More September submissions

Here are a few more submissions for the September assignment:

Michelle Bjarnason sent me a couple more submissions for this assignment – I’m so glad to see that you are out there practicing!

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I also received this amazing sports photo from Natalka Lindstrom:

(Taken with Nikon D60 at f/5.6, 1/500 sec., ISO 560)

That looks like it hurt!

So…  have you sent yours in yet?  Deadline is tomorrow night at 11:59pm EST so get out there and start snapping!  Watch for my October tutorial and assignment on October 1st!

Happy Clicking!

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Water Slide Fun

Michelle Bjarnason just sent me another fabulous shot:

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Thanks, Michelle – I love how you captured the splashing water!

By the way, for those who may not have submitted your photos yet because you don’t have any photo editing software to resize your submissions, try Picasa by Google.  It’s a free software program that you can download here that will help you organize and edit your photos with ease.  Click here for a 5 minute video demo.

Happy Clicking!

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1,2,3… Jump!

We’re getting alot of jumping subjects in our submissions!

Thanks to Michelle Bjarnason for this beautiful silhouette shot:

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Michelle comments, “Now my subjects were all supposed to jump at the same time.  Sigh… sometimes it doesn’t always work.”  I’m sure we can all relate to that!

Happy Clicking!

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Jump for Joy!

Here’s another great photo, taken by Jacquelin Green, of her daughter leaping off a dock:

Taken with A Canon Digital Rebel XT at f/10, 1/800 sec., ISO 400.

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Bounce!

Thanks for Michelle Vincent for her submission below.  Michelle writes, “I took this while my boys were enjoying Fiesta on the Bay in our local town. They had a few bouncy castles/obstacle course and this big bouncy slide. I was shocked that my son Brennan made a huge leap off the top and bounced down the slide. He is always so cautious!”

Taken with Canon Powershot A720 IS at f/4, 1/640 sec. ISO 80

There’s about 5 more days to get your submissions in, before we continue on with our October assignment on low lighting!  Watch for the tutorial and assignment on October 1st, and we will announce the September assignment’s winner then as well!

Happy Clicking!

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Keep ‘em coming!

We are receiving some wonderful entries for our first assignment!  Check out these:

BAM! by Sierra Heggie

Taken with Canon Powershot S5 at f/8, 1/1250 sec., IS 400

Untitled by Margaret Stewart

Taken with Nikon D40X at f/14, 1/1250 sec. ISO n/a

Wipeout by Gail Bidgood
Gail writes, “A not so perfect landing!”

Taken with Nikon D200 at f/8, 1/500 sec. ISO 125

Thanks for your submissions, ladies – I hope you’re having fun with the assignment! Only a week left so don’t delay – submit your photos right now!

On that note, I have received a few submissions that do not include the camera info or camera settings – please, please, PLEASE remember to include this information in the comments section!  I think that in sharing everyone’s info, we can all learn!

Happy Clicking! 

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More Submissions!

Nikki says, of this next photo, that her daughter contined spinning until she got SICK! Ah, to be young again…

Spinning by Nikki Scott, taken with a Canon PowerShot A720 IS at f/3.2, 1/1500 s., ISO 100

Thanks for submitting, Nikki!

There’s still just over a week to submit your photos for our September assignment – the deadline is 11:59pm EST on September 30th, 2009.  If you’re not sure about the time zones (I still get confused too!), then click here to see the time in Ontario right now – that should help your figure it out!

Happy Clicking!

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Just Jump!

Jump! by Beth Sears using a Nikon D80 at f7.1, 1/650 s., ISO 400.

Check out this great submission from Beth Sears, part of a photo shoot for her son and his 8 best friends as they graduated this past June.  Congrats to the recent graduates and to Beth for creating a great photo keepsake for them!

There’s 2 weeks left to submit your photos for the September assignment – still plenty of time to get out there and photography something!

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Freeze Frame!

As promised, here are some more submissions for our September assignment!

Nikki wrote, “I read the article in Canadian Scrapbooker and took my daugher and my camera to the park for the day. I was sure to find some fast action!!”  I love how she captured the look of pure bliss on her daughter’s face, during a break in play:

Water Break! by Nikki Scott using a Canon PowerShot A720 IS at f/4.8, 1/1500 s., ISO 250

Heidi Brand submitted a couple of motorcross sports photos that were fabulous!  Look at the sharp detail in her incredible photo at 1/1250 sec.:

Big Air by Heidi Brand, using a Canon EOS 40D at f/5, 1/1250 s., ISO 200

 And by using PhotoShop, she merged a series of photos taken into one photo to showcase the whole jump, for this great photo:

Flying High by Heidi Brand using a Canon EOS 40D at f/4.5, 1/1250 s., ISO 200

Thanks for playing along, ladies – keep them coming!

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Your Submissions!

Thanks for the submissions you’ve been sending in – they’ll go up shortly in a new post!

However, several of the submissions were too small for us to use and some made my email cry and have a nervous breakdown because they were a wee bit big! LOL!  So please resize your photos so that they fit the following requirements:

72 dpi AND
500 x 750 pixels AND
under 200kB

Also, if photographing minors other than your children, please indicate if you have received permission from your subjects’ guardians to have these photos uploaded to our website.

Thanks in advance and can’t wait to see your submissions!

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