Beauty & Possibilities - My Photography Journey

"Muse" - verb 1. to think or mediate in silence, as on some subject. 2. to gaze meditatively or wonderlingly. -noun 1. the goddess or the power regarded as inspiring a poet, artist, thinker, or the like. 2. classical mythology, any goddess presiding over a particular art. These themes keep getting better and better....and I'm always filled with endless ideas....perhaps MCP has become my muse!!! "Light & Color as my Muse"  Ever walk in an area and see a ray of light shinning down on something...anything? Light is no doubt a Muse that points you to look in its direction to see what amazing beauty is hiding just beyond. Take this small part of a rocky pile covered in vines and moss....All of a sudden there she (Light) was, basking on the rocks and amazing textures and colors came popping up, calling me to come close and take a picture. Taken on January 29, 2011 at Villa Escudero, San Pablo, Laguna Camera- GT-I8000 S

There's a lot of things I thought about using for this theme...the rustling wind outside, the turning of the electric fan in my room, my daily walk around the neighborhood...but I chose to go with our wall clock. It has a very subtle ticking that I barely notice. But, when it is deafeningly silent, I find comfort in the soft ticks I hear from the clock.... Taken on January 25, 2011 at home Camera Nikon D40 F-stop f/5.6 Exposure time 1/4000 sec. ISO-400 Aperture priority

I am almost all caught up with the themes. I have the next 2 themes ready and just need to post them here on my blog.  So, this post is a catch up for week 3, Shades of Grey. I love taking sky pictures because of the beautiful colors. I decided, though, that this photo still looks great in black and white because of the brilliant sun. So here's my submission for the theme.... This was taken on January 31, 2011 at Villa Escudero. Taken with Samsung GT-I8000 (cellphone) F-stop f/2.8 Exposure time 1/16384 sec ISO-50 Edited with Picasa 3 - made black & white, adjusted tuning I also wanted to post a picture that my hubby took that also works with the Shades of Grey Theme....it's my sister-in-law's Dog (Zoey's) best friend...."Cat" (aka 'Ket")..... I'm still trying to convince hubby to join in with the photo challenges....

Week 2 has such a wonderful theme! I had a lot of songs in mind..."Like a Rolling Stone" by Dylan ..."Romeo & Juliet" by Dire Straits... and a few others were on my list. However, I was listening to the radio in the car and an oldies came on by Boyz II Men..."It's So Hard To Say Goodbye"...and I knew this was the song I wanted to do.... I thought about old pictures scattered on the floor showing memories of my mother and my family...that was the concept. I was sort of in a rush so I came up with a photo and edited it to focus mainly on the picture of my mom.... " How do I say goodbye to what we had?   The good times that made us laugh   Outweigh the bad.   I thought we'd get to see forever But forever's gone away   It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday.  ......" While editing, I realized that the photo also works with another oldies song "The Way We Were" by Barbara Streisand.... &

LAVENDER & LEATHER (Taken - January 25, 2011) Ok...I joined the challenge late so I have some catching up to do!!! The first week's theme is "Something Around the House" . So I decided to take a picture of my most favorite crafty thing I have at my place. This is a framed leather carving that I acquired from Thailand. It was hand carved by a local artist that was selling his goods at the night market in Bangkok. I absolutely love this piece of art. And here's a closeup shot...

This year I have joined several challenges....a crafting challenge...a jewelry challenge... and now I am officially joining a photography challenge. I've actually wanted to come up with a theme for each week and host a challenge myself. However, this has proven to be a difficult task to handle. So instead, I am joining the folks at MCP Project 52. They are currently on week 4...so I am already late. I do want to catch up, though because after scanning through the past themes, I found them quite engaging. So, this blog was created to display my photos and tell you a bit more about why I decided to take them....If you'd like to join in, stop by the website . Anybody can join at anytime!