Ok… I’ve been wanting to get back into “fun” photography again. I haven’t done artistic work much since I got out of school. I’ve done a few things here and there, but nothing extraordinary. I miss just taking my camera and shooting random things and making them fun and artistic. I’m going to try something that will get me out and do it more… we’ll see how it turns out.
I’m calling it “Perceptive Perspective”. I will post it every Friday. This way it will give me the whole week to do it. Each week I will have a theme that I have to follow. I will announce it the previous Friday. Here’s the kicker… I want YOU to join along in this adventure WITH me!! I want you to do the assignments too and we can all share our work with each other.
Now, you don’t have to be a “pro”. You don’t even have to be good… this is just for fun. You can do it every week, or just when you have time. Here’s what you will need:
* A camera (of course)… any kind will do. Whether it’s a SLR, a point and shoot, or even a camera phone. It doesn’t have to be anything special.
* An editing program… IF you want to do editing. You don’t have to edit, it’s just fun to try if you want. If you don’t have a program, here’s a good one (and it’s also free!)
* A blog… if you don’t have one, get one. (It’s fun! More fun than I ever thought it would be!) It’s easy and it’s free (my favorite 4 letter f word)! Even if you use it only for this purpose, that’s ok. That way you can still show your work to everyone. You can go to wordpress or blogspot to get started. Those are the two most used free blog sites out there.
* If you don’t want to have a blog but want to participate, you can still do so by opening up a Flickr account. It’s free (for a basic package) and easy to use. You can just add your photos there each week.
* Sign-up your post or Flicker account… WHAT? you ask… I want your post added to a list of posts that do that week’s assignment. (Note: you must sign up with the Mister Linky link after EACH week’s assignment that you participate in.) Make sure when you sign in to put the permanant link to that post, not your home page of your blog. You can get that by clicking on the title of the post. That will take you to a page with JUST that post and you can get the link there. (The http://…… address). Then, all you have to do is click on each other’s links to see each other’s work… make sence? You can sign-up by clicking on:
This will be at the end of EVERY Perceptive Perspective post.
You can post one photo, or as many as strikes your fancy that week – there are no rules in this other than to follow the theme.
IF I can find enough people to do this, maybe I’ll even make it interesting with a guest judge and a prize… Either way, I will post my top picks (with links) on my blog.
I also ask that you link my blog on yours, specifically the “Perceptive Perspective” logo so more people can join us in this crazy idea. You can do this by using this html code:
<a href=”https://2babycakes.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/perceptive-perspective/” target=”_blank”><img src=”http://i768.photobucket.com/albums/xx330/2babycakesnow/PPcopy.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”PP” /></a>
Ok… I know I’m a day late for posting this, but let’s get started. For week one, I’m going to make it SUPER easy… our theme this week is FALL. Now, GO, shoot your heart out! Remember, it can be ANYTHING, just have fun! Don’t forget to sign yourself in at the end of my post AND link my blog in your post.
Come on…. join me…. It’ll be fun!!
P.S. If you need help getting started, let me know and I’ll walk you through it.
2babycakes 
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