02.26.21 Member Update

It has been SO much fun seeing everyone embrace video this month.  Seriously – getting a live peek into so many people’s lives has been a rich reward in this cold and dreary month.  Thank you to all who dived in (and to those who kept the feed going with fabulous stills) for making this month anything but humdrum!

Jenna Thiessen combined great composition and great light along with an edit full of rich tones to capture her son playing piano in this week’s Featured Image. Manda Maderich brings us a whole lot of beachy goodness in her shot from a beach in the Virgin Islands. It works stunningly well in black and white!

New this week

We’ve got a 5 week theme ahead of us for March and it’s going to be a fun one!  Room by Room Challenge!  We’ve spent more time in our houses this last year than ever before!  We want to challenge you to find the beauty in every room of your house.  But before we do that, find your comfort spot and reflect on WHY it is.  This will help as you move into the next week’s locations!  Catch all the details here!

New month, new theme, new album!​

Video Bonus Lesson!  Kyle and Sarah Bednar put together a quick bonus lesson about color grading your video.

Inspiration

• If you haven’t yet been inspired to try out video, you have to take a look at the projects posted in last week’s album!
• So much sweetness in this shot of Ashley’s little one and pup waiting to go outside.
• Sarah shot a positively gorgeous portrait of her in-laws in celebration of their 50th anniversary.  
• Aaron is shooting skiers.  At night.  Speedy skiers.  You need to check these out!
• Lora has SUCH a gift for making dead things into beautiful things.  
• Who’s ready for a breath of spring air?  Anne’s bright and airy image of a bouquet of pink tulips are just that. 

Learning

• This week’s Monday Memories revisited a Long Exposure lesson from Eric Criswell.  Long exposure creates such magic!
• Dhagash shared an article about the possibility of Canon working with eye controlled auto-focus.  It’s a fun read!
• Melissa shared a link to a pretty amazing video of the Northern Lights.  WOW.
• Beth is on the prowl for a new desktop PC and wants suggestions for the best of the best.  
• Who’s going to be adding the just announced Sony cinematic camera to their ‘big dreams’ wishlist?  Thanks, Kyle, for spending all of our money.  AGAIN.
• Tricia has a fun design idea for her living room but is wondering how to organize things.  Take a look, wipe your chin, and then share your opinion.  
• Annette shared some news our Sony users can use about taking video while your camera is set for still photos.  Whaaaat?