Image Collection of Teri H Hoover

Showing posts with label black and white photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label black and white photography. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Photo Fun Wednesday-unpaused

Please scroll down for this weeks challenge entries.
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It is when time moves without my added effort. Days pass through the haze of sleep deprivation or pain meds. Last week slipped by due to a visit from my two sisters and a niece and nephew. My nephew needed to come down for his college orientation, he will attend Virginia Tech at the end of August. (so exited!)

Anyway here we are in week 5 after surgery for a torn rotator cuff.  I find myself here at 3 AM due to my shoulder screaming to change positions despite prescription sleep aids and pain meds- so I apologize if anything is amiss in this post----one handed typing is still quiet challenging. I am progressing steadily and even did a photo shoot with mt niece last week. It felt great to shoot a little bit again. I hope each of you are well.


Backyard Garden, Blacksburg, VA-July 24,2012


I took this macro while waiting for my niece to change outfits- I love the bit of the sundial on the right. The red flower is called a cardinal flower-and my humming birds love them. It hides a little up-side-down-heart, to the very left.



This photo contributed to:
I heart macro Sunday-Studio Waterstone
The sky above the Blacksburg Library 


This photo contributed to:
 Tina's Pic Story~A Piece of Heaven
Here are a few photos of my photogenic niece -









I cannot wait until I can shoot all the time again.

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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Photo Fun ...Thursday?

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Surely I can post my Wednesday Photo Fun on Wednesday...next week. Sleep has been an illusive thing. So I will leave you with just images this week.





 Backyard garden in the rain, Blacksburg, VA-July 10, 2012
 (first post-surgery images with my Canon 5D...shhh don't tell. My cell phone was just not enough)



 Same image-super zoomed in and filtered in photoshop.
Can you find the heart shape?


This photo contributed to:
weekend flowers # 55




The black and white ultra close-up  version 




This photo is contributed to: 
~Black and White Wednesday~on Like Christmas Everyday
and
Black and White Wednesday




my list of challenges- I do not get to all of them every week...







Added belatedly for   Photo Art Friday- Pixel Dust blog

Fenced in...

 Lane Stadium,Blacksburg, VA- July 15, 2012







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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Photo Fun Wednesday

Happy Wednesday.... sliding into Thursday ....Everyone-
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Do you ever have times in your life when things seem to be sliding out of control... but nothing is really happening? Maybe it is just me then.  I can say with my husband away for 18 days I am a bit crazy. Crazier.
  
I think my impending shoulder surgery, on June 26th, has me in a bit of a tizzy. Yes, surgery. Rotator cuff. On my right shoulder. I am right handed.  I know, I know a long recovery time.  So taking my mind off that... here are my images and contributions for the following challenges.


Creativity is wonderful. But amidst the creativity we all need to take time to recharge. We need to pause. Many of you know my word for the 2012 has been pause.  The art of pausing is all around us. Birds pause to listen, the wind pauses to rest. Some times I pause intentionally, sometimes I pause in sheer exhaustion.  My sweet daughter-in-law takes a pause from preparations to go on the road. In this next year, she and my son will be taking their second CD on the road. It is a lot of fun- but a lot of work



East Nashville, TN- May 30, 2012

This photo is contributed to: Magical Monday~ at Creative Harbor 
and
Finagle a Foto Challenge #16;Theme: {Best of week}




East Nashville, TN- May 30, 2012

This photo is contributed to: 
~Black and White Wednesday~on Like Christmas Everyday
and
Black and White Wednesday


 And just for fun- Black and white photo with the "find edges" filter.






Backyard Garden, Blacksburg, VA- May 2012

This photo contributed to:



Huckleberry Trail, Blacksburg, VA- May 30, 2012

This photo is contributed to:
Random Hearts~Guest Heart Thursday 

















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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Photo Fun Wednesday

Happy Wednesday Everyone-
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What a difference a week makes. The Nashville visit seems like months ago. I just returned from dropping my husband off at the airport - 45 minutes away.  His leaving for extended periods of time leaves me feeling a bit empty-for that first day. SO today I am going to put up some photos and get back to editing client work. Here are my contributions to the following challenges.

Magical Monday~ at Creative Harbor~I heart macro Sunday ~ Macro Monday, Lisa's Chaos ~Black and White Wednesday~ Black and White Wednesday (MAM)~Random Hearts Guest Heart Thursday ~ Photo Art Friday~ at Pixesl Dust Photo~  ,Happy Jax - Finagle Foto -Best of the Week 
Flower Art Friday on Photos by LeAnne






 I posted this photo on Saturday - so it could be included in 
Macro Monday, Lisa's Chaos~and  Magical Monday at Creative Harbor
And a bit belatedly I post it for  I heart macro ~Studio Waterstone.



Here are some other images  in that series. I took these in April 2010 
I believe the  name of the plant is Royal Star Magnolia

This image is added for
Flowers for Leontien
 



Posted for   Black and White Wednesday~ Black and White Wednesday (MAM)
and Photo Art Friday~ at Pixel Dust Photo  

I love my clients... 

01-2011






And another bit of black and white fun- because I just could not stop!
 Photo Art Friday~ at Pixel Dust Photo  
a black and white image with a layer or two




the original...



Even though we are only weeks from summer, it has felt more like early spring the last few days. My four little blueberry bushes are promising a handful of berries. (I even covered two bushes with netting, so the birds don't get them all.)  This little photo is posted for ~Random Hearts Guest Heart Thursday ~ . I picked these at a nearby blueberry farm last year.





And a bit of my writing from my observations with words blog. Guess my husband leaving today has me a pondering separations.  

June 6, 2012  - a Small Stone
separations by Teri H Hoover 


Chirping, on either side of the double yellow line.
Unseen birds stay connected.


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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Photo Fun Wednesday

Happy Wednesday Everyone-

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We ran to Nashville to visit my son and his wife. Left Saturday at 6AM, arrived for lunch, returned home on Sunday after a late breakfast. It was worth it. Here are my contributions to the following challenges.
 Thanks for the  love!

I heart macro Sunday ~ Macro Monday ~Black and White Wednesday~ Black and White Wednesday (MAM)~Random Hearts Guest Heart Thursday ~ 
Photo Art Friday~ at Pixesl Dust Photo~Happy Jax - Finagle Foto -Best of the Week




The Compound, East Nashville, TN-  May 27, 2012
my son's guitar and painting 






The Copper Kettle, Nashville, TN- May 27, 2012
my son- cie hoover  
 Black and White Wednesday (MAM)~
Happy Jax - Finagle Foto -Best of the Week

And for all you Me as a Mother visitors - they do grow up fast- so please enjoy them!





And then I got carried away with this image taken last year ...
First I started out adding a layer for my first contribution to 

Photo Art Friday~ at Pixel Dust Photo~


For this weeks challenge Bonnie asked for images that showcased  "bokeh" 

*Photoble.com says:  "bokeh comes from the Japanese word ‘boke’, which means fuzzy. In photography, bokeh defines the quality of the blurred lights presented in a photo. We’re not referring to a badly taken photo that’s all out of focus, but rather the aesthetically pleasing background blur. Usually, this type of blur highlights the focused subject even more.  Producing nice bokeh involves creating a shallow depth of field."

In the image below I have used one her free layers that she offered on her page for the challenge.
Wow thank you! 




Musicians Corner -Centennial Park, Nashville TN- June 25, 2011



Here is the original image:



 And into black and white with a conte` crayon filter...



 



Here is just one more.  All I can remember doing is adding Bonnie's layer, the glowing border filter, and then a negative filter in curves. 
 


As you may have guessed my son plays music. He and his wife make up the husband and wife duo of the group called 

Click to take a listen and download their music. 

And you can find the on Facebook. You Knew Me When (facebook link)
They return to the studio on June 2, 2012  to record their second CD and head out on the road at the end of June


  
And last but not least my entry for Guest Heart Thursday...


Huckleberry Trail, Blacksburg, VA






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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Photo Fun Wednesday

Happy Wednesday Everyone-
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Buzzing my way through my week. I am ever so glad to pause and add some photos for the following challenges

I heart macro Sunday ~ Macro Monday ~Black and White Wednesday~ Black and White Wednesday (MAM)~Random Hearts Guest Heart Thursday ~Take a Word Challenge- Dream




Key West Botanical Garden, Key West FL- April 2012 
I heart macro Sunday - (But it is I Heart Macro Wednesday for me!)



 Backyard Garden, Blacksburg VA- April 2012


Backyard Garden, Blacksburg, VA- April 2012



 Huckleberry Trail Blacksburg, VA April 2011




Key West, Florida- April 2012 

Created with one standard image and 3 image layers from my collection. 



Every Tuesday Margo Roby brings the blogging world a new writing prompt. (I began my journey into writing two years ago on my sister blog a small stone Gathering) This week she asked us to look at the concept of self. This little poem is my beginning .
 
I am the dream 
I linger close
my body drifts away.









2012-My Creativity Challenge
The rest of the story-(click here)
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Friday, April 22, 2011

In Front of the Clouds

June 6,2010


Faithfully

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The cross stands rooted yet reaches out for all humanity.
Blessings 
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