These challenge suggestions I started the year with are getting more difficult; I'm going with that they're open to interpretation. :) For 'Time' I chose this photo of daughter Kaitlyn's volleyball gear. This bag has seen countless tournaments over many years and looks the part. Sidebar: be grateful photos aren't yet scratch-n-sniff! There are numerous ribbons attached and are varying size, color and design. These ribbons represent each match played - until about two yea

A timely week 12! Wahoo! For Project 52's week 12 I chose 'Pets'. This one was easy, right? A dog and two cats from which to choose - slam dunk! Getting said animals to cooperate was another story all together. :) Fozzie and I had a little chat and he agreed to act like a sloth for me and everyone was happy! Fozzie came into our lives in February 2008, a spunky little Yorkie-Poo (Yorkshire Terrier and Poodle mix) and stole our hearts immediately. Sure, there are days

With this post I am caught up!! Yay! For week 11 I chose 'Before and After'. I had the honor of taking the Hartman family's photos last weekend - sometimes it can be very difficult to get an entire family together between work schedules, kid's schedules and just life being busy but Nicole was able to pull this all together and I was happy to be able to photograph their family. It was an absolutely gorgeous March day, in the 60s and sunny - we couldn't have asked for a bett

Wahoo! One more week to go to be caught up! I think the photo per week is more difficult than a photo per day: the photo a day became a habit, the weekly thing I think about once a week and then have to remember to start again the following week...honestly, I would've thought this one would have been easier. :) For week 10 I chose 'Green'. We made a trip to Como Zoo and Conservatory this particular week on a gorgeous early March afternoon mainly so I could see the flowers

For week nine I chose 'winter' (and not because I like it!). ;) I took this photo on our long weekend on the North Shore. This was on our last day, on our way home, actually. I had been told this was a neat spot for photos and Trip Advisor raved about it, too. So, on our way home, down Scenic Highway 61 we veered off (after we missed the the turn the first time) to Stoney Point. The wind was whipping so the waves were huge and there were crazies actually out in the water

Getting closer to being caught up...and actually looking forward to picking a challenge and then taking the photos rather than matching an existing photo up with one of the challenge options. Anyway, for week eight I chose this photo to go with 'Strength' - I cannot even fathom the strength it takes to propel herself as high as she does while swinging as hard as she does - all while trying to pick a spot on the court for the kill. And then to do it over and over and over aga

I'm getting so close to getting caught-up on my Project 52!! For week seven I chose 'In Motion'. For these weeks I'm trying to get caught up on I've been looking at photos and finding a theme that fits. Once I get caught-up I will try to pick a theme and shoot specifically for that - it's a little more challenging and makes it a little more interesting. :) Anyway, for week seven, 'In Motion' I chose a photo that I took of my nephew Max playing basketball. I love how I fr

I'm still trying to get caught up on my Project 52 but I'm getting there! For week six I chose 'Angles'. When I initially saw the 'angles' option I envisioned something geometry-like; then as I scrolled through images and saw the one below I thought to myself “Well, that’s taking a photo at a different angle, so why not?”. And I suppose that’s something that’s wonderful about photography, or art or just being an individual – it’s all open to interpretation. This photo is m

Sigghhh…vacation photos are all done. I suppose it’s time to move back into reality. :) For my Project 52’s week 5 theme I chose ‘Celebration’. This week we celebrated my baby girl’s 17th birthday. It’s often the anticipation leading up to something that cause anxiety, concern, worry, questions and such was the case for me with her turning 17. Leading up to the day I was a little sad and maybe having a hard time believing that our baby was going to be 17. I mean, 17?!

A more appropriate title for week four would be 'A Few of My Favorite Things': there's my girls, ocean, salty air, sand, sun, sea shells, really I'm just missing my hubby in those photo - then it would be perfect! This was our last day of vacation and I was determined to soak up every last bit of salty air that I could before returning to the frozen tundra we call home. Truth be told, it was windy and a little cool on our final day but again, being on the beach, having my fe