L.E.N.S. Photo Challenge- words- WINNERS!!

Here are the winners of this week's The LEarning Never Stops photo challenge!

-I apologize for getting this up late, my life has been wonky in all areas since school started up!

1) Aimee's Land

I love the repeat of the words "Cotton Candy", several times here, and in red. It's a great shot.

2) The Homeschool Chick

Love the story with this photo, he is working on spelling words, mom captured his initiative in getting the dictionary out to look up a word. I also like the colors on this shot.

Thank you everyone for playing!
I hope you join up next week for the theme: Orange

WINNERS! -L.E.N.S. Photo Challenge, Love edition

Here are the winners for the LEarning Never Stops Photo Challenge- Love edition

(I have a hard time picking just two winners, but this week was the hardest yet, I loved looking through your entries!)

1) No Ordinary Piece of Clay

This photo in black & white is stunning. The subject, her daughter and 9 day old son are precious of course- and the play of light and shadows is wonderful.

2) Scripted Heart

I cannot get over how creative this is. This photo is of the photographer and her husband.
I really heart this. No pun intended, really!

Thank you everyone for linking up this week!

• Next week's theme is "Words"

• The week after will be "Orange"

L.E.N.S. Fall WINNERS!

Here are the two winners for The L.E.N.S. Photo Challenge

- Looks/feels/smells like Fall edition!

1) Sara at Skees Family Blog

Love the fall sunflowers and pumpkins! I also love how she put this into black and white, and then colorized parts of it- great effect!

2) Scripted Heart

Love the huge leaf, the muted purple and the bright colors of the leaf, and I love how close she cropped into the subject. Wonderful!

Thank you everyone for joining the challenge, I so enjoyed visiting around and seeing your photos & blogs :)

Next week's challenge is on the sidebar, I hope we see you here next week!

L.E.N.S -back to school WINNERS!!

Back to School is such an exciting and busy time! Thank you to all of you who shared your back to school memories with us.

Here are the winners for this week:

1) Amy at Child Central Station

Amy blogged about loving her husband's involvement with their learning. I love this shot, -the sun flare and Dad right there in the action.

2) Karen at Simply Living... For Him

Beside the inescapable cuteness of this face...isn't this photo a familiar sight in homeschool-mom-land?! Love it!

Thank you everyone for sharing and visiting! I hope you join us for next week's challenge:

• smells/feels/looks like fall!

L.E.N.S. -'begin the story' -WINNERS!

I say every week that it is difficult to choose only two winners, -this week was really, really difficult. I chuckled and smiled my way through your entries- I loved the creativity!

Here are the 2 picks for this week:

1) Live, Laugh, Love

wow, love this shot! I am waiting for the children to spring to life...or wondering what spell they were cast under...

2) Ten kids and a Dog

These photo begs the question, "what is going on here?" and makes you wonder what they are going to do next... love it!

Thank you everyone for playing! Your photos and story starters *continued- would make a great future post, please comment if you finish them, so we can visit. :)

join up next week, when the theme will be "Back to School"

future challenges are in the sidebar.....

9/11/10 -Back to School

9/18/10 - smells/looks/feels/sounds like fall (pick a sense or two)

L.E.N.S. Photo Challenge "Listen"-WINNERS!!

Drum-roll please!....

1)

Holly at Pix Plus: My Photographic Experiences. This is a beautiful photo.
You can see how hard her boys are listening.

2)

Rebecca at Schooling at Home...The Everitt Way I love how the baby is listening
to big sister read, so sweet!

Congratulations Winners!

Thank you everyone for linking up! I hope you join us next week for The LEarning Never Stops- 'begin the story' edition.

Upcoming challenges:

9/4 -begin the story
9/11 -back to school

L.E.N.S. Sunlight WINNERS!

Picking just two winners every week, is really a challenge. We had so many wonderful and different shots this week. Here are two that just jumped out and showcased "sunlight", I thought...

1) My Home in the Smokies

wow, love the pastel blues and the sun peaking out of the clouds. Wonderful!

2) Mom's Mustard Seeds

So many striking things about this photo. First, the range of colors- just wow! Then, I like the sunlight towards the horizon, and then the reflection of the sky in the water is awesome.

Thank you bloggers for sharing with us this week!

Next week's challenge is "Listen"...I'm going to leave that one wide open, find your own interpretation.

Saturday, Sept. 4th the challenge theme will be "begin the story" - for this one, find a shot that could launch a story.... or one that could be on the cover or front page of a storybook.

L.E.N.S. WINNERS! -Black & White Portrait

I loved seeing the portraits you entered for this challenge! I love changing a photo to black & white to see how the focus can change. I hope this challenge encouraged you to think more often about seeing how a photo might be enhanced by converting it to black & white!

Here are the 2 winners for this week:

1) Life with my Giggly Girls

I love how close she cropped this, really bringing the focus to her face. I also love her Mona Lisa smile!

2) Homeschool Success

I love the departure from the classic smile pose. I love the dramatic personalities-just in your face, what you see is what you get! I also loved that when I grabbed the photo, it was titled "this says it all" !

Exactly!
Congratulations winners!

Come by next week when the challenge is "Sunlight". Let's see what you come up with! :)