This is just a small personal goal, but it means a lot to me. So to hold myself accountable, I'm posting what I've got and I'll try to do better next time.
I started a photo challenge that is similar to a scavenger hunt. I was to take a picture each day, using a list I found on Pinterest as a guideline. The link back to the original website was lost somehow.
30 Day Photography Challenge
Day 1 - 1/4/12: Self-Portrait
I know it's cliche to have a picture of your eyes as a self portrait, but this is me. No makeup. Lots of new freckles. And right now, I'm self conscious about pretty much everything except my eyes.
I got pretty lucky with this shot as I just pointed and shot, but I was still in manual mode. I used my hand to meter off of and then did a few test shots. The only lens I have right now is a 50mm, so even though I was holding the camera at arms reach (which is no small distance, as I have a 6-foot "wingspan"), it's a close up. This is SOOC (straight off of camera - meaning no editing).
Day 2 - 1/5/12: What you wore today
Today was my 25th birthday. I had a really wonderful, low-key day. Little Man and I went for a run in the park in the morning, and I spent the day cleaning the house. It may sound really boring to most people, but I really did have a great day.
The weather was a gorgeous 75 degrees and sunny all day - yes, on January 5 - so I was wearing one of my favorite pairs of running shorts. They make me feel cute. Note the lovely food stains. That's something I wear every day, now. ;) This is SOOC.
Day 3 - 1/6/12: Clouds
This was taken on another outing to the park with Husband and Little Man. I made some corrections in post-processing. I corrected the white balance and increased the contrast a little.
Day 4 - 1/7/12: Something Green
I thought it would be too obvious and easy to have a picture of a plant. Nothing wrong with that, but I really wanted something a little out of the box. I also wanted to show something meaningful to me. I ended up going with a photo of something I use every single day and am always paying attention to at night: the baby monitor. The green means a sleeping baby (or at least, a baby not making noise). Ahhh, green.
Day 5 - 1/8/12: From a High Angle
This isn't the best shot. I was a little crunched on time here. I was hoping to do a shot of Little Man upset and then a follow up of him happy, but it wasn't quite that easy. Of course, I never like to see him sad but I think he's so cute when he's crying. I snapped this fairly quickly and then went to comfort him. Technically it's not the best shot, but it met the daily category requirements.
Also, I usually like to take baby pictures on or near the same level as the subject because if you're looking down at a baby it makes them look like a toy. But in this case I think it works. If I had a little more time I would have tried to not crop out his foot, but I already felt like a bad mom for letting him cry in the time it took me to take this photo.
Day 6 - 1/9/12: From a Low Angle
This is Bella, the dog. She's an Italian Greyhound and can run more quickly than you'd think. I wanted to take a picture of her from a low angle, but the problem is she's only a foot and a half (or so) tall, and my lens really couldn't accomplish that close of a distance. Also, she moves. So I put her on top of the bed.
I like how her eye looks in this. I also added this one:
because it showcases her "Dobby ears", as Husband calls them. (That's an elf from Harry Potter, for those wondering.) This is pretty indicative of her nature. She's bug-eyed and tends to situate herself under blankets and pillows and then pop up when you least expect her to.
Day 7 - 1/10/12: Fruit
This is a dwarf pomegranate from a tree that my dad is growing. He brought it over out of curiosity to see what's inside. I waited a bit too long to cut it open, and so it got a bit rotten in some places. It looks just like a larger pom inside, but the arils are white. I'm not sure if that's because it didn't ripen, or what.
Day 8 - 1/11/12: A bad habit
This is what a typical night looks like in our house lately. Once the baby is asleep, Husband plays a video game and I'm online. Yes, it's a bad habit. It's not every night, but there are a lot of screens and electronics in the house and I'd like to reduce the time that we use them. As I type this on my computer.
Day 9 - 1/12/12: Someone you love
Easy peasy. Husband and Little Man. Two for one. When they fall asleep like this, it just melts my heart. I have about a million pictures like this, but they never get old to me.
So that's it. In a "30 Day Photo Challenge", I got 12 days in. Believe me, I was really tempted, even just now, to just take the rest of the pictures and pop them into place. No one would know. Except I would.
That's ok. I'm starting again, and even though it's already February 5, I'm going to do a February Challenge. If I don't finish it, I don't finish. The point is to get me more used to my camera and to take pictures more often. So there.
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Today is Super Bowl Sunday, and I have absolutely zero interest in the game. None. I only ever really watched it for the commercials.
As I type this, Little Man is happily putting blocks into a plastic bin and taking them out again. He's started to babble recently, seemingly out of nowhere. He was fairly silent (with the exception of crying) for months, and then out of the blue he started saying "da-da-ya-ya-ma-ga-pa-ra-la". Where did he get all of those consonant noises? It's hilarious; he'll be sitting somewhere just doing his own thing, and then look up and very matter-of-fact, say a "sentence" to us. It cracks us up every. time.
I've given up on waiting for crawling. He's been so close to it for so long. He rolls. He tumbles. He rotates. He inches. He reaches.
The thing is, I gave up on babbling. And then, babbling happened. So now I am *officially* giving up on crawling. ;)
Husband is upstairs cleaning out the game room, otherwise known as the room where you put everything that doesn't have a place. For two years. He's finally going through everything, and it's making me fall in love with him even more. Men, take note: chocolates, flowers, and jewelry are just fantastic. But if you really want to find your way into a woman's heart, clean her house for her. True story.
It's pretty embarrassing. It's a work in progress.
The other part of this is it's Husband's man cave. He desperately needs space and is being smothered by junk. The fun part about going through it all is finding things you'd forgotten about. It's easy to get distracted reading books you haven't seen in a while, playing with ebooks you lost a year ago, and looking through old photo albums.
And then there's the random old toys.
How was your weekend?
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