52 Fridays ~ Week 6 ~ Photo Booth Fun

I am working on a new photo booth set up and who better to test it out on.....KIDS!!  Just give them a few fun props, get out the camera and it is endless fun.   I still have a few things to work out so I had to promise they could help me on another day soon.  Here are some of the funny faces they came up with.

52 Fridays ~ Week 5 ~ A Week Late

Here I am again.  I totally skipped last week.  I have an excuse.  We had a concert on Thursday night and I didn't feel well on Friday night (I didn't say it was a good excuse).  So today I am posting for two weeks together.  Here is a picture of my concert ticket.  We did have a very good time.

52 Fridays ~ Week 4 ~ DIY Camera Bag Insert

Well, I did it.  I missed my first Friday already and it is only the forth week.  But I'm not giving up that easy.  I'm going to post this and continue on.  I'm bound and determined to make it through the year.

This is a little project idea that I found on Pinterest.  I have a camera bag from a company a lot of you probably know, Epiphanie, and I love it.  I use it when I travel or go on shoots and I need all of my equipment.  It holds everything.  But I had been wanting something small that I could just throw my camera and maybe one lens in when I was just out with the family.  I really didn't want to spend a bunch of money.  I came across this tutorial on a blog called "How Joyful".  This is how mine turned out.  The purse is from Walmart and the insert fits in there perfectly.  The great thing is I can take it out and just use the purse if I'm not planning on taking my camera with me. LOVE IT!

52 Fridays ~ Week 3 ~ Imagination

Have you ever watched a couple of four and five year old boys play?  There is no end to the things they can come up with.  Any object can be anything in their small hands.  Even something as simple as a Hot Wheel takes on all kinds of new powers.  They don't have any idea that there are limits to what a car should be able to do. 









So how much farther would you be if you weren't limited by your imagination?  It's something to think about.  I know it is for me anyway.

52 Fridays ~ Week 2 ~ Unexpected Good-byes

This has been a very emotional week.  A long time friend passed away.

She was taken unexpectedly and way to soon.  And so I guess for me, and I think many others,  it just reminded us that none of us really know what tomorrow brings.  Always tell your loved ones how you feel.  Make sure they know, even if you think they probably do.

I found this quote for my picture this week.  I think it kind of fits.  My friend was someone who was always smiling and laughing.  All the stories that everyone told about her, included how she made them feel.  I think that says a whole lot.

Rest in peace my friend.

52 Fridays ~ Week 1 ~ Christmas Quilt

Okay.  Here I am again and it has been months since I have posted anything on here.  I am working on updating the blog which should happen here in the next week or so and I am  going to try something this year to keep myself dedicated to posting at least once a week.

I am going to try a 52 week project.  I have seen different photographers and bloggers do them many different ways.  Some post their pics on another blog each week.  I am just going to keep mine a little simpler to start.  I will be calling it "52 Fridays".   I will post at least one picture each Friday.  If you would like to join me feel free to comment so I can check out your pics too.

So here is the first pic of the year....

This is the quilt that I got from my Mother-In-Law for Christmas.  Isn't it beautiful?  She did a wonderful job.  She hasn't been quilting all that long and she made all three Daughter-In-Laws a quilt.  I was amazed.

Please check back often.  I am going to do my best to be a better blogger.  At least know that there will be something new to look at each Friday. 

Why do I blog?

Originally, I only started my blog because it just seemed like the next step.  I started my photography business, I set up my website and I just thought a blog was the thing that came next.  I'm not very good at it and it is very inconsistent which lead me to Reflections of You and the Behind the Scenes class.  And as you can tell, if you're also taking Kim and Xanthe's class, I'm a huge procrastinator.  I've been reading the lessons each day but just putting off jumping in.

I mainly put pictures up on my blog to show off my work.  I also occasionally do some crafty prop makeovers.  I very rarely put anything personal.  I'm pretty private to start with.  I don't think I necessarily mind sharing some parts of myself and my life.  I just sometimes feel like, "who would read it?" and "who would really care about what was going on in my little  part of the world?"

I have been insired by some of the reasons others have written as their "WHY" they blog.  I'm hoping to feel totally different after finishing this class.  And I WILL finish! :)

Hopefully there are others out there like me.

Robin