Week 10: Kitchen

This week we had to take a creative picture of some aspect of our kitchen.  This is an edge of our curtains looking out into the back yard, which I purposely tried to make blurry.  I was fairly successful!

Week 9: Observation Mode

Tracey encouraged us to be observant of the people in our lives who mean something to us and to snap pictures capturing them in their element.

This is my husband checking this and that on his 1979 Ford Ranchero just after we got it out of winter storage.  I had to sit in the driver's seat revving it up to keep it from stalling until the engine warmed up.  So, being bored, I grabbed my camera and clicked away.

Week 8: Random

Tracey encouraged us to seek random surprises this week.

This is a picture of golf balls my mom saved in egg cartons.  There were dozens of them!

Week 7: The Shape of Surprise

This week we, again, had to look for reflections.  This time we had to find a surprising shape in it.  I found mine when I sat in my recliner and opened my laptop cover and saw the dining room window reflected there.  So, I snapped a photo.

Week 6: Seeing Double

This week we had to take a photo of a reflection and the thing being reflected.

I spent most of the day going around the house trying to get a good one.

I liked this one best because it has some meaning for me.

My parents gave us the Salem rocker when we got married 40 years ago.

I wish we really had two of them!

Hello 2011!

Okay, I know it's already almost April!

I'm not doing a 365 project this year but I am participating in Picture Inspiration.

It's a year-long online photography workshop.  Once a week we get an email with a prompt.

I thought I'd keep track of it on this blog.

1.

The first week we had to do a self portrait.

I'm not very photogenic and took about 50 pictures before I got a half decent one.

2.

Our second assignment was to show rhythm in a photo.  I took this one while out walking with my Nature Journaling kids.  It represents the rhythm of my life right now.  The rock wall symbolizes the parts of my life that are permanent like values and love, etc. and the ice and snow are my life as a teacher which is about to end in June.

3.

For this week we had to find a repeating motif.  I took a picture of the lockers in school since they are part of the motif of my life right now.

4.

For our fourth assignment, we had to take a picture of something stacked up.

I chose four teacups because they came from four different grandmothers.

From top to bottom:

Nana Freda

Nana Ryan

Nana Gloria

Nonie

5.

And this week we had to take a picture of a repeating line leading to infinity and beyond. 

I wanted to take a photo of my parents' headstone but the road into the cemetery wasn't plowed so I got out of my truck and took this one from the main road.

365: Goodbye 2010

I took this picture during Christmas vacation when my granddaughter was visiting.  We took a ride to Ocean Park Beach, Maine.

I did it!  Finished a 365 project.  Well, I missed a few days and was late often, but I feel good about going the distance. 

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