Photo taken November 2014 at Lighthouse Park in Mukilteo, Washington. Posted for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge with a “things made from wood” theme.
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Happy Place
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge topic this week is “happy place.” My go-to Happy Place is physically too far away when I need it most. So it’s the place I always visualize in my head when I’m having trouble falling asleep or need to find some mental calm. This photo isn’t of the exact spot, which is up the valley a ways, tucked among mountains next to a river and meadow. My pictures of the Happy Place are all packed away in childhood photo albums. But this spot is part of the general area and seeing it still invokes all the peace and contentment associated with my Happy Place.
What’s Your Subject?
This week’s topic in Cee’s Compose Yourself challenge is strong subjects. All successful photos have something that draws the eye. And ideally the photo should tell a story or evoke emotion.
The assignment is to post a few examples of our work where we have a strong, easily identifiable subject.
Zoom out of your comfort zone
Note: Post edited 10/2/15. Removed three examples in first photo section to make post less cluttered and added 35 mm focal length equivalents to photo captions.
Cee has started a new weekly challenge on her blog called Compose Yourself, and the subject will be photographic composition. She briefly discussed a few different topics in her first post, but the challenge is to post pictures of your focal length comfort zone, then post pictures of attempts to get out of that zone and discuss it.
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