August Challenge

August Challenge

My friend Karma over at Karma’s When I Feel Like It Blog is giving me a needed kick in my photography butt. She is putting her own spin on the iheartfaces summer photo challenge. You can read about Karma’s challenge here, and the iheartfaces challenge here. Personally, I like Karma’s spin on it as it gives me plenty of wiggle room in capturing my images.

So, I used some of that wiggle room room to capture my first two images for the challenge…

08/01 – happy

I wasn’t exactly sure what I was going to create for happy. Things or styles I can do but capturing a feeling or emotion has always been challenging for me. Since I couldn’t get down to my favorite happy place (eh hem, 69 more days!) I thought I would show the next best thing. I’m always happy when I am working on my pictures and I do it in a room full of stuff from my happy place. (I wish I had paid closer attention to that reflection on the poster…)

iheartchallenge-happy Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 0.6s, 17mm, f/8, ISO 200

iheartchallenge-happy
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 0.6s, 17mm, f/8, ISO 200

08/02 – sidewalk

My initial thought was to go over into Rome and see what I could find on the city streets for the sidewalk challenge. Then I put my brain to work. I live out in the country. We might not have proper sidewalks but we definitely use the side of the road as one. I had my daughter help me with this concept.

iheartchallenge-sidewalk Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/500s, 28mm, f/8, ISO 100

iheartchallenge-sidewalk
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/500s, 28mm, f/8, ISO 100

I might not be posting for this challenge every day but I am going to try my best to capture an image for every day of the month. Thanks Karma for posting this challenge… I needed something to focus on this month. Stop over to Karma’s blog and check out her take on the challenge. I would love to see more picture concepts for each day’s theme…

Wordless Wednesday: Leaves & Light

Wordless Wednesday
Squared – SQ67

Leaves & Light Nikon D7100, Nikkor 35mm f/1.8, 1/640s, f/5.6, ISO 200

Leaves & Light
Nikon D7100, Nikkor 35mm f/1.8, 1/640s, f/5.6, ISO 200

Room for One More…

Liberty Square, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World

Room for One More... Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/640s, 35mm, f/8, ISO 400

Room for One More…
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/640s, 35mm, f/8, ISO 400

Buttermilk Falls Revisited

Buttermilk Falls State Park

Reviewing more images from my June trip to Buttermilk Falls State Park…

The Narrows Nikon D7100, Tokina 12-28mm f/4, 0.5s, 25mm, f/20, ISO 100

The Narrows
Nikon D7100, Tokina 12-28mm f/4, 0.5s, 25mm, f/20, ISO 100

Steps Nikon D7100, Tokina 12-28mm f/4, 0.8s, 28mm, f/20, ISO 100

Steps
Nikon D7100, Tokina 12-28mm f/4, 0.8s, 28mm, f/20, ISO 100

Shadow Lines

In the Yard – ITY04

The other night after dinner I went exploring in the yard again. The difference this time is I was looking for details. I didn’t want to beautiful flower or the wonderful landscape image. I wanted to find images of small details. I was looking for patterns, texture, interesting light, etc. I found some really cool stuff at the end of my driveway in the sand. Looking at the second image I wish I had increased my DoF to capture more of the details… next time!

Shadow Lines Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/320s, 70mm, f/5.6, ISO 200

Shadow Lines
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/320s, 70mm, f/5.6, ISO 200

Shadow Lines Two Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/400s, 70mm, f/5.6, ISO 200

Shadow Lines Two
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/400s, 70mm, f/5.6, ISO 200