Photo Challenge Days 16, 17, and 18

So, I missed a day. Sad.

But, I picked back up where I left off and have the last two days, plus today ready now.

I'll start with Day 16, which was long exposure. I am still not a photographer *giggle*, and still using the point and shoot. I found out my more advanced camera is broken anyway, so I will have to figure out some of these things using teh google.
Anyway, I did this using the flash(light) from two iPhones. I know some of it is out of the frame of the picture, but I was tired and happy to get this as it was.

Day 17 was technology. I wish I had an iPad so I could copy the idea from another blog, but alas I don't. Here's my Kindle, which I should most definitely use more often. Who ever thought that a portable device for reading books would become not only a reality, but a successful one?

I actually remember when the Kindles first came out. At the time, they were around $400 dollars or so, and I knew of a girl (an avid reader) who got one. I thought that there would be no way I'd ever own one, and here we are now where it seems like everyone has one!

Today, (my new day 18) was "your shoes". I guess it could be interpreted in a few ways - such as the shoes you are wearing today, or all the shoes you own.

It is nap time while I am doing this today, so I went with the shoes that are by the garage door (much to my husband's dismay). They happen to just all be different colors of Old Navy flip flops, $2.50 is hard to beat! I actually have a few more colors in my closet, but these are the ones I've worn most recently. I was so happy to finally get a purple pair this year, as they have always been sold out in my size in the past by the time I get over there.

I probably should wear more supportive shoes, but these are so easy. Plus, I would have to buy more cute shoes if I was going to do that, haha.

Photo Challenge Day 15

I will admit that today was so far the toughest challenge for me, the non-photographer.This would have been a LOT easier if I had tried to figure it out earlier in the day.

However, I did not.

I had a great subject with a perfect sun, but didn't know what I was doing.

Lesson learned!

Plus, I am still using my point and shoot, so there was that.

Anyway, once I figured things out (duh! I swear I knew this before), it was a pretty quick thing, hence I have time to post real quick before bed.

Meet Sophie.

I still wish I had figured this out sooner so that I could work with a bigger light source, but this is pretty cute.

-jenn

Photo Challenge Day 14

Yesterday's challenge was eyes!

My favorite eyes.

She loves the camera and taking pictures, but that doesn't equal being very cooperative. She actually was trying to ignore me during this one, but I like how it turned out with the crop. I did do some other photo-editing, but ultimately decided to stick with the natural look since she's only 3 (and I don't need to do anything to speed up the aging thing!).

Photo Challenge Days 11, 12, and lucky 13!

Ooops! (I say that a lot here, don't I?)

Well, one thing that I have learned through this photo challenge is that I am a slacker, and cannot post for 30 days in a row. I did take my photos on the correct day, though you will see one of them I kinda (almost) missed. I went back to just cropping all of these pictures, I didn't have time for more.

Ok, starting where we left off. Day 11. Something blue.

I went with something that I hope to get a lot of use out of soon.

The sewing machine that is currently living at my house. I am only borrowing it, it is not mine. BUT, the

cover that my grandmother made for it is blue! Yay!

I hope to be able to get started sewing within the next few weeks. I have some fabric coming in today that I am super excited about.

Moving along to Day 12. This is where I kinda sorta almost missed it. Sunset. I really wanted to get the actual sun in this picture, but I was barely able to get this in. If only I had remembered slightly earlier. Oh well! It is what it is.

I love that I could take this picture from my driveway. It will definitely

be nice when they finally build houses (shade!) across the street, but for now, it is kind of peaceful to look out and see something like this every evening.

And, today, Day 13. Myself with 13 things.

What the heck could I find 13 of to take a picture

with? The first thing I thought of was stuffed animals, since we seem to have a ridiculous amount of those, but then I remembered our shot glass collection. I love it, some of them are from our own adventures, but a lot of them are from other friends and family bringing us back some from theirs. I picked out my 13 favorite, and I had to use the self-timer for this one. Unfortunately, even blurred, it is hard to see them all. I won't even get into how many attempts it took to get this shot, so it will have to do.

In order from right to left, we have:

1 - Texas Renaissance Festival , Plantersville, TX (2006 - us)

2 - Epcot, Walt Disney World (us - 2003?)

3 - Las Vegas, NV (I want to say my parents?)

4 - Harley Davidson, Gruene, TX (us - 2006ish)

5 - St. Thomas (us - honeymoon 2006)

6 - Hard Rock Cafe, Nashville, TN (my husband - 2011)

7 - Alaska (my parents - 2011)

8 - another one from St. Thomas (us - honemoon 2006)

9 - French Quarter, New Orleans, LA ( in laws - 200?)

10 - Maui, Hawaii ( a friend of mine - 2010?)

11 - St. Maarten (us - our honeymoon 2006)

12 - NY, NY ( don't remember)

13 - Washington, D.C. (myself - 2005)

Ok, I realized the 13 things didn't have to be the *same* thing a little late, but I still like what I went with.

Here is another picture to see the glasses better:

Photo Challenge Day 10

Day 10. 1/3 of the way through.

I am impressed with myself for not forgetting a day yet (though I have come close).

Today was a childhood memory. At first, I was going to take a picture of my stuffed Big Bird that is about 3 feet tall. It has seen better days, for sure. While I do have memories of it from my childhood, I noticed something that was much more prominent.

This picture is the first one I have edited (other than cropping/adding text) any. These books do show their age a little bit, even without the editing, but I look forward to one day letting my kids read them. It is board books for now, as my daughter likes to rip paper at unknown times still.

I read a majority of these books countless times. My favorite was Go, Dog. Go!

Photo Challenge Day 9

Someone I love.

Pretty simple. I have the three people I am fortunate enough to live with that I love the most.

I decided to go with the youngest, since she was the most cooperative.

She's only been in my life for about 6 months, but she has stolen my heart. The one tooth is just so cute too :)

Photo Challenge Day 8

A bad habit.

*A* bad habit?

I have many, how was I to choose?

I briefly considered going to the cupcake shop, just so I could get a cupcake to take a picture of. And eat. Of course.

I resisted, so maybe that is not a bad habit after all. Ok, I know it still is.

Another one I immediately thought of was the time I spend on the internet. But how does one take a picture of the internet? I considered a few ways, but this is what I ended up with, mainly because it was what was easiest for me today.

Oh, internet, I can't quit you.