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Flowers, Trees and Pots

Assignment 2 - Fences

We had a lot of good pictures for our first post! For our next one, lets get out of find some fences. This can be anything from the fence in your backyard, to something cool you see somewhere in your neighborhood or on your commute. Just keep your cameras with you while you are out and about and see what catches your eye! For this one, lets try 2 weeks again to give people a chance to get some pictures in.

My first submission...

                                          Such pretty little flowers

                                                    My pretty baby

Rocks and flowers in Star Valley

Shoo fly don't bother me

He wouldn't leave us alone today at work... 

Little...

 Little Emma Toes

 Lyvies Freckles 

Iris 

A yellowjacket that was looking the other way

One of the flowers on our walk

Bugs on a leaf

Insects and plants of Star Valley

Here are some insects and plants that I saw in Star Valley

Up Close - Wind Chime

This is my contribution for our first assignment.

Kitty paw up close

Assignment One - Getting Close

Okay for the first assignment lets go with a fun one - Getting Close!

Try to get really close to something and get a picture of it! This can be anything from a ladybug crawling on a blade of grass, to a nail on the floor, or a pet's whisker (if you can get them to stay still long enough to snap the shot!). Try different lighting, with or without flash, or different angles to get a cool shot.


Couple ground rules - 
#1 Please use a physical camera, not a camera phone.
#2 Please take the picture during the week the assignment is due. :) No fair pulling up old pictures to post. 
#3 When you are ready to post, just sign into this blog with your gmail account and click 'New Post' (upper right hand corner).
#4 Lets try to give ourselves 1 week to get these online. Feel free to post it as soon as you have it, but try to get it up here by next Thursday, July 19th.


If you need helping posting, let me know! And have fun!!


- Heather

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This type of a photo is called 'Macro Photography' and a lot of point and shoot cameras do have a mode to make this type of shot easier.

This is a picture of a little flower (check your owner's manual to see if your camera has this option).

If you can use a tri-pod to setup a shot, it helps to keep the camera super steady so your pictures are easier to focus. Depending on what you are trying to take a picture of.. sometimes that really is not feasible.

Here is a good site with examples of this type of photography and some tips from a fellow amateur.

Can you take Macro Photographs with a Point and Shoot

How to Post!

This is an example of how to post to the site.

Click New Post (Upper right hand corner)

To add your photo:
Click the picture of the image in the bar above this post.

Then click 'Choose Files' and find where the picture is saved on your computer.

The click 'Add selected'

Then click on Publish up at the top to post it to the site!

This will post your picture! Again.. if you need any help with this let me know! I don't mind helping you get this working. :)


-Heather

New Idea - Please join me!

Here's the deal. I am a super-excited proud owner of a new Digital Camera. Well.. I don't even have it yet, but I ordered it last night and it is flying its way to me now.

I want to build on the energy I have right now and really explore some of the things I can do with this new camera. With this in mind.. Ta-Da! My New Photo Blog. This one has a very specific purpose in mind however. I want to post ideas for weekly photography assignments and have anyone who is interested post what they came up with for that week's assignment. This can be anything from 'Clouds' to 'Empty Places' or whatever idea sounds good for that week's assignment.

The one thing I really want to do it use this to stretch our knowledge, so please use a physical camera (not just your camera phone) if at all possible. This doesn't mean you need a super expensive camera, just any  digital camera. I have used different point and shoot cameras for years and you can get some great shots with them!


Please join in regardless of how much experience you have with taking pictures, this is for anyone! I just want to encourage everyone interested to take more pictures and learn more about what your camera can do! The best way to learn is to just get out there and take pictures.


Please reply to this post if you are interested and I will set you up with access to post to this blog and in about a week I will post our first assignment!