I'm not sure how long I've done the Photo Quest but it has been awhile. Each week I search the web and my photo books to find a topic that I think will appeal to all the members. For this quest I would like you to tell me what you would like to work on for 2010...any thing about photography or your camera you would like to learn or practice.
Do you want to learn about layers in Photoshop?
Would you like to practice cutting out photos and changing the backgrounds?
Are you interested in photo enhancing your photos to improve focus, blur, colors etc?
Do you want to do some collages?
Are you interested in learning to resize photos, cropping photos?
Tell me what you would like to learn etc. so I can work them into the Quest for 2010. Have a wonderful New Year and be safe.
See you in 2010!
Oh my gosh the Questers out did themselves for this Christmas Quest! We have entries from Germany, Australia, Japan, Thailand, Colorado, Utah, Missouri, Oklahoma, Montana, Tennessee, and Georgia! Sorry Amy Sue I think you are located in a far north state but you don't have it in you profile so I don't know where you are located.
This quest is a new record with 11 entries! Here are my picks for the Christmas Photos. The photos all tell wonderful stories of family, food, decorations and great times.
- My favorite family tradition was Darcy's children moving the The Journey.
- My favorite gift was Jacolily's family Cookbook.
- The most creative photo came from Amy Sue with her photo of Christmas 2009 Taylor's School Performance.
- The best Christmas landscape came from Cap'n Stephel with her wonderful photo Dscn0030 of the Christmas snow and lights. This should be her Christmas card for next year.
- Best photo of getting ready for Christmas goes to Freedom Smith with her photo of her two Sons making chocolate house. Great captured of these boys working hard on their house!
- Oh the best photo of Christmas goodies is from Spike of her cookies IMG_7318s. If you have ever tried to take photos of food you will be able to appreciate the great job she did on this photo. Nice focus and great presentation of the plates of cookies. Oh I sure wish I lived closer so I could have a taste!
- We had two members do collages. My favorite collage from Maiu was Christmas collage with frames and text. Very creative with the background.
Antrogrrls collage of her Christmas ornaments is wonderful Christmas decorations collage, I'm sure she will treasure this collage for many years. What a great idea for all of us to take photos of our favorite ornaments to keep. - Then we have Yancunyong who is in a style of his own! Yan's photos of his Christmas parties are great! I like the one of the three ladies singing IMGP9208. This photo shows great emotion and fun. All Yan's photos seem to show us what a fun guy he is. Yan shows us the fun in his life through his photos.
- Best Christmas tree goes to Realworld for his photo of Oh Tannenbaum! Beautiful tree!
- I'll end with the wonderful photo of the candle IMG_0217.JPG - Vox and her lovely description of how the photo represents Christmas!
All in all I so enjoyed seeing Christmas through your eyes..thank you all for this year of terrific photos and best wishes for a Happy New Year!
I love Christmas light displays that are well done. This was one of those displays and I got the pictures on Christmas Eve
Here goes, some photos that Country sent me to post so she can see how they look. We are trying to find out why her photos aren't posting as clear as they should.
You guys are teh best!
How about St. Paul’s Suite?
I know this is not a big surprise for this week's Quest! This quest runs for 2 weeks so you have time to get some photos during this busy season.
Photos can be recent or old...you are free to use any photo enhancements, color or b & w or sepia tones. Make a collage, a Christmas card, a poster or just a single photo. Post how you took the photo and what enhancements you used.
If you haven't ever posted before just jump in and have some fun. No worries we are all learning here and enjoy seeing everyones photos.
Get creative and show the Photo Quest Group what Christmas means to you. Is it about the ornaments, the tree, the cookies, friends, children, parties (this is for Yan), pets, nature, church...what makes a Christmas special for you.
Since this quest runs through Christmas...I want to take time to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas!
Maureen
This was the first time for this subject, shoes on Photo Quest. It was fun to see what you creative minded photographers posted for this quest.
First to post was Realworld with his Cat Shoes. I want to know how he stuffed that kitten in the shoe? OK so that probably didn't happen but what a cute, candid photo! Nice job Realworld as it is hard to get the cat's eyes clear on a photo...mine sometimes look orange or a strange green.
Next post was from Maju, with her purple sneakers trying to run away from the boring black shoes. Great composition with the purple shoe in the ROT spot. This photo really made me laugh...nice work Maju!
Then along came CountrybyDesign with a very mystical photo of her shoes in the stream of light. WOW this is a very cool photo and I think you should use this technique again with other subjects. I like the slightly out of focus shot here as it makes the photo have a more mystical feel.
Not to disappoint, Cap'n Stephel brings us some very Jazzy, Saxie shoes. Very nice play on dark and light and lines. I liked the second photo the best as it has just enough light to make me want to check it out closer.
Finally Yancunyong brings it home with party shoes. Japan must be a lot more fun than I ever thought. Yan seems to be parting it up big time. Loved seeing the shoes of his fellow party goers. I like the last photo the best...the red lighting and the reflection of the shoe was very cool.
Thanks again all for a great quest...hope to see you again next week.
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