Our inspiration quote this month was "Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." -Khalil Gibran  
Our group turned out some of the most incredible work with this quote, ready yourself. 

Top submissions for this theme in no particular order:

​Regina Boston‎

And from the Admins:

This theme was so incredibly popular we extended it for the month of May, and while the admins of The Imperfectionists have been super busy in our lives we have been completely swooning over the absolutely stunning images submitted in the last 60 days. Totally. Out. Of. This. World. Talent. 

Top Submissions in no particular order are as follows: 

And From our Lovely Admins: 

Join us for this months exploration of Grain! Click Me!

For the month of march we explored the many facets of long exposure and the results were simply breathtaking. As always our members went far above and beyond to create work that is both heartfelt and deeply moving as well as unique in a way only personal vision can guarantee. 
Without further delay, here are our Featured Artists for the month of March.

Top Submissions in no Particular Order:

And From our Admin Team: 
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Looking forward to posting the Mid Month Inspiration Challenge from our March Entries! Stay tuned! 

This months Inspiration challenge we chose a quote from one of my most favourite books, a fairly well known quote by this author but altogether lovely, we used the hashtag #welovewhatwelove to challenge our members to reach deep inside and pull out some work that really resonated with them personally. 
“It had flaws, but what does that matter when it comes to matters of the heart? We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love. Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.” - Patrick Rothfuss 

Top 5 in no particular order:

Please join us for our newest inspritation challenge in our Facebook Group we'd love to see you there! 

The month of February was spent exploring low light in it's many forms and distinctions. We encouraged our Imperfectionist group members to share images taken in a variety of low light situations and the turn out was absolutely fabulous. 
One of the things about low light that we love is the story that can exist in the shadows of an image, where the question lies in the darkness. This creates an ebb and flow in an image that can tell some stories in ways a well lit area just can't quite capture. 
With that, here are some of the most breathtaking images shared with us for this technique exploration and keep an eye out for a post in the coming days for our inspiration challenge too! 

The Spotlight Artists 
​in no particular order:

And From our Admin Team:

We hope to see you in our group The Imperfectionists and on our Fantastically Flawed Facebook page for this months Exploration of Long Exposure! We have artist spotlights and another feature blog post in store for you! 

We have such an incredible announcement, Julie Ormonde is the admin and founder of Distorted Beauty and she had this to say about this incredible new adventure we will all be embarking on:

So with that beautiful prelude we would like to introduce to you a little of Julies astonishing work.

Please join us here: the imperfectionists

01.15.18 through 10.21.18

For this mini challenge the motivation was simple, lets get this amazing group sharing their hearts out. 
Well, we were as usual left utterly breathless at the simply astonishing submissions and it was as difficult as ever to choose the top 10. Pretty near impossible I think as it took us well into the next challenge to choose.
​In no particular order they are as follows:

‎Janet Douglas‎ ​

‎Anna Dickinson‎ ​

Admin Submissions: 

​Jade Lyf 

​COMING SOON TO OUR COMMUNITY <-- click here to join

Welcome to The Imperfectionists! As we amped up our new community facebook group and new members started joining us to contribute to the absolutely lovely atmosphere we have seen blooming there we decided to encourage everyone to introduce themselves with some of their favourite flawed images and in order to be featured share them on our community wall with the hashtag "hello" so in the spirit of introducing our community to you properly, here is one image from every member who submitted to our very first theme. 
Prepare to have your socks blown off, we certainly have. 

‎Anita Cline‎ ​

‎Kristey Fritz-Martin‎ ​

Colleen Adams‎ ​

Bobbi-Jo Stuart‎ ​

​Susan Roy Nelson‎

Brandi Geoghagan‎ ​

‎Megan Thomas‎ ​

Katy Bindels‎ ​

Anna Dickinson‎ ​

​‎Tiffany Morton Stewart‎ 

​‎Ashley Gurley‎ 

Claire Humphries‎ ​

​‎Morgan Alanna Eslick‎ 

​Sharrisa Marie Paranada

This may be our best blog yet. The amount of talent in these simple introductions left us completely in awe of the incredible talent within each unique individual we have in our community. 
Voices speaking loudly through silent still images. We are so blessed to share these with you.


(join us here  <--- click me! for the month of February we are exploring Low Light)




IF WE MISSED YOUR SUBMISSION PLEASE NOTIFY US!!! 

We all have anxiety, we can all somehow relate. Some of us have more anxiety than what should naturally occur and it becomes disruptive to everyday life while others just experience the type of anxiety that is practical in the face of public speaking or skydiving, or christmas dinner with the inlaws.
Those of you who opened your hearts to us this round, we are so grateful and so humbled by your bravery, for this reason, after the spotlight artist, we have decided to feature all of the amazing images that were shared with us this round. Thank you all for your incredible vulnerability, we are so very honoured. 
A special thank you to our guest judge this round Kate Brezicha  of Anchors Away Photography for this beautiful theme. 

--Anxiety--  "we have hope, which is the anchor for the soul. Firm and secure" - Hebrews 6:19 ​

Congratulations to our spotlight artist Molly Anna Photography 

Kate had this to say about your image: It shows how someone can be trapped, feeling like their stuck somewhere they shouldn't be. Like they can't move or do anything.. the static. All of it just really pulls the photo to complete it.

The other incredible images from this series of open hearts are as follows in no particular order:

Janet Douglas‎ ​

My darlings! You can't possibly grasp how truly excited we are to announce we have started a new community facebook group where we will have educational content, discussions, and an open forum for sharing. We will be restructuring the facebook page and encouraging you all to share in the group for our challenges in the hopes we will get you inspired and out to shoot something new each round. 
We are all so absolutely elated to have you join us here! 

This theme was such a wonderfully subjective one. We were able to look within rather than without for this challenge and we are so thrilled to have had such a wonderful turnout on such a busy couple of weeks. Happy Thanksgiving to our USA community members!! We were so blessed to have Alicia Fethke of Alicia Fethke Photography with us for this round. 

Congratulations to our spotlight artist ​Earth Angels- Angela Juhasz Photography

Top 5 in no particular order:

Debra Smith‎ ​

We want to thank you each for visiting us on your holiday weekend and look forward to seeing you soon for big announcements on our Facebook page! 
Our most recent theme with the lovely Kate Brezicha of Anchors Away Photography is a lovely verse paired with the emotion -Anxiety- "we have hope, which is the anchor for the soul. Firm and secure" - Hebrews 6:19  

​SEE YOU THERE WE LOVE YOU!