2021 52 Week Challenge Class

52 Week Challenge Class: Loved Ones
Photo by Anne Meadows

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Anne says:

This opened up a whole new world! So fun to get an idea, not have any of the skills or equipment to do it but somehow get close. This is the one that my husband liked the best. The most interesting editing was playing with the color sliders after turning it into a B&W.

2021 Smart Phone Challenge Group

Challenge: Timeless
Photo by Gigi Kandler

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Gigi says:

Converted to black and white, added vignette, added texture, added border.

2021 Critique Group

Challenge: Black and White-High Key
Photo by Cheryl Franklin

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Cheryl says:

I enjoyed learning about high key this week. I was using a new lens and it started to rain. I was being watched by a protective motherly glance.

Ricky's Challenge Photos:

Challenge: High Key Black & White
from the 2021 Critique Group

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Ricky says:

This was a week where I managed to shoot a fair amount of shots to play with and see what might feel the best. Those shots are on my camera which was left behind in La Veta when I completed my quilt retreat yesterday. Somebody smack me. So it was back to square one and my iPhone. (insert sound made by a grumpy old man). Today I resumed the shooting. Later in the day the fog rolled in and I shot this from my terrace. I like the fading away and felt it would work.

Challenge: Timeless
from the 2021 Smart Phone Challenge Group

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Ricky says:

Home sweet home for me. This is the road heading toward La Veta as I approach the valley after topping a hill. It always makes me smile. We can only see a few structures, and the road, which dates it to time as "life with humans" - but otherwise, it could have been taken over 100 years ago. This road is actually the Taos Trail - which is a spur off of the famous Sante Fe Trail - and the stage coaches used this road back in the day.