August 24, 2007

• Weekly Photo Challenge, Pose for the Camera

   

  
  

  Weekly Photo Challenge
  

  
  

  the subject is
  “Pose for the Camera”
  suggested by LadyLioness1973

  
  

  POSING!!!  Not being photogenic I seldom share photos of me.  The recent “a day in the life of” entry plus another recent entry on my LittleEgypt site is above and beyond my comfort level.  I do, HOWEVER, have a husband who has a wonderfully photogenic smile and he tolerates my photo taking.  My husband’s family values the past and present in photography and they do a lot of genealogical photo sharing. 

  
  

  … Lucky Me …

  
  

  
    My honey … “Posing“for posterity  

  
  

  … and to keep me happy, clicking away …

  
  

  

  
  

  John and I decided to do some pretend commercial shoots.  One local commercial is for a healthier vegetable juice, touting its merits over sugary sodas.  The words for the commercial are “You could have had a V8” which if you will notice the v8 can held, that is exactly what he is doing.

  
  

  

  
  

  From the parking lot above, we went into Cici’s cafeteria style “all you can eat” pizza parlor.  The food is decent and the prices more so, $4.49 per person.  Drink water and no add on.  Add a drink for a buck.  They serve a whopping sixteen styles of pizza, have a nice salad bar and a pasta bar and soup and a dessert to go with the Pizza.  Cici’s Pizza, this is your free commercial via Xanga’s  Weekly Photo Challenge.

  
  

  

  
  

  It has been very hot here in the States.  We ventured out for a picnic this past Sunday as it was a little cooler.  Lee’s Famous Recipe Fried Chicken is our choice for a fast food picnic or tailgate and was I ever in the mood for fried chicken.  I had the camera ready to go before John was but I liked this shot even if on the sobre sober side.

  
  

  

  
  

  This is a resting pose after his “after the Lee’s Famous Recipe meal walk”.   

  
  

  

  
  

  John got to laughing with my asking him for poses.  As we were talking commercials he took out his Verizon cell phone.  “Can you hear me now?“.

  
  

  

  
  

  This downed limb is one of the Woodland Mound Park trees.  Cincinnati was hit by a storm early in the week.  It missed our little town completely (we seem to be in a protected area, knock on wood).  The storm took out a lot of trees including this one plus a lot of damage to homes.  I had to talk John into a Crocodile Dundee lll type pose (remember Dundee and associate in the tree after the croc took the boat under and the limb cracking and falling into the water?).  John didn’t trust the limb but it was calling to me for photo use.

  
  

  

  
  

  I managed to get a few relaxed shots where John wasn’t staring at the split in the tree, listening for tell tale cracking. 

  
  

  Mentioning the flowers used in my graphics, they are photos taken of wild flowers growing in the park.  The purple is Ironweed and the yellow is Goldenrod.  The Goldenrod, by the way, makes a very nice tea by rinsing it first free of bugs and dirt then steeping leaves and flowers, dry or fresh in boiling water.  I prefer fresh over the dry.

  
  

  

  
  

  A small photo of the split in the tree which is pretty good size, the tree and the split.  The downed limb is nearly as big around as John is so it’s heavy. 

  
  

  Enough for now.  John is a willing partner in my photo taking.  I have lots of candid shots and poses of him I enjoyed taking.  You will see him often in my entries as he is willing to put up with me.  What would I do without him?  

  
  

  I had fun posting for this challenge.  I am not positive he had as much fun posing as I had taking them.  I hope anyone viewing enjoys his willingness to tolerate and help me with this challenge.  All links by the way take you to the genuine article, V8, Cici’s Pizza, Lee’s Famous Recipe, Verizon Wireless and Woodland Mound Park.

  
  

    

  
  

  Keep on taking those photos,
  

  
  

   

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