The 52-week photography project: portrait as landscape

Note: I am participating in a seven-day blogging challenge, called the Write Tribe Festival of Words. Write Tribe is an online community of bloggers that "urges you to write bravely."

Today's prompt is "share about a resource that you have or use." The resource that I am sharing Dogwood Photography. It is a photography studio in Wilmington, North Carolina, and it is a great resource for people who want to be photographers. This is the second year that Dogwood Photography has offered a 52-week photography challenge. For each of 52 weeks, there is a weekly assignment that covers three categories: artistic, story, and technical. This is truly a great opportunity, both to learn about photography while doing photography and to grow as an artist.

I am on week 28. The theme is "portrait as landscape," and the suggestion is "shoot a portrait that is posing as a landscape. Tell a story of the subject, using the landscape around them. Fool the reader."

So, here you go. The images for the week. 

A garden is a peaceful place to relax, to experience the world in color and shape and with a quiet, contemplative attitude.

The old, the new, the permanent, the temporary. The sunlight streams in and the view from the windows appears to be nothing but bright white light.

A room, a party, bone china teacups on display, and plastic cups full of iced tea. Sister Karen shares a few stories.

Roadwork on a warm day, when the rain clouds have formed.

The Grand Island Farmers market on the first Saturday of the month. A meat stand.

Today's conversation topic: What are some of your resources?