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I’ll be creating “exercises” that you can follow along with and post here for others, along with myself to critique.
I will start off on a weekly basis and we’ll see how that goes.
Sharon Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406933999465611428noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181800127518722965.post-45193406078324689202014-08-15T13:23:00.001-04:002014-08-15T13:23:04.835-04:00Photography...<div style="clear: both;">
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div>Sharon Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406933999465611428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181800127518722965.post-25211576098074490062014-03-06T13:51:00.001-05:002014-03-06T14:35:48.614-05:00Lesson 3 - Selective Focus<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since we had a bit of confusion with the last lesson, between aperture and selective focus, I thought that the latter should be our lesson for week three.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lens manufacturers pour large chunks of money into research and development of faster and sharper lenses. Zooms are now the standard where at one time, if you wanted a sharp image, they were considered amateurish at best. The sharp zooms of today combined with precise auto focus technology allow tack-sharp images to be made all the time. Ironically, out-of-focus areas in a photograph are equally as important as sharp ones. Perhaps you've heard the term, bokeh. It's a Japanese word that means blur and relates to the aesthetic quality of the out of focus areas of the photo. Herein lies the connection with selective focus. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Focus was placed on the letter L<br />
Camera Settings: 100mm, 1/30 , f/3.2</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Selective focus images have shallow depth of field. The technique is often used in situations where the background would be distracting if it was sharp. Some of the ways to render an out-of-focus background are to use wide-open apertures, long lenses, get the main subject away from the background, move closer to the subject, and change your image-making angle. The purpose is to render a sharp subject or section of a subject immersed in a wash of color. It allows the subject to pop off the page, so the viewer zeros in on the area that's sharp. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With macro subjects, selective focus is frequently used. This is true for two reasons. Aesthetically, it's a powerful way to draw the attention of the viewer to a specific spot of the subject. Technically, it's more difficult to attain a lot of depth of field in that the subjects are small. This dictates shooting at small apertures that often involves the use of flash or other intricate lighting set up. On a large scale, place a person in the middle of a field of wildflowers. Photograph him or her with a long lens, create distance between you and the subject, select a wide-open aperture, and put the focus point on the person. The foreground and background flowers fall out of focus and just the subject is sharp. To reiterate, selective focus is used to de-emphasize foreground and background elements and render a targeted element sharp. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Focus was placed on the snow flakes on the windshield<br />
Camera settings: 72mm, 1/20, f/6.3</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The selective focus technique works particularly well on subjects with repeating patterns. For instance, picture a picket fence with similarly crafted tops. Zoom in to include a section of about 20 posts and focus on just the eighth one in. Select a wide-open aperture and press the shutter. The only part of the image that should be sharp is post number eight. The foreground and background will progressively fall more out of focus. The same effect can be made with stadium seats, rows of trees, lines of cars or wherever there's depth of similar subjects. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lesson 3 - Take a photo using selective focus and post it in the facebook group.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">This tutorial was inspired by <a href="http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/" target="_blank">Outdoor Photographer</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another Example: <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Focus was placed on the large red knob.<br />Camera settings: 50 mm, 1/15, f/1.8</td></tr>
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div>Sharon Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406933999465611428noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181800127518722965.post-84469276167503150222014-02-10T16:50:00.002-05:002014-02-10T16:53:46.686-05:00Lesson 2 - What is Aperture?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aperture is ‘the size of the opening in the lens when a picture is taken.’
When you hit the shutter release </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">button of your camera a hole opens up that allows your cameras image sensor to catch a glimpse of the scene you’re wanting to capture. The aperture that you set impacts the size of that hole. The larger the hole the more light that gets in – the smaller the hole the less light. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aperture is measured in ‘f-stops’. You’ll often see them referred to as f/number – for example f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6,f/8,f/22 etc. Moving from one f-stop to the next doubles or halves the size of the amount of opening in your lens (and the amount of light getting through). Keep in mind that a change in shutter speed from one stop to the next doubles or halves the amount of light that gets in also – this means if you increase one and decrease the other you let the same amount of light in).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One thing that causes a lot of new photographers confusion is that large apertures (where lots of light gets through) are given f/stop smaller numbers and smaller apertures (where less light gets through) have larger f-stop numbers. So f/2.8 is in fact a much larger aperture than f/22. It seems the wrong way around when you first hear it but you’ll get the hang of it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are a number of results of changing the aperture of your shots that you’ll want to keep in mind as you consider your setting but the most noticeable one will be the depth of field that your shot will have. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Depth of Field (DOF) is that amount of your shot that will be in focus. Large depth of field means that most of your image will be in focus whether it’s close to your camera or far away (like the picture to the right where both the foreground and background are largely in focus – taken with an aperture of f/16).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Small (or shallow) depth of field means that only part of the image will be in focus and the rest will be fuzzy (like in the photo at the top of the page). This is a very shallow depth of field and was taken with an aperture of f/5.6). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aperture has a big impact upon depth of field. Large aperture (remember it’s a smaller number) will decrease depth of field while small aperture (larger numbers) will give you larger depth of field. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It can be a little confusing at first but the way I remember it is that small numbers mean small DOF and large numbers mean large DOF. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let me illustrate this with two pictures I took earlier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first pictures on the left (Cincinnati at night) was taken with an aperture of f/8 and the second one (on the right - Cupcake) was taken with an aperture of f/1.8. The difference is quite obvious. The f/8 picture has all the buildings in the foreground and background in focus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The f/1.8 shot of the cupcake has the some of the gingerbread men in focus but the depth of field is very shallow throwing the rest of the cupcake out of focus.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixF65sMxaLe6IV78WRvQnlUeoMOOqNb067WFB10e8rjPIVTsC6JWyIddDTNZh6_mygKwgoNcZzeOD6HSnA2wSCpCTej6-bAiWTcqX6mF-g2Us_78Tx7xCtVRE1D_dEI0B2fsdZaVFuTSs/s1600/cake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixF65sMxaLe6IV78WRvQnlUeoMOOqNb067WFB10e8rjPIVTsC6JWyIddDTNZh6_mygKwgoNcZzeOD6HSnA2wSCpCTej6-bAiWTcqX6mF-g2Us_78Tx7xCtVRE1D_dEI0B2fsdZaVFuTSs/s1600/cake.jpg" height="320" width="251" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most landscape photography you’ll see small aperture settings (large numbers) selected by photographers. This ensures that from the foreground to the horizon is relatively in focus. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the other hand in portrait photography it can be very handy to have your subject perfectly in focus but to have a nice blurry background in order to ensure that your subject is the main focal point and that other elements in the shot are not distracting. In this case you’d choose a large aperture (small number) to ensure a shallow depth of field. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Macro photographers tend to be big users of large apertures to ensure that the element of their subject that they are focusing in on totally captures the attention of the viewer of their images while the rest of the image is completely thrown out of focus.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Week 2 Assignment</b> - Go outside and find a spot where you’ve got items close to you as well as far away and take a series of shots with different aperture settings from the smallest setting to the largest. You’ll quickly see the impact that it can have and the usefulness of being able to control aperture. Post one photo taken with a small aperture and one with a large aperture on the facebook page.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-align: start;">This tutorial on the rule of thirds was inspired by </span><a href="http://digital-photography-school.com/" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">The Digital Photography School</a><span style="text-align: start;">.</span></span></div>
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The “Rule of Thirds” is one of the first things that aspiring digital photographers learn about. It is the basis for well balanced and interesting shots.<br />
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But! Rules are meant to be broken and ignoring this one doesn't mean your images are necessarily unbalanced or uninteresting. <br />
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What is the Rule of Thirds?
The basic principle behind the rule of thirds is to imagine breaking an image down into thirds (both horizontally and vertically) so that you have 9 parts. <br />
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With this grid in mind the ‘rule of thirds’ now identifies the important parts of the image that you should consider placing points of interest in as you frame your image.
The theory is that if you place points of interest in the intersections or along the lines that your photo becomes more balanced and will enable a viewer of the image to interact with it more naturally. Studies have shown that when viewing images that people’s eyes usually go to one of the intersection points most naturally rather than the center of the shot – using the rule of thirds works with this natural way of viewing an image rather than working against it.
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Here is an example:
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Ask yourself:
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• What are the points of interest in this shot?<br />
• Where am I intentionally placing them?
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Once again – remember that breaking the rule can result in some striking shots – so once you've learnt it experiment with purposely breaking it to see what you discover.
Lastly – keep the rule of thirds in mind as you edit your photos later on. Post production editing tools today have good tools for cropping and re framing images so that they fit within the rules.<br />
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Assignment 1 - Experiment with some of your old shots to see what impact it might have on your photos and post them on the facebook group.<br />
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This tutorial on the rule of thirds was inspired by <a href="http://digital-photography-school.com/" target="_blank">The Digital Photography School</a>.
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<span style="color: white;"><u>Assignment Week 1 - Take one or more photos using the rule of thirds and post them in the group Behind the Picture - Photography Basics on Facebook. The link is over on the left!...thanks!</u></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div>Sharon Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406933999465611428noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181800127518722965.post-29417941651829699822012-07-03T21:40:00.001-04:002012-07-03T21:40:02.906-04:00Fireworks<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7498276682/" title="Fireworks"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7253/7498276682_126f145033.jpg" alt="Fireworks by Sharon Meyer" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7498276682/">Fireworks</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/">Sharon Meyer</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>everyone stay safe and watch the sparks from the fireworks don't catch anything on fire!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div>Sharon Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406933999465611428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181800127518722965.post-22469179287990159322012-05-22T21:55:00.001-04:002012-05-22T21:55:42.839-04:00Fishin'<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7252931548/" title="Fishin'"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7084/7252931548_a98d1d4b05.jpg" alt="Fishin' by Sharon Meyer" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7252931548/">Fishin'</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/">Sharon Meyer</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div>Sharon Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406933999465611428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181800127518722965.post-36398625332897383472012-05-08T21:38:00.001-04:002012-05-08T21:38:21.957-04:00Railcar<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7161933868/" title="Railcar"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7074/7161933868_d22728dc54.jpg" alt="Railcar by Sharon Meyer" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7161933868/">Railcar</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/">Sharon Meyer</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div>Sharon Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406933999465611428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181800127518722965.post-87303962347054582872012-05-06T22:46:00.001-04:002012-05-06T22:46:30.035-04:00Employees Entrance<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7150843407/" title="Employees Entrance"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7276/7150843407_8586d7dc5a.jpg" alt="Employees Entrance by Sharon Meyer" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7150843407/">Employees Entrance</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/">Sharon Meyer</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div>Sharon Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406933999465611428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181800127518722965.post-81710607596451871792012-05-02T23:06:00.001-04:002012-05-02T23:06:45.113-04:00Feels Like Summer<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/6991544958/" title="Feels Like Summer"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7242/6991544958_f9f75ac022.jpg" alt="Feels Like Summer by Sharon Meyer" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/6991544958/">Feels Like Summer</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/">Sharon Meyer</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div>Sharon Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406933999465611428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181800127518722965.post-27344515971743192522012-04-30T22:27:00.001-04:002012-04-30T22:27:33.537-04:00Stretching<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7130337583/" title="Stretching"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7238/7130337583_dd5708999e.jpg" alt="Stretching by Sharon Meyer" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7130337583/">Stretching</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/">Sharon Meyer</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div>Sharon Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406933999465611428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181800127518722965.post-3199139692447908962012-04-13T23:15:00.001-04:002012-04-13T23:15:02.403-04:00Emma<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7072379057/" title="Emma"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5316/7072379057_36408cdce1.jpg" alt="Emma by Sharon Meyer" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7072379057/">Emma</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/">Sharon Meyer</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div>Sharon Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406933999465611428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181800127518722965.post-5186697445421194192012-04-12T20:18:00.001-04:002012-04-12T20:18:13.446-04:00Day 12 - Stairs<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/6926169820/" title="Day 12 - Stairs"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5346/6926169820_d940d6eaa6.jpg" alt="Day 12 - Stairs by Sharon Meyer" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/6926169820/">Day 12 - Stairs</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/">Sharon Meyer</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div>Sharon Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406933999465611428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181800127518722965.post-39541843421634357962012-04-11T20:41:00.001-04:002012-04-11T20:41:36.121-04:00Day 11 - Where you ate breakfast<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/6923202448/" title="Day 11 - Where you ate breakfast"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7232/6923202448_8e436ce8ab.jpg" alt="Day 11 - Where you ate breakfast by Sharon Meyer" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/6923202448/">Day 11 - Where you ate breakfast</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/">Sharon Meyer</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div>Sharon Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406933999465611428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181800127518722965.post-71702313440273448472012-04-10T21:01:00.001-04:002012-04-10T21:01:08.972-04:00Day 10 - Cold<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/6920124290/" title="Day 10 - Cold"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5071/6920124290_8afb516e28.jpg" alt="Day 10 - Cold by Sharon Meyer" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/6920124290/">Day 10 - Cold</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/">Sharon Meyer</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>Today's Photo!.. all caught up!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div>Sharon Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406933999465611428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181800127518722965.post-31089569911531654222012-04-10T21:00:00.001-04:002012-04-10T21:00:20.512-04:00Day 9 - Younger You<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7066194717/" title="Day 9 - Younger You"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5311/7066194717_1416f8f6bd.jpg" alt="Day 9 - Younger You by Sharon Meyer" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7066194717/">Day 9 - Younger You</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/">Sharon Meyer</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>yesterdays photo.. I'm a day behind! yikes!!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div>Sharon Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406933999465611428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181800127518722965.post-11914272180036955542012-04-08T18:56:00.001-04:002012-04-08T18:56:26.248-04:00Day 6 - Lunch<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7058432745/" title="Day 6 - Lunch"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7037/7058432745_c402736368.jpg" alt="Day 6 - Lunch by Sharon Meyer" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7058432745/">Day 6 - Lunch</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/">Sharon Meyer</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>Classic Chicken Salad, Skyline Chili</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div>Sharon Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406933999465611428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181800127518722965.post-41124160771502090832012-04-05T08:03:00.001-04:002012-04-05T08:03:37.409-04:00Bath Time<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/6900389254/" title="Bath Time"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7270/6900389254_255513b965.jpg" alt="Bath Time by Sharon Meyer" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/6900389254/">Bath Time</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/">Sharon Meyer</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div>Sharon Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406933999465611428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181800127518722965.post-74066839115717096082012-04-04T20:52:00.001-04:002012-04-04T20:52:48.886-04:00Day 4 - Someone who makes you happy<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7046457657/" title="Day 4 - Someone who makes you happy"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7064/7046457657_0b49b2d8d3.jpg" alt="Day 4 - Someone who makes you happy by Sharon Meyer" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7046457657/">Day 4 - Someone who makes you happy</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/">Sharon Meyer</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div>Sharon Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406933999465611428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181800127518722965.post-68492320222117092742012-04-03T11:20:00.001-04:002012-04-03T11:20:29.308-04:00Feed the Soul<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/6894329774/" title="Feed the Soul"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7042/6894329774_4d11315400.jpg" alt="Feed the Soul by Sharon Meyer" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/6894329774/">Feed the Soul</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/">Sharon Meyer</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>If of thy mortal goods thou art bereft, And from thy slender store two loaves alone to thee are left, Sell one, and with the dole Buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div>Sharon Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406933999465611428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181800127518722965.post-38615881575215172872012-04-02T20:23:00.001-04:002012-04-02T20:23:05.344-04:00Day 2 - Colour<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7040408977/" title="Day 2 - Colour"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7274/7040408977_28f421e8f3.jpg" alt="Day 2 - Colour by Sharon Meyer" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7040408977/">Day 2 - Colour</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/">Sharon Meyer</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>#aprilphotoaday<br /><br />Maple tree in the yard...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div>Sharon Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406933999465611428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181800127518722965.post-70265124440065396142012-04-02T11:50:00.001-04:002012-04-02T11:50:06.684-04:00Hyacinths are<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7037337529/" title="Hyacinths are"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7131/7037337529_4d5040608a.jpg" alt="Hyacinths are by Sharon Meyer" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7037337529/">Hyacinths are</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/">Sharon Meyer</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>flowers dedicated to Apollo, the Greek god of the sun who is also considered as the patron of the arts. Hence, the hyacinth in general is used to symbolize “games and sports” as well as “rashness.”<br /><br />The blue hyacinth symbolizes “constancy” while the red or pink hyacinth symbolizes a playful nature. When you receive a purple hyacinth from your best friend or loved one with whom you just had a fight, consider the flower as their way of saying “I am Sorry, Please Forgive Me.”</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div>Sharon Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406933999465611428noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181800127518722965.post-60443666639373170882012-04-01T19:40:00.001-04:002012-04-01T19:42:45.466-04:00Day 1 - Your Reflection #aprilphotoaday<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;">
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<span style="margin: 0pt;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/6890757578/">Day 1 - Your Reflection</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/">Sharon Meyer</a> on Flickr.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div>Sharon Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406933999465611428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181800127518722965.post-35508851543563572912012-03-31T21:53:00.001-04:002012-03-31T21:53:56.822-04:00Day 31 - Where you relax<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7033685357/" title="Day 31 - Where you relax"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7052/7033685357_2a5c93bbd9.jpg" alt="Day 31 - Where you relax by Sharon Meyer" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7033685357/">Day 31 - Where you relax</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/">Sharon Meyer</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>#marchphotoaday</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div>Sharon Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406933999465611428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181800127518722965.post-57093365054218128242012-03-30T21:39:00.001-04:002012-03-30T21:39:31.843-04:00Day 30 - Toy<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7030856751/" title="Day 30 - Toy"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7121/7030856751_d9283ccdc0.jpg" alt="Day 30 - Toy by Sharon Meyer" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/7030856751/">Day 30 - Toy</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonmeyer/">Sharon Meyer</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>#marchphotoaday<br /><br />Marbles</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div>Sharon Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406933999465611428noreply@blogger.com0