Time Lapses

Time Lapses are always fun to me - I see people get these amazing shots of the Milky Way and the Stars - and I am jealous.  But not jealous enough to get up early or try to do it myself....

So when we learned a little in camera trick to simulate them... I was on it!!

But then! I had learned some artsy stuff too - so I tries that as well.

And while nothing is in focus here - I love the how the colors run together. This is not a great photo by any means - but I had fun trying to combine some art ideas with a time lapse....

Panorama photos

The day we took this photo - it was still under the Stay at Home orders

AND

it was day 3 of snow storms - and we had about a foot or more of snow out in the pastures

My son and I were entertaining ourselves and trying to be creative

We forgot that we should have picked up the house first, and we also forgot all the stuff that he had moved home from college, that hadn't found a spot yet.....  oh well

Perfection is just not my thing

But we had fun creating this photo.

Lines Lines Lines

I love learning about the elements of art - and one of them is Lines...

we were tasked with Finding Lines to photograph - again staying in our area.

My whole goal with this class was to make sure I got a few more photos of the place on which we live.... so I headed out to the back side.....

These may not be the lines that most people think of right away.... But I thought of fence lines.

and since we always seem to have some fencing project around here... it seemed appropriate ;-)


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In Phone editing - and the times of Covid

Our lesson this week was on in phone editing. I thought I knew what you could do in the phone, as I have a love for pushing buttons and experimenting, but I learned a few more things about my phone - so that was great.

We were supposed to use these new skills and create a photo with the *in times of Covid* theme.

First - we live on the edge of nowhere, so what people see in town and in communities - we only see on the news.

Second - our biggest change has been everyone coming back home as colleges moved to online learning.

Third - we love to get outdoors - so most of my photos of *in times of covid* are out door photos...

So here is my submission for this challenge:

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Our World Tuesday

In the Kitchen

This photo challenge sent us into our Kitchens!

Remember we are trying to honor the *stay at home * rules.

And we were to work on Lighting and Photo lock

My kitchen was boring - I took photos of our food, of our utensils, of the counters and nothing spoke to me. Then when My husband was doing dishes ( yay) I saw my candles on the counter - so I lit them and then turned the lights off.

note to self - wait until husband is DONE with dishes before giving him an excuse to quit!

I took quite a few from different angles and close up - but for some reason - this is the one that I like the best - Maybe because of all the black space around it?

Anyways - that was my submission for this challenge!

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My Corner of the World

In the Garden

Our next assignment was a fun one about perspective and lighting and more.
Ricky - knowing we are all on Lockdown ( my word not the governments) wanted us to explore in our gardens.....

I live in Northern Colorado ... Its cold here - we don't start gardens until May.

So I told my husband - I am supposed to explore our garden... Thanks Ricky!! that got him thinking and motivated! He decided the he should probably till it up before the next snow to get moisture in it...

Which led him to burning the weeds -

Which Led to - My submission for this lesson!

I knew this class would be good for me! ( ha ha)


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Framing - a new photo class

I so love learning all about photography! There are days I think - Wow! Nailed it, and other I think... i could learn more about this ..... and so....

Since we are all staying in our own spaces lately - I decided to take another Photo Class from Ricky Timms all about Smart phone Photography.

There are times I find myself without my favorite DSLR - but! I have my cell phone with me - so why not try to get better at it!!

The lesson this week was all about purposeful framing, and reducing distractions.

This is my Submission:

I am excited to learn new things and take a moment to really study my phone photography options. How often do you use your phone for your photos?

Linking to:
Our World Tuesday
My Corner of the World