August has always been a pivotal month in my life. One, because I always dreaded school and two, because the weather would change from warm to cold and I was never able to handle the dreary dark, windy, cold days with great discomfort, both physically and emotionally.
Now, living in Florida is no picnic for me 6 months out of the year. I especially can't deal with weather like it has been for weeks. Over 90° F and 90% humidity. I am like a flower that wilts and shrivels in that heat/humidity combo, I assume it is because I have an auto immune disease and the heavy heat steals a bit of thunder.
I digress.
To the ORIGINS challenge! It was a basic, back to its roots challenge and I am eager to see the results. The challenge was to "...use a food in your soap and .....then photograph the soap at the place of the food ingredient's origin."
Hence the name: Origins. So I will pick the winner and 2 additional entries that I think deserve space here.... As mentioned in the challenge, the winner will receive a small, personal gift from me.
The winner for this challenge is Helka Finn! She posted many different ORIGINS photos and they were all excellent! Here are three of my favorites of hers:
Helka, please send me an email with your address so I can send you the "Origins" challenge giftie! :)
Now, living in Florida is no picnic for me 6 months out of the year. I especially can't deal with weather like it has been for weeks. Over 90° F and 90% humidity. I am like a flower that wilts and shrivels in that heat/humidity combo, I assume it is because I have an auto immune disease and the heavy heat steals a bit of thunder.
I digress.
To the ORIGINS challenge! It was a basic, back to its roots challenge and I am eager to see the results. The challenge was to "...use a food in your soap and .....then photograph the soap at the place of the food ingredient's origin."
Hence the name: Origins. So I will pick the winner and 2 additional entries that I think deserve space here.... As mentioned in the challenge, the winner will receive a small, personal gift from me.
The winner for this challenge is Helka Finn! She posted many different ORIGINS photos and they were all excellent! Here are three of my favorites of hers:
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| honey is the ingredient in this soap |
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| water is the ingredient used in making this soap :0) |
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| Lye originally came from ashes... a required ingredient to make soap |
Helka attempted ingredients in two of these that aren't "additional" elements but elements nonetheless. Not only were they brilliant concepts, but very well executed. All three photographs were very beautiful, original and unique. Thanks, Helka, for digging deep and taking on this challenge with great thought. This is what I talk about when I say "dig deep".
Phuong Ly made beautiful soap with avocado and this picture was well lit, lit naturally and the colors are to die for!
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| ingredient: avocado |
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| Huy Nguyen used tomato as the ingredient |
Beautiful camera work, Huy Nguyen! I know it was very hard to choose a photo from all the pictures you took, but it gets easier to do once you get into doing it often, to not choose your favorites, but rather eliminate ones you don't like until you get to a number that feels reasonable. Then you can more easily choose your favorite... or just eliminate all the way through.
Doing this is counter intuitive (especially with the "glass is half full not half empty" attitude and approach, but it tends to work for me. Try it and feel the difference.
You all did a wonderful job and in the future, I hope more of you take the challenge. Love from here to there. Peace! xoJo
Helka, please send me an email with your address so I can send you the "Origins" challenge giftie! :)
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