Last weeks food leaves me hungry. It seems my party and heavy workload on Sunday left me dehydrated and with a case of heat stroke. So this blog might be a bit short. Here are last weeks food photos.

Photo By: Christopher D. Bennett. Go check out his website www.photography139.com for many other good photos.

“Birthday” Photo By: Lee

“Comfort Food” Photo By: Me

Being dehydrated and Chris out of the computer mine I ran the machine myself. I touched the button and it said you need a new

“Viewpoint”

Every photo has a viewpoint. The most common viewpoint is standing and this is what we are used to. Interesting photos can happen when you change the viewpoint at which you take a photo. Image Search. So go forth and find an interesting viewpoint but not an odd camera angle since that is still to come.

Join me in wishing her a happy birthday. Later she will have trouble sitting from all the paddling. I may need two paddles. She has indicated cash is welcome as she would like a new notebook but checks will do . Here are a few photos of her…

Last weeks theme was about silence which seems to be a B&W photo.  Here are last weeks silent photos about silence.

Bug –> grill.

Photo By: Christopher D. Bennett. Go check out his website www.photography139.com for many other good photos.

Ahh yes, duct tape a truly useful tool.

"Duct Tape Silence" Photo By: Lee

You would have to ask her, I have no clue.  Remove duct tape with CAUTION!

"Silenced Lies" Photo By: Me

Nathan quiet, it’s like saying flood control.

"Nathan’s Silence" Photo By: Miki

Chris stopped by to get this weeks theme. I used an old Novell finger pointing trick to get the machines thoughts… instead it read my mind and said:

“FOOD”

Food photography is a still life specialization of commercial photography. I think anybody with a device that can take an image can figure out how to take a picture of food.  Just in case here is a Google image search. So power up the wii cam, cell phone, buy a camera or borrow one. Have fun with this photo and if you can’t figure it out, you have to eat sometime.

Last weeks silhouettes theme seems to have lost some people. Everybody who submitted a photo did submit a silhouette photo. It is all those I thought would submit but didn’t must have struggled a bit. Let us review; WIKIPEDIA and GOOGLE. ok review over. Now we can show the submitted: I don’t usually comment on peoples photos but this week maybe a slight comment.

Chris shows a classic and slightly creepy silhouette.

Photo By: Christopher D. Bennett. Go check out his website www.photography139.com for many other good photos.

Lee’s photo is an interesting almost reverse silhouette.  Done with a box camera it was hard to keep the flash from firing and take a photo in near dark.

“Golden Leafs” Photo By: Lee

Miki is stuck, inside behind a door today, making it hard to take a photo. This makes me think that her photo must be of her escape, so I named it that. 

“Miki’s Escape” Photo By: Miki

I’ve always thought silhouettes had a bit of a creepy feel to them so I went with that.
1 – 40 watt light bulb
2 – skulls
1 – silver chalice.
1 – incense cone
1 – fan
3 – black mats
1 – red filter
- and you get a photo.

“CREEPY” Photo By: Me

Chris stepped into the theme machine booth and I pressed the button. Everybody is familiar with the theme machine by now and was talking away. It must have had enough because with the authority of an upset librarian it yelled back:

“Silence”

“Be wery wery quiet I’m hunting wabbits” Good ole days flashback, Elmer Fudd. I had no clue he had middle name.

Silence in photography is interesting since photos actually make no noise. This is best thought of as displaying silence. Check out these image searches for ideas: GOOGLE and FOTOSEARCH. Remember you don’t have to think quiet thoughts to get silence.

Last week was a scorcher out. The heat had effects on outings, lenses and the photos. Here are last weeks photos.

Chris’s photo: So hot out one just gets into the water.

Photo By: Christopher D. Bennett. Go check out his website www.photography139.com for many other good photos.

Lee and her human path.

“Human Path” Photo By: Lee

Me and my doggie path. The humidity was very high and the lens fogged over. Sometimes the best accidents make some of the most interesting art.

“Doggie Path” Photo By: Me

Chris stopped by early bouncing a rubber covered steel ball used in the computer mine industry. It was removed from its rubber coating and tossed at the theme machine jamming the gears. As the machine spun to a halt all we could see was:

“Silhouettes”

This theme has a lot of artistic potential with bit of mystery. Silhouette is derived from the name of Etienne De Silhouette who enjoyed making paper cutout portraits. His name became eponymous with these portraits. See Wikipedia for more. In photography the silhouette is a representation of the early paper portraits often using the technique of photographing elements against light to achieve an image in silhouette. A Google search shows the many possibilities and mysteries that can be photographed. Get out there and start taking pictures. As always, it’s up to your interpretation and if you submit it I’ll post it.

PB&J… what is it? A (P)eanut (B)utter & (J)elly? I asked several people this weekend to fill in the blank. I would say Peanut Butter and? All responses were Jelly! Why ask this? I had one person inform me that it is NOT Peanut Butter & Jelly. All those people have it wrong. A true one is a Peanut Butter & Jam. WHAT?!?! does this have to do with my blog? Nothing, except when I say PB&J It is a fancy acronym for (P)hoto (B)log & (J)ournal. Mixed with the occasional real PB&J with Jelly or Jam which seems to be on the same path. Like last weeks theme which had Chris and I following similar paths. The classic reflection photo was the path to take.

Photo By: Christopher D. Bennett. Go check out his website www.photography139.com for many other good photos.

My photo was a “one shot”, “last change” I had of Big Creek State Park. It has a reflection.

1st time entry. My sister Miki has joined with dual art both a reflection photo and sculpture.

Speaking of paths, Chris stopped by and the machine was powered up. I started rocking the machine in a left and right motion and out came the theme:

“Paths”

Paths is arguably a loose technique that can encompasses many of the definable photographic guidelines of composition: rule of thirds, balancing elements, leading lines, symmetry and patterns, viewpoint, background, depth, framing and cropping. It is loose because it can contain or be all, part or any of those things. All of my leading lines gallery contain a path to something. This is another one that a Google image search is worth far more than a text description. Get out there and start taking photos. Submit them and I will post them.

Last weeks ‘depth of field’ didn’t seem to catch people’s creativity.  It must have been a bit too technical and not enough “something”.  With recent flooding I semi expected a picture of a field “THIS DEEP” in water.  Here are the submissions, which seems to be just me at the moment.

I created a simple grid of bolts to show the technical aspects of ‘depth of field’

“Depth of Field of Bolts” Photo By: Me

UPDATE: 7/27/2010. Chris submitted his photo.

Photo By: Christopher D. Bennett. Go check out his website www.photography139.com for many other good photos.

I have known what this weeks theme was all weekend.  Chris is away from the computer mine so the “Theme Machine” was powered up last Friday.  I have to say I’m excited over this one.

“Reflections”

It’s a photo with a reflection and the best way to describe it is with SEARCH & SEARCH2.  It’s that simple.  Most of the reflection photos in the search were of water, but not all of them. The creative doors are blown off the hinges for this one.  Look at the two searches and study the photos for ideas…  If you can’t figure out something then take a picture of yourself in a mirror .

The calm photos for last week seem to be augmented by the huge storm that blew through town. The trees were blown around and several were knocked down but luckily they missed my cars and the only damage seems to be my gutter work and back. Here are last weeks photos:

Photo By: Christopher D. Bennett. Go check out his website www.photography139.com for many other good photos.

A bit of a psychomanteum for me. I stare into the cast iron pot of water with only a candle to light the way. I see the face of something… but what is it? I do not know. angel or demon?

Chris stopped by to run the machine since I was still hurting from my fall out of a tree. This theme is full of depth.

“Depth of Field”

Depth of field is a photography term relating to the distance of focus from the point of the photo. WHAT?!?! This is best described as a point in focus while things in front and behind are out of focus. The smaller the depth of field the smaller area of sharpness and a larger area out of focus. A larger depth of field the larger the area of sharpness and smaller out of focus. WIKIPEDIA has a nice description of it. GOOGLE shows many photos of it. As usual this is always up to your interpretation. Don’t let it worry you to much, most people do this all the time and don’t even know it

A slight miscommunication caused a delay in the PB&J delivery. I promise same day delivery not 30 minutes or less. Here are last weeks deliveries.

Photo By: Christopher D. Bennett. Go check out his website www.photography139.com for many other good photos.

"Modern Communication" Photo By: Lee

"Retro Communication" Photo By: ME

I grabbed the theme machine’s dial and keep spinning it up and down. This aggressive spinning was do to last weeks extreme stress, stress and more stress. This was the flavor of the week at the computer mine. As Chris waited for the theme to pop up I just keep spinning it until suddenly the machine yelled back,

“CALM”

yourself man, calm! I’m glad this weeks theme is calm because I could use some. A calm photo follows another theme we had which was soothing. Calm can be soothing just like soothing can be calm but neither has to be. Think calm thoughts when you take this photo. This is another one best left up to your interpretation with some ideas from a Google search.

My recent trip to the market yielded a very nice PB&J… I took a photo of my pantry to show off the many Smuckers choices available for the PB&J. OK…, I didn’t really take a photo of my pantry, unless you believe I have prices listed on my shelves. I did however feel a bit odd taking the photo with my large SLR and decided to take the photo with my daughters box camera. I don’t know why I felt odd considering I carry my camera all over the place and take photos whenever and wherever. Somehow I felt security wouldn’t be watching me, as much, if I used the box camera.  After all, I didn’t want to get thrown out of my favorite jelly supply market. I did run into a problem. My daughter left on trip the next morning taking the camera with her. That delayed me in getting my photo and the blog up. No more jabbering on. Here are last weeks market photos.

Chris’s market container:

Photo By: Christopher D. Bennett. Go check out his website www.photography139.com for many other good photos.

Lee’s Veggies:

"Mirrored Veggie" Photo By: Lee

My J supply for the PB&J:

"The Jelly" Photo By: Me

Since I was running late. I ignored everybody and kicked the machine. The machine quickly reminded my that it’s all about:

“Communication”

I’m not sure what the group was thinking when we communicated about the 52 week list and agreed communication was ok. After searching the web and consulting a few books. I came to the conclusion that I was thinking about it too much. From a simply family photo to an elaborate photo shoot, photography is all about communication.  If you do a GOOGLE search you will find a mix of either photos portraying literal communication or a communicating photo. This one is best left up to your interpretation. Communicate with a few friends for some communication ideas.

Last week seemed still but it presented a still picture of things. Here are those still picture life things still yes.

Photo By: Christopher D. Bennett. Go check out his website www.photography139.com for many other good photos.

The still life confessions of a shoe junkie.

"SHOE JUnKiE" Photo By: Lee

I do admit there is something missing from this plate… “FOOD”, but I have a reserve so I’ll be ok. If anybody is concerned I’ll take a sausage pizza.

"Bored Plate" Photo By: Me

Chris stopped by for this weeks photo to be. I poked the machine hard and it spun really fast. Speaking of food I got my wish… we will be going to the:

“MARKET”

YES!!! this weeks photo to be is the market. A definition:

mar·ket (märkt)
n.
1. A public gathering held for buying and selling merchandise.
2. A place where goods are offered for sale.
3. A store or shop that sells a particular type of merchandise: a vegetable market.

So, we are all clear on what one is? We can now go and snap a photo of one. Wait a minute a market?  OOO-Kay, good news, it is always up to your interpretation. Maybe it is just marked? GOOGLED

Due to the fact I was out of town last week and my website upgrade problems I rushed this weeks PB&J. It’s a little sticky with the J running out the side and the PB a bit lacking. Without more delay about the type of PB&J here are last weeks photos:

Photo By: Christopher D. Bennett. Go check out his website www.photography139.com for many other good photos.

“Purple Passion” Photo By: Lee

Photo By: Me

Chris came by early to get this weeks choice. I grabbed the machine and shook it graphically then pressed the button and continued shaking. I thought I heard the machine yell back, “still man, still. I want to live!” I stopped shacking it and sure enough it said:

“Still Life”

Still life is the photography of an inanimate subject. This can be a bit demanding since it is up to the photographer to refine the lighting and composition. WIKIPEDIA  Don’t read too much into the definition. In the basic sense it’s a picture of an inanimate object such as a classic basket of fruit. Check out GOOGLE to see other examples.  As always it’s up to your interpretation.

It seems my quick jump into to the newest coolest cutting edge blew up my website. After a long bit of fiddling everything but my calendar seems to be up and running. Lesson: Never jump into something without checking what you are jumping into.

Last weeks “strong” didn’t seem to get the minds going. Maybe I should have called it meager? That certainly echoes my attempt at strong. At least I can use the word in a sentence. I’ll have to give strong consideration to removing strong as an item for the 52 week list.  Here are the submissions:

Photo By: Christopher D. Bennett. Go check out his website www.photography139.com for many other good photos.

Rock vs. Water, an epic battle of strength. Photo By: Me

Chris stopped by to press the button for this weeks photo to be. I was still grey from last weeks meager attempt and fumbled to power up the box. After the coughing fit stopped, out popped something a bit more:

“Colorful”

Whew that hurt my head as much to make in code as it hurts your eyes, but it is colorful. This could be a photo technique or a photo subject. Examine the GOOGLED photos.  I hope this brings the color back and awakens all the minds. Interpret how you like but be colorful about it.

Another fine week has gone by, “It’s PB&J time!”  Nothing like a fresh PB&J to start out the day. Yes it’s that time when I gather my emails to see what fine specimens I’ve been emailed. Last weeks photo was fun. “Painting with/in Light” seemed to really get people going. I had several people come to see what I was doing. 

After a quick latte to go with the PB&J here are last weeks photos:

Photo By: Christopher D. Bennett. Go check out his website www.photography139.com for many other good photos.

A subconsciously light painted portrait of me? Photo By: Lee

“Excited Light” Photo By: Me

“Casper the Photographer” Photo By:Me

Last week certainly had peoples imagination working overtime.  Chris had his photo in early and even reminded me I hadn’t sent mine yet. With Chris standing by for this weeks photo the generator was fired up. As the smoke started to rise from the newly unmasked monitor out popped “strength” This should read:

“Strong”

Interpreting this subject is just that… up to interpretation. I feel it’s best to think of this as a strong subject causing an emotional response. If you look at GOOGLE1 or GOOGLE2 you see lots of very emotional photos usually sad or heartfelt. This is however not the only emotion. A beautiful photo of a flower’s silhouette can entice strong emotion.  Study the above Google’s and take a photo that shows a strong subject that will entice some emotion. As always this is up to your interpretation. Maybe a photo of strong person lifting something?  I await the many responses.