quitters are never winners

yeah yeah yeah. i totally spaced on the challenge. 9 days in. so at least i've realized that there is probably no way in heck i'd ever complete the challenge of taking a photo every day for a year. i can't even get through 30 days! in my defense i had alot going on with vivi's first birthday & the holidays. BUT i knew the timing i was choosing, so i am feeling pretty unhappy about not finishing. i am going to pick up where i left off and finish the 30 day challenge. even if it takes me 60 days to do it!


here is the birthday girl on her big day...

day #9 someone that i love

of course this one was easy. in the aspect of knowing WHO i wanted to photograph. unfortunately, i forgot about today's assignment until naptime & it was dark by the time she woke up-so i didn't get to use the gorgeous light that was available to me this afternoon. *BIG frowny face*

i had to literally get right in front of the television to take this. when her stories are on, she is hard to distract. she was not laughing at me...it was pocoyo that was so darned funny. but her jack-o-lantern grin cracks me up.

little vivi mae is the best part of me. i never knew i could love someone so much.

day #8 a bad habit

so i snapped this yesterday but i never had time to download or post i had so much going on.
this is def one of my many bad habits...ah but how i love me an ice cold mountain dew :-)

day #7 fruit

what more is there to say really? i'm just lucky there was any real fruit in my house. otherwise i'd have been taking a photo of canned peaches. which probably wouldn't have looked as cool with todd balancing them on his head.

day #6 high angle

while i was giving vivi her bottle this afternoon, i looked down and noticed her forcep scar on her forehead. she'll be 1 this week and it's still there. so i decided i wanted to try to photograph it. (and i got her lovely long eyelashes in the process.) i wonder if she'll have that scar her whole life or if it will eventually fade? i kind of like that it's there. it's her battle scar from being born.

already a day behind

so yesterday i got totally sidetracked because i had my annual girls group christmas party. i baked all day, then had errands, then had to get ready for the party-blah blah blah & meant to take my camera with me to take the photo there-but i completely forgot it when i loaded the car.

then to add insult to injury, i took the wrong photo today! i knew the next two were low angle/high angle and i thought that was the order they were in. wrong. high angle was suppose to be first. but instead...low angle is today & i'll do high angle tomorrow! i'm thinking no one will mind. or probably even notice for that matter.

officially here is day #5   LOW angle

i am really loving this new fixed lens the more i play with it. it looks like i was close to them, but i had to back pretty far away in order to get this much of them in the shot. and i was on the floor & he was standing.

random extra shot thrown in

i got a new lens today! nothing fancy, but i have been wanting a fixed lens-so when it came this afternoon, i had to try it out right away. and luckily it was lunch time when it was delivered...as you can tell from the photo, vivi was enjoying her black beans & carrots.

day #4

something green. i love gum. i do not however, care for green gum. it's always what's left in the bottom of my candy bucket after everything else is long gone.

day #3

clouds. i was concerned all day because there were NO clouds. i was coming up with a back up plan that included cotton balls if you can possibly imagine. my sister & niece ended up stopping by just before sunset & for the first time all day...there were clouds!


so this is carly & the clouds

day #2

what i wore today. well, i wore sweatpants & a thermal shirt. not a terribly exiting ensemble to photograph. & i was determined not to fudge on my outfit. so i took a picture of my uggs. i wear these at some point EVERY day. these are one of four pairs of uggs that i have at the moment & this pair is probably on it's last legs. i'm kinda sad about it...i bought these while i was pregnant because my feet were so swollen that my other ones were all too tight. before i got these i tried some 'fuggs' for the first time ever, because it was hard to justify spending so much money on a pair i figured (& hoped!) wouldn't fit me after i had the baby. but the fake uggs aka fuggs were just not even remotely the same. knocked up & swollen...i just wanted something to feel good on my feet! once i had these, they were all i wore for months. now they are loose & worn, but they served their purpose well. 

my name is kara & i am an ugg-a-holic.

day #1 self portrait

i hate to come out of the gate bitchin, but i hate self portraits. i do however love my new holiday wreath :-)

new challenge

a friend of mine who's a photographer challenged herself to take a photo every day for a whole year. and did it! pretty impressive. she posted the pics to her blog & wrote a little something about each photo. i have been considering doing it. i remember when she started she encouraged me to try as well. i am still not sure i am ready. that is a big commitment! BUT i'm going to start here. with this 30 day challenge. starting tomorrow. we will see how that goes & then i'll think about the year one. i like this particular challenge because it gives you a little direction. of course, for that reason alone, the year challenge would be much more difficult. but you know what they say...you gotta crawl before you walk.
see you tomorrow with pic #1!