snow reflections

ford reflection

From a recent photography meetup at a junkyard.

cat silhouette

skeleton

resurrection

I'm back in the "I want to post pictures just because" mode. No stories. No explanations. No memes. No themes. Just cuz. I've updated my url as well as the sidebar links. There will be no rhyme or reason. No consistency. Just photos. Just when I feel like it.

New Camera and Project

You know how it is at the end of one year and beginning of a new one? You get that want to make changes and improve my life thing. Or maybe that's just me. Naturally, there's plenty of outside influence since everyone is making resolutions, brainstorming their one word, setting goals, and generally evaluating their lives.

There are myriad photography projects - 365 (one image per day, although it would have to be a 366 project in 2012), 52 (one image per week), and others.

(Me, in Lego form. Tee hee!)

Sarah over at My Four Hens Photography is hosting a Project 52 and I'm joining in. I hope that a picture a week will be a little more manageable than one per day. She's including a theme each week, and participants are free to follow the theme...or not.

In the time between weekly posts, hopefully I can get back in the habit of posting some random pictures. I don't think I've mentioned it here, but I was able to get a new camera last month. I'm now the proud owner of a Canon 60D. I'm also planning to move from being a hobbyist photographer to being a part-time professional photographer. Scary, but I'm going for it.

So I'm looking forward to an exciting photographic 2012. What about you? What plans do you have?

Amazing Colorado Sunset

These are all from the same sunset. It changed moment by moment and I couldn't stop shooting. I took over 100 images total. All are SOOC.

Colored Lights

It's fun to shoot Christmas lights way out of focus (on a tripod, of course). I really like how the colored circles have the same pattern on each one.

The tree lights are reflected in a glass jar on the right and there's a framed picture behind it (on the left) where they're also reflected. Love the colors!

aspen leaves

I just love the turning of the aspen in the fall. While we have a lot of stunning aspens in the mountains of Colorado, I am blessed to have a neighbor across the street with a nice batch (?), grove (?), collection (?) of them. It's especially handy for those earlier morning shots when the sun's melting the snow from the day before.

Second Snow

If you get a nice wet snow, you should go build small snowmen.

And then shoot at them with your airsoft guns.

That's what homeschool recess looks like at my house.

Shifting Gears

I started this blog because I wanted to post pictures without feeling the need to explain them. Unless I felt like explaining. Then I joined in the 365 Project fray back in 2009. I didn't make it the entire year. In 2010, I gimped through the year - caught up for awhile, falling behind, then catching back up. I did finish out the year and jumped into it for 2011. Things went the same way - caught up, behind, caught up, behind. Well, the Mommytography 365 Project was stopped earlier this year, but I thought I'd finish the year out anyway.

But that hasn't panned out so well. Unfortunately, it becomes a bit of a legalistic issue - I feel like I can't post any new photos until I catch up, but if I don't have time to catch up, nothing gets posted.

So I've decided to bag the whole project. This will go back to being the photoblog it was in the beginning. I'll just post photos when I want to, with or without explanations.

So without further ado, a picture. Just because.




The Mommytography 365 Project ended earlier this year. I had intended to keep up my 365 Project anyway.

205/365 ren faire

One of my son's friends had his birthday party at the Renaissance Festival this year. So yours truly had the pleasure of creating an outfit for said son. Other than the belt, I made the entire costume. I was actually quite pleased with how it turned out and he was very happy with it as well. They had a blast - 5 teenage boys having the time of their life amidst swords and other weaponry. The birthday boy came home with a very nice sword, in fact.

204/365 a bird in the mirror

You'll have to look closely, but there's a bird flying in place (sort of hummingbird style) in front of the mirror on this truck. It kept landing on a tiny ledge and then flapping its wings like crazy to stay in place. Not sure if it was interested in a long-lost cousin in the mirror or just liked its own reflection, but it was sure entertaining to watch.

203/365 up2u

202/365 snack dinner

It had been so hot all the time that we didn't feel much like eating. So we decided snacks would work, as long as they were fairly healthy snacks, right?

201/365 pink

200/365 bike rack

Our local fine art museum and school of art has a number of yarn bombs on the campus. This is one of the newer installments.

199/365 ladybug on dill

198/365 first lily

197/365 grilling essentials