Gramma's Little Corner: Picture Inspiration

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Picture Inspiration

It's just unbelievable that one whole year has passed since I began a photo/prompt class with Big Picture Classes called Picture Inspiration! I've taken this class with a group of wonderful photographers. According to Tracey, our inspirational leader, there was a total of 894 photographers and 9,069 photos posted. The inspiration from this group is just amazing and the friendships I found have been so special.

I'm celebrating that I DID IT!!

Although many of the prompts were hard,

I persevered and did it!!

I want to share just a few of the images I posted.

As you can see my favorites are of nature!

52 weeks later, it is the end!

I'm missing the weekly prompts.

I'm missing the inspiration.

I'm missing the encouraging comments.

I'm missing the special friends I've made.

But, on the bight side...

I belong to a flickr group with many of these lovely ladies!

We get prompts each week and we stay in touch!

Also, Picture Black And White will begin very shortly!

I just read that registration for the class will begin March 8

and the actual class will begin May 3.

I'm so looking forward to another class with my friends.

If you like photography, you ought to join us!!

Just click the button below to check out all their classes.

There are so many different ones, not just photography.

Until then, I'll just keeping clicking away!!

Sunday, November 13, 2011

A Week In Review

Hey, I'm back with a Week In Review! Or shall we say Weeks In Review! Things have finally settled down a bit. I have finished three of the four classes I was taking. I still have a couple of weeks on the last one. But my time has freed up considerably. I was pleased that I was able to keep up with all of them but one, which was the Texuality class; using text in scrapbooking. I've downloaded tons of material and will work on that one this winter.

OK, so here goes, a catch-up on favorite photos and prompts.

My Favorite Photo Of The Week

I just love this fuzzy thing, I have no idea what it is. I found it near the woods behind my son's house.

Prompt Addicts Flickr Group
Prompt - We were to made a home studio using foam board to reflect the available light.

These are taken in a east window. I was surprised that you could really tell a difference with the foam board. You can see that in the bottom picture the inside is much brighter. I'll be using this more often!

I have to brag a little. In our Prompt Addicts group we all vote to choose the top three photos for each prompt. I was so pleased that the above photo was voted one of the top three for this prompt.

Prompt - reflections #1

I took this at a street rod show. I'm the far person in the green, my husband is next and a friend of ours is the closest. We were just looking at this beautiful car when I looked down and saw our reflections.

Reflections #2

The car show is held at beautiful Lake Carlton in Robber's Cave State Park, Oklahoma. I was at the park before sunrise was able to capture the morning mist and this reflection on the lake. This photo was also voted in the top three for the reflection prompt! I was very surprised, there were some gorgeous and unusual reflections.

Prompt - find objects that start with the letters A, B, or C

"A" is for acorn

"B" is for birdhouse and bokeh

"C" is for corn

Picture Inspiration Week 35 - Oh, my gourd

Picture Inspiration Week 36 - Punchy Color

Picture Inspiration Week 37 - Textures

In most editing software you can find textures that can be applied to a photo. I'm really a straight-out-of-the-camera kind of person. But, I do like to try new things, so when these prompts came up I went to Picnik and tried a few textures. I have no idea what I'm doing. I figured if they were pleasing to me they were OK!

Picture Inspiration Week 38 - Balance in textures

This image had a very bright background that I was able to tone down by adding a texture from Picnik. This experiment has been fun. You may see textures showing up more often.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

A Week In Review

My Favorite Photo Of The Week

This week I visited Historic Washington State Park which was the Confederate Capitol of Arkansas during part of the Civil War. The museum village includes historic, public and private buildings. In one of the homes, a young lady was demonstrated weaving on a historic loom. I loved this basket full of cotton fiber. So simple, yet so beautiful!

The Simple Things

There were several butterflies on these zinnias at the park. They kept fluttering all around me and didn't care that I was taking their picture. They were only interested in the last of the the nectar.

Picture Inspiration Week 34 - Hand Held

The State Park was full of ornamental trees. I spotted this beautiful tree with these tiny citrus fruits. It smelled wonderful. I'm guessing they're a type of orange, maybe mandarin oranges?

Prompt Addicts

Our prompt this week was to take a photo leaving plenty of space to add a verse or quote. This leaf caught my attention. It reminds me of an old flower called "Jack-In-The-Pulpit".

For the next several weeks I may not be doing as many link-ups. I'm taking four classes at the same time:

Two with Big Picture Classes ~ Textuality a journaling class for scrapbooking and Picture Fall a photo prompt class
Two with Kat Eye View Of The World ~ Digital Photography Basics and Find Your Eye Journey of Inspiration

I think I'm going to be very busy!! I knew I would learn so much from each of them and they just happened to be going on consecutively. One good thing though, there is no real deadline for any of them. If I get behind I can finish at anytime. I'm going to try very hard to keep up and apply myself to learning more about photography!!

Sunday, October 9, 2011

A Week In Review

My Favorite Photo Of The Week

Beautiful light was shining on the last of the dandelions.

The Simple Things

I hope you won't get tired of fall leaves!
After flowers, they're my favorite thing to photograph.
The texture and the colors are always so beautiful!

Picture Inspiration Week 33 - long and tall

Crane Unfolding

A metal sculpture beside the Arkansas River, Little Rock, AR.

A long river...a tall sculpture.

52 Photos Project - round or circles

The acorns from our Pin Oak Tree are thin with a shallow cap. It looks like the smaller circle of gold has been hand-stitched to the acorn in a zig-zag pattern.

Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.
Elizabeth Lawrence

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

A Week In Review

I'm a couple of days late with my Week In Review. It's been very busy around here. I've been having some special times with my grandsons!

My Favorite Photo Of The Week

Bloom on a Hyacinth Bean Vine

The Simple Things

These little guys made me smile...all stacked up in an abandoned flower pot!!

Picture Inspiration Week 32 - Wall

On a local walking trail there is a Mile Of Health. Along this mile, health institutes and organizations were responsible for creating a section depicting healthy living. This section promotes Arkansas Children's Hospital.

Mosaic Muse - macro

I linked the first one to Mosaic Muse,

but I wanted to share both of them with you!!

I really don't think I need to say that I LOVE MACRO SHOTS OF NATURE!!! I am amazed every time I take a macro shot and upload it onto the computer! I always see amazing details. I promise this is a real leaf, although it does look like leather. I found them on my morning walk, snipped off a few and brought them home!! I'm so glad I saw them.