The assignment:

Here is an exercise that is a fun way to try out your visual interpretation skills. Below are a list of subjects to capture in photos that you must try and capture within a 20 minute window of time. In this case it is less about capturing artistic images, but just doing what you can to be inventive and interpret the list. Before you do this, pick a place that is likely to have a lot of variety of subjects (middle of town or campus, your basement, whatever).

This was like a scavenger hunt for grown-ups!

PS I had a hard time taking a decent digital clock photo, the numbers looked strange no matter what– so a bit of photo shop help ensued….but I digress.

I took these pictures on our way around town for a bit.  Some are in the car, some are out.  I enjoyed looking for specific things, but at the same time making them as different as I could.

Like the “Take a photo that represents the idea of “openness”” idea–> sure, I could have taken a picture of a field, stream or sky, nut i chose to take a picture of the TAR-JAY shopping cart with the quote about change attached to it.  To me, feeling free is accepting change, on so many levels.

For the “Take a photo of someone else’s hand (or paw)”  I amended it to a foot, well feet.

For “Take a photo that expresses a human emotion” a picture of a piece of my journal.

Looking at other versions of this photoblitz makes me think I may have gone a little off of the deep end with some of it.  Well, hell, c’est la vie.  I like it.  I like the way I think.

I happen to like some of the other ones out there too.  One of my favorites is this one because at first I thought it was a thermos, and I thought eh, kitchen gadge….wait! thats hairspray!  Those Do NOT belong together, just ask the Fire Marshall!

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Another thing that was cool about this assignment is how it INSTANTLY made me think of a day last summer with my niece.

She is 5 going on 27.

I like to make sure she has lots of options of things to do when she comes to visit Aunt Fer-Fer (me) and Uncle Mike (my husband).  I try and think of a couple things and let her choose for the day.  Well– one of the activities was a photo scavenger hunt.

I drew pictures of items she needed to find, then she and I took the list downtown and walked for hours looking for the list items.  When she found something on the list she took a picture.  She had a blast!  I had fun too!

Here are some of her pictures, just so you GET THE PICTURE.  HA!  I kill me.