Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Photo a Day Challenge

Photo a Day Challenge


When I was reading over this week’s assignments, I was so excited to complete the Photo a Day assignment!  I love taking photographs of my daughters and my dog and just about anything really.  I have pictures everywhere…my walls, my desk, my computer, and my many, many photo albums and scrapbooks!  After reading the information on the 365 Day Photo Challenge, I was even more excited to begin!  What a great way to capture your life for a year….or in this case, a week!  I used both a cell phone and digital camera for this challenge.  At first, I was unsure how to house all of these photos on one URL, but after reading the 365 Day Photo Challenge information, I noticed a link for Flickr.  I have heard of Flickr before, but I really had no idea what it was.  After clicking on this website, it was very easy to sign up and upload my photos.  I can see how this would be a great site for both professional and personal lives! 

As I was contemplating possible subjects to photograph, I was unsure if I wanted to share photos of my teenage daughters since Flickr stated that they could be seen by everyone, but I found my way around that (the backs of them)!  I found myself capturing things that were important to me, almost like telling a photo story of my life for the week.  Not only did I try to concentrate on the “big” things in my life (my daughters and my dog), I found myself focusing on the “small” things (raindrops on a flower petal, rings made by the rain in a puddle, etc.) that are also important and often go unnoticed.  At the end of this week, it was interesting to go back and see what I had photographed.  From the “big” things to the “small” things, this challenge was definitely a fun way to journal the things around me that mean the most.  I am actually going to continue this assignment to see where it leads me, and I am going to encourage my daughters to do the same! 

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