PHOTO FRIDAY -- Photobombs

Each week, I'll be posting 1-7 photos, which will be my interpretation of a weekly theme.  I will also announce the next week's theme.

We don't always have to draw and paint to be creative.  And, that's one of my own New Year's resolutions for 2014:  To be more creative in every area of my life.

This week's theme was "PHOTOBOMB".

Since photobombs are not planned -- when someone hops into your photo at the last minute -- I rounded up all my "family photobombs", from the last year or two.

Silly, I know!  But, I love these photos.  

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The theme for the next weekly Photo Challenge:  "CONTRAST".  Time to get serious . . . 

PHOTO CHALLENGE: My May Pix & A New June Challenge

May came and went so quickly -- I think I only completed half this challenge.  Many of these are family shots, because of Mother's Day, some are from another camping trip, and the rest were taken out and about . . .



Day One -- Self & Sons

Day Two -- They Make Me Smile

DAY 3 -- Something I Collect, and DAY 4 -- Something that Stresses Me Out (only because I've collected these books and language courses for 12 years, and haven't been to Italy yet, nor can I speak Italian -- yet!)

Day 5 -- The Cup I Drank From Today

Day 7 -- Someone Who Inspires Me

Day 9 -- Something Made for Me (by my son, Zach)

Day 11 -- Royal Dog

Day 12 -- Out & About

Day 13 -- Nature

Day 14 -- Somewhere We Went (Camping on the Florida River, in SW Colorado)

Day 17 -- Something Strange in the Fire (I assure you, no animals were harmed in the making of this campfire)

Day 18 -- A Sunset . . . Just Because

Day 19 -- American Kestrel

Here are the 30 themes for June, if you'd like to give it a go.  I will try again, and see if I can do better this month . . .

JUNE CHALLENGE THEMES

1.  Breakfast

2.  Travel

3.  Dandelions

4.  Negative Space

5.  Road

6.  Lawn

7.  Three of a Kind

8.  New

9.  My Smile

10.  Something Found

11.  Chocolate

12.  Relax

13.  Exercise

14.  Shadow

15.  From the Side

16.  Fathers

17.  Blue

18.  Today,  I . . . 

19.  In Flight

20.  Upside Down

21.  Vines

22.  Purple

23.  Pathway

24.  Hug

25.  Put It on a Plate

26.  Waiting for . . . 

27.  Leaves

28.  Fresh Produce

29.  Wings

30.  Finally . . . 

Let's celebrate summer!  (for some of us . . . )

PHOTO CHALLENGE: My April Pix & A New May Challenge

April turned out to be a pretty good month for photos.  I got lots of great pix from our camping trip to Utah and my painting workshop.  And of course, my dog, Royal, continues to provide me with many good photo-ops.

Here are some of my photos from the April Challenge:



"YELLOW" --

"UNUSUAL GERANIUMS" --

"MY APRICOT TREE" --

"TULIPS" --

"FAR" --

"CLOSE" --

"NEW WHEELS" --  (The camper, anyway)

"LOOKING DOWN" --

"SELF" --

"INDIAN PAINTBRUSH BLOOMING" --

"COTTONWOOD TREES, STARTING TO BUD" --

"ON A WALK" --

"UTAH LANDSCAPE" --

"UNEXPECTED WILD TURKEY NEST" --

"SIGN OF SPRING: PAINTING TULIPS" (Morning Session) --

"SIGN OF SPRING: PAINTING TULIPS" (Evening Session) --

"BLACK & WHITE" --

Well, that was fun!  I'm looking forward to more picture-taking in my favorite month of May.  We are finally getting some moisture down here in Southwest Colorado, so things are starting to turn green.  

Here are my themes for each day of May:

MAY PHOTO-A-DAY CHALLENGE

1 - Self Portrait

2 - Something that makes you smile.

3 - Something that you collect.

4 - Something that stresses you out.

5 - A cup you drank from today.

6 - Someone who inspires you.

7 - A picture of your phone.

8 - What you had for lunch today.

9 - Your favorite shoes.

10 - Something that you made.

11 - A picture of your pet.

12 - A picture you took at work/in class/out and about.

13 - Something out in nature.

14 - Somewhere you went today.

15 - Something you own but never use.

16 - Something you have too much of and is taking up space.

17 - A picture of something fun.

18 - Anything -- whatever you want -- just because.

19 - What's in your bag/purse.

20 - Someone that you love.

21 - A picture of something sweet.

22 - Something you're currently borrowing from someone.

23 - A souvenir from a vacation.

24 - A book you're reading.

25 - A picture of something new.

26 - Something that means a lot to you.

27 - Photo of your handwriting.

28 - Your favorite color.

29 - Your favorite pattern.

30 - Something in your fridge.

31 - Self portrait, 30 days later.

I encourage you to give it a try if it sounds like fun.  I don't always do one each day, and sometimes I mix up the themes, or change them a little.  But, doing a photo challenge like this allows you to capture little moments in your life, instead of just the really big ones.