Get Dirty and Get Clean

 

Big news! Our very first photo contest starts today. I know I promised details so let me get down to the nitty gritty- literally.

We’re hosting a CleanWell Moments Photo Contest here at Shutter Sisters in honor of women who aren’t afraid to get dirty. Something tell me that includes many of you! Am I right?

From today until Feb. 29th we will be accepting your contest submissions at the CleanWell Moments Flickr Pool. You are invited to add them to our Shutter Sisters pool as well but we will be judging the photos from the CleanWell pool so you must join that group to officially enter over there. Just be sure that YOU shot the photo (and therefore the copyright belongs to you). It’s as simple as that.

The object is to creatively capture your life at it’s messiest!

Here are the categories-

1. outdoor adventures

2. in the kitchen

3. arts and crafts

4. family life

**You may enter up to THREE photos for the contest.

We will be awarding one winner per category and will be naming honorable mentions too.

Our four big winners will be showered with a plethora of the all natural products in the CleanWell motherload pack. OK, it’s really called the Hand Hygiene Pack but it’s got it ALL in there. And take it from me, the stuff rocks. The winners will be announced on March 4^th and will be featured here at Shutter Sisters AND later in the CleanWell Moments slideshow. Yay!

It’s a dirty world. Go out and enjoy it. Oh, and don’t forget your camera!

Season Speak

Winters in Southern California are mild to say the least. The weather we experience is but a breeze in the howling wind of what true seasonal weather should be. Mind you, it’s totally fine by me and one of the reasons I can’t imagine leaving my native California. This season, although still fairly temperate, we have had some weather. Storm systems have been flying through here like they’re in a hurry to get somewhere. Like another state perhaps where they can really wreak havoc. But as they race past they leave a lingering trail of the visual delights that So Cal photographers like myself rarely witness.

This morning as I set out on my daily rounds, the landscape here was luminous. With the air washed clean of the normal daily haze, the earth glowed a saturated green and the clouds looked like something from a dream. A tumultuous storm brewed over the mountains and a rainbow playfully danced in and out of my rearview mirror. I couldn’t help but feel like I was being romanced by my surroundings. Winter here can do that for you. It can tenderly remind you that everyday isn’t just like the one that came before it. Receiving a gift of perspective like that is invigorating. Each day is indeed a new day that begins fresh and clean and the possibilities are endless. Sometimes you can see it in the sky. It’s no wonder I’ve been carrying my camera with me everywhere I go.

I love to see how you translate the season with your cameras. I've been intoxicated by the images in our Flickr pool like those from  joannerim, strawberrygoldie, monsoonaz3 , carol brown and tonyapool.  Wow. Just plain wow. Keep them coming ladies. I feel a deep cleansing breath coming on and I like it.

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Now onto some Shutter Sisters business—

First, our apologies to everyone for the inability to subscribe to our feed. We are thrilled that you are so eager to get us into your readers! Just so you know, we are aware of the problem and promise that you all will be the first to know when we’ve got it worked out so hold tight!

And on a more fun note, we are pleased to announce that we will be kicking off our very first photo contest next week. Are you are ready to get down and dirty for this one? We thought we’d give you a week to get a jump start on shooting some pix to submit for the CleanWell Moments Photo Contest so get clickin’! Get the nitty gritty at ‘click with us'.