Playing Beach on a Winter's Day by alophoto

Playing Beach on a Winter's Day

Clara and I played beach today with a towel, sunscreen, sunglasses and our bathing suits on. We played beach in the patch of light on our sandy colored carpet. We even put down a blue blanket and played in the "water" splashing and giggling in the waves.

We played beach while there was snow outside on the ground. Icicles dripping from the house. We played beach in the middle of winter and it felt like we were on vacation. We MUST play beach more often. I think it may become an everyday game.

This is a shot that I wanted to do for my kids favorite DC Talk song, In the Light. Must make more use of the dramatic light in the house and perhaps pose less awkwardly next time;-).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWq1XYxtlRs

If you didn't see it, yesterday, I posted my 100th selfie on Mad Hatters. 100!! Wowie. Also, we are doing a music theme this week and feel free to join in and tag your music shots: madhatters-music. This is one for the theme and yesterdays here was, too: http://365project.org/madhatters/365/2014-03-03

And here she and I were at the beach: http://365project.org/amandal/themes-challeng/2014-03-04
Fab shot! Nice lighting and a wonderful idea!
March 4th, 2014  
Nice lighting! Love this song!
March 4th, 2014  
A very creative idea for the middle of winter! Nice selfie.
March 4th, 2014  
Great lighting! What fun...
March 4th, 2014  
I bet that was a lot of fun! Sunny days and warm times are coming, girl! get ready :)
March 4th, 2014  
Jo
Oh my... careful you don't burn!! great idea and shot.
March 4th, 2014  
How fun! You look great! the lighten is wonderful!
March 4th, 2014  
Fantastic. Great light, you look fab as usual
March 4th, 2014  
how pretty you look :)
March 4th, 2014  
Lovely! Nice use of b&w and shadows.
March 4th, 2014  
Great shot, love the light
March 4th, 2014  
You are such a cool mum! What a brilliant idea and a great shot too!
March 4th, 2014  
Great idea to get some vitamin Ds....love the concept and lighting !!:)
March 4th, 2014  
You're so creative and fun! Great use of light and love the b/w processing!
March 4th, 2014  
Fabulous light and so dramatic in black and white -- love the movie-star vibe!
March 4th, 2014  
Yoiu could have fooled me into thinking you really were at the beach! Glad you had your shades and sunscreen!
March 4th, 2014  
Lovely shot.
March 4th, 2014  
Superb - so creative!
March 4th, 2014  
Meg
great creativity...love the b and w...
March 4th, 2014  
Love this photo and the lighting, Amanda. You are so creative.
March 4th, 2014  
Great shot! The light is wonderful. Sounds like a fun game! I would say that I would try it, but I was freezing in my house in jeans, wool socks and three shirts. I'm a wimp!!
March 5th, 2014  
Nice use of that light there..... :)
March 5th, 2014  
Glorious lighting and what a creative shot! You look so happy in the shot. I love that each of your images tells a story.
March 5th, 2014  
Awesome selfie and great lighting! Congrats on 100th selfie!!!
March 5th, 2014  
You are such fun! Fav!
March 5th, 2014  
@egad I couldn't believe that I was comfortable (as I am usually in a shirt, hoodie, jeans, wool socks and slippers. Maybe not 3 shirts. You are a wimp;-). Thanks!

@kareenking You are sweet. Thanks, Kareen!!

@joemuli I so love soaking in the D!! Thanks! Enjoy the real beach for me, will you?
March 5th, 2014  
A lovely bathing beauty! Looks very convincing and hope helps bring some sunshine and warmth your way!
March 5th, 2014  
Love the lighting and the composition of this shot.
March 5th, 2014  
If I chop a hole in the ice you could take a swim here too. Glamorous!
March 5th, 2014  
What a great idea! This wood have been perfect for theme old Hollywood!beautiful selfie!
March 5th, 2014  
Wow, great contrast and light!
March 5th, 2014  
and agree with @mzzhope, this would have been great for the theme
March 5th, 2014  
Wow, this is great. Wonderful lighting and great imagination as always. :)
March 5th, 2014  
brilliant shot and lighting and such a fun idea! love this. I am happy to do quite a few selfies but I doubt nayone will see me in a bathing suit for a long time, you look fab though :-)
March 5th, 2014  
Great lighting,a super idea!!
March 5th, 2014  
What a smart idea and terrific execution. Looking very comfy there my friend. Fav!
March 5th, 2014  
Oh wow you would never guess it was winter ~ I thought you had gone on holiday somewhere :D

Love it
March 5th, 2014  
Great light. Love it in black and white.
March 5th, 2014  
@alisonp I wish. We had to make it so. Love that I get dramatic light in my house and plan to use it more. We did play beach again today!:)

@adamj Truly and I wasn't even cold for a change. Thanks so much. More plans for this light. Love it.

@bristolrose Thanks so much, lady!!

@susale @mzzhope Thanks, ladies. Shoot, wish I had thought of this for the theme!!
March 5th, 2014  
@amandal you gave me an idea for Madhatters music though......off to make a crazy picture.....
March 5th, 2014  
@mzzhope YES!!! Love crazy pictures:))))!
March 5th, 2014  
Jo
I was just reading your lent thread, are you finding all this posting a struggle?
March 6th, 2014  
@jo13 Yep. And I am tired out over 2+ years of posting everyday. Tired of winter. Just plain tired. I need to give myself a break. I really did want to do less this year. I'm finding myself resenting 365, not loving it anymore. A break will hopefully do me good. And then maybe I will feel that I can post when I like and such. Not completely giving it up, just forcing myself to post less. I left a hole yesterday. That was hard to do, but yet I didn't want to fill it either. I considered using my Alice falling through the hole photo for the hole. We'll see. thanks for checking in:).
March 6th, 2014  
perfect lighting and bw. Brilliant!
March 6th, 2014  
Pea
Love the contrasty light in this Amanda! Such a fun selfie. fav
March 6th, 2014  
Wow! You've conjured up the sunshine out of nowhere :o) xx
March 6th, 2014  
Jo
Cut yourself some slack and let a day slide here and there, I'm finding that posting 3/4 days a week is working ok, it allows we to stay in even when I'm out if you know what I mean!
March 6th, 2014  
@jo13 Yeah, 3-4 times a week sounds reasonable. We'll see. I think I need a break. Full time for years is a lot. I take it a bit too seriously, too! Getting mad that I can't make PP with 40+ faves. Ridiculous.
March 6th, 2014  
@psychographer We've had a very very cold, but surprisingly sunny winter. New place gets amazing light. I have great plans for it.

@deeganp @dandelionmama Thanks sooo much ladies!!!
March 6th, 2014  
Jo
@amandal Yer know what u mean, PP eluding me too!!
March 7th, 2014  
fun cool shot! now where's the daiquiri? ;p
March 7th, 2014  
well you fooled me, I thought you were in Miami
March 7th, 2014  
@kali66 Ha! Cool!!

@northy Or pina colada? Thanks. glad to have a built in dramatic light!
March 7th, 2014  
Great shot - and what lucky children to have such a fun mother.
March 7th, 2014  
Awesome lighting.
March 9th, 2014  
what a fun thing to do! great idea!
March 11th, 2014  
How do you get all the black background and soft light?
March 12th, 2014  
@sailingmusic The light is very bright coming in from a skylight and I played with the brightness and contrast until I was happy with it and converted to b&w. I did darken the background to make it black (otherwise it showed my dirty kitchen table;-).
March 12th, 2014  
WOW! great photo fav
March 16th, 2014  
So confused...but great shot :)
May 6th, 2014  
@snackmaster Thanks. I live in OH, there was snow outside and it was freezing, but I had a warm sunspot in the house where my daughter and I played beach in. Thank you!
May 6th, 2014  
Aaaaah. Guess I should have read the description! Top stuff.
May 6th, 2014  
@snackmaster It was so fun and nice to pretend. I grew up in FL and miss the beach!
May 6th, 2014  
I live two minutes from the beach. Not quite as sunny as FL, but it'll do :)
May 6th, 2014  
@snackmaster Lucky. How did you stumble upon this shot? So funny when an older shot gets a comment.
May 6th, 2014  
It would've been one of the tags. I was just having an epic browse, and clearly got sucked in by the partial nudity :)
May 7th, 2014  
@snackmaster Well that makes sense, ya guy:).
May 7th, 2014  
nice light!
May 23rd, 2014  
@gwhit123 I adore this light. I've done a handful of shots in it. It's amazing.
May 23rd, 2014  
@cromwell Here you go:). Better?
May 23rd, 2014  
"Sweet Holy Moses!"
May 23rd, 2014  
@cromwell Made up for the other one then? Happy weekend.
May 23rd, 2014  
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