365 in 2015 - End of Week 53!

It's the final week! I'm so excited to be done with my 365 project. I can honestly say I learned a lot, although I wish I had turned my camera to manual mode far sooner than October. I think I still have a ton of room for improvement - especially since I still can't figure out how to capture pictures in my house in the evening because it's far too dark. Anyway, I'm excited to move on to other things, even though I want to continue learning more - just at my own pace without feeling pressured into a schedule. So here's my final five pictures of the year!

Some crazy dancing ensued while making dinner Monday evening. This was one of those times where my house is so dark, I have trouble capturing things better. I chose this picture because it had (at least part) of my three dancing kiddos. 

A self-portrait in the mirror on the carousel at the zoo. We wanted to go one last time before the end of the year!

We finally got around to cutting down the dead tree in our yard. We weren't sure exactly how it would fall, but we didn't die (as Clayton so elegantly screamed after it fell and missed both us and the house)!

"Mommy I picked you these beautiful yellow flowers!"

While enjoying our neighbor's fireworks, Shelby wasn't so sure she wanted to be holding a Morning Glory!

More Fireworks Fun!

We had extra fireworks left over from July 4th, so we shot some off in our culdesac the following weekend. The kids loved setting them off and some of the neighbors joined us outside to watch!

Playing With Sparklers

I wanted to try my hand at taking pictures of my kids playing with sparklers. I was hoping to be able to capture some letters or words. Honestly, I had no clue what I was doing and it didn't work well. I still thought it was fun - even if these are some of my more poorly taken pictures!

July 4th Fireworks!

Georgia legalized the "bigger" fireworks this year, so the kids were super excited to get to shoot some when the time came. Clayton was thrilled to be allowed to light them (and yes, he was under close supervision, and was very careful)! I had fun playing with the settings on my camera, although I'll be the first to admit I was just playing around, I didn't really know what I was doing! 

This is one of my absolutely favorite shots! I love how the silhouette turned out (this is not edited except to crop it a little bit)!

365 in 2015 - End of Week 27

Wow, I can't believe it's been over half the year since I started my 365 project! I'm still just beginning though, as I don't know nearly as much as I wish I did. It's been fun at times, but also gets frustrating not knowing how to change things up to get excited about photography some more. Well, before July started, Bethany asked me if I wanted to do a challenge for this month - WORDS. I wasn't sure about the idea, but told her that'd be fine and I'd do what I could. So I started on that this week, and have actually enjoyed the idea!

Jon was cooking something super messy and asked to wear my apron to keep from getting his clothes so dirty. Cheyenne already had hers on, ready to help, so of course I had to snap a picture! 

We met Bethany at Lawrenceville Lawn thinking it'd be a cooler morning on Monday. We were terribly mistaken, but the kids had a great time anyway! 

Clayton found a hickory nut in our yard! 

My word challenge began Wednesday. I kept passing this old cemetery, taking Clayton to basketball camp, so I decided to stop and get a picture or two. While I wish I had done better with this shot in general I thought the words were nice! 

While hanging out at Jon's dad's house during Clayton's basketball camp, I spotted this old camera on the book case. Faye said it was her family's camera and had been used to take pictures of her as a child!

Clayton at basketball camp Friday. He really had a wonderful time and learned so much!

I actually took this one earlier in the week, but wanted to use it as my fourth of July picture!

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Click here to see Bethany's 365 project featuring the beginning of the word challenge.