Large Economy Size

Large Economy Size
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

One of the welders we use on the farm.

Power plugs are ubiquitous. Can you make a creative photo of such a common thing? Try it today!

Divider Fence

Divider Fence
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

This divider fence separates the orchard into the east and west halves. We use it to limit how much grazing the sheep have more easily.

Fences and walls can divide or demarcate. Make a creative photo of a fence or wall today (@muffett68)

Guilty Pleasure

Guilty Pleasure
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Bejeweled is my guilty pleasure. Mindless but fun!

Make a photograph that shows an interpretation of your favorite indulgence or guilty pleasure. (@PrimalPhil)

Banned Books

Banned Books
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

The American Library Association's Banned Books Week is from 25 Sept to 2 October. Here are just some of the books in my shelves that have been banned at one time or another. How many times must we repeat this before we learn that banning ideas does not make them go away and freedom demands the right to read anything you want!

Make a photo of an interesting stack of books or magazines. Consider how you handle repeating lines in your composition.

Symmetry

Symmetry
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Kona has nearly perfectly matching horns. Too bad he doesn't like to pose very well.

Symmetry can be calm and soothing. Make a photo today featuring symmetry, either in subject or composition. (@logista)

Chaotic Storage

Chaotic Storage
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Fleeces, sorted by sheep name ready to go to the wool mill. Chaotic but soon to be beautiful yarn.

Communicate chaos, disorganization or messiness in a photograph. Find some beauty in it. (@divadeb88)

Truck Mirror

Truck Mirror
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

I wanted to do something completely different so I kept looking for a mirror in an odd place. The bright sun off the truck hood seemed the right picture to me.

Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like!

Chicken Feather

Chicken Feather
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Our hens are molting right now. This means among other things, that we are getting very few eggs and there are feathers everywhere.

Make a photograph of something that is soft, or at least looks that way. Convince the viewer of the softness.

Pocket Knife

Pocket Knife
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

This one lives in my coat pocket. Every farmer always carries a knife, I usually have at least 2 on my person at all times.

Some carry a talisman, amulet, "lucky charm", or just a comforting thing in our pocket. What do you carry? (@btusdin)

Big & Little

Big & Little
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

My 2 floor looms. The smaller 4 harness and the huge soon to be 8 harness one. Empty and forlorn but soon to be working again.

Make a photo of two complementary objects arranged in a pleasing composition, one large and one small.

Foliage

Foliage
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

It's fall. This is the Honey Locust tree by the house and it has just turned color almost overnight.

Showcase the beauty of living foliage! Make a photo of a single leaf or an entire "greenscape" today. (@DeForestRanger)

Sheep Food

Sheep Food
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

I'm tired of food assignments! This is hay for the sheep. I've got a bunch sold that are going to be in the corral until the transporter arrives. This was the only different meal I prepared today.

Preparing or eating food is a rhythmic part of life. Make a photo of a meal you prepared or ate today.

Hard Shadows

Hard Shadows
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Ram feeders all set up for when we run out of grass.

Hard shadows can emphasize texture and edges. Find a scene with lit with hard shadows today and make a photo.

Window Shot

Window Shot
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Upstairs out the shop window.

Use a door or window as a framing device to contain a smaller scene today.

On the Trail Again

On the Trail Again
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Two of our horses on one of the back cedars pasture trails.

Make a photograph of a path, sidewalk, trail, or road today and post it. Lead our eye through the scene.

First Five

First Five
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

When we restored our 1927 kit house on the farm we found these bottles of wine in the basement. They were some of the very first commercial wines made in Colorado. We had a wine party with our winery neighbors and opened them. Surprisingly the red wines were not very good but the whites had aged remarkably well and were better than some of the wines currently being made here! We still have one unopened bottle. Maybe this year we'll try it.

Plastic or glass, make a photo of a bottle or grouping of bottles today and post it.

Horizontal Lines

Horizontal Lines
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Not my garden but nice lines of winter crops.

Find a strong series of horizontal lines or elements and make a photograph of it today.

Typical Barn

Typical Barn
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

This is the front of the Red Barn. It was built sometime after October 9, 1908 and before 1927 we restored it in 2004 and 2005. We keep the chickens here. Laying hens on the left. Broilers on the right. The broilers are now in the freezer.

Make a photograph of the front of a building today. Could be your house, the bank, or city hall.

Shanks Mare

Shanks Mare
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

I mostly walked around today.

How did you get around today? Make a photograph of your transportation and post it.

Nine

Nine
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Lovely lettuces in a friend's garden. I have a black thumb, but we trade sheep manure for veges.

Make a photograph with either a 9 or 6 (components of today's date) in it represented in some way and post it today.

Cheery Day

Cheery Day
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

We had help to vaccinate and evaluate the ram lambs. Culinary students on their Farm to table externship learning where the food really comes from.

Welcome the new week (and holiday in the US) by making a bright cheery photo outdoors and posting it today.

Garlic Hands

Garlic Hands
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

"Garlic is as good as 10 mothers." Les Blank

A person's hands can tell a story. Take a picture of someone's hands today.

Water & Color

Water & Color
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Water is Green.

Water sustains life. Color enhances life. Make a photo today combining color and water.

Ugly or Beautiful?

Ugly or Beautiful?
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

I know this is out of focus but the katydid kept moving and this was the only shot with it backlit and really looking luminescent.

Make a beautiful photograph of something commonly thought of as ugly. (@divadeb88)

Monochrome

Monochrome
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Found this dragonfly on the side of the house in the morning. It was very cold so it wasn't moving at all.

Make a monochromoe photograph today. Either use a single color subject/background or make it monochrome in post.