{"id":10637,"date":"2014-06-07T11:12:33","date_gmt":"2014-06-07T18:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettiesworld.com\/?p=10637"},"modified":"2017-06-28T21:26:09","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T04:26:09","slug":"june-photo-challenge-days-1-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?p=10637","title":{"rendered":"June Photo Challenge, days 1-6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you enter the words &#8220;photo challenge&#8221; into Google search, and you will find not only dozens &#8211;\u00a0more like\u00a0hundreds &#8211; of different photo challenges, you will also find some tremendously inspiring work by photographers, both amateur and professional. \u00a0I have always stayed away from these for a couple of reasons: one, I just don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m creative. \u00a0And what&#8217;s the point of joining one of these things if you can&#8217;t do anything unique\u00a0with the assignment? \u00a0Two, I greatly chafe under the constraints of an &#8220;assignment&#8221;! \u00a0&#8220;What do you mean, I <strong><em>have<\/em> <\/strong>to take a picture of a hat today? \u00a0Why can&#8217;t I take a picture of a flower if I want? \u00a0What if my best photo\u00a0today happens to be a still life, or my lunch?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, when a young friend recently posted a June Photo Challenge on Facebook, I made a snap decision that I knew I might regret, and said I would jump on board that train. So far I have &#8220;mostly&#8221; colored inside the lines, though I strayed <del>one day<\/del> (wait, I did that two days, actually) and chose a photo from the past for the category, and another day I just couldn&#8217;t decide on one favorite so I kept three. I know I&#8217;m not creative, I&#8217;m much too literal a thinker &#8212; so I&#8217;m just working on trying some different photo-editing tricks, and making sure that<strong><em> I<\/em> <\/strong>like the end product for each day. But I think I&#8217;m doing pretty well with the discipline, considering all my handicaps.<\/p>\n<p>I was hesitant to post about this since I wasn&#8217;t sure I was going to be totally committed &#8212; and I still don&#8217;t know if I will be able to ride it all the way to the end of the month. \u00a0But for now, I&#8217;m having some fun. \u00a0Here are days 1-6.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"flagallery cicerone_skin\" id=\"FlaGallery_sc1_526\" ><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> 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