Feb 17

(7/Dust)

The SP ended up frustrating me today. I've lost my camera attachment to put the thing on the tripod, so I wasted a bit of shooting time digging around the house for it. Sigh.

I'm noticing a trend about my self-portraits. I'm hiding. As much as I can, I hide my eyes, shooting only parts of me, putting things in front of me, using my children as props. It's an interesting psychological thing, I'm sure. I'm so unused to finding myself in front of the camera - I don't know what to do! It's easier to just shoot into the mirror and glare at myself, check my facial expression as I go. Standing in front of the timer, waiting for the shot - that's HARD.

I think it's going to be good for me. And for my clients.

Aaannd here are a few of the rest I shot.

About the flowers: I picked up some leftover V-day flowers at Walmart after B's appointment this morning. I was ostensibly stopping just to pick up juice for P, who threw up her breakfast, but we got sidetracked, so we brought home flowers too.


My silly girl. (no#/overshoot freebie)


"GSOOC" - Gerbera, straight out of the camera... (9/365)

And this is one of my V-day tulips. My husband braved Friday night's snow to pick them up for me, to bring a smile for me on a rough day.


I know, I know - macro lens again. But I was ON today! (no#/overshoot freebie)

(Image © Informal Moments Photography)

80/365 - lavender green

this is a picture of my learning to be. to be what I am, to let my work be what it is, to let it be art, and acknowledge that art is beauty to the creator who is willing to just be, and is not to be despised if it is not interesting to others who see. I may love my work, it may speak to me, and another might hear the words I hear that can't be spoken. but they will never hear if I do not risk.

and as I learn about accepting my own creations regardless of the input of others, I remember that God has presented me His creation, and redeemed me for Himself, and loves me incredibly as His child... what risk, what a powerful sense of "I Am..."

78/365 - Some Springtime Flare

Pete brought me these tulips yesterday when he came home from grocery shopping. These tulips and a few other things that will probably get featured this week! I've been playing around with flare this weekend, and I just loved the way it came out for this shot! (This image is almost SOOC. I adjusted only a little for lighting.)

Twenty-Nine - Refresh

I had to shoot this today. I needed the soft white cool, this peace before the rain.

Twenty-Seven - I Will Open

in the second month
when the frost still comes
and goes
she makes her vow
to spring
and hope
and wonder -

i will open
she whispers.


This month, I am participating in a contest/project on Shutter Sisters called the one word project. My word for the month is promise, so my Project 365 images this month will most likely follow that theme. You can see more from others who are participating here.

Explanation for this shot? BOY, I am lucky to live in the South! At least in February...

Twenty-Six - Among Thorns

Twenty-Four - My Morning Was Gray

I deliberately blurred this shot after giving up on trying to make anything interesting come into focus in today's flat gray and white light. Taking a photo a day is one thing. Taking a photo I LIKE a day is another.

Out of the shots I attempted this morning, this was the photo that made me feel alive.

Twenty - Etched in Red

I must note here that it is a good thing that my husband buys me flowers. I'm already uninspired on this photo-a-day project. I knew this would happen, but I hoped it would hold off for a bit longer! As a fellow photographer noted to me last week, "some days are better than others."

I figured out my tripod and my camera's self-timer the other day, so maybe I'll try some more self-portraiture this week. I'm too picky, I think, but I've done so much off-the-cuff shooting, I think taking some time to focus my work will really make a difference in what I get and give me time to improve my eye and discover what can be done. In just two weeks, I've learned a ton!

Fifteen - Red Around the Corner