Photography Assignment - Indoors

Submitted by stevej on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 11:15am

The Assignment

Indoors -can be anything at all. People, pets, plants, inanimate objects, workspaces, - anything that isn't open to the great outdoors.

Images

Post your photos here along with any thoughts, ideas, or suggestions for future assignments.
-Looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with!

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Submitted by stevej on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 11:26am

One more

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Submitted by michelewln on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 4:00pm

I was in my room at my parents house in Indiana. It was a couple of months after Mom died. I was sitting on my bed reading. I had been taking pictures earlier but hadn't put the camera back yet. I called Pixie's name and she looked up just as I took the shot.

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A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. Oscar Wilde

Submitted by stevej on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 4:57pm

that is one cute content looking cat

I tend to have a camera ready to go in our sitting room - usually grab a few shots a week - cats when we have them and interesting stuff going on outside at other times.

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“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire

Submitted by Bollox Ref on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 4:40pm

I'll have a go...

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from a reasonably stable genius.

Submitted by stevej on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 4:59pm

A good go

Stained glass window?

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Submitted by Bollox Ref on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 5:08pm

A stained glass window in a lavatory

I got a strange look when I took a camera in with me, but I liked the light. It was a very narrow space, and I really didn't want to linger, so the top of the window is missing. Oh well.

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Gëzuar!!
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Submitted by stevej on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 7:55pm

agree re the light

It was worth braving the strange looks imo

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“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire

Submitted by Deja on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 5:31pm

Okay, this site looks WAYYYYY better on a computer

. . . as opposed to a phone. Holy cow!

I'm waiting on my pics to transfer from my phone to my desktop (all 244 pics/videos - srsly?), so I logged in while I'm waiting, and wowzer! The pics in this thread look amazing compared to on my phone. Hope the ones I'm posting, if the import ever finishes, look as good as the ones already here.

Submitted by stevej on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 8:06pm

To be honest

I've never looked at the site on my phone - going to have to give that a go. Looking forward to seeing your pics.

I spent yesterdayand this morning sorting through around twelve catalogs containing about 20,000 images on four hard drives. I never want to ever do that again.

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“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire

Submitted by janis b on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 6:03pm

Thanks steve for the encouragement and opportunity to

do and share photography.

Last Evening

This morning

Submitted by stevej on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 7:58pm

Hi Janis - Confession

I always scroll forum threads from the bottom up - and I knew these were yours before I saw your name
love them both especially the second.

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“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire

Submitted by janis b on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 8:09pm

Thanks steve

Maybe this is a hint for me to try and be less predictable in my photographing.

Submitted by stevej on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 8:44pm

Nooo! its a really good thing

you look at everything within the frame not just main subject/foreground
Don't change a thing

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“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire

Submitted by janis b on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 9:24pm

"looking at everything",

is why I enjoy photography so much, with all it's life and sights around me.

Submitted by Bollox Ref on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 6:26pm

Wow!! Very nice.

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Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.

Submitted by janis b on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 6:40pm

Thanks Bollox Ref

I love to photograph!

Submitted by Bollox Ref on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 7:38pm

Not artistic....

Just Purfleet saying no to laying the table for dinner.

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Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.

Submitted by janis b on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 7:52pm

It is very satisfying to look at, and the light on Purfleet

is so soft and beautiful.

It looks like a lot of your artistic creativity goes into the garden.

Submitted by stevej on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 8:01pm

Cats are always artistic

-they have a gene for it

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“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire

Submitted by Unabashed Liberal on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 8:30pm

Thanks, stevej, for another

delightful Photo Essay.

By the way, happy to see that your essay is an official Friday Night 'OT.'

(Maybe it has been, and I didn't pick up on it--I'm not the most observant person, by any means.)

And thanks to all you other excellent photographers--Janis, Michelle, BR--for contributing!

If things ever settle down, I may see if I can put my Android camera to some use. I've looked at it once or twice, and I'm ashamed to say, that even it looks over-my-head. I'm going to try Googling a (detailed) user manual, and see if that can help me out with understanding the symbols.

Hope Everyone has a nice Mother's Day weekend!

Mollie

“If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.”
--Charles Darwin

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Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.

Submitted by janis b on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 9:26pm

copied from my response to steve, in response to you

"Experimenting breaks nothing"
That's pretty much what I wanted to say ...

Mollie, forget the manual, especially a detailed one! Just try the different symbols, and after a while they'll make more sense. And in reality, you only need very few.

- See more at: http://caucus99percent.com/comment/79269#comment-79269

Submitted by stevej on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 9:45pm

agree :)

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“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire

Submitted by Unabashed Liberal on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 10:25pm

Uh Oh, Janis! Already downloaded

and printed the 14 pages which pertain to the camera.

But, hey--I take your point! Nothing substitutes for just taking photos, and experimenting.

(Some of what I printed, definitely pertains to stuff that I'll likely never need.)

Hey, have a nice Mother's Day!

Mollie

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."--Helen Keller

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Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.

Submitted by janis b on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 10:50pm

You are a trip Mollie,

I am laughing so hard, I can only blow you a kiss and mutual wishes for a nice mother's day.

My daughter and I celebrated a day early yesterday, at a favourite Japanese restaurant, yum!

You can always use the 10 unnecessary pages for kindling

Submitted by stevej on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 8:49pm

Thanks UL

You didn't miss anything - JtC messaged me about the open thread thing. The support was really appreciated.

As far as getting to grips with any camera goes - as long as there is enough light just press the button - the technical stuff becomes more important in darker conditions. Experimenting breaks nothing

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“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire

Submitted by janis b on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 9:20pm

"Experimenting breaks nothing"

That's pretty much what I wanted to say ...

Mollie, forget the manual, especially a detailed one! Just try the different symbols, and after a while they'll make more sense. And in reality, you only need very few.

Submitted by stevej on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 9:44pm

Cameras are now

pretty good and most have a setting where the camera will try and figure out as much as possible -and this setting usually works really well. Usually its on a wheel on top of the camera and says A, auto, smart, or something similar - its not usually buried in the menus. This is literally point and shoot mode.

I find that if I play around with the camera a bit first then hit the manual (or youtube videos if the manual is indecipherable) when I have specific questions things come together pretty quickly.

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“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire

Submitted by janis b on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 10:18pm

playing around with the camera is the way

The element of surprise is invaluable!

Submitted by mjsmeme on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 10:13pm

trompe l'oeil

trompe l oeil.jpg

Submitted by janis b on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 10:23pm

Far Out, and very funny!

Seeing that made my day, thank you!

Submitted by stevej on Sun, 05/08/2016 - 8:53am

Know that feeling

excellent!

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“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire

Submitted by MarilynW on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 10:39pm

Something old

Point Ellice House 1861, Victoria BC
This was taken in the Serving Room which separated the servants area from the rest of the house. The stairway to the servants' rooms was across the hall. No flash was allowed inside this rather dark house. The house contains "thousands of authentic Victorian artifacts making it one of the most important collections in North America."

I can't explain why I love this image.

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To thine own self be true.

Submitted by janis b on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 10:59pm