Hello everyone, I'm Bel of ArtsyBelle Images. I'm excited to guest post here in Project 64: Out of the Box .  How are you all finding the color for this week?  Lucky you if you have already found it. For those who haven't found it yet, just hang on there. 

I know that there are colors that are easy to find while others just shy away from our vision. But don't despair, all you have to do is look around, take a second look, look down, look under, or look up. Yes, look up, that's how I have found my muse for this week's olive green.

 Lately, I notice that photo color palettes have been mushrooming in the web. I've been inspired to create one for quite some time now, but I haven't figured out how to do it. My guest posting here has done me more than good because I am encouraged to play with my photo tool so I can share something to all of you.

Here are the steps to create your own photo color palette:

1. Upload your photo to a Color Palette Generator. I used Pictaculous

2. After you have successfully uploaded the photo, click on Get My Palette.

3. Click Download Adobe Swatch File; then, save it.

4. Open in Photoshop the downloaded file. The colors will be added in the Photoshop swatches.

5. Open too in Photoshop the image you uploaded in step 1.

6. Click the Crop button and clear out the Width and Height values.

7. Be sure that the background color swatch is set to white.

8. Crop the photo and extend the dimension to your preference.

9. Add each swatch color using the Rectangle Tool.

8. Press CTRL + T to freely transform each swatch rectangle.

9. Adjust the dimensions to your preferred size.

There you go; your very own photo color palette. I find the color palette technique interesting and it adds a new twist to a photo.

I hope I inspired you all to find Olive Green in your surroundings. Be sure to link up next week at Project 64: Out of the Box. I'd like to thank Brooke and the other ladies of Project 64 for giving me and the other bloggers a chance to guest post here.

I'll be glad to hear from all of you, you can visit me at ArtsyBelle Images or at Facebook . Keep in touch so I will know that I am not just talking to myself (grin).

Bel

Leaping for Olive Green {Guest Vicki of Side by Side}

Hi everyone, my name is Vicki and I am so excited and honored to be a guest this week at Project 64.  You might know me better from my blog name: Side by Side  aptly named as I have twin girls who are 8½ and growing up side by side.  I first started this blog as an online record of their lives.  I then used it for my digital scrap-booking layouts and projects and now I am primarily using it for my photos and a failed daily photo project this year.   

I have used several cameras over the years and I am currently using a Canon Powershot SX10 which is an advanced point and shoot.  I can do some manual on it.  I almost always shoot that way these days and will probably outgrow it soon. 

I have a goal of putting together a book of all the photos I take for this project.  I want my photos to relate to our family while still being true to the color find and have pleasing artistic aesthetic too.  I try not to just randomly take a photo but search to see if it is something my kids have experienced or something they like.  We are all bird and animal lovers around here.  It seems I find most of my photos outside.  But as it gets warmer I have to get up pretty early to catch the light and avoid the heat.

Here is my find for this week:

I found this fun statue along the main street of our downtown.  I thought the little frogs playing leap frog were the perfect color of Olive Green.

I really enjoy participating each week and am committed to making it until week 64.  I am always amazed and delighted to see what each of you finds for the selected colors. 

Am I the only one who has a box of 64 and is putting the crayons back into the box in the order we photographed them?  I hope not.  lol

Vicki

Reflecting on Olive Green {Guest Karen of Random Reflections}

I am so honored to be a guest blogger here at Project 64.  I blog at Random Reflections. It has been primarily a paper crafting blog until my fascination with photography began once I purchased a DSLR. I’ve been married to my best friend for just about 38 years, and have two adult children—one half way across the country and the other all the way across! It means some great travel, but a pretty quiet house!

I have a habit of starting a photography project and giving up on it about half way through the year. (There have been at least three attempts at Project 365.) But Project 64 has been so much fun. I see things I wouldn’t have looked at twice if I weren’t carrying around my little crayon samples. I’m sure the folks at the grocery store and the mall wonder what I am doing. My husband gets into the search every week as well, so it’s turned out to be a bit like a scavenger hunt. A special thanks to Brooke and everyone else here for a wonderful project! I know it takes a lot of work to maintain a challenge like this.

Last month when I was about to go on a three week trip, I commented on my blog that I wasn’t sure quite how to find the right color when it was announced here. Someone kindly suggested I make a sample of all the colors, so I did, and this week I carried two with me on our walks through the park.

 When Brooke emailed the color of the week to me I thought it would be really easy. I love olive green, but none of the things I own match my olive green sample. My husband and I have been walking through the park each morning, but most spring greens are not this olive green either. But I did see this lovely bud (not sure what kind of bush it is).

 I’m also in the midst of editing our photos from our trip and found two great examples from Arizona. We saw this fabulous parrot at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.

 

And, what else? A cactus, of course.

Karen

Journey to Olive Green {Guest Becky of My Daily Journey}

What a privilege to be a guest in this wonderful place! Thank you to all the ladies at P64 for inviting me to share with you today.

Why photography? Well, as probably all of us involved in this project experienced, when I was little my parents would only take pictures of “special events”, like birthdays, holidays, and some vacations and nothing else. Thanks to the digital cameras, we can now shoot hundreds of pictures and not worry about how much it will cost to “develop” them. Photography, then, has become in the past few years my major hobby. I shoot not only “special events”, but also all those little moments that make each of our days a special event.

Project 64 Colors has been a fun challenge that has helped me expand my photography abilities. As a watercolor painter myself, the challenge to look for a particular color each week to shoot has helped me to find different subjects, different angles, and different shapes that otherwise I would have not think to capture.

Olive green was not an easy color for me to hunt, so after trying with many different objects, including a pair of shoes, I decided I would use the perfect match: Olives.

I took the shots around 5:00 PM, when the light was perfect outside, and I shot around 30 pictures and played with many different compositions, moving my settings as well.

I really liked the result: clean, vibrant, and creative. For me, capturing food is a big challenge, so this was a fun and challenging session.

You are more than welcome to follow My Daily Journey–through my lens, which is my photography journal, or Daily on My way to Heaven my main blog.

Becky



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A Moment of Olive Green {Guest Maryvel of A Moment In Time Photography}

Hello everyone at Project 64! My name is Maryvel Friesen and I am the Woman behind “A Moment In Time Photography” I am VERY honored and very humbled to be one of Project 64 guest for this week! THANK YOU for the invitation, hope not to disappoint!

A bit about me . . . I am on my 40’s. I have been married to the love of my life for over 20 years now and together we have been blessed with two wonderful children who are in their teen years right now and keeping us on our toes! We make our home in the Saskatchewan Prairies in Canada. We are farmers, parents, church ministers, friends and family to many.

Yes, of course, I LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY! I specially love nature, outdoor photography! Perhaps because I am constantly marveled by God’s amazing and beautiful creations which brings immense joy to my life. Even though I also take pictures for others ( maternity, new born, families, grads, etc. ) I mostly prefer to keep photography as a hobby, rather than as a business. It just makes me happier!

I was so glad to run into Project 64 a few months ago. Even though I have not participated every week, I still enjoy hunting for the week color. Some weeks are definitely easier than others, right? This week was one of those I thought would be an easy one, but when it come down to it I discover it really wasn’t! So many shades of green out there is insane! What I like to do is first of all get the featured crayon out of the box, grab a piece of white paper and paint on it, from light to dark, to give me a better idea of all the possible shades within the color. I then go to Photoshop and using Brooke’s handy link to the “Hex Codes” create a little color badge which give me even a better idea of the color. With that in mind I get my brain to work trying to match the color, constantly thinking about it when I walk around the house or when I go outside or for a drive! Most of the time I tried and use what I already have, but since this week was extra special, I actually went out and bought flowers that I thought would match this color, no easy task, believe me! Yesterday as we were at the Provincial Park were hubby works I found this old log covered with moss and thought the color was just perfect for the challenge so I included it in the collage.

Last, I wanted to add that editing my photographs is my other favorite hobby! Personally I think editing can make such a difference in the way we present our pictures and transform a simple shot into a work of art before our very eyes! I use Adobe Photoshop CS5 and ever since I discover Pixel Perfect (a plugin for PS CS5) and textures, I simply can NOT stop using them!

I would also like to join Cat in thanking of all the people that make this blog possible! Your work, time and dedication, is VERY much appreciated! THANK YOU!

A little red violet and a guest too!

Hi there! Project 64 contributor Shana is a little busy making her transition back to the states, she thought it would be nice to share her day with one of our participants! I thought it was a great idea so I invited not only one of our participants but one of our newest sponsors too! I give you Cindy of WyTography and WyBeadery! 

Everyone collects something, right?  For me, it's always been colored glass bottles.  I love exquisite shapes, interesting textures, off-the-wall colors, and occasionally the odd antique.  At my previous house, I had amassed a huge collection of over 300 bottles, all of which were crammed into every square inch of the space above my kitchen cabinets and window sills.  When we moved to Skiatook a few years ago, I downsized significantly; I now only have enough for two window sills.  You can bet that each one of the bottles I brought with me in the move are beloved for their character, shape, or color.  My submission for red-violet is no exception.  I absolutely adore the hobnail texture of this nearly two-foot tall bottle, not to mention the genie-in-a-bottle shape.  Hooray for garage sales...I think I paid $3 for it!  It now acts as a prism in my bathroom window above the tub next to a couple dozen other beauties.

 I want to thank Brooke and all of the other ladies for inviting me to be a guest on P64 this week!  My photography skills have improved immensely since I've been linking up every week, and photography has quickly become my new obsession.  My first creative love has always been jewelry-making.  I'll be sponsoring weeks 17-20 with one of my handmade creations!  Click on the button below to see my whole portfolio!

Cindy

Thanks Cindy for being a guest on P64! Ok all your project 64 participants make sure you visit Cindy's sites and give her some love, leave some here too! If you are wanting to leave a question for Shana as part of your Q&A going on this week, leave it in the comments section as well!

Happy Color Hunting!

Brooke