Focus on Life: Finding the Fun in Photography - Free!!!!

We get a free choice day.

 Sally Russick set our prompt as "Free Space" for this week's Focus on Life. I just drifted around Friday afternoon, and this is what I found.

Let's see what the others have found. 

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Focus on life: Finding the Fun in Photography - Be Colorful

I Have Been playing with Color since Monday!!

Colorful:

a)full of interest; lively and exciting.

b)having much or varied color; bright.

This week I have been participating in Heather Powers' Art of Color Polymer Clay Boot Camp, learning to mix clay colors, create color palettes, and best of all...making beads!

So When Sally Russick sent us our prompt for Focus on Life, I was all in on Being Colorful!

First a little Color Theory:

Here are two color wheels we constructed from either cyan, yellow and magenta, or red, yellow and blue. 

Then, we took complimentary colors from one of the wheels, and constructed a complementary palette. 

We mixed the colors chosen with black, white, gray, and each other. 

After doing a few test beads, I tried making some beads that coordinate with a scarf I like.

Two sections of the scarf.

And here are the beads that were inspired by the colors of the scarf.

Hey, I like them!

Let's see what aspects of color the others have worked with. If you are interested in finding out more about Heather's class, you can visit her website HumbleBeads.

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Focus on Life: Fun with Photography

Just Having fun with it!

Our Focus on Life theme for this month is Finding the Fun in Photography. This week Sally Russick, of Sally Elizabeth, just asked us to "Have Fun With It." 

Frankly, I was just getting through from day to day this week, not having much fun, and it was raining most of the time to boot. When I set out to capture these pictures Friday evening, I forgot to take my camera, and took them all with my phone. But somewhere around 11:00 PM, after struggling with getting the phone pictures onto the computer...the fun kicked in, and I started appreciating my task. Finally!!

What can be more fun than a Carnival? The recent wet weather kept the crowds away, but as the night wore on, and the weather improved... I'm sure fun was had. In the meantime, here is the fun that I found, taking photos and playing in PicMonkey. 

This is what happens when I start having...FUN.

I like the "Close Encounters" effect on the middle one in this set!

Oh, before I forget...Last week's Focus on Life post featured my daughter wearing this costume. 

The costume is a humanized version of the Pokemon, Gloom, seen here.

The thing on her head is not a jellyfish. It is obviously part of Gloom's head.  The jellyfish was on a costume that I had not seen yet at the time. It was way cooler, and actually looked like a jellyfish. 

Let's see what fun the others have made!

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Focus on Life: Finding the Fun in Photography: Silliness!

Finding Silliness in Everyday Life. 

A new month brings us a new Focus on Life Theme, "Finding the Fun in Photography." This week's prompt is "silliness." Thank you to Sally Russick of The Studio Sublime!

I love silliness, but there is not a lot of it happening around me at all times. Or at least not the amusing kind of silliness. 

What to do, what to do....

Well the animals are sometimes a good source of silliness:

Hey, where's the leaf?

I got the leaf!

Pippin the cat loves to hang out with Bebop the dog, but they have different ideas of fun. Note the look of boredom on Bebop's face. 

But this might be the height of silliness in my life:

"Thanks Mom for bringing the backpack."

My daughter left for AnimeNext - a convention to which she had a ride with friends. And forgot her backpack full of accessories and makeup for her cosplay costumes. Here she is, makeupless and grateful, after I drove them out to her. 

So who is the silly one? 

Oh well, she's still my baby....

(Note: I do not know what her character is, but that is a jellyfish on her head. )

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Focus on Life: In, At, and About - In Bloom!

Love flowers? Check these out. 

Sally sent us a wonderful present for the end of May's "In, At, And About" theme: our prompt was "In Bloom." I thought I would feature some flowers that might usually be overlooked. 

A tiny wild blackberry blossom. 

The chives are blooming, too!

Tucked away underneath leaves in swampy areas, Jack-in-the-Pulpet. 

Tomorrow's berry, today's strawberry blossom. 

And to end our list: Some wishes for you, a dandelion seed head.

I hope you have enjoyed the flowers we sometimes ignore....Let's see what others have found. 

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Focus on Life: In the morning.

I walk with Bebop. 

It's about 6:20 AM and cloudy.

Who is more enthusiastic? 

Where shall I sniff next? 

Are you finished? 

Don't bother me, I'm eating my salad. 

 Sally Russick from The Studio Sumblime gave us the assignment to fill in the blanks, In the _________________, I ___________________. Easy Peasy. In the morning, I walk with Bebop. Sometimes, I'm not that eager. I usually tell myself I only have to get to the bottom of the driveway, Usually we get revved up and go much farther. 

Let's see how others met this challenge. 

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Focus on Life: In, Out and About - The View About the Ground

Showing off my early spring bounty!

This week's Focus on Life photo prompt is "The View About the Ground."

Last weekend, a farm near where I work (Bailas Farms) held a Mother's Day Sale - mostly selling plants for our gardens. I loaded up! It was a really great weekend. 

I have only planted the hardiest of my haul so far, I never trust the weather.  

The lettuces looked beautiful in the rain this evening! I have planted the little lettuce starts in a large pot, then sewed more lettuce seed and radish seed between them. I almost hate the pick the largest ones, look how pretty they are in the evening rain. 

Photographing flowers was tempting, but I thought these pictures were beautiful in their own right!

Now lets see what the others' view is like.

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