The "Lexicon" Challenge...06/15/09


The Challenge:Show us your interpretation of "Lexicon - an obscure word".

The Participants: Kre8ive, John (300m), The Curious Camel, Karina, Creative Deviance, Lady Kate, Johnloguk, FotoEffects, Hillary, and myself.

The Result: Armillary.

Ar"mil*la*ry\, a. [LL. armillarius, fr. L. armilla arm ring, bracelet, fr. armus arm: cf. F. armillaire. See Arm, n.] Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting of rings or circles.

Armillary sphere, an ancient astronomical machine composed of an assemblage of rings, all circles of the same sphere, designed to represent the positions of the important circles of the celestial sphere.


I'm on vacation this week (Salt Lake City, UT). Daily photos on hold till I'm back but I did my challenge shot prior to our departure.

The "Painting With Light" Challenge...06/08/09


The Challenge:Show us your interpretation of "Painting With Light".

The Participants: Kre8ive, John (300m), The Curious Camel, Karina, Creative Deviance, Lady Kate, Johnloguk, FotoEffects, Hillary, and myself.

The Result: Light Painting

Flowers in front of bathroom mirror, LED flashlight with a dark red filter, LED flashlight with a pale blue filter, a little dodging and burning in PS, and a little touch of PS tone mapping to finish it off

The Pen Challenge...06/01/09


The Challenge:Show us your interpretation of the word Pen.

The Participants: Kre8ive, John (300m), The Curious Camel, Karina, Creative Deviance, Lady Kate, Johnloguk, FotoEffects, Hillary, and myself.

The Result: So I forgot! Your basic Doubletree Hotel Pen.

I'm on a business trip and don't even have a camera with me. Except my iPhone camera. And didn't shoot anything "Pen" before I left. So this is my feeble attempt at a challenge entry. Good thing no losers. . .
iPhone plus "Camera Bag" app plus Smugmug Piknik

The Place I Like to Hang Out Challenge...05/25/09


The Challenge:Show us your interpretation of, "The Place I Like to Hang Out."

The Participants: Kre8ive, John (300m), The Curious Camel, Karina, Creative Deviance, Lady Kate, Johnloguk, FotoEffects, Hillary, and myself.

The Result: The throne room!

Now, you may be tempted to email me and recommend that if this is where I like to hang out, maybe I should include a little more fiber in my diet.

I had a brain freeze on this challenge and everything I thought about and some ideas that I tried just didn't work out. (You can see one in my dailies 5/24 - it's okay but I look huge, need a diet or something)

So, at the end of the day I took the low-brow, potty humor approach. Reading material in the throne room . . .

The Black and White Challenge...05/18/09


The Challenge:Show us your interpretation of Black and White.

The Participants: Kre8ive, John (300m), The Curious Camel, Karina, Creative Deviance, Lady Kate, Johnloguk, FotoEffects, Hillary, and myself.

The Result: The Piano
I'm a huge fan of piano music, but I don't play. Wife, Brenda does. In this shot my fingers are trespassing where they don't really belong. . .