Day 9 - Someone you love

I need to get going on this one.  Tried to get some of the kids and dogs, but they all turned out bad.  I'll have to try something else. 

But, in the meantime, here is Jeni's:

And Barb's:

Okay, I've given up.  I'm submitting one I took on Sunday of Adam playing All-Stars.  It's the best I can do for today. ;)

Day 8 - Bad Habit

Just got home and have to leave in a few minutes, but I'm trying to get my pictures taken and posted so here goes......

My contributions for today (may change them later when I have 5 seconds to devote to taking a decent photo!!!):


Here is Jeni's:

Barb's:

Day 7 - fruit

This was kind of a weird one.  I don't normally photograph fruit, so I had to try a couple of different things -- a pile of apples, cut up apples.....

I liked this one though because of the cool pattern.


Here is Jeni's:
Ha ha -- love the apple man.  Looks like he's been lounging out in the sun a little too long though, he's getting awfully dried out! ;)

And Barb's:

Also, I edited the day 5 post so go check it out!

Day 6 - from a low angle

This was a fun shot -- although I have to admit, I had pine needles down the back of my shirt when I was done!!! :)

That is Adam's favorite tree!!!

Here are Jeni's (sometimes it's impossible to just pick one!!):



Barb's photo:


And even though Brenda is traveling, she is still trying to post pictures to her blog.  Good for you Brenda!! :)

Day 5 - from a high angle

Here is my shot for today:

This is Brie in her Briana Tutu (named after her because of her unique color choice and made by Jeni!). 

Here is Jeni's shot:

Actually this is the second version of this shot that she sent me (view it full screen if you can because it's beautiful!!).  She was inspired by my attempt to color Alexxa's eyes yesterday and wanted to make Madrone's eyes "pop."  So she did a little research, touched up her picture, and resubmitted!!  That's what this challenge is all about -- learning and being inspired by each other.  I think it's fabulous!  She shared with me the information she used, so I wanted to pass it on to you as well.  If you use Lightroom for any of your editing, here is a tutorial on how to make people's eyes look even better:
     http://www.jennispeedphotography.com/blog/2011/09/how-to-make-eyes-pop/

And here is the third version........

It's amazing how making small changes (in this case white balance) can have such an impact on a picture.  What a difference!! :)
Here is Barb's photo:


And, of course, pop on over to Brenda's blog.

Brenda's pic

Brenda posted this picture for her "green" photo and I just had to see if I could figure out how to use my photoediting software.  I tried Lightroom this time and was kind of able to figure something out (finally - it took me forever!).  Not perfect but I thought it was kind of cool.  What do you think? 



Day 4 - Something green

Barb and I were apparently thinking along the same lines this week because we both took pictures of the lily pads in my pond.  Mine didn't turn out so well because the lilies aren't actually blooming right now and there are oak leaves blown all in the lily pads.  Not quite so picturesque, so I took a different picture instead.  Great minds though!! ;)  So here is her picture for today:
And here is mine:
Jeni's picture:

Brenda may or may not be posted, due to a little trip to see her sister, but keep checking her blog as well!!

Nice job ladies!!!

Day 3 - Clouds

When I looked at the list for our challenges I was a little worried about getting a shot of clouds for today when there hasn't been a cloud in the sky for, oh I don't know, like 6 months!!  I searched through my folders looking for anything I could use, and then lo and behold, today the clouds rolled in.  Mother Nature must know how serious we are about our photos - ha!!!

I've still decided to use a photo I had from before though. :)  Here it is:

Unfortunately this was while we were at the lake camping.  So much for wakeboarding -- we were all bundled up in sweatshirts and blankets!!

Here is Barb's:
And Jeni's:

Don't forget to check out Brenda's too!

Day 2 - What You Wore Today

Gosh darn it......I didn't realize how addicting this was going to be!!  Good thing I had the day off, because I've spent hours combing through my pictures trying to find good ones to match the challenge descriptions.   So much for laundry and dishes getting done!! :)

Here is my submission for today:

Don't ask me why it's sideways......Blogger drives me absolutely crazy with that photo rotating business. I've gotten into the habit on taking all of my photos in landscape because of that issue and not it's rotating them to portrait.  Aaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!  Blogger is messing with me, that's for sure.  Here are my clothes from today adding to the pile of laundry I didn't get to today! :)

And this is Adam's idea:



Here's Jeni:
And Barb (after much technical difficulties -- thanks for sticking with it!):



All Stars - updated

I posted the kids' All Stars schedules and of course they have changed, so here is the new schedule:
    Adam plays at 9:40
    Briana plays at 9:15
Same places, just different times!