Cloudless sky

Siding on my house

Part of a flag flying on my porch

Coincidence because I was doing blue this week, or does all junk mail come in blue envelopes?

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Medicine bottle cap

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Knitted detail on a linen shirt

Denim jeans

Coach purse

Blue bowl

Last minute entry! A couple of the blue jays started fighting over the bird food this afternoon. I cheated and used the selective color function on my camera to isolate the blue ;-)

I sat around my living room last week, desperate for something new to take a picture of. Something other than cats or birds or flowers. Then it hit me that I should give myself an assignment. But I wanted it to be a challenge. Something that would require a bit of thought, imagination and creativity.

I don’t remember how I decided on “color” as the challenge, but well, that’s what I came up with. I would give myself a week to photograph anything and everything that was one particular color. The challenge would start Monday morning and the post would have to be up by Sunday evening. I would have to find the weekly color in ordinary things, surprising things, unusual things. The challenge is to ONLY photograph that color.

I figured I would do them in alphabetical order, starting with Black. I have to admit I cheated a tiny bit. ONLY the weekly color could be included, but the shadows produced from the sconces above my fireplace were just too cool not to include. I’ll allow myself one cheat a week ;-)

A lot of what I shot was extremely ordinary and found either at home or at work (because let’s face it, that’s where I spend most of my time). But I found that Black was actually a lot harder to find in everyday life than I thought it would be.

I didn’t intend for these to be so “macro,” but it’s pretty hard to get just the one color in the shot. I’ve labeled because some are pretty abstract.

Baseball cap

DVD remote

Sconce

Sconce shadow

Fireplace brush and pan

Ceiling above my desk at work

Driver’s seat in my car

Car door speaker

Glove box

And last but not least, the camera bag!

These admittedly were pretty boring, really hope I’ll find more inspiration next week.