First of the Month Photo Challenge

This month's theme will be "Everything Autumn." For this challenge photograph what fall means to you, or your favorite thing about it. Perhaps it the changing of the leaves, or a nice glass of fresh cider from an apple orchard.

Take your photo anytime from now until the 31st of October and email them to me at jasminesphotography@yahoo.com

It can be a regular digital photo, or on a Zazzle product. If it is a regular photo, you may include your own watermark. Only 1 photo per person, please. Be sure to add your name and a link to your personal site/blog (if the photo is not on a product) in the email so I know who to credit. A short description of what you photographed would be great, but is optional. I will be accepting entries until OCTOBER 31 8PM EST. All entries will appear in a blog post on the 1st of November along with a new challenge.

Halloween Magnet by emele1

Pug Puppy Frankenpug by laserone

Autumn Trees Reflections Wrapped Canvas by SmilinEyes_Posters

Indian Corn Harvest by 3kitties

Basket Full of Apples Mousepad by ArtIsLife_LifeIsArt

Candy Corn Pumpkins Stickers by CarriesCamera

First of the Month Photo Challenge: In Motion

I haven't been blogging, and the challenge entries are a day late. Oops!!! I've been so busy, haven't even had time for my products of the week.

Fire by Noa_Price_Designs

Stay tuned for October's challenge! :)

First of the Month Photo Challenge

This month's theme will be "In Motion." For this challenge you will photograph something that is moving. The viewer must be able to sense the movement in the photo. Try to be as creative as you can and have fun.

Take your photo anytime from now until the 30th of September and email them to me at jasminesphotography@yahoo.com

It can be a regular digital photo, or on a Zazzle product. If it is a regular photo, you may include your own watermark. Only 1 photo per person, please. Be sure to add your name and a link to your personal site/blog (if the photo is not on a product) in the email so I know who to credit. A short description of what you photographed would be great, but is optional. I will be accepting entries until SEPTEMBER 30 8PM EST. All entries will appear in a blog post on the 1st of October along with a new challenge.

Here are some great examples of what I am looking for. I hope these images inspire you to take part in the challenge.

Happy running Shih Tzu by deemac1

Raining in Paradise Postcard by photobychris

The Last Stand by chysshirts

Spray Dirt! ATV Dunebuggy spins out by CountryCorner

Boy and Girl in Venice, Italy by Rick_Levy

Summer Wind by dryfhout

First of the Month Photo Challenge: I'm Ready for My Close Up

The results are in for August's photo challenge! We had some really great entries this month, thank you to all that sent a photo in! Look out for the post following this one explaining what this month's theme will be.

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Photo by: Jerry Lambert

"This is a close shot of a track in the sand in the desert from our dune trip."

Photo by: FlaminCatDesigns

Photo by: longdistgramma

"I had never seen this beautiful green and yellow "Lady bug" before. I found out it is a Cucumber Beetle and is a non-desirable pest that should be banned from your garden. (I also saw a praying mantis for the first time, and was told this might balance out less desirable the insect population)."

Photo by: Bonnie Muir

Photo by: Anne-Marie

"Close up photo of a shibori dyed yellow fabric hardened into the shape of a tulip with dark blue shibori background fabric."

Photo by: Noa Price

"The photo is a close up of a hairy nodding poppy flower-bud and stem during morning light. The bud eventually rotates upward after opening to a beautiful pink poppy with crepe paper-like petals."

Photo by: Patricia Phillips

Photo by: Angie B

New at Jasmine's Merch: Rusted Horseshoes

Dan and I went over to a historical site earlier today that's not too far from where we live so I could take some photos. I just finished designing products with one of my favorite photos from the day.

Rusted Horseshoes Poster by jasminesphotography

The photo is of a couple horseshoes that are hanging on the door of an old farmhouse. Above is the original photo. I also edited it and changed the colors so that my customers have a variety to choose from. The photo is available on products in:

Black and White

Rusted Horseshoes iPad Case by jasminesphotography

Sepia

Rusted Horseshoes Necklace by jasminesphotography

Thermal

Rusted Horseshoes Mousepad by jasminesphotography

I think the black and white version is my favorite. I'll have some new stuff in my shop from today's photos within the next week or so. You can see all of the available products with this photo here.

It's been awhile since I've been out photographing. Dan and I are driving down to Georgia in a few weeks. I'm looking forward to it, and I hope it will give me a chance to get a bunch of new photos. Thanks for stopping by to see what's new!

First of the Month Photo Challenge

This month's theme will be "I'm Ready for My Close Up." It's time to get close and personal. Take a close up or macro photo of anything.

Take your photo anytime from now until the 31st of August and email them to me at jasminesphotography@yahoo.com
It can be a regular digital photo, or on a Zazzle product. If it is a regular photo, you may include your own watermark. Only 1 photo per person, please. Be sure to add your name and a link to your personal site/blog (if the photo is not on a product) in the email so I know who to credit. A short description of what you photographed would be great, but is optional. I will be accepting entries until AUGUST 31 8PM EST. All entries will appear in a blog post on the 1st of September along with a new challenge.

Here are some great examples of what I am looking for. I hope these images inspire you to take part in the challenge.

Buttons by lilymom24

Espresso cup by tomchat

Ladybird by taiche

Wolf Mousepad by Country1969

Statue of Amun-Re with Obelisk, Karnak (Egypt) by petrsvarc

Big Pink Dahlia iPad Case by northwestphotos

Don't forget to visit the First of the Month Photo Challenge Squidoo lens!

4th of July Weekend

I hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday weekend. Dan and I went up north to relax and do some fishing. I caught this nice bass within hours of getting up there. And yes, that's Dan holding MY fish, not me. :P

And Dan was able to score a couple of his own...

We had really nice weather the whole time. It was really warm and sunny. On the last night we were there I was able to get this nice shot of the lake.

Lake Lancelot Sunset Poster by jasminesphotography

Next weekend we are having a graduation party for my sister out at one of our beautiful state parks, so hopefully I'll have some good photo opportunities. I haven't been taking as many photos as I would like to lately, but I am going to try and change that and shoot some more before the summer is over. :)

First of the Month Photo Challenge

This month's theme will be patriotism. Take a photo of anything that shows patriotism for your country. This is a great challenge because you are free to express this anyway you chose to. This challenge is open to photographers of ALL countries.

Take your photo anytime from now until the 31st of July and email them to me at jasminesphotography@yahoo.com
It can be a regular digital photo, or on a Zazzle product. If it is a regular photo, you may include your own watermark. Only 1 photo per person, please. Be sure to add your name and a link to your personal site/blog (if the photo is not on a product) in the email so I know who to credit. A short description of what you photographed would be great, but is optional. I will be accepting entries until JULY 31 8PM EST. All entries will appear in a blog post on the 1st of August along with a new challenge.

Here are some great examples of what I am looking for. I hope these images inspire you to take part in the challenge.

Patriotic Dog by malibuitalian

Respect and Honor Photograph by SuszQZ

Lincoln Memorial by theatremom

Firework Lisbon by PhotoDigital

Remembrance Day by miaouphoto

The Welsh National War Memorial. by artberry

First of the Month Photo Challenge: Where the Wild Things Are

The results for our second photo challenge are in! This challenge didn't get as many responses as the last one. I know it's still kind of a new thing, so hopefully it will become more popular the longer it goes on. Look out for the post following this one explaining what this month's theme will be.

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Photo by: mlewallpapers



Photo by: Angie B.

Back from Chicago!

I'm back from my trip, and I have so much to share!

My friends and I had plans to go to the Shedd Aquarium on Saturday morning, so we woke up early and took the Metra downtown. We weren't exactly sure what the best way to get to the aquarium was, and after receiving advice from a guy selling water taxi rides, a man sitting at the bus station and a police officer, we decided to just try and walk there.

About halfway there we were stopped by a vendor who offered us a pretzel and hummus sample. It was good timing, because I was ready for a snack. There was a bunch of excitement around us because of the Puerto Rican parade, so I don't remember the brand who was providing the samples, but it was yummy! :]

After a little more walking, we could see the building and knew were almost to our destination...

And as we walked a little closer, we noticed a huge line that wrapped around the whole place. We asked a worker towards the front of the line what was going on, and he told us if we wanted tickets to get inside we'd have to go to the back of the line and wait for about an hour and a half. Uhhh, no thanks! We didn't get to go to the aquarium, but we did get to see this cool man with fish statue.

We walked down some more towards the Adler Planetarium for a good view to take some pictures of the city. I think there was some fog or something, because the visibility wasn't very clear.

We still had lots of time to kill, so we decided to head on over to the Sears Tower (sorry, I refuse to call it the Willis Tower). I've been to it before (when it was still known as the Sears Tower), but they hadn't built the walkout ledges yet when I was there so this was a new experience.

Here are some of the photos I took while we were up there:

That's the roof of the Metropolitan Correctional Center.
You can see the inmates playing basketball.



Not sure what this building is, or why it's so mossy.
I'd be happy to know if anyone has any ideas as to what it is.





Looking down from the ledge.

Thanks for letting me share my trip with you all. I hope everyone had a nice weekend.