365 ~21st ~ 27th February

This week is Symmetry week which I thought wouldn’t be too bad, and it was mostly OK.

Day 52 ~ Square. Symmetry in our images can be achieved when two halves of an image hold the same weight. However, symmetry doesn’t have to be literal in the sense that each half mirrors the other.  But rather, it’s a balancing of objects and space. Symmetry in composition can also be achieved when different elements are used to help achieve the appearance of being symmetrical. This one caused me problems, not sure why, I did a whole month of squares back in the 366 days of 2016, maybe that was it, hard to think of something I hadn’t done before! Kitchen tiles to the rescue!

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Day 53 ~ 2 O’clock. How will you find symmetry today at 2 o’clock?  Maybe it’s just the story behind your symmetry.  I am very excited to see how you will find it today!  This one was also hard, I had a full day of clients so had to cheat and alter the clock when I had 10 minutes spare. At the real 2 O’clock I had a sucker in someone’s ear! Still this is what I do after each client, write up my notes on the laptop. There’s symmetry in there somewhere!

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Day 54 ~ Incredible. When it snows, I like to go out and photograph snowflakes.  It makes winter more bearable. To me, snowflakes are incredible!  Each one is unique and the symmetry presented in each individual flake is perfection.  If it’s snowing in your neck of the woods today, why not try and capture the symmetry in a snowflake.  No two are the same!  If not, I’m sure you can find all kinds of other symmetrical things in your world.  What stands out as incredible to you? Nope, no snow here anymore. What we do have is Winnie, who is incredibly crazy, wild, nosy, fast-as-lightening, funny and definitely symmetrical.

Incredible Winnie

Day 55 ~ Window. Windows are great photography subjects…. whether looking at them or looking out of them. They provide interest and can even pick up cool reflections. We are practicing symmetry in our photography this week and windows are perfect for this. Look for houses or buildings and notice where the windows are placed.  How can you photograph them with symmetry?  I decided the Love Window in my shed would be good for this one. Thinking about it could have used the Wallace & Grommet Window for square. Duh.

Window

Day 56 ~ Meaningful. As we’ve seen this week, symmetry is a multi-faceted word.  In its broadest sense, symmetry means balanced.  In photography, this means that your photo is well-composed and that it has interest and movement throughout.  How lines and light move through an image create balance.  How a subject is placed in the frame with regard to negative space or background creates balance.Find something that is both familiar and meaningful to you.  Study it for a few minutes.  Notice its shape.  How does its look, change in different light or from another perspective?  Photograph the object such that you create symmetry by way of balance.  You may choose to include the entire object or only a part.  Whatever you do, create a meaningful image of something that is meaningful to you. This was easy.

Meaningful

Day 57 ~ Segment. Some images are symmetrical around a central point, like a spiders web. This type of symmetry is harder to find, but when you see it, it will immediately make sense. Radial symmetry pops up in architecture from time to time. Getting into the forest early in the morning to get the best light and with the dew still hanging around makes for great photos.  I am lucky to have such a great place to go so close to home.  Segments can be found in most circles.Where are you going to find your segments today? My first day off and nope to getting up early and finding a forest. I walked up to our local shop and bought a lemon!

Segment

Day 58~ Cones.

Are you ready for some photo fun!  It is scavenger hunt day!  Here is a list of items to go out and find and photograph! Once your hunt is complete, you will compile those images into a collage.  Symmetry is everywhere.  Today you are going on a scavenger hunt to look for cones and you will be photographing them in symmetry.  The cone shape naturally lends itself to leading lines. Let’s find some cones and leading lines!Today you are on the hunt for cones!  You can either position them in your photograph to draw your viewer’s eye, or maybe you might just want to find cones!  Pine cone, ice cream cone, traffic pylon, pencil tip, nacho chip, tree, funnel, party hat, strawberry. I had to send off for party hats and funnels from Amazon as our local shop doesn’t have either, but I managed to cobble everything else together, and Phil got a cornetto for helping me out. I forgot about symmetry and leading lines and just made up little stories for most of them.

Cones

Well that’s another week over, and next week is the first week of the month so more ‘selfies’. 🥴😟

Stay tooned dear reader!

Day 311~366

” I saw on the blog you’re doing a crystal ball month.”

‘Oh Hi Frego, nice of you to pop in!’

“Yep, well, thought I’d better bring my crystal ball round to show you how it’s done.”

*sigh*

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Day 305~366

‘Hells Bells Frego! What on earth’s going on?’
“I’m off out trick or treating with Mego, Clego and Bego. And I think Skego is coming too. Do you like my costume?
‘Umm well, yes I guess. You do know this is our last day together don’t you?’
“Of course I do, why?”
‘Well I just thought we’d spend our last evening together, you know, just me and you and Skego, have a couple of drinks, watch a spooky movie and have Pizza or something’
“Oh no, I’d much rather be out having fun with my pals, might see you when I get back,but don’t wait up.”
*sigh*

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Day 304~366

“Whatcha doing Fraggle?”
‘I’m making soul cakes for my photo for the Sunday Challenge group, it’s Halloween tomorrow and that’s the theme.’
“What happens to them after the photo?”
‘I’ll give them to the trick or treaters tomorrow night’
“Can I have one?”
‘If you’re nice to me’
“Forget it!”
*sigh*

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and my shot for the challenge

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Day 303~366

“Fraggle Fraggle Fraggle!! Look!!”
“Whatcha found Frego’?
“Breakfast for months!!”
‘Hmm, well, let me know how that goes!’
🙂

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Flat Heads

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Round Heads

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Magic

 

Day 302~366

Spotted Frego having a cuppa and admiring the autumn colours from our bedroom window. 🙂

Apparently it’s my 4 year anniversary today on Wordy, so yay go me!

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Day 301~366

“Lets go out and shoot some leaves”
‘But it’s so windy, and that’s so cliche!’
“Yours probably will be, but mine certainly won’t!”
*sigh*

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Day 300~366

Day 300, there’s a milestone 🙂 only 66 days to go, so light at the end of the tunnel.  Today is also exciting as the Woman~cave has arrived!

Frego didn’t know it was coming.

“Wow, look what’s turned up in the back garden! Where did THAT come from!?”
‘Surprise! This is your new home.’
“Woah! I’m going to live in it!?”
‘Sure, when it’s all kitted out with insulation and electricity and furniture & stuff.’
“It looks so big. I’ll get lonely”
‘Oh no, Skego will be with you and the other little people and The Bears, and I’ll be there a lot making mosaics and doing photography with you’
“Well I’m not sure I want to share it!”
*sigh*

🙂

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Day 299~366

“Oh look at the dewdrops on the webs sparkling in the sunshine”, said Frego, “let’s go and shoot them.”

So we did.

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Day 298~366

‘Ooh Frego those roses are lovely!’
“Yes they arrived this morning while you were at work”
‘Are they for me?’
“Of course not silly, I have a secret admirer!’
*sigh*

 

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Day 297~366

Frego said she wasn’t staying indoors all day just because it was raining, and went out to shoot some puddle reflections.

 

Didn’t last long though.

 

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Days 294,5 & 6

We’ve been to Leighton Buzzard to visit with my son and grandson, weather was a bit meh so didn’t get out a great deal, a bit of shopping and that’s about it.  On the way down the M1 Frego and I stopped at Woodhall services for a cuppa, and Frego spotted a tree she liked over the other side of the motorway.

Dash-Cam!
Dash-Cam!

At Ben’s, she was very intrigued by Ben building a lego racing car for Lewis.

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Today we came home and again stopped at the same service station, but on the North side, and Frego got her tree close up.

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