A Different Perpective

We are now in Week 4 of the PTM Let's Do 52 Project.  This week's prompt has been the most challenging yet (well, at least for me!): A Different Perspective.  Changing the angle (or perspective) of a photo can change the whole feel of the scene.  I admit, sometimes I catch myself shooting the same boring angles over and over.  It's actually a personal goal of mine to start finding new, creative ways to shoot so this week's challenge was perfect for me.  This image of my daughter's beautiful blue eyes is the photo I submitted this week.  The goal for this particular photo was to fill the entire frame rather than take the usual full body shot.

  

This photo got my creative juices flowing, so I packed up the girls and went to the park to experiment a little more with some new angles, and to play with my little ones, of course.  Here are a couple of pictures from the park.


I took this one while crouching down on the other side of the bench rather than the usual straight-on shot.


This image was taken while I was laying flat on my belly.  Needless to say, some of the people at the park were looking at me like I was a crazy person!


Feel free to follow my progress on Flickr!

Time To Play Catch Up

So I haven't blogged in a loooong while, but I have decided that I want to be more committed to this.  It's actually one of my resolutions for the new year.  Not only do I want to chronicle my life and all of the craziness that goes along with it, but I also want to showcase more of my photography.

Another decision I made with the upcoming year was to challenge myself more creatively when it comes to my photography.  One of the things I love most about it is that no matter how great a photographer you are, there is ALWAYS more to learn.  This blog will be the perfect way to watch myself develop and grow as the year progresses.

This brings me to my new venture!  I have taken on a new challenge: A 52-week photo project featuring what else but my favorite thing to photograph: my life!  It's called Paint the Moon: This is Our Life.  You can read about it and even join in on the fun here   http://paintthemoon.net/blog/2013/01/life-lifestyle-52-week-photo-project-week-wrap-paint-moon-actions/
Each week has a different theme.  For example, last week's theme was "This Makes Me Wish I Could Freeze Time."  I chose an image of my daughter's pigtails.  My 2 1/2 year old is becoming more and more independent by the day and I cherish the times when she sits still and lets me braid her hair.  I'm not sure how much longer she'll actually let me do her hair, let alone, braided pigtails.  Aaaand guess what?!  My image was featured on the Paint the Moon blog this week!  How exciting!  Below are some of the photos I have already submitted and I will TRY MY BEST to blog my new image/theme every week.  So stay tuned for more and more blog posts in the future  :)