I've been trying to think of a fun way to recap the year 2008 and I have a lot of ideas floating around in my head that I would still like to try. But when I saw this blog entry by Brian Auer of Epic Edits, I just knew I had to borrow this format! He also did this as a project entry for the challenge on Jim Goldstein's blog so I think I will submit this entry as well.
Here are my photographic highlights of 2008:
January
January mosaic created with big huge labs tool
I started the photo a day project and decided to be more experimental in my shooting. I even got daring enough to chop off heads on purpose. I also started taking pictures of everyday objects. I picked the word "Create" as my one word to inspire me in 2008.
February
February mosaic created with big huge labs tool
I became more aware of how to use natural light in my photos. I discovered that north facing windows are wonderful for natural light. I had fun exploring colors and I tried to every color family I could in my photography. I experimented with self portraits and even captured my own blurry image in a black plastic plate. I participated in a photo challenge to take pictures at ground level which is something I had never done before.
March
March mosaic created with big huge labs tool
Happy Birthday to me! I got a new camera and a yummy cake in March and I enjoyed both of them! Ironically, the only picture in this group taken by my new Nikon camera is the globe photo. My Sony cybershot still got a lot of use.
I took the cake photo for the Iron Chef photo challenge on Neil Creek's blog (the subject was a fork).
April
April mosaic created with big huge labs tool
This was my best photography month of 2008 for sure. We went to Depoe Bay, Oregon on vacation and I took my Nikon D40 camera with me. The scenery was breathtaking! A seaull landed right in front of me and even posed for a photo session. :) We also went to an aquarium and I captured the Jellyfish shot with my point and shoot Sony cybershot camera. That photo made it to explore on flickr.
May
May mosaic created with big huge labs tool
After a late and long Utah winter, I was thrilled to shoot some flower photos in May. I bought an inexpensive macro filter for my Nikon D40 which was a wonderful purchase!
For some reason, May of 2008 was the month I took the fewest number of photos. Not sure why. Maybe because I took so many photos in April?
June
June mosaic created with big huge labs tool
June was a month of photographing color. I had fun with newly blooming flowers. I also photographed several of our summer homeschool projects. My favorite picture of the month was the one with my little niece hugging my daughter. I love that I was able to capture her look of pure joy.
July
July mosaic created with big huge labs tool
This was a boring photography month for me. I just didn't feel the motivation for a lot of creativity. I was busy with redecorating my living room and enjoying summer.
August
August mosaic created with big huge labs tool
August was another slow photography month for me. We did take some walks where I got some nice scenery shots. We alo started homeschool which was a big deal because my daughter joined us. Now I homeschool both of our kids using the k12.com online academy program.
September
September mosaic created with big huge labs tool
September was a beautiful month weather wise for us here in Utah. We went on some fun field trips to Thanksgiving Point in Lehi and Daybreak in South Jordan, so I had some great photo opportunities.
October
October mosaic created with big huge labs tool
We went to Walt Disney World on vacation and I had fun taking a bunch of pictures. I had even more fun putting the camera away and letting the Disney Photo Pass do the work for me though. October is one of my favorite months and I just love fall colors.
November
November mosaic created with big huge labs tool
We traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico to visit my family for Thanksgiving so it was fun to have a different place to take pictures. Most of the pictures I shot in November were simply to finish off my photo a day project. I really struggled with taking a photo every day but I felt very compelled to see this project through to the end.
December
December mosaic created with big huge labs tool
December was all about photographing the Christmas season. I worked on Ali Edwards December Daily project and so I took pictures to go with that. I did finish my photo a day project for 2008!
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I learned so much about my own strengths and weaknesses as a photographer by reviewing my photos this way. This was a great exercise to do!
