October Photo Challenge: Week 2

I have to admit a bit of defeat here--this week was hard for me. Life was busy. I missed one of the days, but I'll do my best to make up for it another day.

Day 9: Someone You Love

I know this isn't a great technical shot, but it's definitely one of my favorite shots of my grandpa because I caught him laughing. I did get an actual portrait that looks nice, but this one made me happy. 

Day 10: Childhood Memory

My mom would read The Hobbit to my brothers and me almost every night before bed. This particular copy was actually a birthday gift to me from my older brother in honor of that childhood tradition.

Day 11: Something Blue

Kinda went lazy on this one and took a shot of my purse while we were driving home.

Day 12: Sunset

And this is where I fail. Can you believe that this day I didn't get out of work in time to see the sunset? Sad, huh?  I'll try my best to get one another day. 

Day 13: Yourself with 13 Things

I tried to think of something that I had 13 of that had some sort of meaning to me, so here's me with 13 of my favorite (no, that's not a typo) college textbooks minus a few super favorites that I keep with me at work to reference. 

Again...I'm still finding it hard to take pics of myself. :-/ Also, sitting on the ground does not make for a flattering portrait for me. 

Day 14: Eyes

I used a photo of my grandpa earlier in the week, so I thought I'd ask my grandma if I could take a photo of her eyes. She gave me about ten seconds before she literally swatted the camera away. There was actual contact. 

Day 15: Silhouette

Early morning hike = perfect tree silhouette opportunity.

I'm hoping to have better luck timing-wise this week. How is everyone else doing with the challenge?

October Photo Challenge: Week 1

I'm trying my hardest to keep up with this photo challenge. Unfortunately, I'm not the best at looking at the photo schedule ahead of time (as you'll see in a minute) and figuring out what I want to shoot. I need to work on that. 

Day 1: Self-Portrait

Seriously, how do people take such nice photos in front of a mirror? This took me way more takes than I'm willing to admit, and the one that I chose was very literally the last shot that I took in the series. 

Day 2: What I Wore Today

I was glad this fell on a Sunday so I wouldn't have to subject anyone to my I-work-in-a-lab outfits. I have so much more respect for all those fashion bloggers out there who take photos of themselves on a tripod. This was surprisingly difficult! Also, when I set up for this photo, I realized that I have ZERO unused/blank walls in the house, so you get to see the awesomeness that is our library/shoe closet/random storage room. Aren't you special? :-D Yes, we like board games. 

Day 3: Clouds

So I noticed from those who posted before I did that there were people who had no clouds on this day. I had the opposite problem--the whole sky was completely overcast to the point that you couldn't tell there were any clouds. This was the only definition I could find. Kinda cool, though.

Day 4: Something Green

This is what happens when you hurry to take some shots of something green and don't read ahead to see that in a couple days you'll need to take a photo of fruit. Ooops. 

Day 5: From a High Angle

This one was interesting because it's not something I'm used to doing. I'm short, so my default "odd angle" is to shoot from below.

Day 6: From a Low Angle

After I took these, I realized I could have made my life easier by shooting something tall instead of crouching  to take a shot from below a table. Oh well. :-P The angle is deceiving because I zoomed a bit, but I'm literally crouching under hub's arm (low enough to not get elbowed in the head) shooting up. 

Day 7: Fruit

This is me scrambling to find some fruit, any fruit, to photograph after using the apples in the "Green" photo. Plate of already cut up lemons at a gathering = WINNER

Day 8: A Bad Habit

I literally thought of this one as the alarm went off and I pushed "snooze"...the first time. It took me the third times to get this shot because I snoozed again before I finally got up. :-P Yes, my name is Joy and I'm a snooze-aholic. I set my alarms for at least half an hour before I really, absolutely have to get up because I push the snooze without even realizing it. 

Off to check out how everyone else has been doing now!

October Photography Challenge

I saw this over on That Wife (via Our Wired Lives) and decided to attempt join in! Considering I failed my attempt at a 365 project, we shall see how I fare in this challenge. I'm already nervous.

Image from White Peach Photography