Friday, January 21, 2011

fifty-two on friday: shades of red

I hope all of you enjoyed the wonderful blog-circle of self-portraits last week for the kick-off of the Project 52. It was wonderful to get a peek at the 16 other photographers behind the camera, behind the creativity, and to see the "virtual" friends that I have made over at the Bloom Forum.

This week I have an embarrassing story for my project 52...This week, I had it mixed up, and thought that the theme was "Warmth". Luckily, my lovely new friends within my blog-circle sent out the list of themes as a reminder on Wednesday, and it was even luckier that I opened the email early in the day, because I realized that the theme this week was "Shades of Red". I was panicked, because I had ideas for this theme that I was thinking and planning for, but knew, just knew I couldn't pull them off by Friday morning. So, out of time and a bit desperate I looked around my house for inspiration, and found "Shades of RED".


Here is my interpretation of "Shades of Red", on a moments notice. Not my most creative, but incredibly meaningful to me. 

Shades of Red



And here are the outtakes... You can get a glimpse of what is on our shelves, and within grabbing reach!  And yes, it you look closely, you can see Nate's Ph.D. thesis on the Controlled Growth of Carbon Nanotubes, right next to Thomas the Train and Georges 1 to 10 and back again.



Now you must head on over to Sarah Bunch and check out her wonderful creativity at http://www.birthofaphotographer.blogspot.com/ for her take on "Shades of Red"
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15 comments:

  1. GigiJanuary 21, 2011 at 7:11 AM

    Last minute? Love this image! I have that cook book too! :)

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  2. GigiJanuary 21, 2011 at 7:12 AM

    Last minute? I love this image! I have that cookbook too. :)

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  3. HannahJanuary 21, 2011 at 7:17 AM

    great idea- I like the depth of field in the first.

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  4. ShaunaJanuary 21, 2011 at 7:43 AM

    Oh I love these!! Fabulous idea! love the processing too btw!

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  5. TOLIVER FAMILYJanuary 21, 2011 at 7:59 AM

    i love the composition and tones. that first one that you chose rocks!
    we have that cookbook 2...it's a classic for sure.
    are all your books organized by color or did you set up the shot??
    last minute? you'd never know!

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  6. Jayme FranklinJanuary 21, 2011 at 8:56 AM

    Thanks ladies for your nice comments. No i don't organize my books by color, but rather by topic or genre. I ran around the house collecting any book that was red. Obviously, the kiddos helped. I think I am o.k. with how it turned out.

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  7. Emily HortonJanuary 21, 2011 at 9:07 AM

    I like it, b/c it shows everyone's interests on one shelf. I think it's a great illustration of your family. :)

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  8. Sarah BunchJanuary 21, 2011 at 10:26 AM

    Awesome image, Jayme! Do you organize your books by color? Love that the thesis is next to Thomas the Train!! To funny!

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  9. Lisa TurnerJanuary 21, 2011 at 10:53 AM

    I really like this. Love the different books and how they represent your family. Who writes a thesis on nanotubes? Wow.

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  10. KellyWJanuary 21, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    A family's books....love it! I really like the perspective you chose.

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  11. GailJanuary 21, 2011 at 9:10 PM

    whoa,that's quite the combination of books there :) what more do you need, you have all bases covered! AWESOME.

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  12. Amy LucyJanuary 22, 2011 at 6:09 AM

    This is lovely, Jayme. And I totally want to read the Controlled Growth of Carbon Nanotubes....right after Thomas the Train. ;)

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  13. JulesJanuary 22, 2011 at 7:52 AM

    what a perfect collection!

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  14. AlisonJanuary 23, 2011 at 5:26 PM

    I'm a sucker for book shots! Love these images!

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  15. Jessica RichterJanuary 24, 2011 at 8:49 PM

    Very cool idea! Love the books! Great pic!

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