Forty-Nine - Freedom that is Wild

This morning, I couldn't find a picture to take - nothing was wild enough, crazy enough. dark enough, intense enough. I was doing insane things with my camera settings and nothing felt like enough risk. So I went to play the piano. And tried to sing. Which usually helps. And it didn't this time.

I was ready to burst into tears and start screaming mindlessly when my husband, who had been out grocery shopping, dived into the house carrying a bouquet of spiky wild orange tulips, just in time to hold me while I fell apart in his arms, blubbering nonsense about how he'd love me even if I wasn't everything I wanted to be, how I needed him, how much I loved him too...

This is my moment for today, the one that said, "I'm alive, and I'm free." There is nothing holding me back but me, and even that is released into love...

Forty-Eight - Secrets

The first photo I shot today. Piper wanted to play with the camera, so I held it in front of us and hit the button. It's a teeny bit out of focus, but I love the intimacy...

4:8 Project - Good Report

My beloved spoke, and said to me: “Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. (Song of Solomon 2:10-12)

This photo is part of my 4:8 Project, a project/contest in which I plan to honor one photo left in my comments with each new post. Every four weeks, I will choose a submitted photo to win an 8 x 10 print from my photos - winner's choice. To participate, check out the info about commenting/entering and leave me a comment with a link to a photo of your own!

NOTE: To this point, I only have one comment with a photo, a beautiful, peaceful shot from Cheri for the word "Lovely." If you have a photo that fits any of the words in my original post, feel free to leave a permalink in a comment on any of my Project 4:8 posts. Just include with it the word your photo matches! Oh, and you can submit more than one! I'll be reviewing and announcing my first print winner on March 8, 2009.

Forty-One - Overexposed

I figured out as I was processing my photos from today that my camera ISO was set at 1600 (which also explains yesterday's shot!). If you know anything about photography, you'll understand why this would wash everything out and dump a lot of grain in. It wasn't intentional, but hey, at least I got something shot today.

I hope your Valentine's weekend is lovely and inexpensive and spent with the people you love.

Forty - Impressions of Spring

Piper and I took our walk this morning around ten, before the sun's light moved to the noon-time bright, but I was still having a bit of trouble with my exposure. Still, Trouble or no, I fell in love with the way this one came out, all bokeh-ey and colored, shot through with purple and bright that really shouldn't be here in February. So since I'm shooting a photo a day that I *like*, this one definitely gets the number, even if it isn't sharp or focused or perfect.

Thirty-Two - Becoming

It wasn't a great day for finding photos, but I like this one. It says something quiet. Something I can share, because I am quiet today too.

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.

A Photo I Love

It's not good. The focus is off, there is junk on the mirror, and the light is too bright, but it was a moment we enjoyed. Piper loves it when her picture shows up in my camera!