Week 2 - Composition: Color Harmony

January 10, 2018 (010/365) "Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing?" - Picasso

Week 2 - COMPOSITION: Color Harmony [Get out your color wheel. Do opposites attract? Can there be harmony with opposite colors? Does the Hulk wear purple pants? Mix warm and cool colors.]#dogwoodweek2, #dogwood52, #dogwood2018 • f/6.3 1/800 16mm ISO100

This week's prompt should have been an easier one, but it was a challenge for me. Isn't that exactly the point of these exercises? Saturated color is really not my aesthetic; in fact, I often pull color out my images. Even when I do focus on color, I prefer monochromatic palates. When I look at the color wheel, I don't really like the combination of complimentary colors with two exceptions: pink+green and blue+yellow like this intensely blue sky against the building's golden bricks.

Birthday Girl

January 9, 2018 (009/365)  "A house becomes a home when you add one set of four legs, a happy tail, and that indescribable measure of love that we call a dog. " - Roger Caras

She's smart and funny, sweet and sassy, and she's three years old today! Happy Birthday, Piper Marie! XO 🖤

I learned to use Adobe Spark today. Here's my first project (inspired by today's occasion)

January Thaw

January 8, 2018 (008/365)

"There are two seasonal diversions that can ease the bite of any winter.  One is the January thaw. The other is the seed catalogues." - Hal Borland

Final Rendez-vous

January 7, 2018 (007/365)

"Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name, and they're always glad you came. " - Cheers

It's adieu to our favorite watering hole, but à bientôt to our Okauchee friends.

Glorious Mess

January 6, 2018 (006/365)

"One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas. Don't clean it up too quickly." - Andy Rooney ... and yet, there comes a time and today's the day.

French Friday: La Neige au Grand Palais

le 5 janvier 2018 (005/365) « La neige ne dissout pas les souvenirs. » - Chantal Dupuy-Dunier

[Pour moi, elle les améliore! Paris sous la neige - janvier 2013]