Week 43: Walls!
Extra Credit: Arches
I was feeling rather uninspired this week when I happened to look over at my minature halloween village. I began to think... if only there was cool walls like this in my real world. Suddenly it struck me that I could shoot minature and make it seem like the real world. The minatures light up from inside creating an interesting lighting effect but it needed something to counter that. Any sort of real lighting was much to large a scale for this miniature world. So, I created my own spot light. A phone flashlight shone through a metal straw created just a perfect spotlight to bring a little light to the foreground balancing the lighting in the image perfectly.
Extra Credit: Arches
I was feeling rather uninspired this week when I happened to look over at my minature halloween village. I began to think... if only there was cool walls like this in my real world. Suddenly it struck me that I could shoot minature and make it seem like the real world. The minatures light up from inside creating an interesting lighting effect but it needed something to counter that. Any sort of real lighting was much to large a scale for this miniature world. So, I created my own spot light. A phone flashlight shone through a metal straw created just a perfect spotlight to bring a little light to the foreground balancing the lighting in the image perfectly.
Week 42: Low Key!
Walking through a mountain pass I noticed the sun beam glinting through the trees of this fallen log. I was struck by the beauty of the light in the contrasting darkness and immediately thought…, “Here is my low key shot.”
Week 41: High Key
Extra Credit Challenge: Straight Out Of Camera [SOOC]
“ Photo McPhotoface ”
When you are spending too many hours in your classroom you decide to do your photo project there. My students had the studio lights out so I decided to find something white to shoot against them to create a high key photo. I have a class set of white neutral drama masks and thought that might just do the trick. Love how it worked out. Then I noticed the default title for submissions and I laughed. So here is my version of Photo McPhotoface.
Week 40: Dreamscape
Extra Credit Challenge: Nightmare
" Cemetery at Sunset ”
With fall firmly upon us and halloween on it's way we went for a bike ride through the graveyard and I was inspired. The sun was setting over the headstones and a chill was in the air. Cemetaries are often the settings of dream scenes and nightmares in the movies so I thought I would try to create one of my own.
Week 39: My Daily Routine
“ Complex ”
When I saw this weeks topic it made me think about our daily routine and how different it is from most peoples. I wanted to share the story of one routine in the day of a family with a medically complex child. My grandson has a rare disorder and it has lead us down a long and complicated medical road. This photo is of just one part of that journey. This is about how our little guy receives his nutrition. He is what medical families fondly refer to as a, "tubie". That means he has a gastrointestinal tube which he is fed through. In this photo he is showing his tubie in the centre of the photo. The items floating around him are all the supplies we require in order to get the nutrition in through the tube for him to receive e adequate nutrition.
Week 38: Curves
“ Curvy buns ”
Those buns have great curves :) They also taste great. Photography comes to life when it engages more senses than just visual. The smell of these delicious fresh sour dough buns seeps right through the screen.
Week 37: Man
“ My Man ”
After my bike inspired selfie last week I thought I would take a picture of what I usually see when I am on my bike. A shot from behind I love the reflection of his face in the mirror.
Week 36: Woman
“ I am Woman Hear Me Roar ”
I thought it would be fun to do a selfie this week. Out on my bike I couldn’t help but feel empowered and this song cam to mind. Therefore, I created a picture to match. I don’t usually have the confidence to do ridiculous selfies but here it is. :)
Week 35: Nostalgia!
Extra Credit: Make An Advertisement
This weeks challange was nostalgia with extra credit for creating an advertisement. I looked at what I had around the house that seemed old or nostalgic and was inspired by this heirloom butter dish. But alas.... I didn't have any good looking butter. In the fridge I found a box of parkay margarine. I pondered how long parkay has been around and dug into google. In 1973 Kraft used a series of commercials to promote their product. So I set up my shot to have a feel of a magazine ad iin the '70's.
Week 34: Texture
Well I'm not really sure how he felt....
but he looks really hairy and disgusting.
When photographers step behind the camera they some how seem to get braver.
The camera itself seems to become a shield and the photographer will stand bravely taking pictures
in situations they would never stand in without that camera.
A perfect example is this spider and me.
Thankfully shot with a 100mm macro lens this creepy arachnoid less than happily posed.
Week 33: Night!
Extra Credit: Astrophotography
I can't even believe it. I think I am living in a dream. A wonderful summer vacation focusing on astrophotography in dark sky areas included a trip to Lesser Slave Lake. A campsite right on the beach during Perseids Meteor shower gave me all I needed to create a dream picture. This is a composite of several shots taken between midnight and 2 am. A few meteors, a little of the far side of the milky way and a bit of northern lights thrown in for good measure. #lifetimegoals
Week 32: Line From A Song
Sponge Bob....
Square Pants! Such an important part of my life right now. Especailly this week as we spent time on a family vacation. My grandchildren are obsessed with this show. We spent time watching the movies, singing, the songs AND... when we went to the science center they had these popsicles! Sometimes the best shots are unplanned. Shot with my iphone in the moment. Of course the song has been echoing in my head incessantly now. An earworm for a photobug = a great weekly shot inspired by a song.
Week 31: Wide Aperture
Just a shot of some pretty flower thistles overlooking Upper Waterton Lake in Waterton Lake National Park.
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Week 30: Distorted!
Lakeside
This week has taken me way outside my comfort zone. To purposely distort a photograph was the goal. I have no idea if I achieved the goal. I have no idea if the photo is compelling. I worked to use a unique point of view with a focal point on something that I would not normally focus on. Then I worked o add in extra elements using a leading line. I pushed the editing in photoshop. The result... well I will let the viewer be the judge.
Week 29: Product Photography
Make a splash with your morning coffee... add some DaVinci Irish Cream.
For inspiration on this weeks theme I went to my pantry.
I was looking for anything that wasn't yet half gone and looked somehow inspiring for a product shot.
There was one of my favorite things not yet open. I began to think about what this product makes me feel.
Mornings, sunshine, energy... so I tried to put those feelings into the image.
Just for fun I tried to shoot it through some colour filters for additional punch.
Week 28: Transportation!
No Where to Go
It was the kind of summer day when you have no where to go. I found myself sitting in the peace and quiet on the shores of this lovely little lake. Without sound these paddleboarders came and went. A calm quiet mode of transportation on a day where they also had no where to be in any hurry. Transportation sometimes takes you no where but to a place where you can relax.
Week 27: Black And White
My Sunshine
My grandchildren playing always makes for inspirational shooting.
This week I thought I would play with my in camera double exposure while the grandchildren played in the yard.
They truly are my sunshine and this photo speaks to me of that.
The inner beauty of this little human shines through their expression in the photo
and is enhanced by the double exposure of the sun .
Week 26: Just Breathe!
Extra Credit: One Click
As soon as I saw the topic for this week I saw my image in my mind.
What I didn’t notice until I went to post is it is very similar to the cover image for the week.
I swear I wasn’t trying to copy it. LOL
Week 25: Macro!
Extra Credit: Focus Stacking
Tea Time
From this to that.
Over 100 photos went into creating the focused image of tea leaves.
Macro photography has such a narrow plane of focus that focus stacking is a real game changer.
Week 24: Door!
Extra Credit: Tell A Story
The magic of a door is what worlds are on the other side.
We have all spent months behind our closed doors.
What worlds wait beyond for us when we get to open those doors and go through them once again.
Week 23: Music
"Sing For Your Supper
And you'll get breakfast
Songbirds always eat
If their song is sweet to hear. "
And you'll get breakfast
Songbirds always eat
If their song is sweet to hear. "
- The Mama's and the Papa's
My inspiration this week was my neighbour.
The singing of the Cedar waxwings in our front trees promoted my neighbour
to call for me and my camera.
Week 22: Wide Angle!
Extra Credit: Ultra Wide - 16mm and wider
Pop! Why pop... bubbles pop... colours pop.. but pop can also stand for... Play! Oh! Play! The phrase that resonates all day and all night. This very special little boy loves to have us play all the time. He loves grandma's, "big camera". Try to take a picture with the phone and he won't let us. Grandma brings out the "big" camera and he will indulge. Never before though has grandma asked him to shoot the bubble gun right at her camera from very close up. It resulted in a whole new level of joy. The wide angle lens used close up brings the foreground in while moving other objects in the photo back thus the exaggerated emphasis on the bubble gun. The background was terribly messy because we were in the backyard so I thought for extra fun I would try the photoshop sky replacement tool.
Extra Credit: Ultra Wide - 16mm and wider
Pop! Why pop... bubbles pop... colours pop.. but pop can also stand for... Play! Oh! Play! The phrase that resonates all day and all night. This very special little boy loves to have us play all the time. He loves grandma's, "big camera". Try to take a picture with the phone and he won't let us. Grandma brings out the "big" camera and he will indulge. Never before though has grandma asked him to shoot the bubble gun right at her camera from very close up. It resulted in a whole new level of joy. The wide angle lens used close up brings the foreground in while moving other objects in the photo back thus the exaggerated emphasis on the bubble gun. The background was terribly messy because we were in the backyard so I thought for extra fun I would try the photoshop sky replacement tool.
Week 21: Portrait
Styles of portraits have changed immensely through the years. In olden times the cameras took such long exposures to create an image that people could not smile when having a portrait taken or the smile would waver and the movement would blur the photo. The portraits of old were impersonal and staunch. Today's portraits focus on capturing personality, telling a person's story. This story begged to be told. The sun was setting creating the most glorious golden light on my husbands face while he was in his favorite place on earth... his camp kitchen. The wonders that come to my plate when he is camp cooking can only be described as gourmet. In this shot he is creating mulled wine for warming the soul by the evening fire.
Week 20: Red
“ Row Your Boat ”
A beautiful day in the park inspired beautiful photography. Find the beauty around you. These vibrant red canoes and the contrasting greens in the foilage really speak to colour in composition. The mirror like reflection in the water gives balance and symettry to the photo. This was a picture just waiting to happen.
Week 19: ISO 100
Extra Credit: Full Manual Mode
Out for the first bike ride of the season I came upon a beautiful spring sight.
Birds are a beautiful sign of spring, of life, of a health environment.
The wetlands near my house are always a photographic inspiration.
Week 18: Fabric
The wind was blowing and my fabric wanted to sail.
I tied it to the tree and let it go.
Week 17: Nature!
Extra Credit: Use A Tripod
Extra Credit: Use A Tripod
Lundbreck Falls
Went for a long drive down to Southern Alberta and found these lovely waterfalls. I love the way the light is shining through the water mist created by the misty water. To me this screams of the power of nature. The power of water; of light; of sunshine; of the earth and erosion. I really wanted to take the time to perfect my edit on this photo. I wanted to work towards a realistic edit that really showed all the elements in the photo.
Week 16: Edited By Someone Else
Extra Credit: Shoot In RAW
Spinning
This week I found myself back in isolation due to a close contact exposure. I found myself spinning with boredom. So I put the time to good use. I headed to my studio to try all kinds of fast shutter projects that I had seen but never shot myself. All of them involved liquid and large messes. Well I had the time so I made the mess; had a blast; and then had to spend time cleaning a lot of liquids off my studio walls. The results were pleasing and really lifted by spirits. Thanks to Nancy Pedone Lee for the awesome edits.
Week 15: Trapped!
Extra Credit: Shoot In Manual Mode Trapped was the perfect theme for the week as I was again found myself in isolation due to exposure to Covid. I was inspired by my front door and the opacity of the different glass textures. My camera was placed to have the perspective of the outside world while I peered through the glass from in my house at the world I felt separated from. Exposure stacking was needed in order to get the parts of the photo exposed the way I wanted. I love the dark haunting feel of the resulting image.
Week 14: Fast Shutter
This week when I took my project into my classroom we got a little messy. My photography students were fascinated by the idea that speaker sound waves have enough vibration to make paint drops jump up into the air. Shot at f8.0 1/200 sec ISO 800 on 100mm macro we got some great action. I'm not sure the rest of the school enjoyed, "Another One Bites the Dust", at full volume with the bass cranked but we sure had fun.
This week when I took my project into my classroom we got a little messy. My photography students were fascinated by the idea that speaker sound waves have enough vibration to make paint drops jump up into the air. Shot at f8.0 1/200 sec ISO 800 on 100mm macro we got some great action. I'm not sure the rest of the school enjoyed, "Another One Bites the Dust", at full volume with the bass cranked but we sure had fun.
Week 13: Slow Shutter
Extra Credit: Rear Sync Flash
Once again my students found themselves deeply absorbed in my photography project. Who knew that being a member of 52 Frames would equal lesson plans. My students learn so much from working on these projects with me. This week they had fun modelling and moving for me while they got a lesson in how to create these supernatural images. We set up the stage with a single stage light and our black curtain. The students then moved across the stage in a way that they choose. We worked on not showing faces so privacy wasn't an issue. With a speedlight we used rear sync to get the desired effect. Next week we will see if they can recreate the effect themselves.
Week 12: Window Light!
Extra Credit: Use A Mirror
Smoke and Mirrors
This week I was inspired by the extra credit video on using mirrors with light.
Sitting in my school studio watching the video I considered my theatre background
and how the two disciplines compliment each other.
To the stage I went with a mirror and my stage lights.
I began to experiment with the ways I could make the stage lights reflect onto different set pieces and props.
I needed a window set piece and didn't have one but I have this old gutted electric fireplace.
If you shoot from a low enough angle it could be a castle window.
Well what is mirrors with out a little smoke so out came the fog machine.
Well any good night scene needs some stars so I got out some sparkly fabric for my background
and a flashlight to sidelight the fabric to make the sparkles shine.
Week 11: Color Relationship
Extra Credit: Harris Shutter Effect
When shooting for the week I do not generally leap to the extra credit as my primary focus for the project. This weeks extra credit was something I had never heard of though. I really wanted to know what that technique was all about. After a little research I knew I wanted to learn this. I knew it was something that would fascinate my junior high photography students. This became my whole motivation for the week. I started taking multiple exposures of everything I could think of; cars going by, people walking, clouds moving in the sky, anything that seemed to move. I started to realize what motion enhanced this effect and what motion did not work well.
Here is the result!
Week 10: Negative Space
Candle and Rose
My photography students are fascinated by light and darkness.
Really isn't that the basis for what photography is.
I have these electric candles in the classroom
(because we of course can't have real ones).
They love to photograph them and see how
the glow lights up in their photographs.
As they were experimenting with the candles
in the darkest corner of the room
I was inspired to this weeks project for negative space.
Week 9: Details!
Wood Bison
Driving through Elk Island National Park in Alberta I captured this image of a wood bison.
Thanks to a 400mm zoom I was not nearly as close as it seems.
I love the details in his eyes and in the snow on his snout.
Week 8: Roll Credits
2021 - 1 photos - Extra Credit Challenge: Cinematic
“ Monumental ”
Drama teacher and photography teacher this challenge was created with me in mind. I share my creation process each week with my students. The students love to take a vested interest in what I am working on. It allows me to model life long learning and creates inspiration and excitement with in the class. This week in class we explored the idea that you have to make an extraordinary effort to make an extraordinary picture. With this in mind I set out with a purposeful effort. I began by using google maps and photopills. I knew I wanted to create an image with impact and a feeling of melancholic nostalgia. I knew just the monument. Getting low and using the trees to frame the main subject created the composition I needed. Using the tips from this week Lightroom.
Week 7: Golden Hour
Extra Credit: Sunrise
This weeks challenge ultimately was to take a picture of a sunrise.
Well how does one take a picture of a sunrise when the temperature is constantly below -30C all week long? ❄️
By staying in the heated car and shooting the picture in your side mirror. 😁
I’m luck enough that this amazing park is on my way to work.
Sunrise also happens on my way to work.
Ergo.... stop in the park on the way to work... don’t leave the car... 🚘
pull out the camera...📷
Wait for sunrise...☀️
CLICK! 🤩
Go to work 😫
Week 6: Single Focal Point
“ Drop ”
I had one focus this week (no pun intended). I purchased a new iphone; a 12pro. My goal was to see how far I could push the new camera for macro and fast shutter. I wanted to see if it could capture a water drop and freeze the motion. Well it won’t compete with a fast remote system like a Pluto and a DSLR but for mobile phone photography I think it turned out pretty sharp. (Ok maybe a little pun intended lol)
Week 5: Horizon Lines
Praying - for the Shot
Planning - Photopills
Preparing - pack the photo equipment and the winter weather gear
Perfect!
Successful execution of a landscape photo using Photopills.
I was pleased that I was only off by about an hour for the moon coming over the horizon;
and about 3 feet over from where I thought I would need to be.
I took multiple frames early on to exposure stack the image.
The moon shining through the stain glass was a happy accident I did not foresee.
It was definitely colder out than the initial forecast;
so I had to be prepared to stay outside for over an hour getting my shot set up in -20C.
Worth every frozen tiny toe!!
Week 4: Water
Life's Distractions
Sometimes you have to shoot what the world presents you with. I was sitting watching movies in my basement and came upstairs to make popcorn. I looked out the window and the most amazing crystaline snowflakes were gently falling in the night lit by my porch light. A veritable winter wonderland inviting my camera and I to come and play. Sometimes life's distractions make the best photos.
Week 3: Get Low
Extra Credit: Leading Lines
Gently she placed one foot out on the ice. Trepidatiously she crept further along the frozen lake determined to find what the others had captured.
This weekend I found myself wandering on frozen lakes in our beautiful Canadian wilderness taking pictures of frozen methane bubbles.
“When I have a camera in my hand, I have no fear.” I certainly am no Alfred Eisenstaedt, however I can on a small scale relate to his most famous quote.
My involvement in the photography community inspires me to be brave. It inspires me to explore; to venture to places I might otherwise never find and to see things I may not otherwise discover.
With my camera I go places I never knew I would. I see things I never thought I could.
My photography is not about my photograph it is about my journey.
Week 2: Leading Lines!
Extra Credit: 4+ Lines
Drawn In
Where does your eye go? How does it move through the image?
Leading lines are a compositional tool used to draw a viewer into and through the image.
Just having lines in your photo does not make them leading. The lines must serve a purpose.
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Week 1 - Week 1: Self-Portrait!
Extra Credit: Use A Light
Working on a more purposeful approach to my 52 frames this year I spent a lot of lead time thinking about how to shoot this week. I went back through older albums and found a portrait that inspired me to my own personality. Then I spent time going through the ideas on the 52 frame website. As it happened this months issue of, “Digital Photographer”, also focused on the idea of self-portraits. I began to pull together ideas from all of these sources. I selected several techniques that I felt I could combine in one photo to create a portrait that would stand out.
Shooting outside and using a speed light for a front fill flash I worked on getting closer and shooting with a shallow depth of field. I wanted to leave part of my face covered while allowing my personality to show through.
Finally I wanted to create a work of art by experimenting using an article written by Serge Ramelli in issue 234, “Digital Photographer”.
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