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Music of the Spheres by Ricky Tims, 46 inches square TRY THE JIGSAW PUZZLE Choose your own difficulty. Click the 9-patch grid to change number of pieces. Click the circle arrow to make the puzzle pieces rotating instead of stable orientation. Also, there are tips under the "?" on the upper right of the puzzle. If you'd like a full screen version, click the button below. Have fun!
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Critique Group
Challenge: Flat Lay Click to view larger image. Donna says: First Cup of the Day: I imagine that many coffee lovers feel like this with their first cup in the morning! For this photo, clay was used to position the creamer and the cup onto the tile pieces used for the background. I used a tripod that allowed me to shoot directly down which was infinitely helpful for setting up. Though it was planned to be a square crop when I began this photo, I found it was difficult to eyeball what would crop well. It took multiple set up changes to get there. The idea for this photo while surfing the net to understand flatlay photography. One site showed examples of using this type of photography to tell a story. |
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52 Week Challenge Class
Challenge: Windows Click to view larger image. Kim says: Thanks-giving Square Chapel stained glass windows. This is the ceiling of the chapel but I had to lie on the floor with a wide angle lens to capture all the windows! |
Smart Phone Class
Challenge: Looking Up Click to view larger image. Judy says: Looking up at my utility room roof. Waiting for the landlord to replace it. |
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Ricky's challenge photos:
Challenge: Looking Up Click to view larger image. Ricky says: In the iPhone I used the live feature, and then I used that to create the long exposure. The phone was on the top of my head, and I was shooting up to the ceiling of my great room and the chandelier. I had to do a slight edit to rotate it so that the edges were aligned. |
Challenge: Flat Lay Click to view larger image. Ricky says: Well - this was certainly unexpected. But it proves the point that I teach.... get busy doing...and something will happen. I went digging in house - migrated to the studio, and found the two embroidery hoops. I had no idea what I might create. But, glasses? Ok, maybe. And snooping in my storage closet, a mop. hair! I'm not sure now what led me to my Granny's button tin, and was also surprised that I used 90% of the container. I started laying things on my table to test things out. Didn't have a nose - but seriously, my little video-cam was laying right there within arms reach. Eyes? Coasters for drinks. Mouth? hmmm. I walked all over looking for something - and it dawned on me I had this little butter tray pottery I made - and poured some cinnamon disks into it. There ya go. My very unexpected Flat Lay.--and oh yes, the beauty mark! |
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Click any image for full size view. Smooth Sailing by Ricky Tims The antique quilt you see (above left), was given to me by my long-time friend, Susan. It was hand pieced by her grandmother. I loved how some of the sails went in different directions. I'm sure that was not intentional, but it created whimsy. When I recreated the pattern to make my own rendition of the quilt, I intentionally had various triangles of the sails going in the "the wrong" direction to mimic that whimsical feature in my quilt. I like the quirky element of ship sails gone wrong. Do you prefer this "purposeful wrong orientation" or would you make them all as they should be? |
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TRY THE JIGSAW PUZZLE Choose your own difficulty. Click the 9-patch grid to change number of pieces. Click the circle arrow to make the puzzle pieces rotating instead of stable orientation. Also, there are tips under the "?" on the upper right of the puzzle. If you'd like a full screen version, click the button below. Have fun! |
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Critique Group
Challenge: Long Exposure Click to view larger image. Wendy says: I set up my camera using timer mode to allow me enough time to get on my bike and start spinning. I varied my spin speeds to try to capture both my legs while showing the rotation of the pedals as a blur. I use my road bike on a trainer indoors in the winter. I had fun with sliders in LR and erased a lightswitch and outlet using PS. |
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52 Week Challenge Class
Challenge: Line Click to view larger image. Allen says: Winter weighed in this week. On Tuesday we had a clear day with many contrails which was what I wanted. Several cloudy days followed and finally another clear day with NO CONTRAILS. I decided to shoot a white car under a blue sky. This is the hood of my wife's Camry. |
Smart Phone Class
Challenge: Morning Mood Click to view larger image. Michelle says: Peaceful early morning cuppa. It’s the gift I give myself every |
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Ricky's challenge photos:
Challenge: Long Exposure Click to view larger image. Ricky says: I truly failed at this challenge. I tried several options including night sky. I futzed and edited my top three choices and didn't really like any of them. I disilke seeing the gate in this shot - (tunnel vision, not paying attention). I painted Cordelia with a flashlight and painted the walls with the light to create the streaks. In the end, I chose this, because...it's 30 seconds - yes! Shot in the dark with one red light bulb and a flashlight. Cordelia was very amused at what I was doing and essentially didn't budge for the entire exposure - that was my ultimate deciding factor. |
Challenge: Morning Mood Click to view larger image. Ricky says: Recently I’ve been watching the light appear from outside the bedroom window. I am letting myself stay under the warm covers, snuggled with the pups and just watch the world wake up too. I love watching the color change as the minutes pass. This was edited in BeCasso app. It’s one of the oil painting filters. Then I use the regular phone adjustments to bring it to life. |
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52 Week Challenge Class
Challenge: Selective Focus Click to view larger image. Thomas says: |
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Critique Group
Challenge: Year Word Click to view larger image. Marion says: Breathe - it could have been relax, enjoy, chill, joy, create, have fun....This is more than a word for our challenge, it's what I need to do this year. 2020 was a year full of stress and worry. We moved my parents, we became at least temporary care givers to help protect my folks, we had to re-imagine how to make a living without the traditional shows where we usually show our work, and I made a LOT of masks. My husband cut A LOT of elastic. I'm glad I didn't know in March that I would be making over 6,000 masks. Sigh. I took 10 days over the holidays for our stay-cation to do something creative, just for fun, to breathe a little. A safe, healthy and happy New Year to you all. |
Smartphone Class
Challenge: Year Word Click to view larger image. Debbie says: Strength. My year word is strength. Strength of mind. Strength of heart. Strength of soul. Strength of family and friends. |
