Summer Landscapes

Week 23 of the challenge ran from the 2/6/13 till the 8/6/13.

The theme was Summer Landscapes.

Rilly (who sets the briefs each week) was very reluctant to do this theme, despite already being on the list for this week and had planned to change it. But after some moaning from other members of the group, it was decided we would do it. I had loved doing Landscapes back in March so was happy to do this one again. Similar to the previous week, a couple of photos were not taken on the day due to time constraint. I also took the opportunity to reshoot a couple of Landscapes I had shot back in the original landscape and really enjoyed comparing the difference 3 months could make.

Day 1 - Camber Sands Beach

Day 2 - Kensington Gardens

Day 3 - Park Hill (Three Months On)

Day 4 - Grangewood Park

Day 5 - East Croydon Trainline

Day 6 - East Croydon Skyline (Three Months On)

Day 7 - A Walk in the Park

Animals and Insects

Week 22 of the challenge ran from the 26/5/13 till the 1/6/13.

The theme was Animals and Insects.

I was quite excited about this theme as I knew I would be on holiday during this week and would probably be able to capture a good variety of different animals, birds and insects. Sadly, due to the weather, it didn't pan out the way I had hoped. Luckily, due to the number of people who would probably go to the farm or to the zoo to capture images, we were allowed to post three photos taken on the same day across the week. Definitely helpful for me!

Day 1 - The Seagull

Day 2 - The Hungry Bird

Day 3 - Dogs on the Beach

Day 4 - The Ant

Day 5 - The Horse

Day 6 - Insects on a Flower

Day 7 - Little Bird

Reflections

Week 21 of the challenge ran from the 19/5/13 till the 25/5/13.

The theme was Reflections.

Quite a straightforward theme and an easy brief to follow. I decided to keep it simple by doing reflections in the water, mirrors and windows. Admittedly there are a couple of dodgy pictures as they were quick photos due to not having much time. One ended up being done on the IPhone as I forgot to put the battery back in before heading out to get the shot I wanted.

 Day 1 - Hair in the Mirror

Day 2 - Bridge over Water

Day 3 - The Tram Stop Shelter

Day 4 - Bathroom mirror

Day 5 - The Glass Building

Day 6 - The Other Glass Building

Day 7 - Clouds in the Water

Openings

Week 20 of the challenge ran from the 12/5/13 till the 18/5/13.

The theme was Openings.

I did not think this would be an easy theme and it wasn't, but it was not as hard as I thought it would be. The brief was to look around and photograph openings, preferably not obvious unless it was in an interesting way. Two of my ideas I did have did not happen in the end as I just could not get the shot. I also not happy with every shot I got but it definitely made me think how to get the brief done in an interesting way.

Day 1 - Boo in the Tumble Dryer

Day 2 - An Overfilled Bin

Day 3 - Through an Open Door

Day 4 - The Postbox

Day 5 - A Broken Cable Box

Day 6 - Unloading the Lorry

Day 7 - A Path Through

The Letter F

Week 19 of the Challenge ran from the 5/5/13 till the 11/5/13.

The theme was The Letter F.

You may think this was an easy week, similar to that of the week we did The Letter P. But nope, it so was not! We had to use adjectives starting with the letter F. Definitely not so easy! I ended up not using the three ideas I originally had as other photo opportunities opened themselves up to me!

Day 1  - FRESH Fruit

Day 2 - FUN in the Sun

Day 3 - My FELINE Cat

Day 4 - The FAMOUS Camden Lock

Day 5 - Bird FREE to roam

Day 6 - My FEARLESS little boy

Day 7 - A FAST Moving Train

Stripes and Spots

Week 18 of the challenge ran from the 28/4/13 till the 4/5/13.

The theme was Stripes and Spots.

I felt so uninspired by this theme as the brief was quite literally brief! Our choice how to do it, very open to interpretation. Basically we had to photograph spots and stripes. I ended up going for a theme within a theme, finding spots or stripes outside!

Day 1 - Royal Opera House

Day 2 - Stripey Shadow

Day 3 - The Shadow of a Bench

Day 4 - Stripes of Light

Day 5 - Spots of Light

Day 6 - The Meridian Line

Day 7 - No Entry Sign

Monochrome Greenwich

Yesterday, on what was a gorgeous day, I took my youngest child, Owen up to Greenwich. We went to the Cutty Sark, a walk through Greenwich Park, the Royal Observatory, stood in both the east and west at the same time on the meridian line and finished off the trip with a quick visit to the National Maritime Museum.

The weather was perfect, especially for shots of London from the Royal Observatory. Actually it was so good, that the camera was constantly out, being at a gorgeous view!

Here is a just a selection of the 107 photos I took yesterday and edited into monochrome: