38/365 - FAIL

It was bound to happen -- today was that day.

I forgot.

I'm a little bummed, but sort of relieved. A little pressure has been lifted.  I'm not perfect.

But, I will pick up again tomorrow...and probably forget again. That's ok. I committed to a year and that's what I will do.

See you tomorrow....for David's birthday!

37/365

I got a little jump start on the Easter candy this year...can you blame me?? Easter has, hands down, my favorite "holiday" candy.

I grew up on these and always seemed to find my mom's {candy} hiding place. These remind me of her.

f1.8  |  1/125sec  |  iso400

36/365

I LOVE shooting newborns! I had the opportunity to shoot baby Lucas today and it went so well. It's definitely one of my favorite shoots to date and I'm so happy with how the pictures turned out. Also, I shot about 75% of the pictures in manual mode...which is HUGE for me. I wasn't planning on doing that...but it just kind of worked out.

 f2.8  |  1/125sec  |  iso400

You can see more from my session here (and become a fan while you're at it!).

35/365

I had a great idea to use a chalkboard as a prop for my newborn photography. I thought it would be fun to write the name of the baby with his/her birth stats. So...I killed some time at JoAnn's Fabrics while I waited for David to get off work tonight. I picked up this cute chalkboard with some yellow paint for the trim.

After our impromptu dinner out we made it home and I got to work. I'm really happy with the result...

...if only the chalk would write on the board : (

After buying some different chalk that also didn't work I think I may end up painting the chalkboard with some chalkboard paint to see if that'll help.


*Oh, and these pictures were just taken with my point and shoot...too tired on Friday night!

34/365

Despite my grumblings, the sun was out and shining BRIGHT today! David and I couldn't resist the urge to leave work early to go for a walk in the sun before it dipped below the horizon. We went to a park near our house and I had fun practicing with my camera. I was working especially hard on spot metering.

Isn't this tree especially unique? It's very leopard-esque!

f6.3  |  1/80sec  |  iso100

f4  |  1/640sec  |  iso100

33/365

Snow day!!

David got called off of work and I already had the day off - so we enjoyed the extra time together getting things done around the house, relaxing, and going for a little snow adventure around our neighborhood!

*These were all taken with my point and shoot since I was too worried about getting my nice camera wet and snowy.

32/365

Pounded with snow last night as we slept - no snow day though. Yet.

This sidewalk leads to our front porch (to the right)...with the mound of snow that David has shoveled so far!

f5.6  |  1/500sec  |  iso100