Category Archives: Julie

RWPE Y2 #12 – Unfocused

There were a fair amount of submissions for UNFOCUSED. So without further adieu…


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Julie Johnson of The Joy is in the Journey

WEEK 12 - UNFOCUSED - CATHIE RALEY
Cathie Raley

WEEK 12 - UNFOCUSED - WILL RALEY
Will Raley

WEEK 12 - UNFOCUSED - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett

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Mike Vest of Waxen Media

I’ve been over to visit the the Random Theme Generator to get a sweet new theme for this week. It spit out the following sweetness:

FAST

Here is a look back at last year’s FAST submissions:

2010 – FAST

Good luck capturing some FAST subjects.

HOUSEKEEPING

Information no longer relevant.

RWPE Y2 #10 – Still Life

There weren’t many submissions for STILL LIFE, but at least Julie joined us again! Here are the submissions for STILL LIFE:


WEEK 10 - STILL LIFE - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest of Waxen Media

WEEK 10 - STILL LIFE - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett

WEEL 10 - STILL LIFE - JULE JOHNSON
Julie Johnson of The Joy Is In The Journey

I went over to talk to the Random Theme Generator and it immediately spit out a theme for this week:

COMMUNICATION

A great and easy subject for me as I am considered one of the world’s foremost masters of communication. I just hope this theme comes as easy for others as it does for me.

A look back at 2010’s submissions for COMMUNICATION:

COMMUNICATION

HOUSEKEEPING

It is March Madness again, that means that it is time once again for the Roundball Oracles annual NCAA tournament pool. I have already sent out quite a few emails with directions on how to join the pool, but if I missed you or haven’t gotten to you yet, drop me an email at bennett@photography139.com and I will get the information to you forthwith.

As always, this isn’t a boy’s club. Women, small children and the elderly are welcome to sit at my feet and be taught lessons by my extensive basketball knowledge and basketball prognostication skills.

As always, the only fee to enter is pride. The only prize given out to the losers is humility. However, I do provide a trophy to the winner. That trophy is going to look nice sitting on my desk this year.

As always, I hope the winner isn’t Mark Wolfram.

Past Champions

2010 – Mark Wolfram
2009 – Mark Wolfram
2008 – Mark Wolfram
2007 – Tim Peterson
2006 – William McAlpine
2005 – William McAlpine

Last year we had a record number of participants. Basketball knowledge is not a prerequisite for participation. Just ask Carrie Baier from last year!

RWPE Y2 #8 – Market

Not many submissions for MARKET. I have to confess that MARKET was one of the themes that was under consideration for termination. In the end we kept it because my MARKET picture from last year might have been my favorite RWPE picture from last year.

Here are this year’s submissions for MARKET:


WEEK 8 - MARKET - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest

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Julie Johnson

WEEK 8 - MARKET - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett

I’ve been down to visit the Random Theme Generator and I asked him for a category that would really spark the creative interest of many, many people. This is what it spat at me:

Silhouette

One of my favorite themes.

A look back at the submissions in 2010:

2010 Silhouette

I hope for many submissions next week as this is one of the easiest artistic themes.

RWPE Y2 #7 – Silence

SILENCE did not keep people from being silent. There were a healthy amount of submissions this week. Here are the submissions for SILENCE:


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Dawn Krause of Impassioned Versifier

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Geri Derner

WEEK 7 - SILENCE - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett

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Julie Johnson of The Joy is in the Journey

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Carla Stensland

WEEK 7 - SILENCE - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest of Waxen Media

Mike and I fired up the Random Theme Generator and it fired out a kind of consumerist theme for this week:

MARKET

You can take a look back at last year’s submissions for MARKET by clicking on the link below:

MARKET – 2010

It is a good broad theme that might push the comfort levels of some people. I hope this is another great week for participation!

RWPE Y2 #6 – Go!

I’m guessing that the holiday weekend might have curtailed the normal amount of submissions. Here are the submissions for GO!:


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Julie Johnson

WEEK 6 - GO - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest

WEEK 6 - GO - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett

I went down and visited the Random Theme Generator and it quietly spit out the theme for this week:

SILENCE

Here is a look back at last year’s submissions:

SILENCE

Good luck with this week’s theme.

RWPE Y2 #5: Macro

Here are this week’s submissions for MACRO:


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Julie Johnson

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Dawn Krause

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Carla Stensland A

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Carla Stensland B

WEEK 5 - MACRO - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett

WEEK 5 - MACRO - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest

I’ve been down to visit the Random Theme Generator. Without much hesitation, it spit out this week’s theme:

GO!

This is a new theme for this year. It was suggested by Julie. As always, I look forward to the submissions.

RWPE Y2 #3: Panning Camera Blur

There was a decent response to what I consider to be the most technically demanding (with the possible exception of PAINTING WITH LIGHT) theme of the 52 different themes.

Here are the submissions for PANNING CAMERA BLUR:


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Julie Johnson

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Dawn Krause

WEEK 3 - PANNING CAMERA BLUR - JESSE HOWARD
Jesse Howard

WEEK 3 - PANNING CAMERA BLUR - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett

WEEK 3 - PANNING CAMERA BLUR - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest

After two weeks of fairly technical themes, I hoped that the the Random Theme Generator would give out a more interpretable theme and it did cooperate. Here is this week’s theme:

HARMONY


That is a theme that is fairly open to interpretation. Here is look back at last year’s HARMONY submissions:

HARMONY

Good luck with this theme. Hopefully it will inspire many people to contribute next Monday!

RWPE Y2 #2: Long Exposure

I think the technical aspects of this theme scared off some contributors this week. Although I am excited to have a submission from Jesse who was a founding member of RWPE who quickly dropped out.

I should point out that I had some hiccups with my email system this morning. It is remotely possible that there are more submissions waiting for me when I get home, so check back later tonight to see if there were more submissions. Also don’t panic if your submission isn’t up, it will be tonight.

Here are the submissions for LONG EXPOSURE:


WEEK 2 - LONG EXPOSURE - JESSE HOWARD
Jesse Howard

WEEK 2 - LONG EXPOSURE - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett

WEEK 2 - LONG EXPOSURE -MIKE VEST
Mike Vest of Waxen Media

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Julie Johnson of The Joy is in the Journey

I’ve been down to speak to the Random Theme Generator and I begged it for a less technical theme, but it just spit in my eye and then spit out the following:

PANNING CAMERA BLUR

The idea of this theme is to track a moving object with a short enough exposure so that the subject remains in focus (in the ballpark of focus), but with a long enough exposure that the background is blurred. It is a way of conveying motion in a still photograph.

A look back at last year’s PANNING CAMERA BLUR submisions:

PANNING CAMERA BLUR

Hopefully many people out there are inspired by this weeks theme. Hopefully next week I’m not in so much physical pain that I don’t screw up my email system on Monday morning.

RWPE Y2 #1: Reflections

Year 2 started out with a bang! Lots of submissions! First time submitter! Welcome aboard Alicia Vermeys!

Here are the submissions for REFLECTIONS:


WEEK 1 - REFLECTIONS - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett

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Alicia Vermeys

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Dawn Krause

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Julie Johnson A

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Julie Johnson B

WEEK 1 - REFLECTIONS - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest

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Shannon Bardole

Dawn Poetry Submission:

Reflections

She can’t be too careful anymore,
Her memories have opened up that door.
Watching the tide bury her castle,
Wasted dreams are now just a hassle.

Who she once was when she ruled the world,
That girl is gone, reality unfurled.
Demons in the people she has met,
Subdued emotion, hearts do forget

A bitter thought will eventually melt,
After all the suffering is dealt.
Time to build new castles in the sand,
Learn from the past, take time by the hand.

I’ve been to the cave that houses the new and improved Random Theme Generator. The new generator is fancy and shiny and… it doesn’t work. So I walked over to a different cave and fired up old reliable. It did not disappoint. Here is the theme for this week:

LONG EXPOSURE


This is one of the technical themes. It is hard to set a real value on what is a “long exposure”, but I would say at a minimum, the shutter speed should be longer than 1/15 of a second. I would recommend trying an exposure of at least a second, but as always, you are free to interpret the theme in whatever way you see fit.

A look back at last year’s LONG EXPOSURE submissions:

LONG EXPOSURE – 2010

RWPE #49 – Love

A few people had their imaginations lit by the concept of LOVE. There were 4 submissions. The male to female ration was 3:1. Proof positive that men are the truly romantic gender.



Mike Vest


Christopher D. Bennett


Jason Baier


Julie Johnson

Only 3 weeks left. The theme for this week might be a little tricky:

RESTAURANTS

I can imagine this will be a hard theme for some people. Especially with a busy holiday season, but I have hope. Maybe there are people that love restaurants more than they love love?