Story-telling Photography. It’s a theme you’re going to be hearing a lot from me this year. Photography that captures real moments and preserves real memories, the kind of photos that will help us remember life as it is today for us and our families. It’s my passion in my personal life and my vision for DelaLane Photography. That’s the main purpose of this 365 (for those who don’t know what a 365 is, it’s 365 daily photos, one a day over the course of a year). It’s about encouraging me to pursue my passion, family photojournalism, to keep my vision fresh, not getting sucked into the mass of cookie-cutter photography out there. I want to do something different and stay true to what I love. And this is it.
It’s also about learning to be ready, even when I’m not. To take the best photos I can within just a few frames, within a couple of minutes, and to learn to do it consistently. It’s a worthy skill to develop, that ability to be ready, to anticipate when something great is about to happen, and to have the camera out, correctly set, to capture something that will likely only happen once. You don’t get a lot of do-overs with a toddler. And I don’t have time to take a 100 photos in the pursuit of perfection on a daily basis.
Thirdly, it’s about learning black and white. There are a thousand ways to create a black and white image and there are as many factors that go into whether or not the conversion is effective. So I hope to learn more about what goes into making great black and white photos this year, how to spot images that will translate best and how best to translate them. I usually prefer color images. I don’t think that’s a bad thing. But I’d love to learn to love black and white a little more, and do it a little better.
And the forth goal, of course, the preservation of my own personal memories of my most precious baby girl. After a year’s worth of memory collecting, all the images will go into a photo book – 2012 commemorated.
Here’s to a little bit of imperfection, to memories preserved, and to learning something new in 2012! And here are the days of January (minus 1), our story, my daughter, my family, our life in a few snapshots frozen in time.
And here’s the key, the captions for the images…
- -missing image-
- ….workin’ her vacuum…
- …oatmeal…
- …playing house..
- …towel head…
- …little laundry helper…
- …loves her trucks…
- …little breaths, little nails…
- …tea party with Abuelita…
- …sticker face…
- …feeding Belle…
- …affectionate girl…
- …miss potato head…
- …swingin’ with Daddy…
- …dancin’ with Daddy…
- …the fairest…
- …Costco…
- …bread…
- …catching Snow White…
- …”I don’t know”…
- …girls’ night out…
- …thank God for crackers and Daddy…
- …bathtub artist…
- …rainbow storytime…
- …kisses for Valentine’s bear…
- …pom pom pickup battle…
- …Mickey’s Fun Wheel…
- …drillin’ with Daddy…
- …playset walls are up…
- …at the dealership, waiting for Dad…
- …sweet little pony…
January 1st is missing because I had my first memory card go bad and lost all the images I took that day. Boo! An imperfect start to a 365 embracing imperfection. Love the irony. 🙂
Here’s to February!
