Reverse 365: Simplicity - Day 165/365 6.14.13

Settings: ISO 1600, 100mm, ss1/800, f/5.6

Date: December 9th, 2012

Location: Stevens Pass, Washington

165/365 - June 14th, 2013

“What's really important is to simplify. The work of most photographers would be improved immensely if they could do one thing: get rid of the extraneous. If you strive for simplicity, you are more likely to reach the viewer. ”  ― William Albert Allard

Reverse 365: Permission to See - Day 164/365 6.13.13

Settings: ISO 1600, 100mm, ss1/500, f/5.6

Date: December 9th, 2012

Location: Stevens Pass, Washington

164/365 - June 13th, 2013

“While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see.”  ― Dorothea Lange

Reverse 365: Abstraction - Day 163/365 6.12.13

I felt like trying a series of black and white images and these snow and ice crystals were the perfect canvas. 

Settings: ISO 1600, 100mm, ss1/2500, f/5.6

Date: December 9th, 2012

Location: Stevens Pass, Washington

163/365 - June 12th, 2013

"I work in colour sometimes, but I guess the images I most connect to, historically speaking, are in black and white. I see more in black and white - I like the abstraction of it." - Mary Ellen Mark

Reverse 365: Dancing on the Ice - Day 2/365 1.2.13

Settings: ISO 200, 50mm, ss1/125, f/2.8

Date: January 18th, 2012

Location: Outside my house during the epic Ice Storm last year

2/365 - January 2nd, 2013

“If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance” - Unknown

Don't know what a Reverse 365 is? Go here for more information!

Reverse 365: Day 1/365 1.1.13

This year I am going to be doing a Reverse 365. A traditional Project 365 is when you take a photo every day for the whole year. With my work schedule I have just found this almost impossible and when I am able to do it I am not pushing myself...I am just taking a picture to take a picture. Don't get me wrong, I would love to be able to do a traditional 365 and have great admiration and respect for those that can do it. They are amazing photographers who go on a beautiful journey to become more amazing :o). It just doesn't work for me.

So when I saw in the Photojojo Newsletter that someone had done a reverse 365 I was intrigued. The concept is to use photos you have already taken to edit and post one per day. I have become complacent this year and have only been editing and posting one or two photos from each "shoot" I do. This means there are thousands of photos I have not edited or really looked at on my hard drive. I love the idea that I now have a reason to go back through them. I also have a reason to focus on my editing skills and see the potential in a photo I may have overlooked before.

As I set out on this journey I am using one rule for myself - it has to be a photo I have not posted on the blog before. This is in hopes of really pushing myself to learn and grow. I want it to be easier for me than a traditional 365, but not too easy :o).

So here goes, photo number 1!

Settings: ISO 200, 50mm, ss1/125, f/3.2

Date: January 18th, 2012

Location: Outside my house during the epic Ice Storm last year

1/365 - January 1st, 2013

If you are doing a traditional or reverse 365 I would love to follow along with you! Please feel free to leave a link in the comments. Thank you for visiting!

Project 64: Iced Yellow 1.19.12

The color at Project 64 was yellow. Amidst the ice and snow of recent memory the yellow leaves of this plant stood out beckoning me to take a photo. 

Settings: ISO 200, 50mm, ss1/125, f/2.8 (full manual, cloudy wb)

"Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment." - Robert Collier

     

Tones on Tuesday #20 1.31.12

I can't wait to see what you have to share this week, but before that let's take a look at some showcases from last week...

Jenn at Shutter Happy Moments

The mystery of the depth of field, the softness of the texture and the lines of the grass are simply beautiful! Thank you for sharing with us Jenn!

Bec at Through the Lens: RAD Photography

I love the starkness of this photo and at the same time how it is soft and "creamy." Thank you for linking up Bec!

Liz at The Greatest of These Is Love

This truly looks like it could have been taken centuries ago, love it! Thank you for sharing with us Liz. 

Jenn, Bec and Liz please go HERE to grab your showcase button. 

Now it's your turn to share your photo with altered tones. Here is the guidelines for Tones on Tuesday:

• The basic idea is to share one photo where you have altered the tones. Such as a black and white, sepia toned, selective coloring or colored photo. Feel free to share the original and edit, or just the edit.
• Please share a photo that you have taken and edited yourself.
• If you have more than one photo in your post please indicate which one if for Tones on Tuesday.
• Please link up with your permalink and not your blog address.
• Attach the Tones on Tuesday button to your post
• Leave comments for the other participants, share the love :o)!
• Have fun!

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Disclaimer - By participating you give Scattered Horizons permission to share your photo on this blog. Photographers will be given credit for their work.

I thought I was done with ice and snow pictures, but I just keep finding more that appeal to me :o). I am also very hopeful that the caliber of ice and snow we had will not happen again for a long while. That makes these photos fleeting moments that I want to remember. This photo is of my favorite tree outside my house. It bent to the ground with the weight of the ice and snow, but it did not break. It is now standing tall again. I love the metaphor in that. Just what I need right now to make it through the assessment/report cards/conferences time at school. A photo that fits perfectly with my life outside of photography right now, I love when that happens :o).

Settings: ISO 200, 50mm, ss1/400, f/2.8 (full manual, cloudy wb)

Clean Edit and then a Black and White Conversion in Lightroom

"I bend and do not break." - Jean de La Fontaine

Joining the link ups below. Be sure to check out the beautiful shots and join the Tones on Tuesday link up found further down!

    

Favorite Photo of the Week: Sheathed in Ice 1.19.12

I can't believe that last week at this time the power had finally come back on at my house and the ice and snow was just beginning to melt. It seems like a lifetime ago and yet just yesterday. My favorite photo of the week reminds me of the beauty in face of adversity and how photographs allow us to remember the artistry and hardship of a moment. 

Settings: ISO 200, 50mm, ss1/320, f/2.8 (full manual, cloudy wb)

"Many human beings say that they enjoy the winter, but what they really enjoy is feeling proof against it." - Richard Adams

       

Frozen 1.19.12

While this week of crazy weather - snow, ice, wind, rain, hail and sun - has been tough at times (especially when the power was out), it has also be beautiful. The ice, which was the cause of the major power outages, fascinated me. The way it encased the plants and was frozen in the middle of dripping down made it feel as though things were standing still. My goal was to capture as much detail in the ice as possible and show how it enveloped the foliage. The first photo is SOOC and the second is a clean edit in Lightroom. I am glad the power is back on, but I am sort of sad the ice is gone. I really wish I would have taken more pictures, especially some at night after seeing my brother's girlfriend's AMAZING snow and ice at night photos. Oh well, it will just have to go on my photography bucket list :o)! What do you think? What fascinates you? Thank you for stopping by!

Settings: ISO 200, 50mm, ss1/160, f/2.8 (full manual, cloudy wb, SOOC)

Settings: ISO 200, 50mm, ss1/320, f/2.8 (full manual, cloudy wb)

"I search for the realness, the real feeling of a subject, all the texture around it... I always want to see the third dimension of something... I want to come alive with the object." - Andrew Wyeth

Linking up with the link ups below! Take a moment to check out the other fabulous photos.

  

Project 64: Winter Brown 1.18.12

I am not sure I am recovered from the wild weather of late, but the pictures sure are pretty :o). These are of a grape plant in the snow and in the ice. 

Settings: ISO 400, 50mm, ss1/2000, f/2.8 (full manual)

Settings: ISO 200, 50mm, ss1/500, f/2.8 (full manual)

“Adversity draws men together and produces beauty and harmony in life's relationships, just as the cold of winter produces ice-flowers on the window-panes, which vanish with the warmth.” - Soren Kierkegaard

Linking up with the link ups below! Take a look at the other amazing photos!