Team Up Thursday - Week 14
Theme: Friendship
Have been away on the rather wet Devon coast for a week, hence my late post.
As with Week 13 our minds were on EXACTLY the same wave length. These are all little "Scatterlings of Africa" and have a unique friendship developing.
Other bloggers taking up the challenge:
(I have only linked in to one participant in each partnership, you should easily be able to navigate from there)
Kirsten & Marcelle
Corey & Berta
Megan & Melody
Joanne & Rose
Cat and Shayne
Lynette & Stefanie
Have been away on the rather wet Devon coast for a week, hence my late post.
As with Week 13 our minds were on EXACTLY the same wave length. These are all little "Scatterlings of Africa" and have a unique friendship developing.
Other bloggers taking up the challenge:
(I have only linked in to one participant in each partnership, you should easily be able to navigate from there)
Kirsten & Marcelle
Corey & Berta
Megan & Melody
Joanne & Rose
Cat and Shayne
Lynette & Stefanie
Project 365
It is official, I have joined the 365 challenge but am going to do it as a blog of it's own as want to print in one day for my children. Have decided to do 365 days with the Robertson kids and every single photo will include one, two or all three of them.
Am sure it is going to be loads of fun so thanks to all the other participants for your inspiration!
Am sure it is going to be loads of fun so thanks to all the other participants for your inspiration!
Team Up Thursday - Week 13
Theme: New
This week's theme was my choice and it was definitely inspired by the fact that I was going to meet my brand new baby cousin last week. There is nothing more perfect, more "new" than a tiny baby and it would seem that Claire and I both had the same inspiration.
Perfect "new" hand - isn't life a miracle, wonderful capture all in white adding to the purity of the image.
Other bloggers taking up the challenge:
(I have only linked in to one participant in each partnership, you should easily be able to navigate from there)
Kirsten & Marcelle
Corey & Berta
Megan & Melody
Joanne & Rose
Cat and Shayne
Helen & Tanya
Lynette & Stefanie
Photo's that didn't make the cut...
This week's theme was my choice and it was definitely inspired by the fact that I was going to meet my brand new baby cousin last week. There is nothing more perfect, more "new" than a tiny baby and it would seem that Claire and I both had the same inspiration.
Perfect "new" hand - isn't life a miracle, wonderful capture all in white adding to the purity of the image.
Other bloggers taking up the challenge:(I have only linked in to one participant in each partnership, you should easily be able to navigate from there)
Kirsten & Marcelle
Corey & Berta
Megan & Melody
Joanne & Rose
Cat and Shayne
Helen & Tanya
Lynette & Stefanie
Photo's that didn't make the cut...
The Danger of Processing
The more time I spend exploring photographic websites and competing in online contests the more I realise how much post camera processing is going on and frankly it disturbs me. What has happened to the "art" of photography, the moment of capture when the photographer works to get all the elements right, thereby creating the "perfect image".
I am the first one to admit that all of my photographs are viewed first in photoshop and occasionally I will tweek the curves or pop the saturation but apart from that I have no idea how to use 80% of what the program offers.....why should I, surely you are then no longer a photographer but rather a computer super user?
I was horrified the other day when coming across the site of a well recognised American photographer who very proudly showed the steps used to take what was quite frankly a very very average photograph and turn it into the work that she is well know for.....that is not photography and I am not surprised that the real "professionals", the "artists of photography" find it annoying that these "amatures" use the computer to achieve what they cannot in camera and then sell it as a photo rather than a piece of digital art which is in fact what it is.
Now don't get me wrong, programs such as lightbox and photoshop give the photographer the control over the elements that they would have once had in a dark room and I am all for those kinds of processing techniques BUT I do believe you need to get it right on the camera FIRST and then finish it in post processing and not totally rely on computer manipulation.
And so I continue to compete with my "straight from camera" shots and occasionally I win, but I REFUSE to get drawn into the very compelling world of airbrushing and actions to make my photos great, that is going to take time and a whole lot of work and frankly I think it is worth it.
Okay rant over :0)
I am the first one to admit that all of my photographs are viewed first in photoshop and occasionally I will tweek the curves or pop the saturation but apart from that I have no idea how to use 80% of what the program offers.....why should I, surely you are then no longer a photographer but rather a computer super user?
I was horrified the other day when coming across the site of a well recognised American photographer who very proudly showed the steps used to take what was quite frankly a very very average photograph and turn it into the work that she is well know for.....that is not photography and I am not surprised that the real "professionals", the "artists of photography" find it annoying that these "amatures" use the computer to achieve what they cannot in camera and then sell it as a photo rather than a piece of digital art which is in fact what it is.
Now don't get me wrong, programs such as lightbox and photoshop give the photographer the control over the elements that they would have once had in a dark room and I am all for those kinds of processing techniques BUT I do believe you need to get it right on the camera FIRST and then finish it in post processing and not totally rely on computer manipulation.
And so I continue to compete with my "straight from camera" shots and occasionally I win, but I REFUSE to get drawn into the very compelling world of airbrushing and actions to make my photos great, that is going to take time and a whole lot of work and frankly I think it is worth it.
Okay rant over :0)
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