Kitsap Frames

Are you going to be free on Thursday night and want to talk about photojournalism, maybe make some new photo friends and even heckle a Kitsap Sun Photographer from the back row for not choosing one of your Frames Challenge entries as a “stand-out”?

If you answered yes to any of those questions than you might consider coming out to the monthly meeting of the Kitsap Photography Guild where I have been tapped to give a presentation on Thursday at 7pm.

That’s right little old me will be there rambling and stammering and showing a whole bunch of photos because come on, no one wants to hear me talk they just want to look at photos.

“Photographers of all skill levels are invited to attend the guild meeting and presentation. April 26, 2012 at 7PM in the Cavalon Place Building, 2011 Myhre Road, Silverdale, WA (Elevator to the 3rd floor conference room)”

~Meegan

Since we don’t have a whole lot of entries for this challenge, I’m going to extend the deadline one more week just to see if we can get a few more, so the revised deadline will be May 1st. A recap of the challenge is posted HERE

I’m guessing that with the beautiful weather this past weekend that everyone was out clicking away and just haven’t gotten around to uploading their entries…

Also don’t forget names people…REAL NAMES ON ENTRIES!

Here are the entries thus far:

“Kayla and Dad” by Sharon O’Hara

“Duck” by theshroad

“Dock Mtns Gull” by Plumb78

“Vietnam 2002″ by Ed Palm

“Khe Sahn Kids” by Ed Palm

“Communing” by Ed Palm

“Cat On Quilt” by Marlene Rayl

“Bloop” by Faith Winters

“A Glimpse” by Faith Winters

“NAD PArk Playground” by Karen Ebersole

Pierceson Krieg, 9, from Brownsville Elementary School, plays like he is the bait in the mouth of a salmon at the Kitsap Water Festival on Tuesday at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds.

(LARRY STEAGALL / KITSAP SUN)

Headed up to Skagit Valley this past weekend to take a gander at their famous tulip fields.

I must say, if one has a passion for flowers and photography…or just likes to see some nifty scenery, I’d head on up there before the blooms are gone because it was quite a lovely sight.

Here are a few shots:

A youngster picks her way through the rows of tulips during the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival in Mount Vernon, Wash. on Sunday, April 15, 2012. (MEEGAN M. REID/KITSAP SUN)

I was able to cover the Kites Over Kingston event this past weekend and my goodness what a glorious sunny day it was to document those colorful kites being launched into the sky!

Here are a few from that shoot:

Jane Olmsted, helps launch a Navy Blue Angels kite flown by her son Skip Olmsted at the Kites Over Kingston event on Saturday, April 14, 2012. (MEEGAN M. REID/KITSAP SUN)

Kites of all shapes and sizes fill the air above Mike Wallace Park in Kingston for the Kites Over Kingston event on Saturday, April 14, 2012. (MEEGAN M. REID/KITSAP SUN)

Makai Torres, 8, runs across the park with his kite as he tries to get it in the air at the Kites Over Kingston event on Saturday, April 14, 2012. (MEEGAN M. REID/KITSAP SUN)

Carlie Svarthumle, 5, of Kingston, holds her fairy kite as her mother Aimee mans the string at the Kites Over Kingston event on Saturday, April 14, 2012. (MEEGAN M. REID/KITSAP SUN)

Brian David, of Poulsbo, launches a fish kite into the air for his grandson Rylan David, 3, at the Kites Over Kingston event on Saturday, April 14, 2012. (MEEGAN M. REID/KITSAP SUN)

A dog and cat kite get tangled in the sky at the Kites Over Kingston on Saturday, April 14, 2012. (MEEGAN M. REID/KITSAP SUN)

Keyport resident Steve Gardner’s sunglasses reflect his kite during the Kites Over Kingston event on Saturday, April 14, 2012. (MEEGAN M. REID/KITSAP SUN)

Larry Schroder, of Sedro-Woolley, flies a kite that he made, during the Kites Over Kingston event on Saturday, April 14, 2012. (MEEGAN M. REID/KITSAP SUN)

Professional photographers have a hard time taking real vacations and leaving their cameras at home.

Case in point, Larry Steagall went to Victoria with his family last week when he took the week off of work and came back wanting to do a slideshow of some of his shots to share with you all. So I give you a quick glimpse into his trip to the North.

Went to Seattle yesterday for an upcoming story on a pair of Kitsap climbers and snapped this quick Hipstamatic iPhone app shot:

“Off The Wall” by Meegan M. Reid

With the return of Larry from vacation (well at least I think he has returned from vacation, even though I have yet to cross paths with him in the office for the past few days) it’s time to return to the photo challenges! Whoo!

There is no denying that composition and subject matter are the most important things in photography. But composition can make even the most visually uninteresting things really jump out of the frame and make the viewer pause and scrutinize the image.

This week’s challenge if you choose to accept it is: Corner Composition.

Now I don’t think that “corner composition” is really a technical term but that’s what I call it so I want to see your best photo that depicts your subject or point of interest in the corner (or corners) of your frame. The subject matter is up to you. Your camera choice is up to you (iPhone vs DSLR etc).

DEADLINE for entries will be April 23rd. so that gives you plenty of time to get out there and shoot some fresh photos with this technique. Rules and regulations will be posted at the end of this entry and if you have any questions or problems uploading the photos just shoot me an email at mreid@kitsapsun.com

***Your name (real life not email handle) MUST MUST MUST MUST be located somewhere on your entry since stand-outs will be chosen and published in an upcoming edition of the Kitsap Sun.

Here are a few from my archives to get you thinking:

Halle Whorrall heads the ball into the net during Varsity Girls Soccer practice at Bremerton Memorial Stadium. (MEEGAN M. REID/KITSAP SUN)

Department of Fish and Wildlife Officer Dustin Prater carries a bear decoy and a frozen bear paw down the trail after a training exercise with his Karelian bear dog named Spencer at the Banner Forest in Port Orchard on Thursday, March 22, 2012. (MEEGAN M. REID/KITSAP SUN)

Fellow members laugh as Karl Grahn, 82, tells a humorous story about his time as a member of the Sons of Norway in Bremerton. (MEEGAN M. REID/KITSAP SUN)

Five-month-old Marina Hanna sits snuggled in her carries as she and her grandmother Vicki Hanna take a rainy walk along Winslow Way on Bainbridge Island on Wednesday, December 28, 2011. (MEEGAN M. REID / KITSAP SUN)

Skyler Tiefer, 10, was recognized by Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue on Monday for his quick thinking during a fire in late October that likely saved the structure and his wheelchair-bound grandmother. (MEEGAN M. REID/KITSAP SUN)

Kyle Erickson, 14, carries the cross during the 20th. annual Crosswalk in Port Orchard on Friday, April 6, 2012. (MEEGAN M. REID/KITSAP SUN)

Kassandra Parsons,12, tries to move through a maze of bungee cords that were supposed to depict laser beams without touching them during the Kid’s Camp Deployment on Thursday April 5,  2012 at Island Lake Camp. (MEEGAN M. REID/KITSAP SUN)

Patrick Neal, 6, and fellow scouts and troop leaders remove the money adorning the walls of Fat Smitty’s restaurant in Discovery Bay on Saturday, January 28, 2012. (MEEGAN M. REID / KITSAP SUN)

An emotional Pam McNeil, owner of Scandia Farm and Garden, wipes her eyes after taking a look inside of her new farm stand. (MEEGAN M. REID/KITSAP SUN)

Perched on top of a roof, Mark Neal trims the fronds of a palm tree at a friend’s home near Fifth Street and Chester in Bremerton. (MEEGAN M. REID/KITSAP SUN)

Friends (front to back)  Lamya Justice, 12, Aniya Hinnant, 12, Brittany Hattrich, 14, and Ajaden Webb, 9, roll down the sidewalk on skateboards near Renaissance Alternative High School in West Bremerton. (MEEGAN M. REID/KITSAP SUN)

A cowboys is silhouetted against the sunset during the first night of the Kitsap County Stampede. (MEEGAN M. REID/KITSAP SUN)

Gary Purcell, of Missoula Montana, feeds the seagulls a few loaves of bread from the boat launch dock in Port Orchard. (MEEGAN M. REID/KITSAP SUN)

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A few more random shots from my iPhone whilst working.

“Karelian Bear Dog Training: Not A Real Bear”

“Attorney Talks To TV Cameras”

“Long Jumper”

“Dock, Feet and Oyster Shells: as seen with the Dali Lens”

“Foot Ferry Waiting”

Nice job on the pet photos! Hmm would have thought there would have been more entries, since I see how many photos of pets are uploaded to our photo sharing site every day…but I digress onward we go!

Here are my favorite shots and a ramble about why I picked them. They will be published in an upcoming edition of the Kitsap Sun, most likely Monday, March 19th. but that could change, I’ll try to keep you posted

I also promise you all that I am not anti-cat…the dog photos just stood-out a little more to me. I hug cats just as much as I hug dogs I swear!

A new challenge will be posted next week!

“Untitled” by Kari Rolnick

I love the vibrant color in the background and how it brings out the color of the pooch’s eyes ever so slightly. This shot also has a nice classic dog pose with the sweet and innocent look up and away from the camera.

“Phineas Learning About Crows” by Ed Palm

Well first, Phineas is just a plain delightful name for a little curly haired dog! This frame is well composed and not to mention pretty humorous. I am a fan of photos that make me wonder what the animal is thinking at that moment, and this shot has me pondering what does Phineas really think of crows?

“Covered” by lourceyphotos

I like the hopeful expression (hmm can a dog have a hopeful expression?) well it looks like a hopeful almost pleading expression to me asking the photographer to please let them play in the snow just a little bit longer.

“Kindred Happiness” by Faith Winters

Ah the love of a kid and her dog! I like the eye contact between the two and the body language of both subjects mirrors the other.