A to Z

I did it! I have found all 26 letters of the alphabet in everyday objects from hooks to bus stops and all kinds of things in between.....I won't bombard you with all the remaining ones as there are still a few days of May left so I will schedule several posts finishing (hopefully) with a collage of all 26 photos.

G had me stumped so I decided on the easy option and took this bokeh picture of my car badge

With a careful bit of manoeuvring I managed to position myself just right to capture this F in my neighbours garden 

This was my final photo for this challenge and as its on our journey to school I had to pop out on Sunday to take this shot as the kids would have been mortified if I had stopped with them in the car!!! 

Another shot taken in my neighbours garden (we were feeding the fish for them whilst they were away). These lovely arched windows, turned on their side, make a brilliant B. 

Bike frames are super for this kind of challenge this Y is the brake mechanism of Tomas' Fireman Sam bike. 

O is probably one of the easiest letters to find and we just happened to have this O hanging around in the garden!! 

Right I make that 18 letters down with 8 left to go, thanks for taking the time to look at my photos and look out for my scheduled post for tomorrow. x

more letters for the Alphabet Challenge

I really meant to post these photos as I took them but time has been against me lately so here are some more letters for the the Alphabet Challenge.

U - the catch for the hook on our summer house door edited with a crop and holga-ish

I - well a row of I's the drain cover on our concrete hard standing

cropped and edited in black and white 

T - this is one of my favourites and I ummed and ahhed over whether to leave it colour as the yellow of the rapeseed and the blue skies were so vivid but I edited it to black and white to be in keeping with my other photos.  

K - K was always going to be difficult and I had to try many different perspectives to get this one right.

This one of the old Singer treadle bases that I have in the garden. I wanted to make sure that you could still make out the workings of the treadle in the photo and not just capture the K.

I have seen quite a few V's during this challenge but spied these rows on one of Tomas' cars (its a car transporter) The only thing I'm not happy with is I feel it's lacks a little depth and tone.  

I drive past this sign every day on the way to pre-school and as Paul was driving the other day and the road was clear I managed a quick snapshot out of the window, looking at it on the camera I wasn't very happy as I had an idea of what I wanted and it wasn't what I had on the camera, but once i had it up on the computer I realised that all was not lost as the sky background gave a more dramatic effect! Phew!!! 

I shall post more of the Alphabet Challenge photos over the next few days, there is only a week left now and I still have the last six to find, onwards and upwards!!!

A to Z photo challenge

Having spent the first few days of this challenge drawing a complete blank on any of the letters this morning I managed to find five indoors!

Paul jet washed our patio this morning and I spied this shiny E on the outdoor mat

Edited - cropped, highlighted and holga-ish tool used

 All the doors in our house have old handles and locks I saw this D on one of the bedroom doors.

Edited - cropped, highlighted and black and white tool used

 This hook made an ideal J and was found on the back of our sons bedroom door.

Edited - cropped and holga-ish tool added

 I had seen several ideas for X, the oars of one of our local pubs outside wall, the wine rack but then I remembered my glass dressing table set had this design on it so I held it up to thewindow and took this shot.

Edited - highlighted and black and white tool used

 I was messing about with my camera and the lock on my wardrobe door when I realised that I could possibly get away with the inside of the key looking like a C

Edited - cropped, rotated and black and white tool added

I definitely seem to be favouring the black and white option for these photos I wonder if it will continue, I suppose we'll just have to wait and see. thanks for looking!

A is for......

A Frame

This is my first photograph for the A Kitten Called Betty A to Z photo challenge and was taken in our garden using my Nikon D40X, standard 18-55 lens and edited using Picasa to straighten it. I then used the holga-ish  tool (makes your photo look like it's been taken with a plastic camera) and added a black vignette to darken the edges and finished it off with a museum matte border.

May Photo Challenge

I really am going to try and keep this blog updated with my photo challenge photos this coming month, I'm also looking to try out some projects from a new photography book that I have on loan from the library so watch this space!!!

The challenge for May over at A Kitten Called Betty is 

the objective is to create a photographic alphabet from every day objects.

 I will be adding photos as I take them and will then create a montage of them all together to create the alphabet.

If you would like to join in then click on the link above and request to join the group and get snapping.

Liebster Award x 2

I've received my first award over here on my photography blog, the Liebster Award 

And I have been lucky enough to have been awarded this twice in the past week, 

once by my wonderful daughter Rachel, you can find her here at Rachel's Blog 

and then by the lovely and expectant Aija over at Crafty Smiles.

For anyone that doesn't know, the Liebster award is given to inspirational blogs with less than 200 followers.

Liebster is a German word meaning dearest or favourite and the tradition is that I would pass on the award to 5 other blogs that have encouraged, inspired and motivated me. To accept the award here's what you need to do:

1....Thank the person who gave you the award on your blog - (CHECK)
2....Link back to that blogger on your blog - (CHECK)
3....Post the award to your blog - (CHECK)      
4....Pass on the award to 5 of your most valued blogs (less than 200 followers) (CHECK)
5....Leave a comment on those 5 blogs to let them know. (CHECK)

I know that this award has been doing the rounds in blogland and not everyone likes adding awards to their blogs so please don't feel that it's compulsory it's just a bit of fun.

Here are my 5 blog choices

A Place for Everything - one of my newly found blogs I looking forward to seeing more of Patricia's cooking, makes and photography

Homemade Life - Paula is another very versatile blogger with a passion for food, creating and photography

A Picture of Grace - who makes the most amazing felt creations and who is also taking part in the CREATIVE CONNECTIONS CRAFTFEST

Tilly Flops Creations - who despite suffering from arthritis and fibromalgia  manages to stay sane and smiling by creating some wonderful gifts

It's all about the Light - Janice that some fantastic and inspirational photos and is always on hand to offer advice

As you can see my choices cover a wide range of bloggers, some crafty, some photography and some a mixture of both!!!

It just leaves me to thanks Rachel and Aija for giving the Liebster Award and thank you to those of you that enjoy reading my blog.

February Scavenger Hunt

Here is the new list for the Febraury Scavenger Hunt organised by Kathy over at Postcards from the PP

1. Music
2. Food 
3. Love
4. Cupid
5. In the Sky
6. Black and White
7. 5
8. Leap Year
9. Train
10. Crowded
11. Empty
12. Heritage

Fancy joining in???