Foto Fridays

Foto Friday will be random pictures

 I took through out my week. 

I am trying to capture and share more of our everyday life.

They are mostly Instagram and Iphone pictures. 

Our snowman melted!

 We went to the travel show and saw

 Rick Steves and Samantha Brown.

Now I am in the mood to go on trip to Europe.

Chinatown in DC

 We walked down to the back of the White House.  

I am not sure why they let you get so close to the back 

side of the White House.  On the front side you have to 

stay really far away from the gate.  In this picture I

 had my hands through the gate.

 I understand why there wasn't too many visitors on the backside of the White House.  This is where all the protesters hang out.

Andrew Jackson our 7th President

DC selfie

 Then we had snow AGAIN!  

See you next week.

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A Walk in the Hood

The hubs and I took a wintry walk 

around the neighborhood. 

 Spring starts this Friday.  

You wouldn't believe it by looking at these pictures.  

This gray wintry day is perfect for black and white photography.  I don't shoot in black and white.  I change them in Picasa.  If you want to learn some tips about B/W photography, you can go HERE.

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Photo Assignment

This week's assignment is

MAKE GREAT BLACK &WHITE PHOTOS

I was going to delete this picture until I notice how the land drew your eye left and the clouds drew you eye right.  Since it was a cloudy day the land and water seemed to blend together.  So I changed it to B&W and I liked it much better.

Black and white photography is classic.  It helps you to focus on important elements in your picture.  Below, I took a picture of this gate with the lions head.  In color it seemed busy with all the stuff behing the gate.  By turning it black and white it helped to focus in on the lion.

Black & White tips:

•   Shoot in color and convert your picture to B&W use photo software.  I use PICASA.
• Look for lines, patterens,shapes, and forms as you frame your pictures.
• Remember to "save as" a copy so you still have your color print.

• 

  I liked the curve of this buildings doorway.

Soooo many shapes in this one!

Happy shooting.............

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Wordless Wednesday

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