Photo Challenge: Week 1

Blogging isn't as easy as I had hoped.  It's a lot harder to keep up with than I had anticipated.  So I've decided to look up challenges to help me out.  I will be following a 52 week photo challenge. Each week I will take a photo and post it. This is important to me as a photographer. I take so many photos for other people and never take the time to use my camera for myself.  I hope by taking on this challenge I will spend more time with my camera, and more time for me. I'm also excited to share my photos with the world and get some feedback. =)


I found this challenge a few weeks ago, pinned it on Pinterest, and said I would come back to it. Actually I had completely forgotten about it.

This morning, when I woke up to let my dog out, the sun was just perfect.  All of the long shadows across the snow were beautiful and I wanted to capture them.  For the first time in months I grabbed my camera for myself.  It felt wonderful to be creative and take my time, not having to worry about clients.

I was freezing though. It was only 4 degrees Fahrenheit when I was out there. Brrrrr!

So I snapped a few quick photos and came back inside. While sorting through the photos on my computer I thought about how I wished I did that for myself more often, then I remembered the challenge! I was so excited to see what my challenge for this week would be. 

This week's challenge is Beginnings. 

I thought it was perfect. My photos today represent the beginning of me taking photos for myself.

This first photo is of my front yard. This is what I saw from the house and wanted to capture.  We have gotten so much snow lately, and its beautiful! I have been into photography for close to 7 years and have very few photos of the snow.  I don't like the cold, so I usually won't take the time to go out in it.  I'm glad I did this morning! I know this isn't the best photo I have ever taken, but I still did it for myself, so its amazing to me.  I can't wait to do this more often!

No time outside is complete without my dog by my side. Kira is my guardian and always looking out for me. She wants to play and have fun, but if she hears the slightest sound or notices me tense up over something, she'll keep her eye on things.

Kira means the world to Matt and me. We got her summer of 2009 and she is a big part of what holds us together. In a way, Kira represents the beginning of our relationship, since I got her as a gift for Matt before we were even dating. She is our rock!



I hope to keep up on this blog at least once a week to post photos, if not a few times a week to just blog about life and its wondrous adventures!