Week 6: Fantasy

I had a lot of fun with the week 6 theme. The masters of fantasy are kids - their imaginations can take you so many places! Since I don't have any kids of my own, I had to borrow someone else's for this particular assignment. Then, my friend Maggie asked me to watch her girls one afternoon, which gave me the perfect opportunity to get these shots. I found some Halloween costumes that they gladly put on and we went outside to get some photos in the yard. This is my favorite photo before editing:

Riley was looking at something on the ground and was being so ladylike about holding up her dress. She was also still holding one of the wands that I brought for the photos. I thought she looked like the perfect princess. The background didn't really do much for me though. I decided to play around a little in Photoshop to make it more like a really fantasy. I tried to think of what she was picturing in her head while she was playing with her sister. So, after some cropping and dodging, plus a few other minor adjustments, this is what I came up with:

I also took some great shots of her sister, Morgan. She is a little ham at all times, so it is never hard to get an animated shot of her. These are two of my favorites:

Weeks 5: Repetition

Well, I am playing catchup in a big way so I will be posting quite a few this week!  Week 5's theme was repetition. I wanted to find a really cool pattern in the world around me, but this was likely one of the most hectic weeks EVER! I was working every day and going to VBS in the evenings. These were some pretty long days, so I didn't get around to my photos for this challenge. However, I did take photos of the kids at VBS each night. One of the shots was a quick one of that night's snack, ready to be served. I thought the repeating patterns and colors on the cups full of bright orange goldfish was pretty cool. Plus, every night of VBS was pretty repetitive in itself - fun, but repetitive :)

Then I took a photo the following week at an Anniversary party. The chandelier in the ballroom was a pretty good representation of "Repetition." I chose to compose the photo with only half of it in view to create a diagonal line down the shot with a dark background.

I've since played with the shot in photoshop and with just a little "dodging" I think I gave the crystals of the chandelier a little more sparkle: