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I am looking forward to seeing what everybody does with this one.

Did you go more traditional (I did)? Think outside the box? Something else? More friends? More family?

Anybody who has been a part of this challenge for a while had to know the direction I was going … my nephew/godson Cameron was going to be a massive part of this one.

And so he is.

I can’t lie though — there’s a bonus photo at the end. The first five are my “picks” for the month, and the sixth is a bonus as it’s a shot of all the nieces/nephews at Easter.

Anyway, without further adieu… here are my five!

1. Dinner time

Easter dinner and Cam was getting the food on. That weekend, I had rented a fisheye lens, so a few images in this set are with that lens.

2. What you got?

Cameron was a tad interested in the camera as I took shots of him. And how about Cam rocking the bow tie?

3. In control

When Cam got hold of the remote, there was no telling what was going to happen.

4. Cotton candy

And here’s Cam with his first taste of cotton candy. He didn’t have a ton of it, but he sure seemed to enjoy what he did have.

5. Laughing

Is there anything better than a child’s laughter?

Bonus! 

All the young’uns at Easter.

That’s my five and now it’s your turn!

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!

Also, don’t forget to get back here tomorrow, May 1, to see the theme for May!

NOTE: I set up 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.

Feel free to leave a comment, or e-mail P.J. at hoohaablog@gmail.com. Also, please “Like” HooHaa Blog on Facebook!

Can the spring be coming?

I sure hope so. And not as an April Fool’s joke!

We’re in Year 3 of the challenge now, and I have jotted down several new themes I’m ready to unleash in future months. But enough about those, we’re into April of 2015. I think that’s the only one you probably care about at this moment!

So I wanted to get a little personal this month and maybe see things a little differently.

And, also, I wanted to avoid the obvious theme!

Anyway, here we go! April is here and I hope you all have great weather and the chance to get out and shoot some great photos this month!

The theme is below. But before we get to that … let me remind you of some important items:

• I set up a Facebook group for those who are interested. Reminders and maybe some discussions or other things can be done there.
• If you haven’t already, attempt to check out everybody’s posts and consider commenting. These challenges are great for personal growth, but it’s also nice to be interactive with all the others in the challenge! That’s one of the best parts of this challenge — interacting and seeing other people’s work!

Before we hit up this month’s theme, for new people, allow me to refresh the rules a bit.

Here’s how it will work.

• On the first of each month (or close to it), I’ll have a blog post here with the theme for the month.
• Over the course of the month, participants will take photos with their interpretation of the theme. On the last day of the month (or close to it), participants should  publish their blog post, which will include five photos from the month. (please don’t recycle photos from the past … the idea is to hopefully challenge you to go out and take new photos each month to interpret the theme). And please only use photos you took.
  
• I’ll have a link-up thing at the end of my post so people can come and post the links to their posts so, hopefully, everybody can go go check out and comment on other posts.

There is no rule on equipment or anything. Use a cell phone. Use film. Use a point-and-shoot. Use a DSLR. It doesn’t matter. Just make sure you publish your blog post on the last day of each month, come here and link up.

It’s simple!

Your blog posts can be as simple or as in-depth as you want. I’ll likely talk a little about each photo. But if all you want to do is post photos, feel free. The idea of this is to give a small challenge and give everybody a chance to express themselves with photography, participate in a challenge and have something to blog about.

That’s it. Easy, right? So join in! Help us continue to grow this challenge by telling fellow bloggers/photographers about the challenge and hopefully it can become a great monthly thing!

For those still with me, this month’s theme is: Friends and Family. I’m thinking this will be an easier one for the month and hopefully one you all can have a lot of fun with.

Let’s see what you have for this one! And let’s see if we can get some others interested in joining us! Pass along the word!

Please make sure your blog post publishes Thursday, April 30. Then come back here and link up.

If you think you are going to take part in this, drop a comment below so we can see who all might be trying to tackle this challenge!

History of the challenge (past month’s themes – links to see everybody else’s posts are at the end of the linked post):

• March 2013: My World
• April 2013: Transportation
• May 2013: Night
• June 2013: Bridges
• July 2013: Signs
• August 2013: Summer 
• September 2013: Outdoors
• October 2013: Fall
• November 2013: People
• December 2013: Festive
• January 2014: New
• February 2014: Red
• March 2014: One
• April 2014: Smile
• May 2014: Fun
• June 2014: Vehicles
• July 2014: Baseball
• August 2014: Colorful
• September 2014: Black and White
• October 2014: Photographer’s Choice
  
• November 2014: Where the streets have no name
• December 2014: ‘Tis the season
• January 2015: Games
  
• February 2015: Winter
• March 2015: Two
• April 2015: TBA

Feel free to leave a comment, or e-mail P.J. at hoohaablog@gmail.com. Also, please “Like” HooHaa Blog on Facebook!

Has the spring arrived for you?

In my neck of the woods, I woke up on March 30 with a coating of an inch of so of fresh snow. On the bright side, it’s supposed to warm up this week, so we’ll see.

I’m ready for better weather.

Alas, enough talking about that. It’s time to talk about photos and this month’s theme of “Two.”

I had a hard time with this one. The weather made it tough to get out and shoot photos and I didn’t have a lot of inspiration with this one. I did end up finding some things I truly liked with the theme and I think I was pretty diverse with it.

I’m still shocked at the growth of this challenge and that we’ve celebrated two years. Here’s to many more!

Two was the theme this month, and here’s my five.

1. 2CW

Squared Circle Wrestling, or 2CW as it is known, is an independent group out of Syracuse. I’ve had the chance to see them many times, and they had a card this month. I liked this shot not just because of the federation’s name, but because the two in the one tag team were performing a really cool move together.

2. Roll ’em

How about if a two comes up in the dice?

3. Two drips

The spring weather we’ve had once or twice has made for some nice photo chances, like the double drip of this icicle.

4. Which directon?

Once you come to this stop sign… you have to make a choice — left or right.

 5. Father and son

I had the chance to snap some shots of Cameron … again … for this month. Him and my brother (his father) when I was there. Two together!

That’s my five and now it’s your turn!

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!

Also, don’t forget to get back here tomorrow, April 1, to see the theme for April!

NOTE: I set up 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.

Feel free to leave a comment, or e-mail P.J. at hoohaablog@gmail.com. Also, please “Like” HooHaa Blog on Facebook!

It’s still cold where I am.

But with that winter theme out of the way, it’s time to start looking forward — and hoping for — better weather.

This month is so much bigger than that, at least with the Photo Blogging Challenge.

We turn two!

Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that was possible. Two years. We’ve had some good participation (who has done every month of this challenge so far?) and in recent months are starting to see some growth.

Let’s hope that continues.

For now, we start our third year of the challenge and I am excited to keep it going. So, are you all ready? Let’s keep it going and growing!

The theme is below. But before we get to that … let me remind you of some important items:

• I set up a Facebook group for those who are interested. Reminders and maybe some discussions or other things can be done there.
• If you haven’t already, attempt to check out everybody’s posts and consider commenting. These challenges are great for personal growth, but it’s also nice to be interactive with all the others in the challenge! That’s one of the best parts of this challenge — interacting and seeing other people’s work!

Before we hit up this month’s theme, for new people, allow me to refresh the rules a bit.

Here’s how it will work.

• On the first of each month (or close to it), I’ll have a blog post here with the theme for the month.
• Over the course of the month, participants will take photos with their interpretation of the theme. On the last day of the month (or close to it), participants should  publish their blog post, which will include five photos from the month. (please don’t recycle photos from the past … the idea is to hopefully challenge you to go out and take new photos each month to interpret the theme). And please only use photos you took.
  
• I’ll have a link-up thing at the end of my post so people can come and post the links to their posts so, hopefully, everybody can go go check out and comment on other posts.

There is no rule on equipment or anything. Use a cell phone. Use film. Use a point-and-shoot. Use a DSLR. It doesn’t matter. Just make sure you publish your blog post on the last day of each month, come here and link up.

It’s simple!

Your blog posts can be as simple or as in-depth as you want. I’ll likely talk a little about each photo. But if all you want to do is post photos, feel free. The idea of this is to give a small challenge and give everybody a chance to express themselves with photography, participate in a challenge and have something to blog about.

That’s it. Easy, right? So join in! Help us continue to grow this challenge by telling fellow bloggers/photographers about the challenge and hopefully it can become a great monthly thing!

For those still with me, this month’s theme is: Two I’ll be excited to see what people can come up with. This won’t be an easy one, that’s for sure. But work it out and hopefully it will be a fun one!

Let’s see what you have for this one! And let’s see if we can get some others interested in joining us! Pass along the word!

Please make sure your blog post publishes Tuesday, March 31. Then come back here and link up.

If you think you are going to take part in this, drop a comment below so we can see who all might be trying to tackle this challenge!

History of the challenge (past month’s themes – links to see everybody else’s posts are at the end of the linked post):

• March 2013: My World
• April 2013: Transportation
• May 2013: Night
• June 2013: Bridges
• July 2013: Signs
• August 2013: Summer 
• September 2013: Outdoors
• October 2013: Fall
• November 2013: People
• December 2013: Festive
• January 2014: New
• February 2014: Red
• March 2014: One
• April 2014: Smile
• May 2014: Fun
• June 2014: Vehicles
• July 2014: Baseball
• August 2014: Colorful
• September 2014: Black and White
• October 2014: Photographer’s Choice
  
• November 2014: Where the streets have no name
• December 2014: ‘Tis the season
• January 2015: Games
  
• February 2015: Winter
• March 2015: Two
• April 2015: TBA

Feel free to leave a comment, or e-mail P.J. at hoohaablog@gmail.com. Also, please “Like” HooHaa Blog on Facebook!