Friday, July 1, 2011

A World of Color: A New Challenge

Every once in a while I run aground... out of ideas... out of inspiration. I try (mostly) to take photos around my little neighborhood. But, when you are only given one square mile of inspiration it becomes difficult to feel moved to take a photograph. Thus - I needed some new ideas... a fresh take.

So - I’ve formed a new challenge for myself. A few months ago I was inspired by another CDP Blogger and have decided to take this on one day at a time for the month of July...

It’s a world of color out there and I feel like July is the perfect month to capture a different one every day.

I did realize how difficult this would be though when I was taking photos of the Crayola colors below. This box only has 24 inspirations... I need 31. So, we’ll see how this goes.


I chose this challenge and THEN realized that in the CDP community the theme day for June is Green! So... here’s color installment #1 of 31:



This is me with my right hand on the Bible - I solemnly swear to not doctor the photos in order to get the color I need for that day. I also promise to do my best to not have EVERY photo be a flower because I lack the inspiration for finding anything else of color!

Game on!


6 comments:

  1. Lol! I love your pledge! Good challenge (I did this when I ran out of inspiration too). It definitely helps you too look for new ways to represent color.

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  2. Great idea... I have such a back log of photos I'd have to post for a very long time before I ever ran out... but then I don't limit myself to just my local community, I've chosen to post mostly local but to include the whole northwest... that broadens the limits just a bit! I'll be checking in to see what you're up to...

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  3. Love these micros! Another way to make a search for color more fun is to give the color a tasty new name. So it isn't just green, it is lime-popsicle. Colors all have flavors, even if it is burnt sienna, which doesn't sound tasty at all.

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  4. You could make lines on paper with some of the crayons or have broken crayons to help you make up the 31 images you need.

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  5. Excellent challenge. I love the first shot.

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  6. Oh my, what a creative and difficult challenge, over one month! You rocked it!! And absolutely gorgeous photos!

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