Day 21/365 - Keeping in the Picture!

We almost forgot tonight!

Thankfully, I remembered right before I changed into my jammies. 

Phew. 

A. got a bit camera shy?

But not my EJ. 

Day 20/365 - Keeping In The Picture!

EJ wanted to say hi!

Okay, really, I just wanted to prove that he can take a nice photo.

Because today's family photo does not make that same statement:

Thanks, kid.

And one more outside photo - because we haven't all caught cold quite yet (only me).

Day 19/365 - Blurrrrr - It's Cold Outside!

Yeah - I'm done with snow.  Six new inches today, more on the way.

But, it's pretty.

Pretty, and deep.  We've gotten more snow this winter than Fairbanks.

So, we decided to attempt photos in the snow.

They're a bit blurry, but it was cold out.  So, these are it.

Except, of course, for while I held the camera and A. put the tripod down:

And THEN I got EJ to model.  In the snow.  

Day 18/365 - Last Night, I Dreamed.

I woke up this morning in tears.

I'd dreamt that I was taking photos of my family - and that my mother was there, fussing about not wanting to be in any, that she didn't look nice that day. I gave her a huge hug and told her she was beautiful and that I just wanted a photo with her. 

Then I woke up. 

My mother passed away nearly twelve years ago. She was sick, but no one expected her to go so suddenly. 

And after she passed, we realized how few family photos she was actually in. 

I have a photo of her and I at my brother's high school graduation and one four years later at A.'s baby shower. She died a year later. Those are it now. 

I can't even find a digital copy of the baby shower photo - though I did find these:

So today I tried to focus on some mother-daughter photos, in addition to our family photos. 

And sending them out into the universe as a hug to my own mother.




Yeah - that would have worked, had my son not felt an irrepressible need to never be left out...

and, okay, if I took better group selfie photos with the new camera.

Because, yes.  This photo was supposed to be of all three of us.

Oops.

I think my angle was off?

Seriously - I could NOT figure out how to do this with a big hulking camera!

A. finally took the camera from me.  Can you tell how exasperated she is above?

One shot.  She did this in one take.  My daughter is brilliant.

She also then had my camera.  The day off from school.  And me driving all around.

 

 
 

 

Day 17/365 - A. Gets in on the Action!

Today's photo shoot is brought to you all by my amazing daughter. 

I took this photo, attempting to position the tripod: 

From there, I was relegated to subject only. 

There were a few laughable outtakes - thanks to Miss Violet, who was also indispensable to A.'s creative process.

(This one is seriously my favorite. Vi went on a licking spree, EJ threw up his hands - A. and I couldn't stop laughing...)

(Okay, that was an EJ goof...)

And she got a gorgeous close up of her brother (ignore the cut off bits of her and me).

And even a decent photo of the beagle - who is ALWAYS moving. 

Net result of today's photo shoot:

A lot of laughs, a lot of love, and a bored looking VW Beagle sitting in front. <3

Day 16/365 - A Whole New World!

Okay - the snow world, not so much.

It's deeper than an Accord at this point. It's still snowing now - and more is in the forecast three days from now. 

I braved it, though. 

A. and I took off this evening for Target! It was exciting. 

Why Target?

We needed non video game activities!

Mission accomplished!

In other news - I scored an Ah-MAZ-ing deal yesterday on a dslr camera. 

It has a timer! 

(It's the little things that excite me.)

And I got a tripod. 

So, now I can do this:

And the new NON-selfie!

Yeah, it's a work in progress - but hey, that's US!