Nr 31 - Happiness

Congratulation again to all who made it!

In addition to being an homage to essjaynz, LetItBeFun and Regoch who made the whole moth following the word list in their own individual and o so wonderful ways, this shot is an acclaim to kimbomac who shot such lovely texture images every day. It's also a salute to sectretatlantis, and her marvelous search for the light, and I do believe she got it right! The shallow focus is a tribute to purplefrog, who delighted us with her use of DOF. This is also on the theme of abstract patterns and shapes, which is what sfalice dazzled us with this month. And finally, the picture is monotone therefore a bow to JustLou, who managed to get her beautiful rainbow in the end.

And now to why this shot is "happiness" to me... Fist off, it's yellow which has always been the number one happy color to me, and that's the reason why we painted our bedroom mango yellow. It's a shot of a piece that is very dear to me. It symbolizes our current home in many ways and it evokes many fond memories of past times. Also it's made of things you can bring home with you from trips to sunny warm places, which is very much happiness to me.

Can you guess what it is?

/MrsHjort

Day 11 - Color

This most be the most elaborate setup I've ever done! And the strangest one too, but hey, whatever works!

This is a bundle of straws. I put them on a mortar, that stood on a chair, that stood on our kitchen table (this is not usually the case though haha, if you're wondering :P). The kitchen lamp behind my setup caused lens flare, so I used a tripod and remote. I also held up a kitchen towel behind the straws, and let the light shine through it instead of directly at the straws. Though that turned out too dark, so, I decided to put an empty jar behind the straws, a jar to support my phone. The phone was set to use its own little flashlight (you know, that itty bitty one that it uses as a flash) to shine through the straws.

So there you have it, this is how I spent my afternoon haha!

/MrsHjort

Day 15 - "Confessions of a Tomboy"

I wonder how many of you will recognize this, maybe not those of you who live outside of Scandinavia, but most Swedes will know this trademark. This is a huge sign outside a well known clothes chain. I have to admit, I wouldn't know it from this shot - I'm just not that interested in shopping. "Hate it" would be more accurate. I prefer to do my shopping online if I can; it's fast, there are no lines and, best of all, it's not crowded!

In fact, I've never been a girly girl. I don't have that many women friends and those that I hang with are not that girly either. I love math and science, or even better, science fiction! I play a lot of computer games (currently I play Dragon Age 2) and I am quite crafty with a hammer and nail (when we redid our kitchen I assembled all of the cabinets myself). I never paint my nails, I don't have a million shoes (or bags) and I couldn't care less about the latest celebrity gossip. Oh, and I like whisky too! Cheers my friends! Now it's your turn to confess ;)

/MrsHjort

Day 4 - "Candy"

This piece of art always makes me think of M&M's haha. It's not a type of candy I'm particularly fond of though. Not that I eat candy very often - I try to eat healthily most of the time, but dark chocolate is something I have a hard time saying "no" to, especially if it's filled with something, like raspberry mousse, mint or liquor! Plus, it goes so well with a cup of coffee.

What's your favorite candy? :)

/MrsHjort