Monday in Pics - motion: panning & blurring + a cattle round up

On Friday afternoon, I took Michael to the park. I needed to take another panning (keeping the subject in focus while everything around it is blurred) shot for my photography class.





I think they are good! (I'm still working for the "perfect" panning shot, but good is great!)


Then later on that evening, Steve & I drove up the canyon. It was beautiful!

I worked on my "blurring motion" assignment from my photography class:



And we saw a real live cattle round up:


There was another picture I wanted to take, but I chickened out. :/ It would have been a scene like this: imagine about 10 cowboys and cowgirls all dressed up in their chaps, hats, & spurs leaning up against the corral talking together while some others worked with the cattle. It was a great shot, but because I hate to ask people if I can take their picture and I won't take one w/o permission, I missed it. :/ BUT I promised my friend Regina that if I ever have the opportunity to take a similar pic, I'll cowgirl up & take it.

And then, there was the sunset that I had to play with:

God is such an amazing artist, isn't He? The colors & shapes at sunset show His hand in things better than at any other time of the day.

Have a Happy Monday!

This Moment - July 22

I'm sorry that I haven't been here for awhile. Life happened.

On Sunday, I got a call from the nursing home saying that they were sending my mom to the hospital. The next day, Monday, was Josh and Karen's anniversary; we watched Aiden while they celebrated. Then, Tuesday was Michael's birthday. Wednesday, my family had a meeting to discuss my mom's precarious medical condition. Thursday was my camera class. And here we are to Friday. I feel like I've blinked and the week is gone.

For "This Moment", there isn't just one single image from the week that I want to remember; there are two:

Happy Birthday, dear Michael!


She is just so sleepy.


When I'm feeling up to it, I'll fill you in on my mom's condition. For now, I'll just say that she isn't doing very well.

This next week's photo assignment is motion: freeze action and showing motion. Through the week I'll show you my successes. I've had this assignment once before in my beginning photography class. Here is the link to those pics.

Last night, my instructor told us that panning may be too difficult, so perhaps we should stay with photographing water since it is easier to capture; no one told me that in the beginning class, so I didn't know I shouldn't be able to succeed. Now that I know, I am very proud of my first attempt at panning, so much so that I'll share the pic again:



Maybe the moral of the story is 1) to not tell someone that something is too difficult for them and 2) to not believe someone when they say that you can't do it. Like the theme song from "Arthur" says, "Believe in Yourself".

Have a great day!

LOVE

It is everywhere right now....



I loved this pic so much that I played with the color a bit:

Cooler colors:


Warmer colors:


Monochromatic:


I'm thinking that this pic would make such a beautiful 8 x 8 canvas, especially to decorate the Master Bedroom or to hang as a decoration at Valentine's Day. Watch the etsy store, I think this one needs to be shared! :)