August Photo Hunt! :)

Well it looks as if I will finally get a chance to enter my first photo hunt!

Here is where you can sign up too!

I'm super excited about getting started on it. The list looks intense though! Going to take some time and lots of thought! Here is the list of what I'm looking for:

1. A flag that represents you (your town, state, country, team, etc.)

2. Something comfortable

3. Something in season

4. Feet

5. Repetition

6. Culture or ethnicity

7. Contrast

8. An indulgence

9. A macro or closeup

10. Something masculine

11. Something feminine

12. Light

13. Eco-friendly

14. Business

15. An arrow

16. Something wet

17. Something dry

18. Butterflies*

19. Heart-Shaped Clouds*

20. Strength

My Fair Entries!

I am entering 7 pictures into the open class photography division this year. This is my first time doing this, so I hope it all works out! I am going to put the pitures below so you can tell me what you think and look for them at the 160th Butler County Fair, which is July 25 - 31!!! I'm super exctied about it! :)

#1- This one I put in the Picturesque category. This is a scene from up at our church while the sun is setting :)

#2- This one is under Action. My crazy little brother doing what he does best, jumping things! :)

# 3- This one I put under the category Nature. Its pretty much self-explainatory!

#4- This one I put under Still Life. While its a really "cool" picture anyway, I thought it would be fun to have hanging in the fair so as people walk by they can look at this and cool down :)

#5- I didn't really have a good category for this one! While it fits in Nature, you can only put one pic up for each category! So I put this under Miscellaneous. Not sure how good it will do under that category, but a good picture none-the-less!

#6- This is my B&W Nature shot! Will it really is a yellow rose that I made B&W you don't really loose the affect even though you don't have the color :)

#7- Last, but not least, this is my Computer Generated/Modified shot. Not much to say about this one! While I hate dandelions, this pic actually turned out pretty cool!

Welp, there ya have it! All the pictures I am putting in the fair will also have mats around them. The color mats we chose also help enhance some of the coloring. Come on out and visit me at the Butler County Fair!! :)

Some Pics :)

Ok so I really do need to put up some pics, so I'm going to add some of my favorites from the month of June! I didn't get enough to enter the Photo Hunt Challenge b/c i started looking for pics one week before the end of June! OOPS! lol missed that one. I'm super excited about getting started on the July challenge though!! :D anyways...here are some of my shots! :)

Some people who visited our church the other night!

Another shot of the river from the bike ride


Action shot! My brother :)

Sister #1 at the river

Sister #2 at the river

A shot of the river where we went bike riding the other day

Couldn't decide which of these two i like better! Love them both!!

An attempt at a decent sunflare...I've done better before though!

I liked this one.....no reason really...just do!

Water drops on our Day Lillies!

A not yet bloomed bud on my Mom's butterfly bush

One of my Mom's Hydranga's :)

Look closely! I water drop on the bud ^ :)

I love food and this is a close up of my brother's birthday cake! :)

Rose bud

This is one of my favortie pics! This one I did edit to brighten the colors a little, but I still love this one! :)

AHH!

Ok, so I just started this blog and I am totally clueless! HELP ME! LOL. Not really quite sure yet how this all works, so bear with me folks! Any words of advice in this whole new world for me would be greatly appreciated! :) thanks!