7 Photo Saturday: 4.8 - 4.14

4.8 "My Sunday"

4.9 "My True Love"

4.10 "My Transportation" 

4.11 "My Space"

My area is usually neater than this. Just not by much. Also, I had no idea how many notes I had scattered around until editing this picture.

4.12 "My Eyes"

4.13 "My Evening"

4.14 "My Family"

I think we used up Momo's family portrait taking patience on our Happy New Years cards and he's yet to recover.

7 Photo Saturday 4.1 - 4.7

4.1 "My home"

4.2 "My handwriting"

4.3 "My smile"

4.4 "My reflection"

Please ignore my filthy mirror. We keep the sink full of water for the cat to drink play in, and he is constantly putting drops on the mirror. Can you tell we have hard water?

4.5 "My favorite shoes" 

They aren't my favorites for looks, but these are the ones I've been wearing the most recently.

4.6 "My morning"

More broken off snaps from the duvet.

4.7 "My town"

7 Photo Saturday: 3.25 - 3.31

3.25 "Breakfast" 

3.26 "Key"

3.27 "Your Name"

3.28 "Trash"

3.29 "Feet"

3.30 "Toy"

He loves chasing my measuring tape. I'm not sure why that's so much more fun than any of his toys... Also, yes, my rug is covered in bits of thread and terry cloth. Now that I've seen how much more those show up in photos, I'll be getting out my vacuum and lint roller.

3.31 "Where You Relax"

So, the question is, did I learn enough more about using the camera to make this worth keeping up? As for the answer... I don't know. Some of the days/themes were fun, but I rarely felt like I had the time to work out the picture I really wanted - nor did I have the knowledge to make the camera do what I wanted. Maybe I should ask my husband to work with me, since he knows how to use the camera...

7 Photo Saturday: 3.18 - 3.24

Alright, I think I've got the camera back to settings I understand - I should have thought to ask the friend who borrowed it to set things back. Looking at the settings, I think he was doing stop motion night photography... It's not back how it was yet, but it's at least working for me again!

3.18 "Corner of Your Home"

3.19 "Funny"

 This was left in the last house I lived in by some previous tenant. It wasn't the only thing left behind, but it was one of the only things worth keeping - no thanks to old clothes or old photos.  

3.20 "Before/After" 

3.21 "Delicious"

2.33 "Kitchen Sink"

3.23 "Moon"

3.24 "Animal"

7 Photo Saturday: 3.18 - 3.24

Will have to wait.

My camera went to the Grand Canyon with a friend, so I've been relying on my phone this week. It's worked to get a few photos, but either I haven't remembered the photo a day challenge or the photos haven't turned out due to lighting/setting problems. I should get the real camera back tomorrow and I'll either crank them out on Sunday/Monday (if I don't work) or I'll do two pictures a day throughout the week (if I do have work). I'm not sure I've gained any skill with the camera yet, but I've missed having it at hand.

7 Photo Saturday: 3.11 - 3.17

3.11 "Someone You Talked to Today"

3.12 "Fork"

3.13 "A Sign"

It seems early, but this nest wasn't here through the winter.

3.14 "Clouds"

3.15 "Car"

Or lack of? This is my usual parking spot at home. Both our cars have been in the shop this week. One is still there. It's been a stressful week.

3.16 "Sunglasses"

3.17 "Green"

Can you tell we were a little more house-bound this week? I love living outside the city, but there are some drawbacks when it comes to alternative transportation...

7 Photo Saturday: 3.4 - 3.10

3.4 "Bedside"

3.5 "Smile" 

3.6 "5 pm" 

3.7 "Something I wore"

3.8 "Window" 

We 'installed' lattice in our windows so we could enjoy the breezes without worrying about the cat vs. the window screen.

3.9 "Red"

3.10 "Loud"

The loudest thing in my life. Especially when it's 6:30 on a Saturday morning and his bowl is empty.




This month's prompts came from the #marchphotoaday.

7 Photo Saturday: 3.1 - 3.3

One of my long term goals is to get more comfortable - and better - at taking photos. That means practice and asking lots of questions. Happily, my husband took a couple photography classes in college and can usually fix whatever mess I've gotten myself and his camera into!

When it comes to practicing photography, I love the idea of the photo a day challenges. The daily theme appeals to me - without a theme I imagine my photos would be about 50% my cat, 50% sunsets.

I tend to be a strict rule follower, which sometimes leaves me missing out unless I am certain I can follow all the rules/suggestions perfectly. In the past, the first of the month was over before I realized I'd missed a day. I didn't want to start on the second day of the month, or the fifth, that defeated the point! So I'd put it off for another month, then another. You can see where that road is leading.

March is going to be different. I am doing this. Sort of.

The themes and the idea of a photo a day are only a rough goal. If I can get a shot, I will. If I can't, I'll let it go or make up for it later. Maybe I'll take all 7 photos on Saturday. Who knows - and who cares!?

3.1 "Up"

After a long day of work, driving home in the dark through a snow storm with minimal visibility, and getting home at 8 pm, it was either skip it or take a picture of the ceiling. Turns out that is surprisingly difficult.

3.2 "Fruit"

After five minutes of working on a completely different idea, this just sort of happened.

3.3 "Neighborhood"

This was more or less a drive by as I was yet again loosing daylight. I'd better start working on these first thing or they'll all be in the dark.