http://hazel.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Hazel W. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:24:24 GMT 2010-01-02T07:24:24Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977324973 Somedays it is hard just to see the light of day, another challenge to struggle through... yet I know that someplace else someone other is struggling even more.  So how do I pray and ask the Dear . . . Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:47:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977324973 Hazel W. 2008-04-16T14:47:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977100630 Hi guys, I am back.... but still not here 100%.  Starting school has been such a nightmare, with trying to balance home life and two kids with school and a ton of homework, I'm lucky to make . . . Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:28:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977100630 Hazel W. 2007-08-29T13:28:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977075737 August will be a very hectic month for me: kids going back to school, and I have enrolled in college and therefore will be registering and going through orientation and starting classes on August. 20th.  . . . Sat, 04 Aug 2007 08:56:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977075737 Hazel W. 2007-08-04T08:56:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977075673 Thank you to everyone who submitted pictures for the month of July.  Our theme was "Poetry Without Words" and we had a good response.  To view all the photos submitted for the challenge, . . . Sat, 04 Aug 2007 05:21:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977075673 Hazel W. 2007-08-04T05:21:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977051024 Please remember that this is a monthly photography challenge group that has a THEME for each month.  Although I love seeing your photos of everyday living, I cannot accept them if they do not meet . . . Mon, 09 Jul 2007 06:16:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977051024 Hazel W. 2007-07-09T06:16:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977048773 We have had so many great submissions to our group, Photography Challenge, and I wanted to assure that these pics could be viewable to others in a way that represented them well, so I am going to post . . . Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:45:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977048773 Hazel W. 2007-07-06T06:45:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977048248 I hate to keep anyone waiting on the new challenge, and since Jessie is out of town and not able to tell me the winner for the month of June, I will go ahead and post a challenge for the month of July.  . . . Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:49:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977048248 Hazel W. 2007-07-05T17:49:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977048227 Jessie has returned and has picked the winners!!!  Congrats to everyone!!!  From Jessie: To all the great gather photographers who entered the June, 2007 photography challenge contest - FANTASTIC . . . Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:28:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977048227 Hazel W. 2007-07-05T17:28:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977043216 Hi everyone, Just thought I'd reach out for some votes for a contest being held by Sugarloot.com for the "Cutest Pet".  The winner gets a $100 gift certificate to Petco.com and I could . . . Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:33:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977043216 Hazel W. 2007-06-29T17:33:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977034809 Can someone tell me what kind of music their kids listen to??? My daughter is seven and she wants me to get her some music for her MP3 player, and I don't even know where to start. Here's all . . . Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:12:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977034809 Hazel W. 2007-06-20T21:12:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977025802 when taking photographs, how does one get the foreground to be crisp and the background to blur?  Does that make sense? I've accomplished it before, but just by happens chance and desire that . . . Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:23:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977025802 Hazel W. 2007-06-11T01:23:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977025731 I love photography, and enjoy looking at photos that others have captured and shared, therefore I take the rating system very seriously.   When I view a photo, I look at several things before . . . Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:34:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977025731 Hazel W. 2007-06-10T23:34:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977019092 Sorry that this is posted a little late, was out of town for the weekend!! Plus, a little anticipation never hurt anyone!!   Many of you responded to May's challenge in honor of my son's . . . Sun, 03 Jun 2007 21:55:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977019092 Hazel W. 2007-06-03T21:55:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977016045 Hello Everybody, The theme for the month of June was chosen by April's photography challenge winner, Jessie, and she has chosen "WATER" !! And with our summer upon us, what better theme . . . Thu, 31 May 2007 17:14:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977016045 Hazel W. 2007-05-31T17:14:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977006294 I Can't Go Back  Here I am, viewing my groups, photos and articles and every once in awhile, Gather glitches and I can get to a page, but cannot go back to the page before it.  I click . . . Tue, 22 May 2007 17:18:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977006294 Hazel W. 2007-05-22T17:18:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977006237 Hi Everyone, This is just a reminder that our monthly photography challenge will soon be coming to a close for the month.  The last day to submit photos will be May 31, so let's get to submitting!!  . . . Tue, 22 May 2007 16:11:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977006237 Hazel W. 2007-05-22T16:11:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976974209 It's May already!  I can't believe how fast this year is going by.  Soon the kids will be out of school and it will be time to go camping, and swimming, and BBQ on the grill.  Can't . . . Thu, 03 May 2007 06:19:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976974209 Hazel W. 2007-05-03T06:19:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976974199 Howdy ya'll!  Hope the month of April was EGG-STRA special for all you good folks out here in the land of Gather!  I think April was one of the best months ever for our monthly photography . . . Thu, 03 May 2007 05:51:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976974199 Hazel W. 2007-05-03T05:51:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976949162 Our winner for the month of March was Lisa Michalek!! Her photo was chosen as FIRST PLACE winner by last month's guest judge Jimmy U, on his theme of "Planes, Trains and Automobiles".  . . . Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:27:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976949162 Hazel W. 2007-04-03T16:27:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976949138 Each month, here at Photography Challenge (www.photochallenge.gather.com) we hold a monthly photography challenge.  A Guest Judge starts it off with the topic for the month and then our avid . . . Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:52:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976949138 Hazel W. 2007-04-03T15:52:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976926678 Are you ready for a great challenge? Then let's get out those cameras and take some pictures!  www.photochallenge.gather.com   Our guest judge this month is JIMMY U, who was the winner . . . Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:27:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976926678 Hazel W. 2007-03-08T17:27:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976925895 We had over 30 submissions to this month's challenge, "Light and Water", which was chosen by last month's big winner, Frank!! That's an outstanding turnout and the pictures submitted . . . Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:14:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976925895 Hazel W. 2007-03-07T20:14:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976908610 Hi everyone! I have received a lot of emails concerning the house cleaning going on at our group, so I thought I'd address the topic here so that everyone could review.  A while back I had sent . . . Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:33:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976908610 Hazel W. 2007-02-12T08:33:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976904336 It's time for a new challenge!  Get your cameras ready folks and let's do some shots! www.photochallenge.gather.com  The winner of January's photography challenge "ENERGY" . . . Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:21:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976904336 Hazel W. 2007-02-06T19:21:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976903889 Hi everybody!! Hope your January went well.  It's that time again to announce the winners for last month's photography challenge.  The guest judge for January was JANNA whose photo was . . . Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:33:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976903889 Hazel W. 2007-02-06T05:33:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976879084 I had a lot of emails this go-around concerning off topic photos being submitted.  I have decided that submissions will be accepted by authorization only.  This is not to discourage posting, . . . Sun, 07 Jan 2007 17:07:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976879084 Hazel W. 2007-01-07T17:07:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976879072 It's that time again!  Time to announce the winners of the photography challenge.This month's theme topic was "JOY", chosen by last month's winner Carla F.  She has sent . . . Sun, 07 Jan 2007 16:52:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976879072 Hazel W. 2007-01-07T16:52:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976853121 Hi everyone!  It's that time again!!  Last month was a blast!! WOW, can you believe all the great submissions?!  Made my job of being Judge extremely difficult.  Let's . . . Mon, 04 Dec 2006 04:21:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976853121 Hazel W. 2006-12-04T04:21:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976851630 First of all, I want to give a huge thank you for all the participants of the first challenge.  (found here)  http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976832419   This . . . Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:32:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976851630 Hazel W. 2006-12-01T21:32:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976842870 I've put a lot of thought into deciding the best way to judge the photos each month and have decided the most fair way would be to pick a guest judge each month and have them pick the 1st, 2nd, and . . . Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:29:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976842870 Hazel W. 2006-11-20T16:29:00Z