The one month I would have loved to have been able to use color photos, and I selected black and white as the theme.
Go figure!
That’s OK, though. That’s part of having a challenge like this. Sometimes images you capture won’t always fit the theme, so you have to figure something out!

Black and white is always cool to me, but more for nostalgia. As a kid, I learned how to develop my own film. There was a darkroom in the house when I was growing up. I was also a “darkroom technician” at a local weekly paper.
So black and white reminds me of newspapers of old, and the smell of the chemicals etc. It always gives a cool feel to photos.
But, in today’s way of photography, no everything fits black and white. We are so accustomed to having everything in color that sometimes taking said color away is almost jarring. But there are some scenes that still scream to be without all of the color.
I’m excited to see what others have come up with.
I hope everybody has had a great start to the year!
Here are my five for the month!
1. Harper!
It’s hard for me to put Harper in black and white because she has such a beautiful color. But this one seemed to work out well. This is her frolicking in the snow!

2. Abandoned car
This is something we found while out geocaching. It’s always interesting to find an old car in the woods, no matter how far from a main road.

3. Cold picnic
I was out for a wintry walk with Harper at a local park and came upon this scene. I thought it worked quite well in black and white, though the pieces of blue in the sky were nice.

4. #BallLife
No matter the season, Harper love retrieving and chewing on her Chuckit! balls!

5. Covered bridge
I had the post all set for publishing, and then I passed this Sunday and I loved the look. I knew it would be perfect for this challenge. So I snapped some shots and had to, unfortunately, eliminate, some ice!

If you took part in this month’s challenge, make sure to link up below.
And for those of you who participated, make sure you try and get to other people’s blogs and comment (here, too!).
Let’s continue to grow this challenge and have a strong community. Come back and check out the others who link later on, too! NOTE: We have a Facebook group for those who participate in the challenge and are interested. I’ll post any announcements there and hopefully it can be a place where things are discussed and some interaction etc. You can access it here.
** CHALLENGE CHANGE **
From this point forward, I am going to do the next theme at the bottom of each linkup. Also, the posting date will now be the first of each month, thus giving you the entire month to take the photos etc.
That means it’s a one-stop shop! Hopefully this helps out with everybody.
So, below is the linkup for January. Make sure you drop your link there. The theme for February Photographer’s Choice! Remember to come back on March 1 to link up and check out the theme for that month!
Photo Blogging Challenge: January 2022 results
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Can you believe this was my first time experimenting with black and white photographs? It was interesting, even though I was sad to take away blue skies as well.
I think I remember the Pic Nic tables – were they in one of your videos? Watching Harper play in the snow made me smile. She had so much fun!
Those are great black and whites of Harper. Aren’t you glad there was snow on the ground to create a nicely contrasting background. And the last minute substitute with the covered bridge? Two thumbs up.
We’re all curious to know which photo you would have used except for it was best in colour…have you posted it anywhere else? Maybe share in the FB group if not. Curious cats….
That action shot of Harper is awesome! I remember photography class in college; standing in that itty bitty, pitch black room trying to feed my film into the carousel container to put into the developer! Fun times! I love all your shots. I especially love covered bridge landscape scenes. Stay warm!
Great shots. I wish we had covered bridges in these parts.