Heavenly Peeeeace

Merry Christmas, y'all! I hope it was a great one. :)

Today's challenge was to illustrate peace and harmony (or just plain peace and quiet!) so I went outside once it began to snow. Here's my shot.

And a few more for the road. :)

Mother Nature loves you.

Excuses Excuses

I spent part of the afternoon and the entire evening wrapping Christmas gifts today. I am pooped. Far too pooped to take pictures...

So naturally, I took pictures.

Tis the Season to be Silly

Well, I really didn't feel like following today's challenge, SO I decided to be silly and head to the Christmas tree. I'm hoping tomorrow brings me a little more inspiration. Until then, enjoy!

Shallow

Today's challenge was to use a shallow depth of field, which I do pretty much always, so I decided to use today to experiment with RAW. I've only been using it for a few weeks now, so it's still pretty new to me.

First up, we have an abstract photo. I used my 3 close-up filters to get right on my (fairly obvious) subject and used the on-camera flash. In editing the photo, all I did was tweak the levels and add a vignette. Somehow, it ended up being my favorite for the day.

Next, we have the cake photos. I'm not too fond of them, but I took the time to edit them, so here they are.

Lastly, the more experimental photos.

With flash.

Without flash and color manipulated with RAW

I hope today's post isn't too disappointing. :-/

In the spirit

Today's challenge was as follows:
"Make a photo of a pair of subjects today. People or inanimate objects are both fair game!"


I thought I would stick with the holiday theme for another day and add in the New Year Mickey Mouse antenna topper to make my pair. They're not great photos considering I only used the natural light in my dark house, but I'm satisfied with the results for the time being.

Here are a few other photos I took today from the same decorations.

With flash.

With flash.

Hope you like them!