30 Day Photo Challenge: Gratitude - Day 10

Today is Nature. I'm not exactly a very nature oriented person so I wasn't sure how I was going to depict nature today. I could have gone into my archives but the point, for me anyway, is to practice and take new images. So into the pouring rain I went with my camera to try and snap some pictures of the rain. This was my favorite of the bunch. I love the few rain drops hanging on to the branch for dear life! And I can only imagine how cool it would have looked with a macro lens, but those are really expensive and I'm not really looking to do a lot of Macro Photography.

30 Day Photo Challenge: Gratitude - Day 9

Today in the 30 Day Photo Challenge is to photograph an inspiring person. I snuck into David's room and took this tonight of Charlie when he was reading to the boys. He is inspiring to me for all that he does for our family, he's the smartest person I know, an amazing husband and the WORLD'S BEST DADDY!

30 Day Photo Challenge: Gratitude - Day 8

On to day 8 of the 30 Day Photo challenge which is favorite color! My favorite color is Orange. Orange is known as a "hot" color, it's often used to promote food and toys, and is a color that "demands attention". No surprise that I LOVE this color!

This orange windbreaker has been in this family since David was 18 months old and it's been passed down to each brother. It's only fitting to snap a picture of Evan wearing my favorite color in a jacket that has been worn by both his older brothers!

30 Day Gratitude Challenge - Day 7

Today's challenge was to photograph something funny. The boys have been playing with these silly glasses that I picked up at the Dollar Store for a Halloween fun. Originally it was just a photograph of Evan, but then the other boys wanted to get in on the fun! So I spliced the three images together to make one new image!

I Heart Faces / Black

Today's challenge at I Heart Faces is featuring the color black! I took this of David over the weekend in his beloved Darth Vader winter hat while he was outside rolling around in the leaves!



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30 Day Gratitude Challenge - Day 6

Day 6 is Books, and I am so excited since Santa brought me my 50mm f/1.4 lens a little early. I have been wanting to try photographing shallow DOF with text. I grabbed one of my favorite books, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and opened it up to a random page. It's not perfect, but I did want to get the entire open book into the image as well. Something for me to continue practicing!

30 Day Gratitude Challenge - Day 5

Today's challenge was the Morning Sky. I am grateful that it was today and not tomorrow since I would have to get up at 6am to get the morning sky, and today getting up at 7am was just right! I don't love this image but that is what the sky looked like at 7am this morning looking outside my picture window in my great room. You can see the grain in the shadows from having to up the ISO. What I should have done was set up my tri-pod, but I was lazy and it was cold outside! And if I really wanted to get a spectacular morning sky, I could have gotten in my car and driven over to the nearby Country Club, but again. I'm LAZY!