First of all, let me apologize for the delay – I’ve been going through an audit at work this week and it’s placed a lot of demands on my time!
I’m happy to announce that we had 85 photos submitted for our Summer challenge!! And without further ado, our winner was randomly chosen, using random.org:
List Randomizer
There were 85 items in your list. Here they are in random order:
- Serena Gedlaman – Daylight/Sunlight
- Stephanie Schan – Backlighting
- Agatha Wiebe – Leading Lines
- Donna Bowman-Woodall – Cropping
- Serena Gedlaman – Light Graffiti
- Bev Beaudette – Cropping
- Agatha Wiebe – Front Lighting
- Agatha Wiebe – Balancing Elements
- Serena Gedlaman – Fast Shutter Speed
- Donna Bowman-Woodall – Depth of Field
- Kristi Kennedy – Backgrounds
- Karen Young – Backlighting
- Stephanie Schan – Perspective
- Bev Beaudette – Side Lighting
- Kristi Kennedy – Fast Shutter Speed
- Donna Bowman-Woodall – Symmetry & Balance
- Agatha Wiebe – Cropping
- Serena Gedlaman – Leading Lines
- Kari-Lynn Bezooyen – Rule of Thirds
- Agatha Wiebe – Slow Shutter Speed
- Agatha Wiebe –Symmetry & Pattern
- Karen Young – Leading Lines
- Stephanie Schan – Symmetry & Patterns
- Serena Gedlaman – Depth Perception
- Agatha Wiebe – Depth of Field
- Serena Gedlaman – Rule of Thirds
- Kristi Kennedy – Bokeh
- Serena Gedlaman – Symmetry & Patterns
- Bev Beaudette – Framing
- Karen Young – Depth Perception
- Agatha Wiebe – Backgrounds
- Agatha Wiebe – Daylight/Sunlight
- Agatha Wiebe –Side Lighting
- Agatha Wiebe – Depth Perception
- Kari-Lynn Bezooyen – Backlighting
- Kari-Lynn Bezooyen – ISO
- Stephanie Schan – Bokeh
- Serena Gedlaman – Backlighting
- Karen Young – Balancing Elements
- Kristi Kennedy – Framing
- Kari-Lynn Bezooyen – Cropping
- Karen Young – Symmetry & Patterns
- Serena Gedlaman – Framing
- Stephanie Schan – Side Lighting
- Agatha Wiebe – Rule of Thirds
- Bev Beaudette – Leading Lines
- Kari-Lynn Bezooyen – Framing
- Serena Gedlaman – Natural Light
- Serena Gedlaman – Perspective
- Serena Gedlaman – Slow Shutter Speed
- Kari-Lynn Bezooyen – Daylight/Sunlight
- Kristi Kennedy – Depth Perception
- Agatha Wiebe – Natural/Available Light
- Serena Gedlaman – Side Lighting
- Bev Beaudette – Depth of Field
- Kristi Kennedy – Leading Lines
- Bev Beaudette – Perspective
- Donna Bowman-Woodall – Framing
- Karen Young – Perspective
- Karen Young – Framing
- Kari-Lynn Bezooyen – Perspective
- Serena Gedlaman – Front Lighting
- Bev Beaudette – Natural Lighting
- Bev Beaudette – Backgrounds
- Donna Bowman-Woodall – Balancing Elements
- Agatha Wiebe – Light Graffiti
- Karen Young – Rule of Thirds
- Bev Beaudette – Depth Perception
- Stephanie Schan – Depth Perception
- Stephanie Schan – Rule of Thirds
- Agatha Wiebe – Framing
- Serena Gedlaman – Bokeh
- Donna Bowman-Woodall – Leading Lines
- Kari-Lynn Bezooyen – Balancing Elements
- Kristi Kennedy – Backlighting
- Serena Gedlaman – Balancing Elements
- Stephanie Schan – Framing
- Kristi Kennedy – Backgrounds
- Agatha Wiebe – Perspective
- Agatha Wiebe – Backlighting
- Kari-Lynn Bezooyen – Side Lighting
- Kristi Kennedy – Symmetry & Patterns
- Serena Gedlaman – ISO
- Serena Gedlaman – Cropping
- Agatha Wiebe – Bokeh
Timestamp: 2011-09-10 15:18:14 UTC
Congratulations, Serena! Your prize pack will be sent out to the address on your submission form!
Thanks to all who submitted their photos – I loved seeing them all! I will be back in a few days to discuss our next topic – Photo Organization!
Cheers,
The March tutorial on Backgrounds will be posted this weekend! If you’d like to get a headstart, read my article on page 74-75 of your new Spring 2011 issue of Canadian Scrapbooker, or you can download a .pdf version here. But please don’t submit your photos yet!
Stay tuned…
Well, you are, if your name is either of the two that were randomly selected by our list generator!
The winner of our Scrapbook Adhesives prize pack is:
List Randomizer
There were 23 items in your list. Here they are in random order:
- Lee-Anne Thorton, AB
- April Childs, AB
- Lise Malette, ON
- Jennifer Lundsten, SK
- Lise Malette, ON
- Diana Hetherington, NB
- Sarah Fitzpatrick, ON
- Lise Malette, ON
- Jill Sparks, ON
- Lise Malette, ON
- Jill Sparks, ON
- Lynette Parent, AB
- Agatha Wiebe, ON
- Lise Malette, ON
- Lise Malette, ON
- Lise Malette, ON
- Lise Malette, ON
- Nathalie Cormier, QC
- Lise Malette, ON
- Lee-Anne Thorton, AB
- Valery Klassen, AB
- Agatha Wiebe, ON
- Lise Malette, ON
Timestamp: 2011-03-03 05:03:56 UTC
and the lucky winner of the Magenta prize pack is:
List Randomizer
There were 23 items in your list. Here they are in random order:
- April Childs, AB
- Jill Sparks, ON
- Lise Malette, ON
- Lise Malette, ON
- Lise Malette, ON
- Lise Malette, ON
- Sarah Fitzpatrick, ON
- Lee-Anne Thorton, AB
- Jennifer Lundsten, SK
- Diana Hetherington, NB
- Nathalie Cormier, QC
- Lise Malette, ON
- Agatha Wiebe, ON
- Lee-Anne Thorton, AB
- Lise Malette, ON
- Lise Malette, ON
- Lise Malette, ON
- Lise Malette, ON
- Lise Malette, ON
- Agatha Wiebe, ON
- Jill Sparks, ON
- Lynette Parent, AB
- Valery Klassen, AB
Timestamp: 2011-03-03 05:10:23 UTC
Congratulations to our winners – your prizes will be mailed out shortly to the addresses listed on your submission forms.
Thanks again to all who played along – check back on or around March 8th for another tutorial and photo assignment!
Cheers,
So sorry for the lack of posts this month, everyone! As you may know, if you follow my blog, I have had some serious dental issues over the last few weeks. I have had three rounds of antibiotics and they really knackered me! I’m happy to say that I’m finishing up Round 3 of antibiotics and I *think* we finally have this thing licked! (Touch wood!)
I have many submissions to share, and I certainly enjoyed receiving them, even if I couldn’t drag myself out of bed to post them. We had 23 submission for January and February! And we’re going to pick TWO lucky winners once I’ve posted them so check back Friday to congratulate our winner… Who knows? It may be YOU!
Speaking of winners, I also have the prizes to share with you!! All photo submissions will be eligible for both prizes, regardless of the photo subject, but I will pick a winner for both January and February.
January’s prize is this yummy pack of adhesive goodness from :
January Prize Pack by Scrapbook Adhesives
And our February winner will receive this prize pack from Magenta Stamps:
February Prize Pack by Magenta
Now onto our submissions!
April Childs, of AB:
Taken with Nikon D80 at f/5.6, 1/125 sec., ISO 125
Nathalie Cormier, of QC:
Taken with Canon EOS XSi at f/5, 1/60 sec., ISO 1600
Agatha Wiebe, of ON:
Taken with Canon Rebel XSi at f/5.6, 1/60 sec., ISO 400
Taken with Canon Rebel XSi at f/10, 1/320 sec., ISO 200
Lynette Parent, of AB:
Taken with Canon EOS Rebel XT at f/5, 1/60 sec., ISO 400
Diana Hetherington, of NB:
Taken with Canon Rebel XSi at f/4, 1/64 sec., ISO 400
Sarah Fitzpatrick, of ON:
Taken with Canon PowerShot SD1300 at f/8, 1/250 sec., ISO 80
Valery Klassen, of AB:
Taken with Canon EOS Rebel T1i at f/10, 1/320 sec., ISO 100
Jennifer Lundsten, of SK:
Taken with Pentax K-R at f/16, 1/640 sec., ISO 3200
Lise Malette, of ON:
Taken with Nikon Coolpix S630 at f/14, 1/86 sec., ISO 64
Taken with Nikon Coolpix S630 at f/14, 1/82 sec., ISO 64
Taken with Nikon Coolpix S630 at f/3.5, 1/340 sec., ISO 64
Taken with Nikon Coolpix S630 at f/3.5, 1/113 sec., ISO 64
Taken with Nikon Coolpix S630 at f/5.1, 1/207 sec., ISO 64
Taken with Nikon Coolpix S630 at f/11, 1/577 sec., ISO 64
Taken with Nikon Coolpix S630 at f/5.3, 1/440 sec., ISO 88
Jill Sparks, of ON:
Taken with Nikon D60 at f/6.3, 1/160 sec., ISO 100
Taken with Nikon D60 at f/5.6, 1/60 sec., ISO 200
More from Lise Malette, of ON:
Taken with Nikon Coolpix S630 at f/3.5, 1/340 sec., ISO 64
Taken with Canon EOS Rebel XTi at f/4, 1/60 sec., ISO 400
Taken with Nikon Coolpix S630 at f/5.1, 1/440 sec., ISO 158
Lee-Anne Thorton, of AB:
Taken with Canon EOS 30D at f/5.6, 1/15 sec., ISO 500
Taken with Canon EOS 30D at f/7.1, 1/8 sec., ISO 400
Thank you to everyone for their interpretations of this month’s photo assignment!! And thanks for being patient with me…
I will announce the winners on Friday!
Cheers,
As I said earlier, we will be running the January and February photo assignments concurrently. On Thursday, I talked about Symmetry and Patterns in composition. Today, you’re going to learn about using lines effectively in your images’ compositions.
There are various types of lines that can be used when composing photographs to create visual impact. They can add depth, draw the viewer’s eye to a focal point or area of interest, and they can often elicit moods in photographs by giving the illusion of motion.
Various types of lines used include vertical, horizontal, diagonal, curved and converging lines.
Vertical:
These type of lines are easy to find in our photos: buildings, trees and standing subjects are all indicative of a vertical line. Note how in the following photo, the sailboat masts draw your eye up into the white space, or sky, in this case:
Taken with Nikon D300S and 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6 VR lens at f/8, 1/400 sec., ISO 200
Horizontal:
This type of line naturally occur in images and usually elicit feelings of tranquility or stability. Horizons, sunsets, shorelines, even your subject laying in the grass are all examples of horizontal lines. These horizontal lines, often set in the lower or upper half of the photo (as per my September tutorial on the Rule of Thirds), act to anchor the rest of the image.
Taken with Nikon D70 and 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 lens at f/3.5, 1/60 sec., ISO 200
Sometimes, an image of a horizon can seem boring when it is not broken up by other objects. Not in the case of the photo above, where the landscaping on the left and the boats dotting the horizon, break up the scene and keep it from remaining static.
Diagonal:
Diagonal lines in an image give a sense of motion or energy to a photo. They can also point your reader to your subject of interest, such as the rays of sunlight lead your eye directly to the ship, in this beautiful photo by Ken Schulze.
Taken with Nikon D300
Curved:
Curved lines denote beauty and gracefulness in an image, especially when it is leading to a focal point, as the rock breakfront in this image draws you to the lighthouse in this image:
Taken with Nikon D80 and 18-135mm VR lens at f/13, 1/640 sec., ISO 400
Another curved line is the “S” curve. According to William Hogart, in his book, The Analysis of Beauty, the “S” curve is referred to as the Line of Beauty. You can see it over and over again in paintings and drawings – and photography is no exception. Look at the beautiful lines of the instrument in this image by Kent Landerholm – not only is the ”S” curve represented by the shape of the instrument, but also in the F-hole :
Taken with Nikon D80
Converging:
Converging lines convey depth and distance. The human eye is naturally drawn to converging lines, so including them in your photo increase its’ impact and interest. You can use railway tracks, fence lines, , roads, pathways, stairs or any other set of parallel lines, such as this boardwalk at my local marina:
Taken with Nikon D80 and 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at f/11, 1/500 sec., ISO 400
As you may have noticed from the above examples, lines occur naturally in our environments – it’s up to us to train our eyes to look for them when composing our photos. So grab your camera and look around and try to become aware of naturally occuring lines.
February 2011 photography assignment:
Using the February tutorial as a guide, capture lines in your images to enhance composition. Explore your surroundings and look for various types of lines. As always, if you have any questions, please leave me a comment on this post, or email me at sue {AT} canadianscrapbooker {DOT} ca.
Deadline: 11:59 pm EST, February 28th, 2011
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
1) Because the whole purpose of the tutorial is to get you to experiment with your camera, submitted photos must have been taken between January 7th and February 28th, 2010, inclusive. Photos that do not meet this criteria may be shared on the blog but will not be eligible for our contest.
2) Please send original-sized photos – I will size them for our blog.
3) And PLEASE don’t forget to include your camera settings, including camera used, f/stop, aperture and ISO settings for your image in the Comments section of the submisson form! Submissions that do not include this info may not be posted on the blog or included in the prize drawing.
Please submit your photo, using only our submission form (no emails, please!), for a chance to be entered into our draw to win an awesome prize. A randomly chosen entry will be drawn after the deadline. Please note – submissions that are not relative to the tutorial and/or do not abide by these rules will not be posted on the blog, or entered into the draw. Please click HERE to review the rules regarding this draw BEFORE submitting.
Our prizes for both the January and February photo assignment contests will be revealed shortly!
Happy Clicking!
Thanks for your patience, while we switched servers! I’ll be posting January’s tutorial today, and will follow up with February’s tutorial tomorrow – deadline for both photo assignment will be the same and we’ll draw TWO prizes this month – once for each photo assignment!
Today, we’re going to learn about symmetry and patterns in your composition. Both can be used, either together or independently for effectiveness in composing your shots.
Symmetry in a photo is when both sides of an image, either vertically or horizonally, are of equal weight. That is to say that while they can be symmetrical in actual content, like this image:
Mount Rainier reflected in Mirror Lake (from the University of Washington Libraries)
Similarly, a photo can be considered symmetrical even though it is not identical, if it is weighted equally on the horizontal or vertical axes, such as in this photo by Kevin Steele:
Neighbours by Kevin Steele. Taken with Olympus D600L.
Both left and right sides are equally weighted by stairs, door and mailbox, even though they are not identical. However, there is a big difference in the symmetry in this photo: the dog. Having a break in symmetry like this in a photo can be just as effective. It provides a resting point for the viewer’s eye as he is perusing the image.
Consider this beautiful photo by Fabio Montalto (Wagman_30):
The Orange Chapel. Taken by Fabio Montalto with Nikon D200.
The perfect symmetry of this composition is offset by the little orange trash receptable in the lower right hand corner. This illustrates that sometimes, breaking up the symmetry can prevent a photo from becoming ordinary in its symmetry.
Similarly, patterns can enhance a photo’s composition with their presence or an abrupt break in one. Repetition can be used effectively in photography. One method is to emphasize the pattern by capturing it in your scene, such as in this image by Christopher Rose (khowaga1):
Repetition by Christopher Rose (khowaga1). Taken with Canon EOS DRebel XTi
Just as effectively, a break in pattern can offer relief from the pattern and lead the viewer’s eye through the image, as in this photo:
Taken with Nikon D80 and 50mm lens at f/1.8, 1/50 sec., ISO 200
Finding patterns and symmetry in our lives is not difficult – they can be found everywhere. We just need to “train” our eyes to look for it through our viewfinder. So get out your camera and look at your world through new eyes – and send us your images with symmetry and patterns!
January 2011 photography assignment:
Using the January tutorial as a guide, photograph patterns or symmetry around you. Explore your surroundings and try to photograph both styles – with a break in symmetry or pattern and without. As always, if you have any questions, please leave me a comment on this post, or email me at sue {AT} canadianscrapbooker {DOT} ca.
Deadline: 11:59 pm EST, February 28th, 2011
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
1) Because the whole purpose of the tutorial is to get you to experiment with your camera, submitted photos must have been taken between January 7th and February 28th, 2010, inclusive. Photos that do not meet this criteria may be shared on the blog but will not be eligible for our contest.
2) Please send original-sized photos – I will size them for our blog.
3) And PLEASE don’t forget to include your camera settings, including camera used, f/stop, aperture and ISO settings for your image in the Comments section of the submisson form! Submissions that do not include this info may not be posted on the blog or included in the prize drawing.
Please submit your photo, using only our submission form (no emails, please!), for a chance to be entered into our draw to win an awesome prize. A randomly chosen entry will be drawn after the deadline. Please note – submissions that are not relative to the tutorial and/or do not abide by these rules will not be posted on the blog, or entered into the draw. Please click HERE to review the rules regarding this draw BEFORE submitting.
Our prizes for both the January and February photo assignment contests will be revealed shortly!
Happy Clicking!
Sorry for the delay in posting January’s tutorial and photo assignment but I’m having some trouble getting photos to upload – and it’s hard to post a tutorial without photos! 
Because we’re knee-deep in magazine progress (and we know you don’t want us to delay that!), I’ve decided to combine January with February’s tutorial, which will be posted on or around Feb. 1st.
If you want to get a headstart, read my article in your Winter 2010/11 issue and start snapping! January’s topic will be Symmetry and Patterns, and February’s topic will be Leading Lines. Only photos taken between January 7th and February 28th, 2011 will be accepted and posted for this assignment.
Cheers,
will be delayed a few days!
We are in the middle of a server change and to avoid any trouble with lost posts or images, I will be posting the tutorial later this week. Don’t worry – we’ll allow extra time for the delay! But if you want to get a headstart, the tutorial will be on symmetry and patterns – and I’ll allow all photos that were taken between today (Jan 10th, 2010) and the deadline!
Thanks for your patience!
Cheers,
Thanks for all of the fantastic submissions we received for our December photo assignment on Cropping!
Here’s a peek at all of them again:
Thanks again to all of our submitters this month!
Using a list randomizer, a winner has been chosen:
List Randomizer
There were 34 items in your list. Here they are in random order:
- Margaret Stewart, AB
- Lynette Parent, AB
- Lee-Anne Thorton, AB
- April Childs, AB
- Jill Sparks, ON
- Teresa McNutt, NS
- Brae Montgomery, ON
- Lee-Anne Thorton, AB
- Brae Montgomery, ON
- Shannon Celeste, ON
- Lee-Anne Thorton, AB
- Agatha Wiebe, ON
- Jill Sparks, ON
- Heidi Brand, ON
- Jaime Matthews, ON
- Nicole Alvey, ON
- Mindy Smith-Bernard, ON
- Jill Sparks, ON
- April Childs, AB
- Lisa Malette, ON
- Jill Sparks, ON
- Maxine Lozinski, AB
- Jill Sparks, ON
- April Childs, AB
- Lise Malette, ON
- Sharon Peters, AB
- Carrie Butterwick, AB
- Lise Malette, ON
- Bethany Hoskin, AB
- Bethany Hoskin, AB
- Jill Sparks, ON
- Agatha Wiebe, ON
- Nicole Alvey, ON
- Agatha Wiebe, ON
Timestamp: 2011-01-07 02:10:03 UTC
Congratulations, Margaret! Your prize pack will be sent out shortly to the address on your submission form!
Stay tuned for our January tutorial to be posted on or around January 8th, 2011!
Cheers,
Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and wishing you all a very safe and happy 2011!
I’m back from a self-imposed computer break and I have to say, while I missed it, it was nice to kick back and relax! However, now I have a MASSIVE pile of submissions to share with you so it’s your turn to kick back, relax and enjoy our readers’ photography.
Jaime Matthews, of ON, sent me this adorable photo of one of her five children, Spencer:
Taken with Sony CyberShot at f/4, 1/40 sec., ISO 125
Look at those dimples – thanks for sharing, Jaime!
Sharon Peters, of AB, shared this photo of her daughter-in-law, Rachael, and grand-daughter, Mary:
Taken with Nikon D90 at f/5.3, 1/160 sec., ISO 400
I love how the cropping brings the focus onto their beautiful faces. Great job, Sharon!
April Childs, of AB, sent me this abstract photo, creating bokeh from her Christmas tree lights (see our December 2009 tutorial for more info on bokeh!):
Taken with Nikon D80 at f/5.3, 1/4 sec., ISO 640
Lovely – thanks for your submission, April!
Next, I want to share this colourful photo by Lynette Parent, of AB:
Taken with Canon EOS Rebel, at f/5.6, 1.3 sec., ISO 100
I love how the yellow just POPS - Great submission, Lynette!
Agatha Wiebe, of ON, sent in two more submissions this month – the first is a fantastic shot of an ornament that she made with her children:
Taken with Canon Rebel XSi at f/4.5, 1/60 sec., ISO 400
How cool is that? I’m going to have to make those next year with my kidlets! I also want to share this submission from Agatha:
Taken with Canon Rebel XSi at f/4.5, 1/60 sec., ISO 400
Love how you captured the well-loved look of your bible – thanks for your submissions, Agatha!
The next two submissions come from Brae Montgomery, of ON. I had the pleasure of meeting Brae this fall at the CreativFestival in Toronto – I spent all of my hard-earned money at her booth! 
Brae’s first photo is an extreme close-up:
Taken with Canon Rebel T2i at f/4, 1/30 sec., ISO 3200
Love it! Great depth of field, too, by using a smaller aperture of f/4.
Brae’s second photo captured their Christmas traditional Elf on a Shelf – his job is to report back to Santa at night while the family sleeps!
Taken with Canon Rebel T2i at f/5.6, 1/60 sec., ISO 400
I think we need one of these at our house… Thanks for submitting, Brae!
Jill Sparks, of ON, sent several photos this month, as well, capturing a Christmas treat and her family this year in the snow:
Taken with Nikon D60 at f/4, 1/6 sec., ISO 100
Taken with Nikon D60 at f/5.3, 1/125 sec., ISO 400
Taken with Nikon D60 at f/14, 1/200 sec., ISO 1600
Taken with Nikon D60 at f/18, 1/200 sec., ISO 1200
Looks like everyone had fun – thanks for submitting, Jill!
This next beautiful image comes from Margaret Stewart, of AB:
Taken with Nikon D40x at f/5.6, 1/160 sec., ISO 200
So pretty! Thanks for your submission, Margaret.
Check out these next two photos from Nicole Alvey, of ON:
Taken with Canon Rebel XTi at f/5.6, 1/60 sec., ISO 400
Hee hee – love your little assistant, peeking over your shoulder!
Taken with Canon Rebel XTi at f/5.6, 1/160 sec., ISO 100
Great use of natural light, too! Thanks for sharing, Nicole!
Lise Malette, of ON, sent in these photos, taken on a recent trip to Florida:
Taken with Canon EOS Rebel XTi at f/9, 1/500 sec., ISO 320
I can almost imagine his whiskers twitching!
Taken with Canon EOS Rebel XTi at f/9
Pretty – Thanks for submitting, Lise!
As we come into the home stretch, I want to share this one sent in by Shannon Celeste, of ON:
Taken with Nikon Coolpix 100 at f/3.5, 1/30 sec., ISO 306
Love this candle! Thanks for sharing, Shannon!
Teresa McNutt, of NS, sent us this photo of her youngest daughter, who turned six on Dec 31st:
Taken with Nikon D70 at f/4.5, 1/60 sec.
Happy Belated Birthday to her – and thanks for your submissions, Teresa!
Lastly, I have two adorable images to share from Bethany Hoskin, of AB, of her daughter. In one, she is digging into some Oreos:
Taken with Canon EOS T1i at f/4.6, 1/60 sec., ISO 200
Oh, I can relate, my little friend – they’re my favourite, too!! Yum!
About the next image, Bethany writes, ” a photo of my daughter, inspecting our Christmas decorations, shortly before removing as many as she could reach, of course!”
Taken with Canon EOS T1i at f/3.5, 1/25 sec., ISO 400
That made me smile – been there, done that! Although my kids usually just tried to stuff them in their mouth – or that of the dog, who was only too happy to oblige! Thanks for your submissions, Bethany!
Whew! What a great crop of photos we had this month! Thanks to everyone who submitted – I love seeing your photos and sharing them with our readers. Stay tuned for an announcement of our December photo assignment winner in the next day or two – and watch for our January tutorial to be posted on or around January 8th, 2011!
Cheers,
I have lots of photography goodness to share with you today!
Lee-Anne Thorton, of AB, kicks us off with three of her holiday-inspired photos:
Taken with Canon EOS 30D at f/3.5, 1/8 sec., ISO 100
Taken with Canon EOS 30D at f/3.5, 1/20 sec., ISO 100
Taken with Canon EOS 30D at f/4, 1/6 sec., ISO 100
Great job – thanks for sharing, Lee-Anne!
Next, Jill Sparks, of ON, shares this fun, winter image:
Taken with Nikon D60 at f/18, 1/200 sec., ISO 1200
That looks fun – and cold!! Brrr! Thanks for sharing, Jill.
Heidi Brand, of ON, shares an image of her daughter’s birthday cake, showing an interesting perspective.
Taken with Canon 40D at f/6.3, 1/10 sec., ISO 100
Yum! Those silver non-pareils are the perfect touch! Thanks for your submission, Heidi.
Our next submission was sent in by Mindy Smith-Bernard, of ON:
Taken with Canon Rebel XTi at f/2, 1/20 sec., ISO 800
Love the warm ligthing – thanks for sharing, Mindy!
Maxine Lozinski, of AB, shared this image of her grandson and his friend, Apollo:
Taken with Canon Rebel XSi at f/5.6, 1/20 sec., ISO 100
What a beautiful rotti, Maxine – and your grandson is handsome, too! Thanks for sharing.
And finally, Carrie Butterwick, of AB, sent in this image of her son, fresh off the hill after a day of ‘boarding:
Taken with Pentax K100D at f/9.5, 1/125 sec., ISO 400
Another handsome young man! Love the cropping – thanks for submitting, Carrie!
Lots of submissions from AB and ON today! Hopefully, they inspired the rest of you to grab your cameras and try our December photo assignment! Deadline is January 2nd, 2011 at 11:59pm EST – get out and play!
Cheers,
Sue has been behind a camera for more than 25 years, working professionally as a photographer for the last ten years. While she began the hobby of scrapbooking in 2000, as a complement to her photographer career, it soon grew into a rival passion! Sue loves to enlarge one of her favourite photos and make it the focal point of her page, using her supplies to bring the focus onto her photography. She has, in recent years, turned more to scrapbooking "moments" rather than "events", choosing to leave her children more insight into her point of view of their lives.
Sue has been married to her best friend, Gary, for over 10 years and has two children, Connor and Aili. She considers herself very fortunate to be so lucky to work not only for herself, but also to be involved with Canadian Scrapbooker - both of which combine her passion for scrapbooking and writing!
CONTACT SUE: sue@canadianscrapbooker.ca
