I have been thinking about new blogging ideas for the following year…
How would you feel, if you could contribute to Thursday’s Special or Black & White Sunday in a more controlling way?
I invite you to submit your ideas/possible themes, and also would like to know if you would be interested to have a guest blogger post on my blog (one member per month) where you would showcase your photo (or several of them) on a theme of your choice?
A blogger friend asked me to show the photo of the Statue of Liberty I had manipulated last week; just saying if you want to check it out – I have amended my triumph post (It was annoying that many ladies thought that all I had done was applying a lipstick- as if beauty comes that cheap :D)
I would not mind Paula – especially if you listed the themes in advance. Those guest posts sound intriguing too – it would be a great way to get to know more bloggers.
In any case I decided to give themes a week in advance for each event in 2015, so that people can actually plan something, I would very much like collaboration and suggestions 🙂
🙂 Thank you, Colline. This gives me something to look forward to. I would like to create a place where we could network and create a space with more meaningful and enjoyable interaction – less competitiveness and more sharing and learning from one another. I know you and I share these same views and I would like to have bloggers like you around.
That would be great Colline, to my gmail address if you don’t mind. You can always find it on my side bar on the right, under copyright notice. Thank you 🙂 🙂
Oops. Now you’re putting me on the spot, Paula, but what a very kind invitation. I’ll have a ponder about ideas. But for starters I’m just thinking of the way Cee has certain themes and categories on her blog; it’s always a question of coming up with something that’s enticing and fresh.
I hope I am not putting you on the spot, Tish. There is no pressure and certainly not deadlines. I really want people to fee more like at home here. People can/could do a guest post on TS or B&W Sunday, or simply Guest Blogger Challenge- Once a month I want somebody else to take charge of this space 😀 and I would be a common visitor 😛 The post would be published on both blogs – on his/hers and here. You have seen so much, your photos are always inspiring – I for one would be honoured to have you host it 🙂
Hello dear Julie, actually I am planning on working less by subletting my space to others ;). I thought it would be cool to have a guest blogger assign challenges and take the floor. In October I started language teaching blog (the idea was to post daily, but it’s too much work); I have to organise myself without putting too much strain on my hand. Jul’s if you have ideas or would like to challenge bloggers on my page, let me know. In any case I will be a more generous hostess in 2015 as I will.disclose themes a week in advance (my pre New Year resolution ;))
posting daily is a hard thing to do and can become gruesome to the point where you don’t want to post anymore. So, in order to keep us happy about blogging, we shouldn’t put ourselves to so much, specially when we also have that other job outside.
I’ll be thinking about themes for you, maybe after I’ve seen one or 2 go by for inspiration. You know already how much I greatly enjoy your posts, your inspired music and pictures. I’d love to try and be up to it.
thanks Paula! you don’t have to stop by tomorrow, the next post will be on friday for the weekly photo challenge and then on sunday for something new. I’m still well behind in telling you all about our latest travels (to Czech Republic mid-October!!!) and that’s what I’ll be talking about soon.
Holiday season will bring new pictures and new stories as I’ll be taking Raul up to the mountains for his first ski trip ever! that’ll be fun to show… next year! 😉
Work things through, I know you’ll plan something beautiful for us all!
Hugs
😀 Where are you taking him? To French Alps? I was in Slovakia in July, and in Tuscany in October – us people from the East prefer to travel west, in other words hubby did not like Slovakia and made me promise I will never take him east again 😀
as we are in Aix-en-Provence right now, I’ll take him to the French Alps, yes, near Chamonix. He likes the discovery, west or east, but he’s not so much inclined in sports that might hurt his “lame” leg… So, he’ll try skiing, for the sake of it, for me, I guess. and otherwise, we’ll go sledging and/or make snow angels and snowmen! 😉
Oh sorry, with all the hiking you guys do, I never realised Raul has a lame leg :S. I was on Chamonix in 1987 😀 not skiing. I had a friend in Geneve and spent a few nights there. I remember they took me to a cinema and I watched Crocodile Dundee dubbed in French – for a French student that I was then it was a blast :D. They even took me to Annecy. All those years I lived without a camera – what a shame. I told you once I was in Aix when I was 17 years old – my first encounter with France – I spent three months living with nuns 😆
I remember you telling me about living in Aix for a while but I didn’t know you lived with nuns! That must have been quite an experience too! 😉
We’ll only be staying up in the mountains for 1 week this time, I hope to take Raul back there during summer for a few short hikes in spite of the lame leg. He still likes the outdoors, we just have to choose well where we go.
you must have seen a lot of beautiful places while you were up there.. no camera then?!, oh well, it’s just another good reason to come back some day soon with hubby! 😉 he might like it better in this direction, right?
Great idea Paula but it must be hard to think up themes that aren’t being done over and over again by others. Abstract photography might be fun . Can’t think of anything else right now. 🙂
Fantastic! I was thinking abstract too, but it can be done once or twice (not easy to.photograph). I expect themes to repeat, but not within the same challenge.
My first thoughts on this are abstractions that can occur photographing reflections, plastic bags, old painted walls – that kind of thing. Then there are abstractions created by manipulating photos or zooming in on a flower etc. and creating an abstract image.
Suzanne, I am thinking of putting on “abstract” for Thursday 15th January. I want to present you and link to you as it is your idea, but it would be even better if you would host that Thursday’s Special. What do you say?
I would be very honoured to present the topic. Could you please email me closer to the time and let me know just what you content you would like me to present? suzanne-593@hotmail.com
Hi Paula, both ideas – us contributing to the themes and your featuring guest bloggers – are intriguing! It’s just such a coincidence that I am devising a photo challenge, but I am not sure about it all panning out yet (I am thinking of projects us photography bloggers might want to do together).
But to cut a long story short, here is an idea from “The Photographer’s Playbook”:
1. Photograph something beuatiful.
2. Make a beautiful photo.
And as we are an international community, here’s another one:
1. Show something that you think is typical of your town/city/country.
2. Show something that you think others think of as typical of your town/city/country.
I’ll be back if more come comes to mind.
And one more thing: I love the soundtrack idea but am wary of copyrights – in my country at least, you got to pay to play…
Best, Tobias
Yes, I know about copyrights. If you choose to be a guest blogger here (which would be my honour) I will not make you play music :D. My only condition is to tell bloggers about a theme at least a week in advance so that they can be ready. You could take over one Thursday’s Special or one Black and White Sunday event (for me) or if you prefer do an independent post here? Let me know what you think …
Tobias, don’t worry. There is a list of scheduled posts – you can see it on the menu above under Scheduled Challenges – we have themes and we have guest bloggers until March :). I need a volunteer to do a guest post on Black and White Sunday some week in March. Would you be interested?
Just had a read of your today’s post, Paula, and the comments on this one, and I will try to let you have a theme for mine in the next couple of weeks. 🙂
Hi Paula
I would be honoured to be a guest blogger – B&W Sunday by preference but happy to do Thursday too some time. Just let me know when and i’ll come up with a topic. Debbie
Perfect Debbie. Would you let me know which of the following dates best suits you: 1st, 8th, or 15th of February for B&W Sunday? When you pick the date and theme, I will enter it into the schedule for people to see and start planning. When you decide we will have both January and February ready. January opens with Cardinal’s Architecture (B&W) and on 22nd January Tish will guest post on the subject “knowing your place” in colour for TS 🙂
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I’ll think about this and come up with a better reply than the one I’m writing just now. 🙂
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I’ll be waiting and interested to hear….
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A blogger friend asked me to show the photo of the Statue of Liberty I had manipulated last week; just saying if you want to check it out – I have amended my triumph post (It was annoying that many ladies thought that all I had done was applying a lipstick- as if beauty comes that cheap :D)
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Haha, I guess they don’t have eyes for details. It was obvious that it was manipulated photo, more than just lipstick manipulated.
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Oh, this is a good idea!
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Do you want to host?
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Sure!
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Vache 😀
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I would not mind Paula – especially if you listed the themes in advance. Those guest posts sound intriguing too – it would be a great way to get to know more bloggers.
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In any case I decided to give themes a week in advance for each event in 2015, so that people can actually plan something, I would very much like collaboration and suggestions 🙂
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I will start thinking 🙂
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🙂 Thank you, Colline. This gives me something to look forward to. I would like to create a place where we could network and create a space with more meaningful and enjoyable interaction – less competitiveness and more sharing and learning from one another. I know you and I share these same views and I would like to have bloggers like you around.
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When I come up with an idea should I just email you Paula?
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That would be great Colline, to my gmail address if you don’t mind. You can always find it on my side bar on the right, under copyright notice. Thank you 🙂 🙂
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Excellent!
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I like the idea of themes in advance, Paula, and also of your having guest posts. Tx
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Thank you very much Tish 🙂 I would love to hear your ideas, and have you here as a guest 🙂
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Oops. Now you’re putting me on the spot, Paula, but what a very kind invitation. I’ll have a ponder about ideas. But for starters I’m just thinking of the way Cee has certain themes and categories on her blog; it’s always a question of coming up with something that’s enticing and fresh.
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I hope I am not putting you on the spot, Tish. There is no pressure and certainly not deadlines. I really want people to fee more like at home here. People can/could do a guest post on TS or B&W Sunday, or simply Guest Blogger Challenge- Once a month I want somebody else to take charge of this space 😀 and I would be a common visitor 😛 The post would be published on both blogs – on his/hers and here. You have seen so much, your photos are always inspiring – I for one would be honoured to have you host it 🙂
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No ideas yet. But many best wishes… 🙂
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Are you closing the shop already, Alessandro? Where are you going over Christmas and New Year?
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good idea, Paula! more challenges for 2015, I guess! sounds fun from here… can’t wait to see what you have in store for us 😉
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Hello dear Julie, actually I am planning on working less by subletting my space to others ;). I thought it would be cool to have a guest blogger assign challenges and take the floor. In October I started language teaching blog (the idea was to post daily, but it’s too much work); I have to organise myself without putting too much strain on my hand. Jul’s if you have ideas or would like to challenge bloggers on my page, let me know. In any case I will be a more generous hostess in 2015 as I will.disclose themes a week in advance (my pre New Year resolution ;))
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posting daily is a hard thing to do and can become gruesome to the point where you don’t want to post anymore. So, in order to keep us happy about blogging, we shouldn’t put ourselves to so much, specially when we also have that other job outside.
I’ll be thinking about themes for you, maybe after I’ve seen one or 2 go by for inspiration. You know already how much I greatly enjoy your posts, your inspired music and pictures. I’d love to try and be up to it.
Cheers to the upcoming New Year’s resolutions!
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Thank you Julie. I’ll stop by tomorrow to see what you have planned for holidays. I’m staying home, as I will work through it.
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thanks Paula! you don’t have to stop by tomorrow, the next post will be on friday for the weekly photo challenge and then on sunday for something new. I’m still well behind in telling you all about our latest travels (to Czech Republic mid-October!!!) and that’s what I’ll be talking about soon.
Holiday season will bring new pictures and new stories as I’ll be taking Raul up to the mountains for his first ski trip ever! that’ll be fun to show… next year! 😉
Work things through, I know you’ll plan something beautiful for us all!
Hugs
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😀 Where are you taking him? To French Alps? I was in Slovakia in July, and in Tuscany in October – us people from the East prefer to travel west, in other words hubby did not like Slovakia and made me promise I will never take him east again 😀
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as we are in Aix-en-Provence right now, I’ll take him to the French Alps, yes, near Chamonix. He likes the discovery, west or east, but he’s not so much inclined in sports that might hurt his “lame” leg… So, he’ll try skiing, for the sake of it, for me, I guess. and otherwise, we’ll go sledging and/or make snow angels and snowmen! 😉
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Oh sorry, with all the hiking you guys do, I never realised Raul has a lame leg :S. I was on Chamonix in 1987 😀 not skiing. I had a friend in Geneve and spent a few nights there. I remember they took me to a cinema and I watched Crocodile Dundee dubbed in French – for a French student that I was then it was a blast :D. They even took me to Annecy. All those years I lived without a camera – what a shame. I told you once I was in Aix when I was 17 years old – my first encounter with France – I spent three months living with nuns 😆
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I remember you telling me about living in Aix for a while but I didn’t know you lived with nuns! That must have been quite an experience too! 😉
We’ll only be staying up in the mountains for 1 week this time, I hope to take Raul back there during summer for a few short hikes in spite of the lame leg. He still likes the outdoors, we just have to choose well where we go.
you must have seen a lot of beautiful places while you were up there.. no camera then?!, oh well, it’s just another good reason to come back some day soon with hubby! 😉 he might like it better in this direction, right?
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Oh yes, we have France planned for the future. Bonne nuit Julie 🙂
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I always enjoy your black and white Sunday posts, Paula and would love to join in when ever I have a photo that works with your theme.
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Great idea Paula but it must be hard to think up themes that aren’t being done over and over again by others. Abstract photography might be fun . Can’t think of anything else right now. 🙂
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Fantastic! I was thinking abstract too, but it can be done once or twice (not easy to.photograph). I expect themes to repeat, but not within the same challenge.
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My first thoughts on this are abstractions that can occur photographing reflections, plastic bags, old painted walls – that kind of thing. Then there are abstractions created by manipulating photos or zooming in on a flower etc. and creating an abstract image.
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Suzanne, I am thinking of putting on “abstract” for Thursday 15th January. I want to present you and link to you as it is your idea, but it would be even better if you would host that Thursday’s Special. What do you say?
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I would be very honoured to present the topic. Could you please email me closer to the time and let me know just what you content you would like me to present?
suzanne-593@hotmail.com
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Thank you. I will email you in 12 hours more or less ;). Really appreciate it, Suzanne.
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Hi Paula, both ideas – us contributing to the themes and your featuring guest bloggers – are intriguing! It’s just such a coincidence that I am devising a photo challenge, but I am not sure about it all panning out yet (I am thinking of projects us photography bloggers might want to do together).
But to cut a long story short, here is an idea from “The Photographer’s Playbook”:
1. Photograph something beuatiful.
2. Make a beautiful photo.
And as we are an international community, here’s another one:
1. Show something that you think is typical of your town/city/country.
2. Show something that you think others think of as typical of your town/city/country.
I’ll be back if more come comes to mind.
And one more thing: I love the soundtrack idea but am wary of copyrights – in my country at least, you got to pay to play…
Best, Tobias
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Yes, I know about copyrights. If you choose to be a guest blogger here (which would be my honour) I will not make you play music :D. My only condition is to tell bloggers about a theme at least a week in advance so that they can be ready. You could take over one Thursday’s Special or one Black and White Sunday event (for me) or if you prefer do an independent post here? Let me know what you think …
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Hi Paula, sorry I did not have the time to come up with a good idea yet – but I won’t forget you!
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Tobias, don’t worry. There is a list of scheduled posts – you can see it on the menu above under Scheduled Challenges – we have themes and we have guest bloggers until March :). I need a volunteer to do a guest post on Black and White Sunday some week in March. Would you be interested?
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I’m not very good with new ideas… I’m still trying to figure out my next step… Hope you come out with something spectacular…
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Thank you, Lumar for telling me. I can only hope you’ll stop by sometimes to play with us 🙂
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Just had a read of your today’s post, Paula, and the comments on this one, and I will try to let you have a theme for mine in the next couple of weeks. 🙂
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Hi Paula
I would be honoured to be a guest blogger – B&W Sunday by preference but happy to do Thursday too some time. Just let me know when and i’ll come up with a topic. Debbie
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Perfect Debbie. Would you let me know which of the following dates best suits you: 1st, 8th, or 15th of February for B&W Sunday? When you pick the date and theme, I will enter it into the schedule for people to see and start planning. When you decide we will have both January and February ready. January opens with Cardinal’s Architecture (B&W) and on 22nd January Tish will guest post on the subject “knowing your place” in colour for TS 🙂
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Sounds an exciting start to the year. I’ll go for 8th and my theme will be “Shape” 🙂
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8th February – SHAPE – by Debbie!!! – MARVELOUS 🙂 You can find my gmail on the right under copyright notice for further details 🙂 – (so loving this)
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