Bits and Pieces

I took some really sweet shots of Madison tonight. I'm still editing but wanted to post this one along with a couple of other tidbits.

The only way to truly improve any skill is to practice, practice, practice. (And that's also the way to Carnegie Hall. Who needs GPS?) To that end, I've been hanging out at 2Peas' photography board. There are enough moderate to fantastically experienced people that there's always something to learn, and there are still enough newbies like me that I don't feel like a huge dummy most of the time.

Two running projects at 2Peas are the Photo of the Day (http://potdchallenge.blogspot.com/) and a project called "26 Things." In the POTD, you try to follow a weekly list and post photos for constructive criticism while also viewing (and learning from) the work of others. 26 Things is similar, but one receives a very random list of 26 different themes/ideas. You're supposed to shoot things that would fit the theme. Here is the list of the 26 Things we'll be focusing on for June and July:

1. Aahh!!

2. Accessory

3. Believe

4. Color my world

5. Did you see THAT?

6. Effort

7. Flat

8. Framed

9. Fun in the sun

10. Game on

11. Half and half

12. Historic

13. Juicy

14. Metallic

15. Moody

16. Movement

17. On the road

18. Priorities

19. Relief

20. Sparkle

21. Spiral

22. Splish splash

23. This magic moment

24. Tiny

25. Way to go

26. Yummy

I'd like to challenge anyone who likes to take photos to try one (or both!) of these with me! You don't have to post the pictures anywhere special....if you have a blog or a favorite gallery, those will do. Even Photobucket or Flickr would work.

The POTD challenge for this week is "flowers." So in keeping with the theme: