Fifty-two on Friday-Week Forty Eight

 A blog circle of photographers from all over the world, both amateur and professional alike, sharing their interpretations of a common theme.  At the bottom of each post, click the link for the next photographer until you come full circle, back here to my blog.

"circles" 

 For this week's theme I'm choosing to share a few pictures from a shoot I did this past weekend.  Some weeks I shoot for the theme and some weeks I find a way to creatively use a picture I've taken and have it fit the theme.  This week it's the later.  

Here's the definition of ringlets taken from dictionary.com




ring·let

[ring-lit] 

noun

1. a curled lock of hair

2. a small ring or circle

Doesn't she have the most amazing ringlets (circles) of hair!

To see what type of circles the rest of the group found start with Faye Kingston, of Miramichi, NB

and click here   

Fifty-two on Friday Week Forty-seven

A blog circle of photographers from all over the world, both amateur and professional alike, sharing their interpretations of a common theme.  At the bottom of each post, click the link for the next photographer until you come full circle, back here to my blog.

 

"sleep"

 

This week's theme should have been really easy. It wasn't. 

 I resorted to sneaking up my boys after we ate our Thanksgiving dinner tonight.  I got caught.

My oldest tried to pretend he was asleep, but laughed the whole time.  He's a good poker player, but not a serious model.  

My youngest pulled the pillow over his head and turned his back to hide from me and my camera. After he fell asleep like that, he was fair game.

The middle son was unaware of my need for a picture tonight.  I managed to catch him, 

sound asleep.

Even the dog turns his head from me when he hears the beep as my camera focuses.

So, for sleep, I have nothing creative, but I do have my sons, all sleeping or pretending to be!

 I think that they all must have PCS (photographer's child syndrome)!

 

     

Now to see what/who the rest of the circle caught sleeping, start here with  

Stacy Vitallo, D'Lara Photography, Downer's Grove, IL 

52 on Friday-Week Forty-six

A blog circle of photographers from all over the world, both amateur and professional alike, sharing their interpretations of a common theme.  At the bottom of each post, click the link for the next photographer until you come full circle, back here to my blog.

"routine"

There was a time in my life when pretty much everything was a routine, well as routine as they can be when you're raising kids.  I relied on that routine to get me through the day.  Routines make life easy, or easier, anyway. At least, I thought so once upon a time. 

Once my youngest son, Kevin, went to college, my routine sort of fell apart. There were no more school events to attend, no more sporting events to attend, no more music concerts to attend and about the same time my husband's work schedule changed, hence so did our routine of eating together every night.  I've had kids move out and back in and who are now getting ready to leave again.  There is no longer much that's routine in our daily lives, except that things change, constantly.

In these last couple of years I've come to enjoy the lack of routine.  Where I once loved working with the same teacher every day year after year, I now enjoy wondering which teacher's classroom I'll be in on any given day.  Where I once swore that I was a traditionalist as far as my photography ideals were concerned, I know have a more open mind.   Every once in while I look at one of my images and think that it's boring, it's routine.  

How many ways can I make a flower look interesting?

So this week I decided to take an image and break with my usual editing routine.  I'll post both the before and the after.  I'm not exactly sure how much I like the processed image, but it's fun, if only because it allows me to be creative and break with my normal routine!  

      

To see what the other three photographer's impressions, of routine, are, start here with 

Christa Paustenbaugh of Okinawa, Japan  

Fifty-two on Friday-Week Forty-five

A blog circle of photographers from all over the world, both amateur and professional alike, sharing their interpretations of a common theme.  At the bottom of each post, click the link for the next photographer until you come full circle, back here to my blog.

"texture"

We've probably had a much warmer fall than usual. Earlier this week we had our second frost of the season.  I had to go outside just after sunrise, into the shade of the backyard for this.  As soon as the sun hit the grass, the frost melted. My timing was perfect for this frosty leaf and the grass!
 

We should have at least six photographers participating this week.  To start around the circle 

click here

 to see what photographer Christa Paustenbaugh of Okinawa, Japan has to share.

 

Fifty-two on Friday-Week Forty-four!

A blog circle of photographers from all over the world, both amateur and professional alike, sharing their interpretations of a common theme.  At the bottom of each post, click the link for the next photographer until you come full circle, back here to my blog.

"pastime"

This time of year, one of my favorite pastimes is driving around looking at the fall foliage.  I had a chance to do this one afternoon earlier this week after Hurricane Sandy passed through.  I had expected most of the leaves to be off the trees, and while there were many on the ground, there were still enough on the trees to make it colorful.  I love driving through narrow sections of roadway where the trees are like canopies overhead.  The only thing that would have made this drive better was some sunshine.  I'm not going to complain though because we were extremely fortunate compared to our neighbors to the north, the ones to the south, and especially compared to the ones to our east. Hurricane Sandy left unprecedented destruction in her wake.  

 
There are two other photographers sharing in the circle this week.  To see what pastimes amuse them start with Emily Remmick, ND Photography