Ahoj! This is Zdenka! “What makes me happy” was the theme of the last creative camera
challenge. Well, photos and videos are in. There were some great ones. I went through
all of them and picked 15 which were either the best quality, humorous or best story.
There were lot of submissions but many of them were missing the story which was part
of the challenge, so those were eliminated. Instagram had tons of submissions mainly from
1 photographer but very few had actual stories. Please use camera hashtags only if you really
plan on submitting your images, don’t just use them randomly to have as many hashtags
as possible with your photos just to be seen. Now that that is out of the way, let’s get
to the first photo. Gediminas sent this photo with a caption. For me, happiness is simply
a runaway in nature for inspiration, peace, calmness and ability to notice many wonderful
things around. Calmness of the evening. I love the colors of the shot, I love the view,
that little tiny moon on the sky. There are 2 things I would change to make it even better.
First is your horizon level. Watch out for that. I sometimes take photos and then later
see that it is off a bit too. This can be easily corrected when you are editing the
photo. I love the composition. I would only crop it a tiny bit from the top just above
the moon…. Just a little. This will make it more balanced. Otherwise, this is beautiful
shot. Well done. Second photo was taken by Nick. His caption is this. My Happiness. Its
been a long time since I've been out with the camera and captured anything meaningful.
My father very sadly passed away in January, and we had always shared a love for the outdoors
and especially photography. I am no landscape photographer, but this genre was his greatest
passion, so I hope he would have liked it. This hits my heart. I am very sorry to hear
about passing of your father. You were so lucky to see this type of landscape. The light,
the fog, the ideal scenario. I love how you positioned yourself to have the sun just touch
the bridge. This is absolutely beautiful photo, your father would have been very proud. Marco
has sent this lovely photo of his cat. Caption states: Dobby was adopted during June 2020
lockdown. This little guy really fills my lockdown days, and he seems pretty happy too,
so he laughs out loud. I am very happy for you that you found your fluffy friend. Looking
at the photo, I love the photo. I love the fact that you took the moment, you captured
it at the right time. The only thing I wish was different is the focus. The mouth is blurry,
eyes and body are in focus. I would prefer to see face and eyes in focus… ears and
body could be blurry. I know how hard it is to react at the moment. It happened and you
had to react very quickly and take the shot. Again, beautiful photo and very nice story.
If you don’t know Rajkumar by now then you've been on the channel for a short period of
time. He is someone who's been submitting to those challenges on regular basis. You’ll
expand your portfolio with all these challenges in no time. That's my goal to create enough
challenges for you so you can expand your portfolio with a wide variety of shots. Rajkumar
submitted lot of photos and videos and I chose this video and the caption is: This King Fisher
is really a true entertainer and watching its action always brings happiness in my life.
This small clip is cut from one hour video. I watched this clip so many times. What a
tease, it is really funny to watch. Great moment, thank you very much for sharing. Poonam
sent in this beauty. This makes me feel very calm. I don’t know… it just does for some
reason. Caption goes: My morning starts with cycling and clicking sunrise pictures with
my camera and it gives me happiness which makes my day refreshing. One of my sunrise
clicks is my favorite. You've got interesting camera settings. Simply put… there is everything
I love about this photo, it's beautiful shot. I got to try this myself. Thank you very much
for sharing. Photo number 6 is from Mick. The caption says:
What makes me happy, concert photography and hopefully soon I will be back to doing what
I enjoy most about photography, capturing that moment. I hear you. For the first time
ever I am actually missing the weddings, to shoot weddings. I just I miss those places,
to interact with people, yeah. Is it Bon Jovi in the photo? Great timing again. Loving the
way you captured the movement and expression. I would only cut the wall out a bit on the
right, just left in the musicians… no wall. It is a great photo. Hopefully we can go back
to fun stuff again soon. This photo was sent by Mikey. Caption is:
Being able to take my kids outside, nice weather, calm waters, Big city!! This is my happy place.
This location is so cool. I wonder how many people took photos there. Must be one of the
popular spots to take a quick shot. Wishing well to you and to your family.
Instagram user I believe it is pronounced Lamovia sent in this photo with a caption:
The beauty of the simplicity, that’s happiness. Yes there is something about waves and ocean.
The focus in the photo is in the center on the big waves.. Girl running on the beach.
I like it. Thank you for sharing. Photo number 9 is from Jeff. Happiness is being able to
share my photos with this group. There are a couple of visitors at my deck. The moth
was shot with an iPhone 11 Pro Max. I always carry my phone because opportunities to capture
the world around us brings happiness. I love the colors in the photo. So much green. Sunil
sent in this photo with a sample capture. Happy moment. Family time. I really like the
shot. This is what you get to see when you look at travel photos. I like what is going
on in the shot, the composition, the expression. This draw me in so much that I want to know
more of the story. Paul wrote this. Happiness is also going home.
To our birthplace, seeing friends and family. Simple things. This is amazing. Beautiful.
David shared with us something different. Halloween makes me happy. It’s my favorite
holiday. Christmas is for the kids but Halloween is the time I get to be the kid. I get it.
When our kids collect all the treats on Halloween, the stuff they don't like, my husband is very
happy to be in a line up to collect all those. I am not in the line up. I believe this next
photo got the most comments in the group and I think that most of us when we looked at
that photo got very happy for few seconds. Well, the question was. What makes you happy?
The answer was very honest, it was funny. I had to laugh for few seconds. Here it is.
Jimmy wrote: a great hamburger, fries, peppers and a pint of favorite beer takes away all
problems of the world and makes me so happy!!!!!!!!! And that is not everything. On of the comments
below the photo is Canon M50 the burger camera. Next 2 photos are all about the story….
Take a look….. Russell shared this: This picture sums up my 2020 and 2021. I found
the love of my life. Through a lot of lockdown of the Spring and a lifetime of waiting, I
finally found her. I also discovered astrophotography last year. The thrill of getting a long enough
exposure to see the vastness of the galaxy hidden before our eyes. This picture was taken
the day after I proposed to my then girlfriend. She said yes. This picture symbolizes one
of the happiest days of my life. Throughout the cold of a Autumn night near the exact
center of Colorado, we laughed and stood still for 20 seconds as we held this pose waiting
for the camera to finish capturing us and the galaxy core behind us. Realizing that
we are staring into each other's future. Next month we are getting married and this challenge
again reminded me of the happiness we share. Thank you very much for sharing with us. I
would love to wish both of you lot of happiness, lot of love, lot of understanding one another,
amazing times together and beautiful future. Congratulations. This last photo from Frank
is already suggesting that something was going on. The photo from hospital bed and here is
the story: Sunrises and sunsets are my happiness and I'll explain why… In 2015 while in a
hospital I had a massive heart attack. Full cardiac arrest. I was gone. Luckily I was
in the hospital. Four amazing nurses saved my life with CPR and two defibrillation shocks.
My heart restarted. When I woke up the next morning in Intensive Care, the first thing
I saw was a sunrise coming in my hospital room window. A new day was beginning. And,
a second chance at life was beginning for me. Every sunrise and sunset I see now, means
another day to live. This is my happiness. Here is the actual photo of the sunrise I
saw out the window. Life is wonderful. Enjoy every day you are given. All I can say is
that we are very happy that you are doing well and thank you very much for sharing this
important photo and message with us. Thank you very much again for submitting one
more time. I have credited everybody below the video in description. Hit the thumbs up
if you enjoyed today's video and subscribe for future videos. New camera challenge will
be announced on Monday. Leave a comment if you want to and I’ll see you in the next
video… Cau…. Ahoj….