Over the past two weeks I have been participating in the first section of a class that started called At Play with Illuminate Classes. The first week was a study and practice with the second week being practice that goes toward submitting your work for the first part of lessons. Between work, parenting, and living, it was a lot, but I did it, lol!
I have really been wanting to tap into more creativity lately and this class has been the answer! Learning to break the rules, follow new rules, use editing techniques I don't normally do (ie.. black and white images), and really, just having fun with my camera again, has been freeing and also a challenge (which was much needed).
I wanted to share some of the images I have made from the past week that I thought were fun. The image to the right is called a diptych, something I had never even thought of doing before to add to the storytelling of my images.
If you're feeling stuck creatively or really in life, I highly recommend taking a class of sorts or joining some outing (book club, etc.), so good for the soul.
![](http://images-pw.pixieset.com/user/277462/Diptych-dbd90c5f.jpg)
![Girl playing foosball at Camp North End](http://images-pw.pixieset.com/elementfield/482275682/background_movement-a956eec5.jpg)
![Girl looking at dog in Camp North End](http://images-pw.pixieset.com/elementfield/971275682/2_subjects_framing-37833b24.jpg)
![Girl playing on play equipment at Sno Ball Cabin](http://images-pw.pixieset.com/elementfield/681275682/across_frame-b7ae14b5.jpg)
![Panning image of girl on play equipment at Wise Acres](http://images-pw.pixieset.com/elementfield/908175682/Panning-d7f73628.jpg)
![High Key image of young girl](http://images-pw.pixieset.com/elementfield/177175682/high_key-eff86ba5.jpg)
![Low key image of young girl](http://images-pw.pixieset.com/elementfield/877175682/low_key-e2ddbe4f.jpg)
![light painting image of sidewalk chalk](http://images-pw.pixieset.com/elementfield/167175682/Light_Painting-550ad1c8.jpg)
![sidewalk chalk](http://images-pw.pixieset.com/elementfield/632175682/Focus_Front-Back-68ce1865.jpg)
![sidewalk chalk image](http://images-pw.pixieset.com/elementfield/342175682/Focus_Front-Back-2-8dff0bec.jpg)