Assignment: Weathered

Here are my two assignment submissions for this month's Christian Photographer's assignment, "weathered" - worn, stained, or warped by or as if by exposure to weather; seasoned. These shots were taken just today in our backyard, specifically for the assignment.

The top photo is a shot of an old wooden ladder from a monkey bar-type play set that my husband built when our son was just a toddler (8 years ago now, wow!). We tore the playset down last summer and have yet to get ride of the scrap wood. :) The second shot is the rusted rear bumper of my husband's old 1979 Ford F250 truck.

I had fun post processing these!

Assignment: Music

The current assignment in the Christian Photographers forum is "music". We're allowed up to 4 submissions. I entered 3. The bottom photo I have previously submitted for another assignment with DPS, but it was appropriate for this assignment as well. The top two are current, specific for this assignment. :)

PP work varies with each photo which includes my basic pp, toning b&w conversion, vignetting, and adding a gaussian blur layer using overlay mode.

CPF Assignment: Motion

I almost missed entering this week's CPF (Christian Photographers Forum) assignment! We went to Canyon Lake today with one of our church family friends, the Conklin's. Totally FUN! They have a boat and all the fun water toys -- wakeboard, water ski's, "hot dog", tube, inflatable trampoline. This is our friend's husband. Both him and his wife are pros at water skiing and wakeboarding. This shot was taken from the boat (obviously), about 50 feet away!

But more about our trip later. We just got back this evening around 9:45 and I am exhausted. I wasn't going to submit anything until tomorrow, but Gabe was so gracious to remind me via email that the deadline is today! Thanks Gabe! :)

Assignment: B&W (#2)

My second submission for the B&W assignment on the Christian Photographers' forum. What a precious little princess! I couldn't resist taking a photo of my friend's daughter. This is another photo taken at our homeschool p.e. class.

Assignment: B&W (#1)

"Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the

fruit of the womb [is his] reward."
(Psalm 127:3)

The Christian Photographers forum's next assignment is "Black & White", which also includes sepia tones. We are allowed to submit up to 4 photos, which is nice. So, here is my first submission which I am titling "Kids at Play". I've given it kind of a vintage look, as well. This is another photo from my homeschool PE class photo shoot! :)

Post processing: converted color image to b&w, added sepia photo filter, added a texture layer.

Converging Lines

The next DPS assignment is "Converging Lines" and is due by next Tues. I have not officially submitted anything for it yet, but I needed a photo for today so I thought I'd try to come up with a possible submission. This shot (taken at the Sonoran Desert Museum) has a lot of converging lines: the stairs, the hand rails, and also the shadows on the right side of the wall. But as much as I like this photo, I'm not thrilled enough with it to submit for the assignment. So, onto more photo taking!

So, what exactly is meant by converging lines? Lines that run parallel into the distance or that actually converge at some point.

Post Processing: converted color image to b&w, added sharpness, and also a vignette.