Welcome to the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge!  The theme for this week’s Challenge is Fences.

“First I would like to thank the LAPC group for inviting me to host this week. I’ve been blogging for twelve years, so I have lots of images in my archives but I am going to try to keep it fresh today. So here goes…a post about fences. I think any person with a photographer’s eye is drawn to fences. Leading lines are a favorite composition technique that uses, in this case, a fence, to draw the eye to a focal point, usually the horizon, in the image.”

Shadow fences.

Welcome to the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge!  The theme for this week’s Challenge is Simplicity .

“I considered selecting simplicity since the modern world is so stressful and chaotic that we are losing the fundamental clarity and simplicity that allow us to concentrate on what is really important.”

Welcome to the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge!  The theme for this week’s Challenge is Found in the Kitchen.

“I am hosting this week’s Lens Artists Challenge with a theme of Inspiration found in the kitchen. That is often a place I find something to photograph in an hour of need. It can be a view from the kitchen window or an interior shot of the kitchen. As we know, kitchens may vary from an alley kitchen to an open plan or kitchen-diner. More importantly, the kitchen hides a huge number of small details. Here are some ideas: cultery, glasses, pots and pans. I have done my share of these shots. Food photography, recipe ingredients, as well as a cooked meal can also be found in your kitchen. The possibilities for all kinds of variations are an endless source of inspiration. Let your creativity flow. ”

A few things in the kitchen…

Welcome to the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge!  The theme for this week’s Challenge is Buildings and Other Structures.

“My challenge for you, this week, is to find your own fascinating structures that capture your attention, tell a story or are just beautiful. You can capture new scenes or take a trip down memory lane in your photo archives. Remember to link to this challenge when you post and use the Lens-Artists tag. I want to see all your artful structures.”

Welcome to the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge!  The theme for this week’s Challenge is Skyscapes or Cloudscapes.

“For this week’s theme, I’ve selected a few cloudscape photo from my archives.  To some of us, clouds represent a symbol of freedom, imagination, and the ever-changing nature of life. I love to look up at the sky and let my thoughts drift with clouds, especially when I travel. I’m always fascinated by the shape, form, colors of clouds, and let my imagination soar.”

Welcome to the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge!  The theme for this week’s Challenge is Mood.

“For this week, I challenge you and myself to think of mood, how to convey and create an emotional reaction to your shot. That can be accomplished by capturing situations or occasions, photography styles or people and their feelings. Never forgetting how moods can be perceived in different ways by different people, there is where I’ll start.”

Welcome to the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge!  The theme for this week’s Challenge is It’s Tricky.

“Enjoy the chance to think outside-the-box for this challenge. What tricks do you use to get the shot you want? Do you love reflections in raindrops? Is there something hidden in your photo, or the unsuspecting behind a wall. Have you ever found ice cream clouds, or illusions in a waterfall at sunset? A unicycle? That’s tricky and so are sand castles with the incoming tide. I hope you join us. Remember to link your post to mine, and use the Lens-Artists Tag so we can find you.”

This was a bit of a tricky one, but don’t ask me how I got it this way, because I don’t remember…

Welcome to the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge!  The theme for this week’s Challenge is Finding Peace.

“Last week Ann-Christine challenged us to address Alone Time. Many of our responses spoke to the contentment we find when we are alone – doing things like reading, gardening, walking, etc. So this week, let’s take Ann-Christine’s challenge one step further, and address the ways we’ve learned to Find Peace in today’s ever-more busy world. ”

These days, I find peace in blurry trees….

Welcome to the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge!  The theme for this week’s Challenge is Bringing softness..

“For this weeks’ challenge, show us how you soften your images. You don’t have to stick to flowers, landscapes and architecture are also ideal subjects. By lowering the clarity and creating softness in those areas frames the subject in an image, be it a tree, path, bridge, even a door or house or just a dreamy looking image. ”

Welcome to the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge!  The theme for this week’s Challenge is Shadows and Reflections in Monochrome.

“This week, we’re challenging you to show us photos with reflections and/or shadows captured or processed in monochrome. Use your favorite post-processing software like Photoshop or Lightroom. Feel free to process your image in different shades of blue, green, brown, or gray. You can also shoot your image in a setting that’s predominantly one color–like a blue sea and sky, for example. Be sure to include a link to this post and use the Lens-Artists tag. ”