Bye 2011

Another year gone

Happy Christmas

Happy Christmas

Today I managed to get some shots of the wee ones, though they were mainly snapshots. Though I think they managed to captured the chaos that is Christmas morning (I am so thankful that they calmed down by the afternoon)

Happy Winter Solstice

Happy Winter Solstice.

I have managed to make some progress with my sorting through photographs. I have been through January's pictures and I have managed to get rid of 8GB of photographs.

I still have a lot to do as I need to sort through last years pictures as well.

The big challenge that I need to face is deleting pictures with my wee ones. I have done it before, but now there is a mental block. It will sound silly, but I feel that by deleting pictures with them in, I am not valuing their presence, and by deleting their pictures something bad will happen to them as a result.

For now though as long as I can get rid of the other pictures then that is good enough.

I am also going to start another one object 365 days project. I think this will be great for me as it will get me using my camera ever day and thinking of new photographs that I can get.

I am also thinking of getting a light box as well. I think that will open a lot of possibilities for my photography.

It is the start, but I am really feeling hopeful about getting my mojo back.

Really have to get something done

For various reasons my photography has really taken a back seat. I have been struggling to make any progress.

I really must do something, so the next step is that I really need to set up a plan of action and do something about it.

It really became apparent to me how long my lapse has been when I see what others have achieved when we started off at a similar time. It made me realize that I need to start doing something now instead of just plodding along. I know that I too can achieve, I just need to get the motivation back.

Another thing that I am going to do is go through the photographs that I have taken this year and delete the pictures that are not good enough and do something with the ones that are.

11-11-11

All the elevens :)

Getting shots

I have started builing a good collection of shots that I have been happy with.

It has been good to do that, as for a while I was not happy with the shots that I was getting. Though that was understandable as I was not finding any decent shots.

As soon as I have got myself organised I am going to start spending time each day to developing my photography skills.

Getting focused again

While the best time for me to get focused will be when my wee ones start school I need to start getting my mind back on track. I have wandered along without a goal.

I need to work out what I want to do and then work out my plan of action.

I do know one thing. I will not do wedding photography. I am not going to dismiss portrait photography, but I do not think I will go for that either (I think if I am going to go for portrait photography I would go for candid shots rather than posed shots)

I met up with a friend that I met through Flickr recently. It was really nice to meet her and we went out for a trip to the beach. I love going to the beach. Here are a couple of shot I got that I have managed to get to edit:

Boat club: (I love buildings that are interesting shapes)

Church window: