At the beginning of July, I started a Summer Photography Series on 5 Minutes for Mom, and I figured I would “play along” with the weekly challenges. This week’s challenge was simple – get out and take some pictures in any mode EXCEPT AUTO. I’ve had a TON of picture-taking opportunities this week, so the [...]

Two weeks ago, we featured photos from users who took the challenge to use their current lenses to do what they do best, whether that was macro or landscape or action. I loved the variety that we had from last week’s participants. Here is one of the photos that stood out to me, from The [...]

The last Bloggography Rule of Thirds Photo Challenge was one of my favorites to date. I am apparently naturally drawn to photos that follow the rule of thirds. Here’s one from two weeks ago that particularly stood out to me. Isn’t this a stunning photo from Jacki at Ravensspell.blogspot.com? Did Manic Mother feature your shot? [...]

Before we get to this week’s challenge, here’s one of the photos from our last challenge that stood out to me: Exposure compensation, by Grammie Diaries. I just love this shot! Check out Manic Mother’s post to see who she is featuring today.  In two weeks, we’ll be featuring a photo from today’s Challenge. Could [...]

It’s time for another Bloggography photo challenge! Last week, we talked about Exposure Compensation. This is one of those areas where I could really stand to improve, so this lesson was as much for me as it was for you. Before we get on with this week’s challenge, I have a favorite to share from [...]

It’s Bloggography challenge time again with me and Manic Mother! Last week’s tutorial was on aperture, one of my favorite settings to manipulate and play with on my camera. And just in time for this challenge, I got my replacement 50mm f/1.8 lens in the mail last week! Perfect timing! (For those who haven’t heard, [...]

Visit my co-host, Manic Mother! In Bloggography Challenge tradition, I have picked one of my favorite images from our last challenge (ISO). I simply loved Kristin of Beautiful Noise‘s sequence of photos of Mickey Mouse’s plane. ————————————– Last week’s Bloggography tutorial was on Shutter Speed, and we challenged you to use shutter priority (or sports [...]

Is it Tuesday already? How does the time go by so fast? It’s time for another Bloggography Challenge! But before we move on to this week’s challenge, I wanted to showcase one of my favorite pictures from the first challenge (Winter theme). I’ll be looking through this week’s entries to show off another favorite picture [...]

Welcome to the first Bloggography challenge! Last week, after the first issue of Bloggography, Manic Mother and I gave you a challenge. We challenged you to get out and take a Winter-themed picture in any mode other than full auto. How did it go? This past week has been freezing in my neck of the [...]