Passion...and Calm

I thought for sure with a challenge only 4 weeks long I would be able to participate and visit each week.  I guess not :(  There is some really gorgeous work out there that I would love to see all of it.

We were out of town for last week's challenge, but I can't resist posting this picture of my Sunflower. It is my favorite photo from this last week.  She views everything in life with PASSION and enthusiasm.  Experiments in electricity are not excluded.

I wish I had half her excitement about life and adventure!

Last weekend on our trip we did add in a spontaneous visit to some waterfalls.  If I'd known, I would have had my tripod with me.  I always find the flow of water and soft movement of waterfall shots very peaceful and CALM:

Warmth

It is almost time for the second week of the Poetic Winter Challenge.  It was actually unseasonably warm the first half of this week.  I must say I love seeing the sun.

Ah, warmth...

Be sure to check out the other entries at Bumbles & Light,  Sweet Violet,  Project Alicia or Live and Love out Loud.

Solitude

Today is the start of a new winter challenge -- Poetic Winter.  Today's topic is Solitude.  Personally I love solitude.  Nothing appeals more than the idea of a day completely to myself, okay, not nothing, but it is in the top ten.  But representing solitude in a photo really takes me out of my comfort zone in a great and challenging way.  I hope we aren't supposed to be poetic, too.  I can only work towards mastering one art at a time ever.

This photo I took at a night photography workshop where we took pictures of posed models and practiced using our flash.  It was quite a departure from my usual candid children shots, but she really looks alone (surrounded by 20 photographers with flashes).

When I took the next one, my mind might have decided that the prompt was isolation and not solitude.

All the snow is gone now.

This child is the main reason, for now, that I don't get solitude very often.  Totally worth the sacrifice.

Be sure to check out the other entries at Bumbles & Light,  Sweet Violet,  Project Alicia or Live and Love out Loud.