A, V - Alphabet

For this assignment I am going to take a picture of things that look like specific letters. I decided that it would be against the "rules" to take pictures of actual letters, like on a sign, and of course no photoshopping is allowed. The goal is to teach myself to look at my surroundings differently.
So far I have A and V

A is a small church I saw while visiting some friends in Arborg MB. 

V is the hood of an ATV Hubby rode while we were in Arborg as well.

Food for thought - 50 photo projects

Is food just fuel to you, or culinary art? I guess I fall somewhere in the middle in that I like a god feast. However; when food is prepared with passion and skill it also deserves to be appreciated for it's creative beauty as well as it's amazing flavours. And what better way to do that than with a camera?
This assignment was to photograph food. In the above picture, from September 25th, the subject is a live crab (Yup, he's alive) I picked up from a local Asian market just moments before steaming. I wanted to capture details in the shell and the sad look of desperation in his eyes. From September 28th below is the cooked nabe (A Japanese stew) prepared days later using the same crab, muscles, noodles and vegetables. I tried to capture the steam to show that it is very hot but had a hard time picking up the steam without the focus being altered.

Blur, blur, blur - 50 photo projects

Question: Do photographs always have to be sharply focused and sharply rendered, or is this whole sharpness thing vastly overrated.

This assignment was to take a photo where blur is a focal point. In this case I submit a photograph I took on September 12th 2010 of my daughter playing.

The photo, titled "I'm a gonna get you", I believe uses blur to show the speed at which she is running and playfully captures that she is running away from someone as part of a game.

The start of something new.

Hi there, Thanks for checking out my blog.

My name is Angelle and as the title suggests this will be the place to publish my photo projects. Having just finished a 365 project (A goal to take a photo every day for one year) I felt like I needed to step up the photography in my life. To do this I will be partaking in photography based assignments and posting them here. I will get my projects from a number of sources. At the moment I will be using the book 50 Photo Projects and website Digital photography school to get inspiration on which assignments to complete. Meanwhile, I will be starting another 365 project right away but at the moment am not sure if i'll post here or not. Some assignments will be repeated if I feel the original submitted photograph is not 100% or if I enjoyed it enough to do it again. If you know of other places I can check out for more assignments please leave a comment.

I hope you check back to keep me motivated.