Phone Photo Sets Week 4 Yellow

As a general rule, I am not huge fan of yellow. For clothing I tend to avoid yellow for sure. I also thought this would be a superior challenge, finding yellow things in the winter. Not true. I am surrounded by yellow things and see yellow things everywhere. This week, the challenge was selecting my favorite four out of the over twenty photo I snapped during the week.

I hope you enjoy them.

Again, I have to say, I learned alot this challenge. I think I was trying to take pictures close up to really focus on the challenge color and if I had it to do over again, I think I would not try for close ups with my iPhone. I also found that shooting in the natural light makes for better photos overall with the iPhone.

I also learned how to zip a file on the MacBook. I know, it is a basic skill, but remember I am returning to the world of Apple from PC territory and let's just say so much has changed in the last few years.

In summation, I should stand back, get outside and zip, I mean snap.

I am going to keep on taking pictures. If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter - you will see my quick shots that I do thru Instagram. I am still toying with a weekly photo montage, we will see. I am sure I will take on another challenge. It is great fun. I might still write some poems based on these shots, we will see where my Muse takes me.

And finally, thanks to Allie. She has sparked my creativity and faithfully posts our photos weekly. Thanks again for all the behind the scenes labor that goes into making this an amazing collaboration.

Phone Photo Sets Week 3 Grey

I think Grey is a fascinating color. I actually like smokey greys as a color choice. I have more than a few grey sweaters in my closet. While I favor the deeper greys, the smokey color, I do like the light greys and the heathers as well.

As I was thinking about what to photograph this month, I was thinking about shades of grey. There is silver, pewter, steel, smokey, gunmetal, light grey, dark grey, weathered grey, battleship, ash, charcoal, cadet, blue-grey, green-grey and the list I think goes one and one. Grey can be a soft shade or a harder edged shade.

In the programing world there seems to be a few less shades than at the paint store:

gainsboro

light gray

gray

dark gray

dim gray

lights late gray

slate gray

dark slate gray

(from Wikipedia...

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In thinking about photography, it seems to me that Black and White photos are really all about shades of grey. In this photo challenge, in editing the photos, I resisted the urge to change the photos to B & W.

I also do wonder which spelling is correct, Grey or Gray. I have found that in the US we favor Gray and in Britain they favor Grey and both are equally correct. So just like much of life, the spelling of grey is more or less gray area and not exactly black and white.

I have to say, I think gray was the easiest color yet. I am currently sweating this weeks color! Yellow!!!

Phone Photo Sets Week 2: Red

When I first took on this challenge, I was certain white was going to be hard to capture. Not so, white proved a walk in the park compared to red. Red is a bold intense color. The color of passion.

 In the literature black and white are often portrayed as opposites, but red and white are just as often portrayed as opposites. So true for photos as well. While I am overall pleased with my set of photos, I have to say, I was not at all pleased with a number of my photos. Finding 4 good ones was a mighty challenge. I seemed to have the most trouble with over exposure. Which could have to do with me, the iPhone camera, or me, or the lighting, or the color red, or did I mention, me.

In any event, here are my photos for this week. If you did not swing over to Show&Tell last, shame on you. You really must. The white photos were breath taking, simply breath taking, I could not pick a favorite photo or set for that matter. All so good.

Phone Photo Sets Week 1: White

This is my photo set for week one of the #phonephoto challenge. 

I had hoped to have a poem for you this week, but I am not coming up with much. I had a great time shooting this week. At first I thought white would be challenging but I actually found a variety of white things to snap pictures of and frankly there are so many shades of white. I actually had a hard time deciding which photos to include.

Now I am on the hunt for red things... should be fun.