If there's one thing I've learned about myself, it's that I need time to play. That requires two important things: uninterrupted time and a whim, which only occurs in conjunction with uninterrupted time. Uninterrupted time is the key. It's free time. Time to explore and, like I said, time to play. This is huge for me, especially when I'm overloaded with home and work and family stuff. When I need a break, even a few minutes of free time to play around creatively is just what I need. I need to …
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How (and Why) I Get in the Photo
I've never really minded having my photograph taken. I have moments, like everyone else, when I see a photo of myself and think, That's what I look like? But most of the time, I'm okay with it. We are much harder on ourselves than others would ever be. Over the summer, I watched a video with photographer Sue Bryce, who specializes in glamour photography and making women look and feel beautiful. She talked about a time in her life when she felt awful about herself and refused to let anyone …
December Photo Project | Part 1
This month, in addition to posting at habit, I'm also participating in the December Photo Project. Take a photo every day for the first twenty-five days of December. It's that simple! I post my photos over at Flickr and the DPP Facebook group, and now I want to share the first batch with you. Originally, I looked at doing December Daily with Ali Edwards, but that involves making an album specifically for this project (in addition to purchasing her kit, which wasn't in my budget). She's making …
Just Start (and Some Thoughts on Blogging)
When I was deciding whether or not to start blogging again, I kept coming up against this idea: Just start. I saw it all over the place, heard it in podcasts, felt it inside me, whispering. Go on, already. Just start. And though I'd like to say that it was just that simple, there was actually a lot of hemming and hawing involved. I had purchased a domain and web hosting for my photography business, but I couldn't seem to get things into place. And since I had already shelled out the money, I …
What I Read | November Edition
The four books I read in November put my 2014 tally at 49. Only three books left to reach 52! Totally doable, but I'm still a little nervous about fitting it in. It's December, after all.* Here are the books I read in November: The Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg | A family comes to terms with the mother's morbid obesity and how it is destroying her health and life. Each chapter jumps from present to past, with the present chapters each taking a new character's perspective as that part of …