I feel like I found my groove a little more this month with this 365. I refocused. (No pun intended). I cut back my attention on being unique and artistic, tried to stay entirely away from staged moments, and kept my sight on capturing specific things she’s doing now that make her HER. That has always been my goal (and a huge part of my photo philosophy in general), but this whole 365 process is a learning experience in a lot of ways. And it’s more difficult that I anticipated to stay away from the temptation to stage moments when I’m requiring myself to take and share a photo every day… and to make every photo interesting and beautiful… with a subject who is always in motion, not always cooperative, but always adorable. Even though it’s been my passion since the beginning, it will always be something that I strive to get better at. To let go of the photography and embrace the person. To capture memories rather than just images. It will be my lifelong pursuit when it comes to my kids especially (as much as it translates into my business). A lot of these photos may not tell an entire story to the masses without some elaboration (which I’m not going to do in this post), but I assure every one of them is a PARAGRAPH to me. And that’s what this is all about, telling her story in photos so that I never forget what this sweet 2-year old was like, what she did, how much she made me smile.
- ….brushing game…
- …ranch dressing…
- …wrong feet…
- …laundry…
- …the library…
- …the pantry…
- …two-year checkup…
- …hooked on LeapFrog…
- …self-seating…
- …ladybug…
- …blanky monster…
- …backyard pool…
- …first theater experience…
- …eating outside…
- …straight hair…
- …sandy hands…
- …the nest…
- …picking books…
- …my silly…
- …counting to five…
- …couch crawling…
- …hand washing…
- …yard work…
- …making our own fun…
- …dirty face…
- …parade time with Daddy…
- …sugar and spice…
- …letters…
- …It’s a Boy!…
- …reach…
- …greeting the day…
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Anne Louise Hansen - Lovely photos! I admire your photographic skills!