Snippets

Day 7/365 Red house. Yellow door.

I took my advice and went outside in search of something to shoot. I stopped by a park and there it was. This red shed, which was very reminiscent of a maple syrup shack I spotted at a Fall Festival in Connecticut in 2011.

This photo is cropped, but I like it nonetheless. Although, I really do wish I had a DSLR to make the trees appear a little bit sharper in this image.

Day 8/365 Closed Road.

I would be lying if I said I actually took this photo on day 8. Truth is, I snapped it on day 7. I did not like the actual photo I took for day 8, so I swapped it with this.

Day 9/365 Modern Day Rosie the Riveter

I love building things (all accessories and instructions included of course). I spent the greater part of day 9 assembling a bookshelf for our room closet/library. I still have my (grown-out) manicure from my wedding day, but who cares? Some other nails needed attention that day. 

 

Day 10/365 Thank you

I am fully ashamed that it has taken us this long to send out thank-you cards for those who attended our wedding. This day was not going to end until I finished writing them up.

Day 11/365 Trolley Stop

This day was pretty cloudy. I had no clue what to capture, so I decided to go look about the trolley stops that run perpendicular to where we live. 

Living in Philly for the majority of my life, I would see the trolley tracks running through Germantown and Chestnut Hill, but never saw one on the road. I never actually rode on a trolley until I started dating Beau. I think it's pretty cool having a bit of old transportation mixed in with the new.

Day 12/365 Branches at dusk.

The former part of day 12 was as cloudy as the day before. As beau and I went out for an evening drive, the sun began breaking through the clouds just before the sunset.

There is something about bare trees in the winter. The symmetry. The beauty.

Days 1-5

I am only 5 days into Project Life 365 and it's already proving to be difficult. Being at home just about everyday makes finding subject matters worth photographing pretty tough. I am not too happy with the photos I have gathered this week, so I threw them all in a mosaic collage. I won't even bother writing a blurb to describe each.

I really would like to make this project work, and push myself beyond my limits. Therefore, I have set a short term goal: to have next week's photos be more amazing than this past week.

My other plans for having a successful Project 365 are: 

1.  Not taking the challenge too literally (i.e. snapping tidbits of my day).
2.  Blogging about a photo every single day.
3. Acquiring inspiration for my photos from the Daily Challenges on the project website until I get  the hang of things. I may even do hodgepodge of both (since blogging every day sounds tiring).
4. Get out! get out! get out to capture quality/interesting shots. (I'm sure I could also use the fresh air).

If you are reading this and you are doing this photo challenge or have already completed one, what advice do you have to getting through?

I look forward to seeing what photos I will be able to capture next week! 

Project 365

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To date, I have posted less than 60 blog posts for the year. That is an all time low for this little bloggy of mine since I began blogging two years ago. With that said, I plan to do better in 2013...

I have decided to take part in Project 365 (also known as the 365 Photo Challenge) starting January 1, 2013. This idea was inspired by Elsie's personal blog. I think it would be great to document one full year of life through photographs. There are little moments in life that are easily forgotten after several days, so what better way than to have a personal diary of what has happened every single day of one year of your life? This will be especially rewarding for me as it will be my first full year as a married woman. I can't even imagine what beau and I will face, and what exactly will occur during these 365 days, but I am really looking forward to it.

I don't have a set theme for this project. My photos will just consist of life.