Challenge Week Two.

Vision and Blur is our theme for this week's challenge.

 I took my Canon SX30 out of Auto mode and put it in Manual....set the aperture as low as mine will go and opened up the shutter and clicked! Then in Photoshop I added Kim's new texture Organic which I loved watching how she made....thank you for the demo. This is making learn  more about what my camera can do.

6 words to describe myself!

This is the latest challenge in The Beyond Layers    class. I took a photo using Hipstamatic's Susie Lens on my iPhone and then processed it with some bokeh and Kim's scripted edges texture set to screen blend mode.

My new Ikea muffin pan

I just baked a batch of savory cheesy muffins in my new tall and skinny pan... They turned out amazingly well.... I am always amazed when anything I bake is a success!

Awaken

I took this photo for the Beyond Layers class. The assignment was for a simple composition and lots of negative space...this was quite hard for me!  But I am happy with this result. i added Kim's "Awaken" texture
and reduced the saturation levels a bit.

What to do on a cold and wintry day!

Make jam of course! I came across several bags of fruit taking up space in the deep freeze so I hauled them out and got them simmering.....now my shelves are filled with jars of dark red yumminess! I had some for breakfast this morning!

Spontaneous mark making

I just spent the morning doodling along with a Traci Bautista video class sponsored by strath more papers ... It was fun being free!

OPEN

 Today is Texture Tuesday , the theme " Open", and I used Kim Klassen's Texture "Serious Magic"

put blending mode to "Screen" and after a few tweeks with curves I was done!

Made a new journal for an online class

I signed up for Kim Klassen's on line class "Beyond Layers" and this is my new photo intentions journal.
It is made from an old year book with new pages inserted. Hopefully it will get fatter as the year goes by ... Filled with tons of photo projects!
Kimklassencafe.com if you'd like to check her out...

I phone tips

I just learned this cool tip from photojojo... On the left is the picture taken with the camera app ... Centre tap on the lightest area and the camera will automatically darken ... Right tap on The darkest area and it will auto lighten... Isn't that cool!!!