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Day 21 - Blue

Tuesday, January 21, 2014
I just love this little face..

I don't know if you can see the bruise on his head, but a week after my daughter took down the gate above the stairs, he decided he was superman.  Ouch! 


Day 19 - Breakfast

Sunday, January 19, 2014
I really need to learn how to photograph food...  :/

My favorite go to breakfast - steel cut oatmeal, almond milk, craisins and brown sugar.


Day 18 - Happy Place

Saturday, January 18, 2014
It's very hard to think of a 'Happy Place' today.  Our oldest grandkids lost their dear, sweet grandma this morning.  It was WAY too soon...  My heart aches for them, their parents and their grandpa.  I hope they know they are surrounded by love....



Day 17 - Tiny

Friday, January 17, 2014
(trying to get caught up now that I have my computer back.  Will slowly be post-dating from the beginning of January 'till I'm caught up.  Yay!)


Prime for stepping on....


Day 14 - 3 Things

Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Now that I'm going to bootcamp regularly, time to modify my diet.  My trainer gave us all a log book so we can be accountable for our eating habits.   Hopefully, she can help me figure it all out. 


Day 12 - Makes Me Smile

Sunday, January 12, 2014
Today's photo challenge is 'colorful' and tomorrow's is 'makes me smile'.  Today I got to hang out with two cutie pies who always 'make me smile', so I decided to switch the two.  Look for colorful tomorrow.

{Taken w/my Nikon Coolpix P330}


Day 11 - Looking Down

Saturday, January 11, 2014
Off to bootcamp this morning.  One day a week we do spin instead of strength training.  I have a love/hate relationship with spin.  Sigh.... 


{taken with my Nikon Coolpix)

Day 10 - Manmade

Friday, January 10, 2014

 Loving this man-made item.  My newest toys.  Now I can shoot MACRO!  Yay!



Playing with some new toys

I recently purchased a new.... I'm going to call it a 'mini' DSLR.  It's the Nikon Coolpix P330 and it's so cool!

I really want to be able to take a picture every day but sometimes it's really hard for me to pull out my big girl camera in public.  I can't explain it, I guess I just feel self conscious.

I started looking for a smaller camera that I can carry in a normal purse, even a small one.  Without all the added paraphanelia that goes along with my big camera.  I'd like to take it everywhere, even to the grocery store.  But I also want to have complete control over the images I take.  So, after some research, I chose the Nikon Coolpix P330.  I can shoot completely in manual (it also has Aperture Priority, Shutter Speed Priority and Program Modes) with an added bonus, it shoots in RAW!

Here is a photo I took after a recent snowstorm.  It's a familiar scene.  (Lightly edited, using only a single levels layer to add a bit of contrast.  Then warmed it up a touch with a warming filter.  And I did this with another recent, fun purchase. Adobe Photoshop Touch for iPad!)

Came out pretty good, don't you think?

Day 5 - Found

Sunday, January 5, 2014
Found these cute bunny prints in the snow today.  Tried to capture the bunny but he darted away even before I could get the door open. 

Happy 2014!!

Saturday, January 4, 2014
So... I've really neglected this blog of late.  (Not that anyone is looking, anyway.. :/). But it's a new year and I've decided to make some major improvements!  In my life, my health and my photography (and maybe figure out this blogging thing, too).

This past fall season was my busiest ever for photo sessions.  Everyone wanted family pictures including Christmas cards.  One lesson learned...  Next year, determining, and sticking to, a deadline for those Christmas cards.  Fortunately, I managed to get those images out to my clients but with Thanksgiving and Christmas, I struggled to keep up with the rest.

Then, the worst thing ever happened!  My computer bombed!  Right in the middle of a session I was editing!  (I was thanking my lucky stars that I'd purchased a new external hard drive w/cloud capabilities just a few weeks before.  So I didn't lose a thing.  Phew!). Still very frustrating!  It had been giving me problems, but I just thought it needed to be cleaned.  After it shut down on me 4 times in a half hour, I got fed up and took it in.  Turns out the fans weren't even working.  As a result, it had to be sent out for repair.  For TWO WEEKS!!  Talk about stress!

On the one hand, it's a good thing.  My arm is healing nicely from the steroid injection I got 6 weeks ago to speed up the healing of my tennis elbow.  So, being unable to edit just adds lots of rest time for my arm.  On the other hand, it's stressing me out not being able to complete those final images for my clients.

I've also decided to attempt a few photo challenges this year.  After all, the title of this blog is 'Photo a Day,' isn't it?  I have been taking pictures since the new year began, so once I get my computer back (and I've completed my other photography obligations), I will begin posting them.

In the meantime, I'm going to enjoy a little relaxation and down time from editing, editing, editing.  Maybe I'll read a book!

Here's to brand new beginnings!  Happy New Year!

Day 4 - Word to Live By

My daughter hates how much I use the word "can't."  I decided that maybe my word for the year should be "CAN."  That's going to be hard, going to have to get out of my comfort zone.  But I am going to do my best. 


Day 1 - Lunch

Wednesday, January 1, 2014
What a great way to start my photo challenge.  Oh well... 

This is my favorite dish at Bajio.  Not a very good shot tho', taken with my phone.


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