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Circle of Inspiration - Connection

Although I love creating elaborate self portraits, when I look back, the self portraits that I love most are those where I'm doing day to dat stuff with my family. So for the theme connection I quickly new what I would try to do. Be in the frame for those little moments.









 I hope you enjoyed the little peek into my life as a mom. Make sure to take a look at my talented friend Jodie's post and how she explores the theme connection.


Circle of inspiration - Juxtaposition

Juxtapose: To place close together or side by side, for comparison or contrast.







Take your time to have a look at the fun experiments by my friend Paola.

Circle of Inspiration - black and white


“To see in color is a delight for the eye but to see in black and white is a delight for the soul.”
Andri Cauldwell

For more black and white inspiration follow the link to my talented friend Sarah's blog.













Circle of inspiration - Faceless portrait


"Ceci n'est pas une tête"

"This is not a face"


Don't forget to take a look at the work of my talented friend Jennifer

Circle of inspiration - Looking up



Don't forget to visit my friend Maibritt's post!

Circle of inspiration - Emotion

"Replace your fear of the unknown with curiosity!" 







Fear of the unknown is everywhere these days. While refugees try to find a safer or better life for themselves. We are scared about how this will change our lives. It seems like the world is split up in two camps. I hope we can replace our fear of the unknown and see these people as possible new friends.

 Make sure to take a look at Jodie's post. She shares a touching personal story for the theme emotion.

Circle of inspiration - Shoes


Simple 
Comfortable
Beautiful







Take a look at Paola's take on the theme shoes.

Circle of inspiration - backlight

When we first learn to photograph most of us learn to shoot with the sun behind us. Your subject will be evenly and well lit. This works really well for landscapes and helps you to keep details in your sky. If you are familiar with my work, you might have noticed that I don't shoot a lot with the sun behind me. I just love to keep the sun as an element in my photos. It ads so much whimsy to an image. As a fan of color, I just can't resist the opportunity to play with lens flare. Here are some images I took at the water playground with the sun behind my subjects. I used the trees to hide some of the sun to keep more detail.

For more inspiration take a look at the amazing backlit images by Maibritt Olsen



Circle of Inspiration - OOF

Out Of Focus: An area of the image is not within the depth of field for your given combination of aperture, focal length and distance from subject.  Sharp, fine details will be lost and your image will look ‘soft’ or blurry, at least in part.

Most of the time we are aiming for tack sharp images... Not for this series! Be inspired! 



















If you liked what you've seen so far, take a look at the work of the talented Jodie Byrne and how she uses OOF in her work.