Today, another guest theme from Marie at Hops Skips and Jumps, a challenge with some choices. Marie’s theme Elemental is based on the 4 classical elements from Ancient Greece in which it was believed that the universe was made up… Read More ›
Photography
Photos, photo challenges
Challenge Your Camera #11 (Revisited) Still Life
My challenge this week was for everyone to learn about and have a go at some still life photography. I showed a few examples of my own involving beans, carrots, cogs and …. a breakfast. Each involved me being in… Read More ›
Challenge Your Camera #11 Still Life
This weeks #challengeyourcamera is another “mind bender”, something to access the creative side of your brain. It doesn’t need you to go out and you will probably not have anything that suits from your archives! You might play with this… Read More ›
Just One Person #6 Child Labour
Before we judge the plight of this child we must recognise the basic necessity of survival. High in the often barren mountain areas of Nepal children must work for the family to survive. There may be no school within a… Read More ›
Challenge Your Camera #10 Close Up
I have always been interested in close up or macro photography. It was a hobby I followed with my daughter, Sharon, from when she was about 9 years old. I had a “very large” camera, I think it was an… Read More ›
Just One Person: #5 Oops!
I took this photo on a very wet morning in Cheltenham. In fact it was raining “cats and dogs” and there were very few people walking along The Parade, most were inside the posh stores or coffee shops. Walking towards… Read More ›
Flower Of The Day #8 Amaryllis
There’s really not much to say about this flower, the Amaryllis…… large bulb at the bottom, long thick stem, then an explosion of colour in a single flower at the top of the stem. A beautiful house plant in England… Read More ›
