A Week of Photos

Summary

Dennett shares a personal and shared photography challenge, capturing daily life and nature through a week of photos, while encouraging others to join in the experience without the pressure of competition.

Abstract

In "A Week of Photos — Week 7," Dennett presents a series of photographs taken over the course of a week, reflecting on the joy of the ongoing photography challenge. Despite initial concerns about repetition and the changing seasons, Dennett finds new subjects and employs different photography techniques to keep the project engaging. The challenge, which includes contributions from other photographers, is not a competition but a means to connect with nature and share personal worlds through daily photos, accompanied by one-word descriptions. Dennett expresses gratitude to participating photographers and invites others to join, emphasizing that the goal is to capture everyday moments rather than award-winning shots.

Opinions

Dennett appreciates the photography challenge as a way to stay creative and avoid repetition in subjects and techniques.
There is a sense of excitement and discovery in finding new photo opportunities, especially with the changing seasons.
The project is valued for its ability to force closer attention to the environment and encourage sharing of personal perspectives.
Dennett acknowledges the challenge of capturing quality photos in low light and from a distance, as seen with the black-bellied whistling duck and her ducklings.
The author expresses a personal triumph in finally spotting the elusive baby whistlers after years of wondering about their absence.
Dennett emphasizes that the challenge is not about producing perfect photos but about the experience of noticing and sharing the world around us.
The use of a smartphone (Samsung Galaxy Note 10+) for photography suggests a preference for accessibility and convenience over professional equipment.

a personal and shared photography challenge

Here we go again! I am so enjoying this challenge. I thought I might run out of material — afraid that my photos would get repetitious — and, that would be a possibility if we weren’t easing into a change of seasons.

Also, I am being forced to pay even closer attention to find different photo subjects. And, there is the option of employing varying photo techniques to give a new spin to similar shots. Hopefully, I can keep this fun project going without you or I getting bored.

Again, I want to thank the photographers who have joined me in this challenge: Sasha Meyer, Anne Bonfert, June Nguyen, and Lisa Bolin — some once, some multiple times.

If anyone wants to join us, the challenge is to post one photo for each day of the week. I also limit myself to a one-word description of each photo (there’s an exception in this post), but that’s up to you. The idea is to get out in nature, pay attention to your surroundings, and share tidbits of your world.

This is not a photo contest. Don’t feel pressure to produce award-worthy pictures. Heaven knows, those I post are far from my best — they are everyday pictures of what I notice in my world.

The photo above requires some explanation. Sorry for the poor quality — I took this in very low morning light from a long distance. This is a black-bellied whistling duck and her 4 ducklings. Although we see whistlers every day and sometimes 30 or more at a time in the winter, I have never seen any babies.

How is it possible to see so many adult whistlers and never a duckling?

Obviously, they reproduce, right? We have Muscovy ducks, too, and see their young often. So, where are the baby whistlers? For more than three years, I was mystified.

So, spotting this mama duck and her babies was thrilling for me! They are swimming on a tiny drainage pond at the back of a small group of homes and across from a protected wetlands area. As soon as mama duck saw my dog and me, she gathered her young ones and scooted across the pond as fast as she could go, which made getting a decent shot all the more impossible. Still, it is my favorite picture of the week ♥

All photos taken with my Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ phone.