july photo challenge || emotion

...Annnnnd it's back! Just in time for the 4th of July, and after a two month break (unintentional but necessary, I assure you), I am so glad to be hosting Lucia, Etc.'s fifth photo challenge. 

The winner of April's photo challenge (theme: sunlit portraits) was Lauren, with her beautiful "sunlit smile:"

...congratulations, Lauren! This capture is simply breathtaking. 

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As photographers, one of the best things we try to capture is emotion. July is a crazy fun month thriving with it, too. Belly laughs, silly faces, grumpy babies that are even cuter because of that little pout--it's all emotion. And that's the theme for this month!

So. Grab your camera (or your computer's picture folders, whatever is most handy), take an amazing shot, and then come back here and link up your blog post, Flickr photo, or whatever you want to use to link it up. Just fyi:

  

<center><a href="http://one-beloved.blogspot.com/2012/07/july-photo-challenge-emotion.html" target="_blank"><img alt="lucia, etc." src="http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/9465/photochallenge.png"/></a></center>

-"Linking up" means to copy & paste the link to your blog post containing your photo, or the link to your photo on flickr, into the linky box below. Just submit your name, and voila! You're all "linked up." 

-Only one photo per entrant, please!

-Editing IS allowed--of course! Editing is part of the art process. :) Go for it! 

-Please include the button in your post, or beneath your Flickr (etc.) photo, give the link to this challenge. That way, others can join in, too!

-If you can, visit other entries and give them some support. :) Everyone likes a comment or two! 

Have fun--I can't wait to get started. :) This challenge ends on July 27th, 2012. Finalists will be announced [hopefully] by the 29th, and we will all vote on a winner the following week. But the 'contest' is just a side thing: the main goal of a challenge is to get your creativity flowing!

xo,

lucia

ps - photogs! read this fantastic article to make sure you're holding your camera right--the way that ensures you get the best shots!