture Winter, there wasn't much left in my kitchen that had not already been photographed. I needed something new, something fresh. And then I remembered a package that arrived on my doorstep earlier this week...

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One Little Word | Captured, Week 17 (and more)

Uh oh. Those don't look like flowers to me. 

So it's been a while since I gave you an update on my One Little Word, progress.  It's not been far from my mind. I just didn't fell like I had much to say. This week, though, is different.

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Picture Inspiration, Week 7

This week's Picture Inspiration prompt continued on the concept of reflection. Where last week we were to capture the object and its reflection, this week we were charged with capturing the reflection alone. I lucked out; I actually took this shot of this little pool of water on our patio last week. I knew it didn't qualify for that week's prompt because it did not include the object being reflected but I took the shot anyway because was struck by the quality of the reflection. It took some fine-tuned maneuvering to get the composition that I wanted while not getting my toes in the shot -- and to not fall into the puddle!

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