Project 13 Blog Circle - Simple Things

Welcome to this month's installment of a collaborative photo project I am thrilled to be participating in with several talented photographers. This project concentrates on focusing on our everyday moments. Together we will share our images at the end of each month focusing on various sub-themes related to the over-arching theme of Everyday Moments. It has been a while since I was able to participate, but I am happy to be joining in this month!

 As we all know, life slips by very quickly and the images shared will be small glimpses into our everyday lives. It also provides us a place to share images that may or may not be technically perfect, these are the ones that pull at our heartstrings. I invite you to follow along with me on this project.

Our theme this month is "simple things." This is an image I took of my youngest daughter. I love watching children in their quiet moments...which can be rare around here. She was playing a game on the iPad and unaware of my lens focused on her. She is growing up so quickly and it is hard for me to watch the "baby" slipping away. 

D800 ISO 3200 17-35 mm 2.8 lens at 19 mm f/2.8 1/50 SS handheld

Thank you for visiting today! I hope you will take a moment to continue around the blog circle by visiting my talented friend,  Laura.

Project 13 Blog Circle - July

Welcome to this month's installment of a collaborative photo project I am thrilled to be participating in with several talented photographers. This project concentrates on focusing on our everyday moments. Together we will share our images at the end of each month focusing on various sub-themes related to the over-arching theme of Everyday Moments.

 As we all know, life slips by very quickly and the images shared will be small glimpses into our everyday lives. It also provides us a place to share images that may or may not be technically perfect, these are the ones that pull at our heartstrings. I invite you to follow along with me on this project.

Our theme this month is "a different angle." I shot this last night as I was waiting for a client. It was a breezy night and there were lots of kite-fliers out. 

Thanks for visiting! I hope you will continue on through the blog circle by clicking here to visit my talented friend Crystal!

Project 13 Blog Circle - Around Town

Welcome to the second installment of a monthly collaborative photo project I am thrilled to be participating in with several talented photographers. This project concentrates on focusing on our everyday moments. Together we will share our images at the end of each month focusing on various sub-themes related to the over-arching theme of Everyday Moments.

 As we all know, life slips by very quickly and the images shared will be small glimpses into our everyday lives. It also provides us a place to share images that may or may not be technically perfect, these are the ones that pull at our heartstrings. I invite you to follow along with me on this project.

Our theme this month is "around town."  Do you take photos of your family outings around town? Most of us bring our cameras when we visit museums or take road trips, but it isn't as often that we capture those little everyday moments we have as we go about our daily business. Phone cameras and instagram have enticed us to capture those small moments more frequently, I think. I am thankful for that. Some of those simple little pleasures are what make life worth living. I know I will be so grateful to have captured these memories when my kids have grown. 

On occasion, I even take my big girl camera on errands. It's a fun exercise in creativity to frame the seemingly mundane trips to the store or bank. And one of our favorite family stops is Starbucks. I hope my kids remember those little jaunts as a special family treat.

Thank you for visiting! Please continue on to the next post in the series by my very talented friend Kim of Kim Dupree photography.

Project 13 Blog Circle - New

Welcome to the first installment of a monthly collaborative photo project I am thrilled to be participating in with several talented photographers. This project concentrates on focusing on our everyday moments. Together we will share our images at the end of each month focusing on various sub-themes related to the over-arching theme of Everyday Moments.

 As we all know, life slips by very quickly and the images shared will be small glimpses into our everyday lives. It also provides us a place to share images that may or may not be technically perfect, these are the ones that pull at our heartstrings. I invite you to follow along with me on this project.

Our first theme is "new beginnings."  I chose the following image for several reasons. One of them is that I have made a goal of trying to get into the frame more often. I have a bazillion images of my children, but not very many of us together. So, one of my new resolutions is to get in front of the camera once a month.  Another reason I chose this image is that we are starting a new gardening project with our kids and journaling our discoveries as we grow our own vegetables this summer. We have just planted the seedlings, and in this image my youngest daughter and I are checking out the tiniest sprouts before we set them out in the sun for the day. One of my greatest joys is watching the sparks of wonderment in the eyes of my children as they make new discoveries about this great big world we live in. 

Thank you for visiting today! To see more of our project, please visit the next blog in our circle hosted by Crystal. And be sure to check back next month for the second installment of Project 13.