365 Challenge // Day 5 (Part 2)

Tonight another precious and beautiful thing happened... so I just had to photograph it! Brindy carries her precious little baby bear with her and snuggles with it frequently. Here is a special little moment she was having with her baby this evening.

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Canon 5D Mark ii:

ISO 3200, 50mm, Aperture f/2.8, 1/60

Edited in Lightroom 3

365 Challenge // Day 5

Yay! Another photo that just 'happened'. This little pup just LOVES to stare out the front window. She is so observant. Her favorite time to sit in the front window is when Daddy is about to be home... so precious.

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Canon 5D Mark ii:

ISO 400, 50mm, Aperture f/4.5, 1/80

Edited in Lightroom 3

365 Challenge // Day 4

Today was the first day I've had it happen: I was making coffee in an antique percolator I bought about 6 months ago. I left it on the stove to do its 'percolatin' and when I came back... there it was! The perfect photo opportunity :) HAPPY!

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Canon 5D Mark ii:

ISO 400, 50mm, Aperture f/4.5, 1/80

Edited in Lightroom 3

365 Challenge // Day 3

I love this pup. We got her last year and I'm so thankful for all this time we have gotten with her and all the times we are going to have with her. She is seriously the sweetest little dog you could meet... Anyone who's met her would agree!

Canon 5D Mark ii:

ISO 400, 31mm, Aperture f/4, 1/80

Edited in Lightroom 3

 You know what? I can't help it... I HAD to post one of my other dog too :) She's just my baby!

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Canon 5D Mark ii:

ISO 250, 73mm, Aperture f/4, 1/400

Edited in Lightroom 3

365 Challenge // Day 2

I'm only my second day in and I can already see why this is called a 'challenge'. I think I'm looking a little too hard and not just letting things happen... but at the same time it really is making me LOOK for things. So this is going to be VERY good for me!!!

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Canon 5D Mark ii:

ISO 250, 35mm, Aperture f/2.8, 1/200

Edited in Lightroom 3

365 Challenge

I'm starting a 365 Challenge...

What does this mean?

It means EVERYDAY I will be posting at least one photo, doesn't mean that I will necessarily say anything about each photo, I'm going to try to make this project work by requiring as little as possible

I am REALLY looking forward to learning more and more everyday. I realized that I'd begun to feel that there wasn't anything beautiful to photograph around me... I live in northern Minnesota... this is clearly NOT the case.

Anyways, Willy Wonka said "If you want to view paradise, simply look around and view it". That is what I'm making a point to do. I'm looking forward to what I will being seeing through my lens!

Thank you for taking this journey with me!

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Canon 5D Mark ii:

ISO 320, 173mm, Aperture f/4.5, 1/500

Edited in Lightroom 3

Sorting Through and Organizing Life

Right now I'm sitting in Starbucks in Fargo, drinking tea and thinking...

Joel has training here so I rode along because I knew if I had nothing else to do I'd get stuff done. It seems I've developed a bit of a habit lately. I have my pile of good intentions... and then I go to the other things that are on my desk at that moment. I completely avoid what I've set as my 'to-do' pile. It's not that I am avoiding them on purpose, or that they make me nervous or anything. It's more that I get distracted.

Joel always teases me because APPARENTLY I can be in the middle of a conversation and if someone pulls out chocolate or something shiny (or both... like a hershey's kiss) I go 'Ooo!' and reach for it, completely forgetting where I was at. I feel like I do that sometimes with my everyday tasks.

Now don't get me wrong, I complete dozens of things everyday... I'm not being lazy or just sitting around... I'm just not completing my list. 

I've been talking to God about it, asking Him to help me with my issue, and He has shown me how I need to set myself up. I get overwhelmed with the idea of completing something in one sitting, yet its what I want to do. Which is why I procrastinate so often and rush to finish things! But what He showed me is that I can do things bit by bit. He also showed me that I can seek Him daily on what to complete. He knows the days that I just need to sit. He knows the days I can complete 1,000 things like super woman. He knows... He knows.

I'm learning. I'm growing. I'm coming along.

I guess the reason I wrote this was to encourage you... if you have something you do that you don't like about yourself. Ask God. Ask Him why it is you do what you do, and not only that, but how to fix it.

That is all.

Have a great day!