Jan21

Week 3 {Inspiration}

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Week 3 {Inspiration}

Here is my photo for week three wich ends today (1/21).  inspiration is the theme and its my kids that inspire me….to shine His light, to be a better person, a mom, a wife, a photographer…I wish I could have gotten an image of all 5 of them for this weeks theme, but I didn’t and since I love this one of the baby, it will do! We had our first snow of 2012 today.  It was fairly small maybe 3 or 4 inches, but it was enough for the kids to go sledding in.  Baby loved it and his sweet-cheeks smile shows it!

Jan20

Week 2~Project 52 {Life}

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Week 2~Project 52 {Life}

Well I missed posting for week 2 of my project 52 last week. : (  I knew that I would hit some bumps!  I guess the more you have going on, the more opportunity for something to go wrong.  I did take a picture, albeit not what I totally had in mind, but it worked.  I just couldn’t get it together last week.  This week has been a little tough too, but I’m starting to catch up.

So the theme last week was “Life”.   My mind flooded with thoughts of granduer…..lovely ideas for the perfect, polished, technically correct photo that just oozed the theme.  Much to my dismay, “life” really happened and I didn’t get the photo I had envisioned.  I did get something that was a little more realistic of what my life is like right now: a little kooky/crazy but full of joy!  I looked at the last-minute snap shot and thought to myself…”Isn’t this what I’m really doing this project for?  Isn’t it to remind me of my life as it is now, this year; to photograph all of the moments that I want to savor, no matter how unglamorous or plain or crazy?” I think I’m realizing that developing as a photographer will come in at a very close second to capturing the blessed moments of my life, whether they be a hill-top experience a valley or somewhere in between.

This Photo of Ellie is exactly how “Life” played out for me last week…a little kooky/crazy, but full of joy!!  It is not the best photo, I even had to use the on camera flash (which I loath!) but it works and it makes me smile when I look at it.  Hopefully, I will be posting for week 3 tomorrow (last minute!!)…until then , blessings!

Jan1

Week 1~ Project 52 {Resolution}

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Week 1~ Project 52 {Resolution}

This is my first photo for my project 52.  The word we had to work with was “Resolution”.  There are quite a few important things on my “to-do” list but this one is THE priority.  This year I am resolved to start each day in the Word.  This has actually been a desire of mine for a while, but this past year (especially) I’ve been caught up in a sad cycle of miss a few mornings, get discouraged and then stop.  A few weeks (or month) would go by, and the scenario would play out again. Not this year.  I’m resolved to keep going….even if I miss a day or two I won’t get discouraged; I’ll pick up my Bible and start again.  You see this is the how accomplishing all the other “to-do’s” is going to be possible.  With Christ on my mind and in my heart daily,  God’s desires become my desires and nothing can stop me from accomplishing the things I want to accomplish.  I can’t wait to get started!!