Photography Challenge: "Get Down"

Hello everyone! Hope you all are having a good day!

This week's assignment is: "Get Down". Even though I know I should be taking shots from all different angles, I seldom get down low to shoot. Afraid of getting dirty maybe? Maybe, but it's always good to see what a different perspective can do. Try getting eye level with babies and children to see how it draws the viewer into the photo. Consider a bug's eye view of the world. Don't want to get dirty? Put your camera down low and shoot "blind". :)

Rules:

1.The picture you submit must be taken by you between March 6th, March 20th 2012. The Linky will close Wednesday March the 20th, so make sure you link up before then. ;)

2. You may only enter one picture per contest, if you have more than one in your post, please specify which one you are entering.

3. If at all possible, list settings used to take it. (Camera, lens, date taken, time (even if vague, early afternoon, late evening, etc), ISO, shutter speed, and aperture.) You can find most of this info in the properties of your picture if you forget what settings you used.

4. Editing is allowed, but if you choose to edit your picture please post the original too. Please tell us what you did to edit your picture,also! :)

5. If you don't have a blog, email one of us (our emails can be found on the 'About Us' page) and we will post it/link it up for you!

My Assignment for this week:

This here is my edited version ;) I took this this Fall so I can't remember how I edited it ;)

And here is my original picture :)
Well, we hope you all will join this challenge! It should be a lot of fun ;) And you could be a winner!!!! ;D
God bless!
A Servant 4 Christ,
Lizzie

Photography Challenge: Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day. The time of year when pink and red match, when people feel, and make others feel, extra loved, lots of chocolate is brought out, millions of roses and pretty bouquets of flowers are sold, couples express their love to each other, and cupids are seen everywhere, but do you really know what Valentine's Day is about?


The history of Valentine's Day isn't exactly pin-pointed like other holidays, such as Christmas, Easter, or St. Patrick's Day. Some say Valentine's Day is named after a young bishop who was stationed in the Roman Empire, Claudius II was the emperor at the time, and thought married men did not make good soldiers, so he conveniently made a law forbidding young people from marriage.Valentine heard of this, and not agreeing, began to perform marriages in seceret. Claudius found out, and had Valentine thrown in jail.


Another rumor has it that while in jail, Valentine fell in love with the jailer's daughter, and right before he was to be executed, he sent her a note signed 'from your Valentine'. The romantic note set many spreading the tale, and Valentine's Day celebrations were held, the earliest dating back to 1415.


No matter which, or if either, of these stories are true, everyone feels a need to be loved. Human love can not fill this emptiness in us, only God truly loves us unconditionally. We have been seperated from God from sin, and he provided a way for us to live in heaven eternally with him by sending his only son to die for us! You can experience this love that is like no other too, if you accept the gift God has given us and ask him to live in your heart. :) 




So, we want to know what a little bit of your Valentine's day is like. Show us a picture of something special in your day this year! It could be a tradition, a cool dessert or meal you make, or just a picture of something neat you find. My parents always decorate our dinning room table in the morning and put a little something at each of my siblings and my spots. Usually chocolate is involved! ;)

Rules:

1. The picture you submit must be taken by you between February 8, and February 22, 2012, but preferably on Valentine's Day! ;) The Linky will close Wednesday February 22, so make sure you link up before then. :)

2. You may only enter one picture per contest, if you have more than one in your post, please specify which one you are entering.

3. If at all possible, list settings used to take it. (Camera, lens, date taken, time (even if vague, early afternoon, late evening, etc), ISO, shutter speed, and aperture.) You can find most of this info in the properties of your picture if you forget what settings you used! :)

4. Editing is allowed, but if you choose to edit your picture please post the original too. Please tell us what you did to edit your picture, also! :)

5. If you don't have a blog, email one of us (our emails can be found on the 'About Us' page) and we will post it/link it up for you!

-Emily
Photography, Baking, and My Life

Photography Assignment: Groundhog Day

Groundhog Day is tomorrow, February 2, and Punxsutawney Phil is scheduled to come out and decide if we'll have 6 more weeks of winter, or if spring is here!

Now, I don't believe in superstitions like that, but I think it would be interesting to see what everyone's weather is like! So the challenge this week is to take a picture of your weather, do you have two feet of snow or is it sunny and 45 degrees?

Normally where I live we would have over two feet of snow right now, but this winter I don't think we've even gotten a foot total, yet!

Rules:

1. The picture you submit must be taken by you between February 1, and February 15, 2012 . The Linky will close Wednesday February 15, so make sure you link up before then. :)

2. You may only enter one picture per contest, if you have more than one in your post, please specify which one you are entering.

3. If at all possible, list settings used to take it. (Camera, lens, date taken, time (even if vague, early afternoon, late evening, etc), ISO, shutter speed, and aperture.) You can find most of this info in the properties of your picture if you forget what settings you used! :)

4. Editing is allowed, but if you choose to edit your picture please post the original too. Please tell us what you did to edit your picture, also! :)

5. If you don't have a blog, email one of us (our emails can be found on the 'About Us' page) and we will post it/link it up for you!

Here's a picture of my back patio, we'd love to see a picture of what your weather is like right now! :)

I edited it in GIMP. Contrast: 10 and Saturation: 20 Then I added a watermark with Picnik.

                                 Camera/Lens: Canon EOS Rebel T2i with 18-55mm Kit Lens

Date/Time Taken: 10:59am February 1, 2012

ISO: 100

Shutter Speed: 1/180

Aperture: f/4

We've had nice weather in the 40's and 50's this week! It's really refreshing, and it is so nice to be able to wander around outside without freezing! ;)

Which season is your favorite? 

-Emily

Photography, Baking, and My Life

P.S. Did you hear Picnik (a photo editing site) is closing down April 9, 2012? I have used Picnik for several years for free, but now that they are closing, they have reimbursed all their premium members, and the premium options are free for everyone, from now until they close! :D

Winner for Christmas Tree Assignment

Hello everyone! We thought we would post the winner for our last assignment (Christmas Tree). I know it has taken us a bit longer to post it but we all have been very busy :)
Anyway. I know you probably all would love to know who the winner is! So I will tell you! :) The winner for the Christmas Tree Assignment is.........................................

Mary Ann!!!!!! (http://shutterhappyphotography.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-spend-last-weekend-before.html) Congrats Mary Ann! Your picture is great! :D
Oh, and Mary Ann, sorry we couldn't make a button for your picture, you might have to just copy and paste the pic on your blog that way showing you won! ;)

Thank you all who entered for entering in our assignment! All your pictures were great too! :D Hope you all are having a good week! God bless!

A Servant 4 Christ, Lizzie

weekly assignment: Christmas tree

Hey ya'll!

It's been awhile since we last posted, and now it's almost Christmas time!
And since it's almost that time.. We wanna know what your Christmas tree looks like, so this assignment will be your Christmas tree.
Here's mine:

I used photoscape. :)
i edited the...
Gama brightness, Sharpen, Back light, auto level, auto contrast and a little bit of vignetting so that's why you cant really tell a difference... :-\

MERRY CHRISTMAS FRIENDS!!!! :)

-rachel

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Golden Hour Winner!

First, off, I would like to apologize for the mixed-up-ness of this blog lately. As human's we all have our shortcomings sometimes, but still, that is not acceptable. We will try our best to keep things running smoothly, but I make no promises! ;)

We have thought through our schedule again, and we are going to try posting assignments every other week, and on the in-between weeks announce the winners of the previously closed assignment. You will still have two weeks to enter each assignment. :)

Today we will be announcing the winner of the Golden Hour assignment. Rachel will be posting our next assignment so be on the look out for it! :)

This week we just couldn't decide one winner, so we shall have a winner and a runner up!!!

The winner is Emily Grace from Photography By Emily Grace I would encourage everyone to go check out her amazing pictures! :) Congratulations, Emily Grace!!! :D



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The runner up this week is Mary Katherine from This Is Just My Temporary Home!!! Mary Katherine has awesome pictures on her blog, you should definitely go take a look! :) Congratulations, Mary Katherine!!! :D
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Congratulations again girls, these buttons are for you to put on your blogs! :)
-Emily

Winners!!!!!!! :D

I know this post with the winners for the assignment of "Doesn't Quite Belong" and "Coffee" assignment is a little late, but we have been working out different things with the blog and didn't have time! So here we are! Okay, you ready to here the winners?! Are you excited!? The winner for "Doesn't Quite Belong" is.................(drum roll, please?!)
SARAH!!!!! From http://thisismyfathersworld2.blogspot.com/!!! Congratulation Sarah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your picture is hilarious! :) We all love it!!! :)

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Okay, you guys ready to hear the next winner for the "Coffee" challenge?! I sure am!!! Okay you ready?! Here we go! The winner is..............................................................

GRACE!!!!!!!
From http://gracy-girl.blogspot.com/!!!! Congratulation Grace!!! I'm so happy for you!!! :D You're picture was perfect! I mean, you couldn't get much more coffee like!! I mean those coffee beans looks so cool I can almost smell coffee!!! Haha!! Great job Grace!! :D

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And to all the others who entered these two challenges thanks for entering!!! All your pictures were great!! And we love them all!! So thanks for entering!!!!!!!! Well, hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving tomorrow!!! God bless!!!



A Servant 4 Christ,

Lizzie