CM Project 52 - Week 8: SELF-PORTRAIT

Nothing like the pressure of trying to get a decent photo of myself for this assignment! I'm just glad I did it during the kiddos naptime, and that no one could see me taking hundreds of pics with all these little adjustments, then running back to the camera, checking the display, and going back to try again. At least I have a remote for the shutter release and had it on a two-second delay timer. You can see the remote in my fingers in my full-length shots - thought I hid it but I guess I didn't. :)

Catching Up on Project 52...

So I'm a little behind on my blogging - but at least my photos are still happening in a timely manner. Two months down - woo hoo!

So, week six was CULTURE - which had me scratching my head. But a few people did photos reflecting their cultural heritage, so I borrowed from that idea with this Dutch Delftware.

Week 7's theme was RED HOT (because it was, of course the week of Valentine's Day)! So, in lieu of any suggestive photos (because the idea of lingerie did cross my mind), I thought I'd find some red hot peppers and do another food shoot. Stymied again - of the two grocery stores I went to, none of them had RED hot peppers. Just green ones. And yellow ones. So red bell peppers had to do.

Week 8 coming soon - SELF-PORTRAIT!  :)

Aaand... we have a chocolate lover. Oh, dear.

YES, this is my fault for ignoring my daughter while she raided the pantry. She just never actually opened anything before. Yes, I realize there is a first time for everything. Good thing I grabbed my camera, anyway... :)

Project 52 - Week 5/52: BEST FRIENDS

There is nothing that melts my heart so much as seeing my kiddos enjoying each other. Sometimes it seems like Miss E is more excited to see her brother than me! So when this week's theme was "Best Friends" it was a no-brainer to me what my subject matter would be. Even if it's my most frequently photographed subject matter...  :)

Project 52 - Week 4/52: BOKEH

From Wikipedia:

In photography, bokeh (Originally  /ˈboʊkɛ/,^[1]  /ˈboʊkeɪ/ boh-kay, and also sometimes heard as  /ˈboʊkə/ boh-kə,^[2] Japanese: [boke]) is the blur,^[3][4] or the aesthetic quality of the blur,^[5][6][7] in out-of-focus areas of an image, or "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light."^[8] Differences in lens aberrations and aperture shape cause some lens designs to blur the image in a way that is pleasing to the eye, while others produce blurring that is unpleasant or distracting—"good" and "bad" bokeh, respectively.^[3] Bokeh occurs for parts of the scene that lie outside the depth of field. Photographers sometimes deliberately use a shallow focus technique to create images with prominent out-of-focus regions.

Bokeh is often most visible around small background highlights, such as specular reflections and light sources, which is why it is often associated with such areas.^[3] However, bokeh is not limited to highlights; blur occurs in all out-of-focus regions of the image.

So, given that convoluted definition, "LEGO my bokeh!" (and I pronounce it "bow-keh")

Project 52 - Week 3/52: FOOD

I made some zucchini bread this week - probably for the first time in my life (I usually make brownies and cookies if I bake something sweet). But it turned out pretty good and made a willing subject for this week's Project 52 topic. I quickly squeezed in a three-minute photo shoot while Mr. B was on the potty and Ms. E was in her room "reading" her books, before I had to take my creation to my mom's group to be devoured. I wish I had chosen a bit wider depth of field in order to get the flat surface of the main loaf in focus, but the results weren't too bad considering I have never taken pics of food before. :)

Project 52 - Week 2/52: UP

Perhaps not the most creative pic in the world for the theme "UP," but here it is. This little girl is such a go-getter - and loves speeding up the stairs whenever she can. At least she deigned to look at me with a smile for a moment in the midst of her mission. :)