30 Day Photo Challenge: Gratitude - Day 11

Today's installment of the 30 Day photo challenge is Something Old. Last night I was trying to come up with ideas on what to photograph. I don't own anything antique or and I am sure an image of a person being tagged as "something old" wouldn't sit very well with that person! Ha! So I was stuck. And then I remembered we do have something old, something very antique that belonged to Charlie's grandfather. So my something old is an image of Charlie's Howard Pocket Watch that was made in 1907, originally belonging to his great grandfather, passed onto his grandfather and now it belongs to Charlie.

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!