Week Five

So... My mother (hi mom!) thinks I need to actually blog more. Write more. Say more. But you know, sometimes I just don't have a lot to say about the pictures... And I think that sometimes they need to speak for themselves. But I'm going to give it a go.

At the start of the week I sort of challenged myself to try to find interesting angles/perspectives. To shoot from, to represent, whatever fit the scenario. But I wanted to *not* take the obvious snapshot. And at the same time, I want to incorporate a lesson that another Project 365 blogger admitted to having learned over the course of his year - at the end of the day, it's not a collection of 365 amazing photographs, it's the story of your life.

So, interesting perspective, and telling a story. It's going to take more than just one week to make that really happen, and perhaps quite a bit longer to make both happen in the same photo.

Monday, January 24th - I was sick enough that I made my husband stay home and play Mr. Mom. Hardly left the couch, let alone the house... But we had the best, most pink sunset, and voila - not another picture of my tea cup.

Pink Sunset

Tuesday, January 25th - Feeling better, I finally forced myself to go find a new pair of tennis/gym shoes. I love shoes, love shopping for them, except when I have to buy tennis shoes. And I've already bought and returned one pair. I only tried on 7 pairs before settling on these. And having been to the gym a couple of times, they're a hit (thank god.) Obviously, this shot is a little bit of the story of my year, and even though it didn't turn out super obvious, I shot at an angle... Not straight on, not straight down, but somewhere in the middle. Eh.

No Excuses

Wednesday, January 26th - When I took this shot, I was attempting to capture Girl Kid's crazy outfit... And you can see a bit of the different colors and patterns she picked out from the sliver of her back that isn't hidden. She was hiding from me, and the camera, and you know, I just shot anyway... Later that morning I got a picture of the outfit, but really, it just wasn't as interesting as this one. 

Hidden

Thursday, January 27th - Later afternoon, about half an hour before sunset and the lighting was fantastic. I was *trying* to shoot my kids, but surprise, surprise, they were not cooperating and there are only so many "tongue sticking out" pictures a girl can stand. In fact, I cropped them right out of the left side this one. While they watched. Maybe next time the tongues will stay in the mouths because they were not happy to be axed.

Winter Willow

Friday, January 28th -  Girl Kid's class had a picnic and we took a bubble gun. Big hit with the kids, but not so much with the camera. I was really hoping to capture the bubbles more, but between the lack of sun and the speed of the kids, I was not nearly as successful as I'd wanted. Live and learn, right?

Bubbles

Saturday, January 29th -  For the first time since I started this project, just about a month ago now, I very nearly forgot to take a picture. Big project of the day was replacing our 10 year old, entirely outdated, desktop computer. I have nothing really to say about the picture itself... It's certainly not interesting or in any way inspired, it's just a quick snap as I was making dinner, the kids were running wild and my husband was doing the installation and set up.

Shiny and New

Sunday, January 30th - Hey, whadda you know, I've managed to take and post a picture a day for 30 straight days... Supposedly that's how long it takes to establish a new habit, so here's hoping. I took this one with my iPhone, the only one of the week, just before sitting down to Sunday dinner at my mom's. To take this shot I basically put the camera on the table to get a head on shot, hoping that would be more interesting than shooting from above. And hey, it worked. 

Family Dinner

Thanks for reading, everyone. Or maybe just you, Mom. *Shrug*

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