Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot #114: Mardi Gras

"Not even Katrina could stop Mardi Gras"

-Tony Scott












Hi Folks! As it turns out Alan and I didn't move after all! Actually, that's not accurate, we have moved twice in one week! I will explain fully in a post later this week, but needless to say the last couple weeks have been a HUGE ADVENTURE! Basically, last Monday was supposed to be our last day in the cottage in Berkeley. As we spent the day taking care of the final packing and cleaning, we were pretty much good to go, when the phone rang and our new landlord informed us that something had happened and he couldn't rent to us after all! It's a mess. A BIG MESS. Anyway I will share more details later, so stay tuned! In the meantime, I will be around to visit your entries per our usual schedule... I promise! Now, on to the assignment...

EMPS #114: MARDI GRAS NOW CLOSED!

MARDI GRAS is this week, so put on your mask, grab some beads, and your camera, of course, and let's go to CARNIVAL! Anything associated with MARDI GRAS will work fine. Are you making a special MARDI GRAS inspired meal? Photograph it! Do you have a collection of beads from a MARDI GRAS past? Show them to us! You get the idea... lets get our party on!

Extra Credit: Title your photograph for this assignment!


Guidelines for Assignment Submission...

1.The EMPS closes each Sunday evening at 9:00 PM (ET). No submissions will be accepted after that time.

2. Submit your entry by getting your photo, uploading it to you blog or website, and then comeback here and leave me your link in the comment thread. PLEASE REMEMBER... THE LINK YOU LEAVE MUST GO BACK TO AN ENTRY WHICH IS SPECIFIC TO THIS WEEK'S ASSIGNMENT! A general link to your site will not do and will not be added to the list of those participating the following Monday. HYPERLINKS ARE NOT ACCEPTED!

3. Please be sure to provide a link back to the assignment in your submission, so your readers can find the assignment and join us. Everyone is welcome to play along!

4. Please keep in mind that the image you submit for the EMPS assignment, must be your own original photography. NO LIFTING!

Please Note: I have set aside two days during the week for visiting your submissions. Thursday and Sunday, so look for me then!

Participation List for EMPS #113: Ooops! 2/25/11

1. Karen

See you all next week, with an all new assignment!

-Carly

Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot #113: Ooops

"Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave."

-Mary Tyler Moore












EMPS #113: OOOPS! NOW CLOSED!
Hmmm... it would seem that the above photo is a little bit too large for this entry... OOOPS! You get the idea here, right? I am looking for some OOOPS. OOOPS are also called MISTAKES, FOLLIES, FOIBLES, AND ERRORS. All will do just fine for the purposes of this assignment. Think outside the box on this one. Go for the OOOPS!

Extra Credit: Show me something PERFECT!


Guidelines for Assignment Submission...

1.The EMPS closes each Sunday evening at 9:00 PM (ET). No submissions will be accepted after that time.

2. Submit your entry by getting your photo, uploading it to you blog or website, and then comeback here and leave me your link in the comment thread. PLEASE REMEMBER... THE LINK YOU LEAVE MUST GO BACK TO AN ENTRY WHICH IS SPECIFIC TO THIS WEEK'S ASSIGNMENT! A general link to your site will not do and will not be added to the list of those participating the following Monday. HYPERLINKS ARE NOT ACCEPTED!

3. Please be sure to provide a link back to the assignment in your submission, so your readers can find the assignment and join us. Everyone is welcome to play along!

4. Please keep in mind that the image you submit for the EMPS assignment, must be your own original photography. NO LIFTING!

Please Note: I have set aside two days during the week for visiting your submissions. Thursday and Sunday, so look for me then!


-Carly

Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot #110: Friendship

"A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and excepts you just the way you are."

-Unknown







EMPS #110: FRIENDSHIPS NOW CLOSED!
Okay, folks lets celebrate the FRIENDSHIPS in our lives. So me your best friends. Animal FRIENDS. Human FRIENDS. Old FRIENDS. New FRIENDS. Sometimes I call my favorite comfy, cozy sweater my BFF, so, if you want, you can do the same. Feel free to be creative with your interpretations. It's all good.

Extra Credit: Show me 3 different types of friendships.

Guidelines for Assignment Submissions...

1.The EMPS closes each week at 9:00 PM (ET). No submissions will be accepted after that time.

2. Submit your entry by getting your photo, uploading it to you blog or website, and then comeback here and leave me your link in the comment thread. PLEASE REMEMBER... THE LINK YOU LEAVE MUST GO BACK TO AN ENTRY WHICH IS SPECIFIC TO THIS WEEK'S ASSIGNMENT! A general link to your site will not do and will not be added to the list of those participating the following Monday. HYPERLINKS ARE NOT ACCEPTED!

3. Please be sure to provide a link back to the assignment in your submission, so your readers can find the assignment and join us. Everyone is welcome to play along!

4. Please keep in mind that the image you submit for the EMPS assignment, must be your own original photography. NO LIFTING!

Please Note: I have set aside two days during the week for visiting your submissions. Thursday and Sunday, so look for me then!

Participation for EMPS #109: Garbage 01/24/2011

Ellen

Ruth

JR Cline

Jama

Karen

Have an excellent week with the camera. I will be looking forward to your entries this week! See you back here next Monday with an all new assignment.

Hey, by any chance have you played the Round Robin Photo Challenges or the Weekend Assignment lately? If you haven't you really should be! Karen hosts them both and both are unique ways to express your creativity! Go have a look see, or better yet, join in!

Weekend Assignment

Round Robin Photo Challenges for 2/13/11 "True Colors"

-Carly

Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot #106: Whatcha Been Up To?

"If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach people."

-Confucius






EMPS#106: Whatcha Been Up To? NOW CLOSED!
Welcome Back folks! It's been a while since we last shared our photography with each other, so let's get acquainted again... shall we? It's an easy assignment for our first one of 2011! Simply show me what you have been up to, in terms of your photography, since we last shared an assignment last September.

Extra Credit: Show us the one picture you felt you could have done better with.

As before, there are a few things to keep in mind about participating in the EMPS, so please read the guidelines for participation below!

Guidelines for Assignment Submissions...

1.The EMPS closes each week at 9:00 PM (ET). No submissions will be accepted after that time.

2. Submit your entry by getting your photo, uploading it to you blog or website, and then comeback here and leave me your link in the comment thread. PLEASE REMEMBER... THE LINK YOU LEAVE MUST GO BACK TO AN ENTRY WHICH IS SPECIFIC TO THIS WEEK'S ASSIGNMENT! A general link to your site will not do and will not be added to the list of those participating the following Monday. HYPERLINKS ARE NOT ACCEPTED!

3. Please be sure to provide a link back to the assignment in your submission, so your readers can find the assignment and join us. Everyone is welcome to play along!

4. Please keep in mind that the image you submit for the MPS assignment, must be your own original photography. NO LIFTING!

Please Note: I have set aside two days during the week for visiting your submissions. Thursday and Sunday, so look for me then!

Okie Doke. That's all there is to it. I will be looking forward to seeing your first submissions of 2011.

Please Note: Folks, I am planning on keeping my options open, in regards to the Monday Photo Shoot. It will be offered on a week by week basis. If enthusiasm for participating in the MPS has waned then we will close it for good. Either way, please feel NO pressure to participate. We all need to follow our bliss, and I will understand if you have found other horizons. :) It's all good! :)

-Carly

Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot #96: Your World And Welcome To It!

"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge."

-Albert Einstein







EMPS #96: YOUR WORLD AND WELCOME TO IT! NOW CLOSED!
It's my birthday this week, so I thought it would be fun if we got a bit interactive. I would love to have the chance to visit each of you, and let you show me around your favorite places to go with the camera. Alas... it is not meant to be this year, but hey, we can do the next best thing... right? Folks, this week I want you to grab your cameras, and your creativity, and show me the places you would take me if we could go on a photo jaunt together! IT'S YOUR WORLD, WELCOME ME TO IT!

Extra Credit: Include with your photograph, the time of day, the day of the week, and where it is located on Google Maps!

**PLEASE READ**
This Monday Photo Shoot assignment closes next Sunday evening at 9:00 PM ET. Please submit your entries by that time by uploading your photo to your blog, journal or website, and then comeback here with the link that goes back to your entry. The link you leave must be to an entry which is specific to this week's assignment. A general link to your site will not work, and HYPERLINKS ARE NOT ACCEPTED. Also, please include a link in your entry to this photos shoot assignment so that other folks can find us and participate with us. The more the merrier... right? ;)

Linking List for EMPS #95: Organic Food 06/21/10

1. Suzanne

2. Jama

3. Karen



NOTE: Karen will get mad at me if I fail to mention I kinda borrowed the title for this assignment from James Thurber! LOL. Well, she's right... gotta give credit where it's due!!! ;)

I will be looking forward to seeing what you come up with this week! :) If I don't see you until after the 4th of July holiday... HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

-Carly

RRC: Broken

From For Ellipsis

"Cats whiskers are so sensitive, they can find their way through the narrowest crack in a broken heart."

-Unknown

RRC: Broken
Suggested by Julie, author of the blog, "Julie Barrett's Journal."

I bet your are wondering what a quote about cat whiskers, has to do with our current RR topic of "Broken." Simple. Here's what happened. In the autumn of 2008 I became a mommy to two little lost souls. 2 kittens. A black cat we named Hendrix, and an orange tabby we named Dylan. They were beautiful new friends, and wonderful kittens, and there was a lot of love to be found in our house. It was BLISS! One thing about kittens, like human toddlers, they have energy, lots and lots of ENERGY! So much so that they could be most accurately described as FLYING MONKEYS! It was during one of their flights, and I swear there were capes involved, that Dylan and Hendrix flew across my desk, knocking my digital camera to the floor! It landed HARD! So hard in fact that it broke the little door that holds the batteries that power my life support system, AKA my camera. I cried. I cried some more, then I CRIED.

Truly, since Christmas Day, 2004, I have used my camera every single day. Photography is a big part of who I am. I live for it. I think I actually see the world in short little camera stills, rather then the way most people do, as one long movie scene. I take my camera with me everywhere I go, because I find inspiration in all aspects of life. I really learn from those tiny still moments. Sometimes it's moments in other peoples lives, and sometimes the moments are in mine, and sometimes the two come together in amazingly lovely and profound ways. So, what could I do with my broken camera? Go out and buy a new one? That wasn't possible, see my money tree hasn't bared fruit since it was damaged by the GOVERNATOR FRUIT FLY. Also known as California State Worker Forced Furloughs. LOL. Whats a girl to do? The only thing she can, she invests in a package of strong, extra thick rubber bands, and secures her trusty camera the best she can! Here are just a few photos I am especially proud of, taken with my broken camera...

From For Ellipsis

From For Ellipsis

Not too bad for a broken camera! :)

Now that that you have seen my take on the challenge, go check out the entries from our other Round Robin participants...

Linking List valid as of 12:00 midnight PST/MT Saturday, June 19th,

Karen... Outpost Mavarin
Posted!

Rich... Richimage
Posted!

Tara... A Long Walk Home


Freda... Day One


Fhaye... Your Daily Photo Depot
Posted!

Jama... Sweet Memories
Posted!

Carly... Ellipsis
Posted!

Erin... A Hardcore Life
Posted!

Sandy... From The Heart Of Texas
Posted!

Maryt/the teach... Work of the Poet


Manang Kim... My Photography In Focus
Posted!

Gattina... Keyhole Pictures
Posted!

Kara... Hip Chick Photos
Posted!

Peggy... Holmespun Fun Memes and Themes
Posted!

Nesa... Frozen In Time
Posted!


Don't forget to check out the Round Robin blog tomorrow, to learn what our next challenge will be about!

-Carly