Beautiful inspiration from the members of COLORS OF 2013 Group

Have you seen the January in RED collection over at COLORS OF 2013 Flickr group. 
I'm so thrilled to share this new group with such talented ladies (men are welcome at any time ;)
Not only are their photographs beautiful and creative but so are they.

Here are some random selections of the JANUARY RED color theme that the group members had to follow. Red is not always an easy color to shoot but as you can tell there is a lot of talent here.

Please forgive me if I did not list all of the members images here as there are just too many beautiful ones. I promise to give everyone a chance to be posted on my blog in the future months.

JOIN THE COLORS OF 2013
GROUP CHALLENGE HERE 

If you are a photographer and wish to join and share, we have a Facebook Group. It is by invite ONLY, so request to join and I will contact you within 48 hrs. HERE





Bottom right: Janice Darby


I had fun with these also and came up with a few images for Valentine note cards




Don't forget to pass by again tomorrow to find out what color challenge we will be doing for February.

Hugs,

Eva

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Free Photo Templates to showcase your Colors of 2013 photos.

I created a few simple photo templates to help you showcase your
COLORS OF 2013 photos you have been creating so far. These templates are designed using masks and are 900px wide but you can easily tweak them to fit your blog or even your FB need.


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Dancing in the light with my tulips


The light just caught my eye today and I needed to do a little dance with it.

As you may have noticed from my work, I have a weakness for florals. Their petals and colors create an abstract canvas for me. But this is only when I am able to capture them UP CLOSE.

Since I got my new 5D mkII this past summer, my passion to follow the light in my photography slowly took the back seat. You see, I could only attach the 50mm to the 5D which is an amazing lens for portraits, but as you can see from my work, I LOVE detail, close up shots, macro.
I know... I know... I need the 100mm, but unfortunately that too is on the back burner... hopefully not for long.

For me getting up close allows me to create art, abstract forms, catch the light with splashes of colors and shapes. So today I went back to my little Rebel and attached the 55-250 zoom lens that I hate with a passion and began to study the light.

Ooohh! How much fun it is to see the light dancing like this. Cannot wait to get my hands on the macro lens.

All this said, here are a few SOOC except for some minor brightening tweaks in my raw files.





If you are wondering what light I used. It's simple... the sun. Back light does wonders for tulips.


Doing the happy dance.. I'm in love with these.


Hugs,
Eva






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Did you ever want to group 3 or 4 photographs on your wall or better yet showcase in your shop but find it hard to find images that look good grouped together.
 
Well, why not work on creating collections in 2013.

Each month will have it's own color. The style, theme and subject will be all up to you. Weather you are a portrait photographer or a fine art photographer like myself this project is sure to add some fun to your portfolio. The creativity is endless and best of all you could customize your photos to suit your own style.

So here we go!
JANUARY will be RED... as we get ready for next month's Valentines. ♥


Portrait photography by Anam Cara Photography
So lets start creating... if you are a portraits photographer, than dress up your client in red or do a close up of red lips, maybe make a little girl hold a red apple just for the fun of it.
If you are a fine art photographer, there are endless fruits that are red, or flowers (my favorite) or even a red door or a red book. Maybe it's that special romantic sunset ;)

You get the idea. CREATE in COLOR

How to participate:

1- Add your color theme images to this Flickr group. You should aim to post one image per week. Post as many as you wish but be sure to choose your top 4 amazing shots. This will allow you to select a quality portfolio. Remember quality over quantity.

2- Join the Facebook Group where I will be posting the color theme at the beginning of every month.
Since Flickr is not very easy to communicate in groups as they do not have notifications, this private closed FB group will allow us to share ideas and get news on the project and maybe make some new connections.
Also if you do not have a Flickr account please use the group to showcase your weekly post.

3- Once a month I will showcase 4 to 8 pieces from the previous month on my blog. Be sure to sign up to my newsletter.

Lets start the fun and remember no stress, no obligations. We all know life can get busy so don't worry if you cannot post once a week, just keep the creative flow throughout the year.

Hugs,
Eva
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