Man, I am so excited to see what you all have come up with this week. Remember the challenge? Take a picture of something you love…without the flash. Did you find success? I know I did. I had such a hard time trying to find just one thing that I love and as much as I wanted to take pictures of my family (and as easy as it would have been), I decided not to.
Taking pictures without a flash can be really tricky, I still struggle with taking my camera out of automatic and getting a good enough shot by setting up my shutter speed, aperture and ISO. Which is reason number 1823 why I love this challenge, THE PRACTICE! It’s not just for you, it’s for me, too!
I received this item from a blog reader, her name is Racheal and she’s wonderful and thoughtful. She let me know early on that she wanted to make something for me and I know she worked so hard on this item. When I received it, I instantly loved it. Not just because it’s so incredibly beautiful and has birds! But also because I know it means a lot to her, I know the love that went into it and whenever I see it, I think of love.
I look a few different pictures for two reasons (you can take as many as you want, as well.) The first reason is to show you perspective, the second is to show edited and unedited version of the photos.
First the edited:
And the unedited:
I just love the way this plate looks like five different plates. (make sure you pay attention to the perspective…HINT, HINT.)
Now, it’s your turn to share.
Just a few things: Enter your site name and the link to your post (or picture) in the fields below, link to your post goes in the URL field. (see? That’s Mr. Linky.) It will automatically list your information when you hit enter. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ONLY LINK TO THAT SPECIFIC POST, I will delete the link if you link directly to your blog/flickr site and not the post that contains the pictures. To link to your post, just right click on your post title and copy link or click on the post title and copy the web address in your browser and then paste into the link field, here’s an example for you:
Please also make sure you are referencing the You Capture photo challenge on your site to share with your readers. The more participants, the more fun we’ll have!
One more thing, remember to visit the rest of the participants sites and see what they did, this is a great way to build traffic to your site and create a community! Don’t be shy. If you love a picture, tell them so.
Now onto next week’s challenge:
PERSPECTIVE. Take a picture from a completely different angle than what you normally would. Be creative…makes us, your audience, see a piece of something that we normally overlook when just passing something by. (see my plate up there? Different perspectives, you can do this!
Some perspective examples:
Happy Capturing! See you next Wednesday!
Oh this was sooooo much fun! I had a blast images of my kids with just my home lighting. Can’t wait to next week. I love using my camera at odd angles to get an interesting picture. Thanks Beth! This is so much fun!
My biggest challenge on this one was getting Emma to stand where I wanted her to, LOL!
I’m loving the perspective challenge.
Gorgeous shots of a really beautiful plate. Interesting cropping in the edits and I think the SOOC are lovely!
I limited myself to one shot this week – for next week, I’ll take more!
This was so fun!I had so much fun! thanks so much for a great blog idea! Looking forward to next week!
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Those are beautiful, Beth!
Somehow I’m failing at copying and pasting right now (could be that it’s 6AM?), so I don’t have the button up, but I linked back to you.
This is going to be a fun weekly challenge for me. Thanks for hosting it!
That is a great plate! I love the colors and details.
This was a lot of fun. I took my camera house hunting looking for fabulous snow pictures.
That is great picture, love the color! This carnival is a great idea I get to practice!
I love the plate!
And…I think I need a new camera. Seriously. My birthday is coming up next week….anyone….
Beautiful plate and capture.
This was fun, already thinking about next weeks photo.
This was really fun. I am hoping to learn some new things. Hopefully someone can give me some advice on this weeks pictures. Can’t wait to start shooting pics for next weeks challenge.
I have a post ready, however, WordPress is not cooperating and I can’t post my picture. ARGGGG!!!!
ooohhh, I must be psychic, cause my picture has some perspective this week too
*cough* and I am sorry, so excited about my entry that I didn’t comment on yours….
that plate is beautiful and I love the angles you shot it from…*high five*
I attempted, tried and probably failed … Using a camera is hard stuff man and all of you with those fabulous pictures have my utmost admiration.
Perspective? Sigh … good thing I have a week to think about this one.
What a fun challenge this is!!
I love that plate. Love it. All of your angles on it are wonderful and really showcase your love for it.
I have never been so excited for a challenge! Thank you so much for You Capture! I hope it encourages me to continue my quest for the perfect shots. EVERYDAY!
I love this idea. Can’t wait for next week.
Beth, I am so glad I decided to do “You Capture”! I am discovering so many wonderful blogs! I may even have to do my own…I have been thinking about it…
Oh & by the way, the code for your button is a little messed up. It has an extra ‘a href’ at the beginning. =D
Love how you captured the bright, blue color of your plate and the different angles of it! Great Shots!
The challenge was a lot of fun! Loved looking at everyones photos.
I love this idea – I’m in for next week for sure!!
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Lovely shots as usual Beth!
Love this so much. Can’t wait to get started!
Great idea! I’m in!
i love taking pictures and have been wanting to take more lately. thanks so much for the opportunity. i’m really excited about this!
I love photography homework and your plate is beautiful.
Hey Beth – I love the idea of this! How fun!
Did I make it just in time??? If I hadn’t spent the last hour enjoying everyone else’s photos I might have gotten mine in before 11:53!
So much fun! Thanks for hosting the carnival!
What a beautiful, thoughtful gift. I can certainly see how that would be one of your favorite things! : )
This really is a lot of fun, Beth. I can see this becoming a huge hit on the web. I just wish I had a much better camera is all.
Nell
oh wow.
i cried as soon as i saw this post. i was trying to access your site earlier but it kept on giving me an error message so i thought i would check it again right before i went to bed. nothing could have prepared me for the warm gushy feeling of love…i cannot even begin to tell you what an honor this is.
thank you beth.
i am glad you like it and i am glad that you allowed me to honor james and jake in the only way i know how.
so…you know how i was going to bed three hours ago? i just spent it going through all the photos and had a blast. lol..so eventhough i just commented, i thought i’d comment again to say how much i enjoyed looking at all the photos! this was such a great idea beth!
i tried to comment as much as possible but someone’s going to have to teach me on how to comment on a blogger site without a blogger account? lol. yes, you may say it…dorkface!
i have to take stinker to school in six hours. fun!
I am loving this challenge! Looking forward to next week
Love this idea!
I actually couldn’t figure out how to turn my flash off at first! haha – shows what an amateur I am. Love that plate — hand-made pottery is the best!
This is fun! Thanks for doing this
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This is going to be fun!!!! LOVE the plate!!!
I love my Flash, so this was a VERY hard challege for me… Im not happy with the photo “quality-speaking”, but I do love the photo I got.
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Great idea, I’d really like to join in with the You Capture challenge each week
Thanks Ash
Love this! Thank you so much for inspiring us!
Love this idea! Thanks for inspiring us!