Welcome to a Capture Your 365 blog hop. A group of photographers have put together a little blog hop today to celebrate our half-way mark. Here are the participants:
Kathleen - Taking Pictures, Enjoying Life
Kelly - but for the Grace of God
Karen - Random Reflections
Janine - The Sweetest Dreams
Katrina - Capture Your 365
Most of my blogging friends know I’m participating in a “photo-a-day” project this year. I’ve attempted this project several times in the past and once, I think, I made it to April. This year I’ve made it half way through the year. For me the difference is definitely due to finding a community of women who are also embarked on this project. Capture Your 365 was created by Katrina Kennedy, and she provides a monthly checklist of prompts (which you can use or not) as well as a daily email with a prompt and links to one or more articles on photography. There is a gallery for posting our photos and a forum for talking about any aspect of photography with others.
Once a month I create a monthly scrapbook page with my photos for the month, but I don’t post them individually. For this hop I thought it would be fun to pick a few of my favorites, some when I used a prompt, and others where I captured something more personal. I did a little survey and discovered the number of prompts I use varies widely. One month I used just six prompts and another I used 22 of the prompts. In May I was able to combine lots of the prompts with personal events in our life.
The first set of favorites are photos where I did not use the prompts:
Our new grandson--can't believe how tiny he was in early January!
Skylar Rose--we've been blessed with two grandchildren this year.
Benches at the Pentagon Memorial in Washington, D.C. I don't often try to do night photography, but I was really happy with the way this photo turned out. I used a tiny tabletop tripod, and took a LOT of photos.
A photo from this week. I'm so excited to finally have lots of blooms on my hydrangeas after many years of waiting.
I probably would have taken all of the photos above even if I weren’t participating in this project. The next set of photos I might have missed, so many thanks to Katrina and her crew for the daily prompts and push to improve our photography skills.
Prompt: Ring It In
Prompt: Eyes. I love this photo of my husband!
Prompt: Isolate the Subject (Taken at Oregon Dunes State Park)
Prompt: Friend. How lucky to find a ladybug in my perennial garden the day of this prompt!
If you’re following the hop, your next stop is Janine at The Sweetest Dream. Enjoy the inspiration!
