Begin the story...the rest of the story

For our recent The Learning Never Stops Photo Challenge,
I posted this photo with this story starter:

There were only 4 minutes left in the game. Everyone knew that this was her time to shine...if only she could believe it. Her coach called a time-out so he could remind her of the strategic play that could win them the championship....

here is the rest of/real story....

This wasn't the championship, and this wasn't her time to shine. In reality, we had the rink to ourselves the week before Christmas- and our family plus cousins all took to the rink for hockey practice and fun.

In this photo, Amie was being called to the carpet by Dad...because as a new player she kept dropping her hockey stick- and then could not pick it back up wearing gloves. She became frustrated, more frustrated and began acting out her frustration on the rink- letting everyone know with her body language that she was frustrated and hated her stick/her glove...whatever.

Dad was nailing her on her attitude here and her bad sportsmanship and giving her the option of getting some self-control or sitting out.

kind of a different story..it was fun spinning it the other way!

I hope you will join us next week for the theme: "Back to School"
see you Saturday :)

L.E.N.S. Photo Challenge-"begin the story" edition

There were only 4 minutes left in the game. Everyone knew that this was her time to shine...if only she could believe it. Her coach called a time-out so he could remind her of the strategic play that could win them the championship....

Welcome to this week's The LEarning Never Stops Photo Challenge :)

The theme is "Begin the Story" pick a photo that could launch a story, and-if you'd like, add a starter sentence to get the imagination going. Or, choose a photo that would grace the cover of a storybook...or- come up with something that to you says, "begin the story".
I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Linky closes at 10pm pacific time Sunday.
winners are announced, displayed and linked to on Tuesday night.

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. Photo Challenge- "Listen"


Welcome to The LEarning Never Stops Photo Challenge. Today's theme is "Listen".

Linky will close 10p.m. Sunday night. Please link to your entry page, not your main blog page. Please remember to link back to this challenge, and to visit 3 other entries. 2 winners will be chosen, displayed and linked to on Tuesday night.

good luck!

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. Photo Challenge- "Sunlight"

Welcome to the Sunlight edition of The LEarning Never Stops Photo Challenge.

This week we are exploring capturing sunlight in our photos. Link up a photo that shows the play of sunlight on a subject, a photo that captures sun flare or just a photo that celebrates sunlight. Get creative! I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Need some help with capturing sunflare? What is sun flare??
Click over to How to Capture Sun Flare in photos over at I heart Faces.

Linky closes 10pm pacific time Sunday night, two winners will be chosen, displayed and linked to on Tuesday night. Please enter the link to your entry, not to your main blog page, and please link back in your entry to this contest.

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! :)