MMPC || Focus Finalists!

Sorry i'm posting this so late! We were really low on internet (here in Uganda you get a certain amount of internet, like by the gigabit) and so we didn't have enough for me to post this! But now we have enough! So here are the finalists! Oh and did i mention that i got 16 entries?! How awesome!!!! Thanks guys!!!

Mary Kate
I love this picture! The focus is so sharp! It's really amazing!

Mercy
I really like the editing on this! So cool :)

Triss
This is so beautiful! I love the focus and the dew on the grass! Beautiful <3

Lily
I love the bright colors and the focus and i really love the sunlight! Wonderful picture!

Emily Grace
I really love this! I love the bokeh, and the rain!

Thanks everyone for the beautiful pictures! Finalists you can get your buttons here :)
Again i'm really sorry how long it took for me to post this!
Be sure to enter in this weeks challenge! The theme is FALL

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What Do You Think??

So what do you think of the name and new design??
You might be wondering why I called it Silla Jo Photography, well growing up my dad always called me Silla Jo (my name is Melissa JoAnne and he got it out of that somehow :P) and it has always stuck :)
So yes? no? I hate it? I love it? Tell me what you think!

Oh and i changed the URL to http://sillajophotography.blogspot.com/ so it is no longer http://melissascapturedmoments.blogspot.com/

MMPC || Fall

This week has been CRAZY getting together all the stuff for the new blog design and making a new facebook page! It's been insane! But i'm really happy with how it turned out :D

Now for the theme!
The theme is FALL!
Now here in Uganda we don't have any seasons, well except for rainy season and dry season. But I have a picture from last year that i really love :)

Here is my entry-

Rules

-One photo per person please.

-You can link up using your blog or flicker, or anything else.

-The photo needs to be taken by you, and you only.

-All photos need to be appropriate.

-You need to link up to the direct post/photo.

-If there is more then one picture in your post, please specify which photo you are entering.

-Please comment on at least 3 other entries.

-Each photo needs to be linked back to Captured Moments photography or has to have the button in the post.

-Entries need to be linked up by Saturday night.

-If it's still Saturday there and you'd like to enter and the linky thing is closed, email me your entries at sillajophotography@gmail.com
NEW RULE! -Since we have limited internet, if you're going to email me your entry please re-size you picture to LESS the 500kb! Thanks so much :)

Here is the button :)

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MMPC || Two of a Kind finalists

I'm SO sorry it's taken me so long to post this! Our power has been off and on, and i really haven't felt up to posting it (when the power was on). I'm SUPER sorry! But here are the finalists of TWO OF A KIND!
Voting will last till Monday at 1am :)

Sharla (emailed)
I love the focus, the colors, and the matching flowers :)! So pretty!

Emily Grace
I really love this! I think it's super cute! And i totally understand it, because my brothers are two of a kind also :)

Tina
This is really pretty :) I love the part color part black and white!

Heidi-Mari
This is really creative! I love the matching tomatoes (are they tomatoes?) I love the water spraying on them!

Sarah
I love the focus on the pens! Really creative :)

You can finalists button HERE

Be sure to enter in this weeks challenge Focus!
3 MORE DAYS TILL CAPTURED MOMENTS CHANGES!!

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Friday Foto Edits

This week i've decided to enter Kelly-Marie's Friday Foto Edits challenge!

So here is my before and after :)


BEFORE-



AFTER-

All I did for this picture was use Presets Heaven's B&W beach preset and I turned the exposure down a little bit :)

This picture was taken while we were in Jinja! Our hotel was RIGHT on the Nile! It was SO beautiful! And the restaurant at the hotel was wonderful! We had a beautiful view and it was open air! It was really pretty :)
I'll post more Jinja pictures next week after my blog changes ;)

5 MORE DAYS TILL CAPTURED MOMENTS CHANGES!!

MMPC || Focus

Hey everyone!
How was your weekend?? Mine was really good :) We stayed at our friend's house while the parents were gone over night! And last week we spent 2 days in Jinja! It was so beautiful :D I'll post pictures later in the week.
Quick announcement! Captured Moments will be changing next week!! New name and a new design!! I'm so excited!!!!

So the theme this week is.....
Focus!

Here is my entry-

Rules

-One photo per person please.

-You can link up using your blog or flicker, or anything else.

-The photo needs to be taken by you, and you only.

-All photos need to be appropriate.

-You need to link up to the direct post/photo.

-If there is more then one picture in your post, please specify which photo you are entering.

-Please comment on at least 3 other entries.

-Each photo needs to be linked back to Captured Moments photography or has to have the button in the post.

-Entries need to be linked up by Saturday night.

-If it's still Saturday there and you'd like to enter and the linky thing is closed, email me your entries at melissa.capturedmoments@gmail.com
NEW RULE! -Since we have limited internet, it would be really helpful if you could re-size you pictures to LESS the 1000kb! Thanks so much :)

Here is the button :)

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MMPC || Sky WINNER!

The winner of sky is....

Light Trigger!!!

Congrats! This is SUCH a beautiful picture!! So wonderful!!

You can get your winner button here

MMPC || Two of a Kind

Hey! I hope everyone had a great weekend! Tomorrow my family and I make our way to Kenya (please pray that we won't have to go, and just get our visas stamped in Jinja!) That's all we have planned for the week! And we're going over to our friend's house on Friday :) Pretty exciting right?!

Well anyway, the theme this week is
TWO OF A KIND!
eyes, feet, hands, shoes, mittens, kittens, anything that are two of a kind :)

Here is my entry~

Rules

-One photo per person please.

-You can link up using your blog or flicker, or anything else.

-The photo needs to be taken by you, and you only.

-All photos need to be appropriate.

-You need to link up to the direct post/photo.

-If there is more then one picture in your post, please specify which photo you are entering.

-Please comment on at least 3 other entries.

-Each photo needs to be linked back to Captured Moments photography or has to have the button in the post.

-Entries need to be linked up by Saturday night.

-If it's still Saturday there and you'd like to enter and the linky thing is closed, email me your entries at melissa.capturedmoments@gmail.com

Here is the button :)

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Capture Gratitude 1-5

Every week Mandie posts her Capture Gratitude list. Last week my mom and I decided to begin capturing gratitude. It really makes you look and be thankful for the little things!

For those of you who know, our water has been out for a month. So my dad called the water company and they said that they aren't going to fix the water until the road is fixed next to our home. Now 3 weeks ago a bulldozer came tearing through the road next to our house, it took down trees and totally destroyed the road next to our home, and apparently they broke a water pipe..so until the road is fixed we aren't going to have any water...and from what we've heard, that could be in 2 months OR MORE!
So when my mom and I decided to do capture gratitude, it was really hard for me to be thankful for anything..but i learned that having you water out isn't THAT bad! I mean I wouldn't choose for it to happen, but if it happens i can live with it! I prayed that God would help me keep my eyes open, and look for things to be thankful for.

#1
Rain to fill up our jerry cans!

#2
Our cat sleeping in a funny position :)

#3
Bibles in Luganda to give to Mama Benna <3

#4
Playing in the rain

#5
Fun (FREE) crafts!


Be sure to check out Mandie's capture gratitude!

MMPC || Sky Finalists

Oh my word! I got 13 entries!!!!! We have a new record!!! Thanks so much everyone!!! And the entries were BEAUTIFUL! I couldn't even pick a top 5! This time instead of having a top 5 we're having a top 6!! So here are the finalist :)

Hannah
I love the colors. And the silhouette of the tree! So pretty :)

Light Trigger (sorry i couldn't find your name)
This is breathtaking! It's so beautiful! I love the colors and the mountains..so pretty!

Tina
I love this! I love the bright blue sky against the green grass! And i love the clouds :)

Emily
This is just beautiful! I love the colors, and the sun behind the clouds. And i love the reflection in the water!

Sarah
This is so pretty! I love the different shades of pick and purple!

Mary Ann
This is so wonderful! I love the clouds and the sunlight! And the ocean! Amazing :)
You can get your finalist buttons here!

Today I...

.....made myself a new notebook! My old has been filled up with thoughts, stories, and drawings..so i decided to make a cover for my new black notebook :)

Here is the before picture:

And after!

All i did was cut the color strips from a paint sample thing and glued them onto my notebook, then i made this flower pattern :) And tada!

What do you think?

{A Photo} Challenge || Black and White

Here's my entry for black and white :)

I took this picture yesterday when God blessed us with rain!! I'll post more pictures later!

Macro Monday || Close Up

Here is my entry for Macro Monday!

Ferb slept ALL day today! And now is is 6:30pm and he won't sit still! Right now he is attacking my camera...he's very curious, and a little rebel. But he also has a soft side. He can't go to sleep unless he is lying against something or someone, and whenever he is doing something he knows he shouldn't do, he stops and gives you this 'i wasn't doing anything' meow..But i love him <3

MMPC || August Favorite WINNER!

The winner of August Favorite is....

Kelly Anne!

Congrats!!! Your picture is BEAUTIFUL!

You can get your winner button HERE

MMPC || Sky

Hey!

This weeks theme is SKY!!!

Sunsets, sunrises, clouds, the sun, anything involving the sky!

Here's my entry

Rules

-One photo per person please.

-You can link up using your blog or flicker, or anything else.

-The photo needs to be taken by you, and you only.

-All photos need to be appropriate.

-You need to link up to the direct post/photo.

-If there is more then one picture in your post, please specify which photo you are entering.

-Please comment on at least 3 other entries.

-Each photo needs to be linked back to Captured Moments photography or has to have the button in the post.

-Entries need to be linked up by Saturday night.

-If it's still Saturday there and you'd like to enter and the linky thing is closed, email me your entries at melissa.capturedmoments@gmail.com

Here is the button :)

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Pupsqueak || Simple

Here is my entry for Pupsqueak's photo challenge 'simple'!

This picture is of 2 fishermen on Lake Victoria :)

MMPC || August Favorite finalist

Hey everyone! Thanks for the wonderful entries! I really enjoyed looking through all of them :)

Oh and i just wanted to make a quick announcement that we are not going to Gulu just yet, due to sicknesses and visa stuff (please pray that God would work it out that we don't have to leave the country!)

Anyway here are the finalist!

Sarah

I really love the color of the bird :) So pretty!

Shannah

I love how crisp this picture is! Wonderful capture :)

Mary Ann

This is just SO COOL! I love the sky in the background, and her kicking! Awesome shot :D

Kelly Anne

This is just breathtaking! So wonderful! It defiantly shows the awesome power of God :D

Jessica

I love this! I love the colors and the focus! So beautiful! Wonderful job :)

Thanks again everyone :D Finalists, you can get your button here!

And yes, there will be a challenge next week :D

MMPC || People WINNER!

Hey Everyone!!

Sorry that i'm SO late on posting this! But i've not been feeling good the past couple of days. No more stomach bug!!! So that's good :D But i've had a chest cold. But i'm feeling much better! So thank you for all the prayers <3

Oh and we still have no running water :(

So at long last the winner of last weeks challenge (people) is...

Mercy!!

Congrats! This picture is wonderful! I love the black and white and she is so beautiful! Great job :D

You can get your button here!