New GiveAway!

Well I lost the name of one of my winners and feel just awful about it.  I am going to have to scour my FB page and hope to find her.  But in the mean time how about a quick and fun giveaway!  The first person to guess the won photo wins a free 5x7 of their choice!  List you guesses in the comments section here and good luck- hint: It's a flower ;-)

Apparently I am obsessed

With the moon.  Any night when it's up and gorgeous, which is often this month, I must grab the camera.  I wonder if it is boring for others to watch the phases of the moon as I capture them.  I am just practicing and having fun so for me it is not boring but I seem to be running out of subject matter.  All the flowers have died in the August heat, and while I do capture my kids I prefer not to publicize those images as professional work because they are not.

I am also enjoying chasing the Sunsets.  When it is gorgeous and just illuminates the entire sky, it is perfection.  I look at my images and wonder if they can fully capture the beauty of a sunset and the wonder I feel.

GIVEAWAY!

Well since Facebook is being a turd and not allowing Fan pages to do giveaways unless it is through a third party- well Blogger is a 3rd party right- so Giveaway is here instead! The Facebook giveaway was when that fan page hit 350, which I am 25 away from, but that doesn't seem right since I am doing the giveaway here. Soooooooooo, when I get 25 followers to my blog (that's here folks) I will giveaway that FREE 8x10 print of the winners choice. The winner will be chosen at random using random.org.
Now I have given away things on Facebook and my winners there are still waiting for there prints as I am trying to make one big print order to save gas. I just want to acknowledge that I do know who to send what prints to just waiting on a few more frikes (that's my friends/fans on facebook) to tell me what they want as a freebie to place the order.

Some options to consider for FREE...

When the Moon Hits the Sky...

Last night while tucking in my daughter I saw the moon and it was beautiful. Chasing the sun caught in the sunset colors, awesome. I wanted to catch it but didn't have time- the light has a funny way of moving. So tonight I hoped to catch it. Well the timing wasn't the same but it was a lovely crescent shape so I gave it a shot. Got a few bug bites but I got one images I am liking



I am finding night photography is quite tricky, the slightest movement and it's blurred or the wrong exposure and you are screwed and you can't save it as much as you can when you have decent light. So I now have myself a challenge, LOVE IT!

On an evening walk

Went for an evening walk last night and had to go back for my camera. The ducks and the light were just calling to me. Was very soothing to be sitting in the falling light with some old bread feeding and capturing ducks.

Animals are a new subject for me. Flowers don't move or talk back in their own language. I never know when inspiration will strike or what will catch my eye. Sometimes its a simple gesture or a color. Sometimes its shapes or light. It's a constant mystery.

Rejected...huh?

My works have been rejected by a free stock photo exchange. I don't get it. They booted me on technical aspects saying the photos were flat. Is my work crap? I thought I had some good stuff, wonder if I should try again but I feel defeated. I have been having a bad few days and this just tops the cake. Here I have been thinking that I am getting some good stuff and now rejection. Even though I know, I KNOW, I am doing good work I feel like maybe it just plain sucks and I am deluding myself. Doubt how I hate thee.

My Rejected Work.

I got my Pony!

Well I missed this afternoons lightening festival so I camped out for tonight. And I got 3 good shoots, one of which is fantastic in my opinion and I am very proud of. I was all agitated and grumpy till the storm began tonight and I started getting some hope and man nothing and I mean NOTHING cures a bad day mood like a perfect shot. Off to have a peaceful night and sweet dreams...

The urge to shoot

It has struck again, thankfully. After a few weeks without wanting to shoot, I now have the desire to go out and photograph and capture the beauty around me once again. It's a fickle creature the creative drive, she is temperamental and capricious. Some days you shoot and get crap other days you strike gold. Either way for me the exercise is a good thing, the thinking and framing a shot, lining up the lighting, adjusting the crop- awesome. Then when I get home and blow them up it's like a birthday gift. You unwrap and hope you get that pony. Sometimes you do where you least expect it. I hope to find a pony again soon.