Day/Picture 3 - Neon Bug

Ok, so I think this 30 day challenge is going to turn into a 30 picture challenge. It was getting too stressful to try and take "good" pictures every day. If I don't go anywhere exciting during the day, getting pics is hard. And this project is supposed to be fun, so even though it's not as challenging when the 30 pictures aren't on consecutive days, it's more fun for me this way (less pressure).  So here is my third picture. It's not great, a bit fuzzy, but I love the colors! I shot this pic of a bug on Elijah's slide when Elijah was playing in the backyard. I was trying to get pics of him, but he was obsessed with the ugly chain-link gate to the front yard, which did not make a good spot to take pictures. Silly baby.

"Neon Bug"

Day 2 - A Boy's Promise

Here is my picture for day 2. Elijah and I went to a local splash pad with a good friend and her daughter. I took this picture there, as a rainbow appeared in the mist. Beautiful! Elijah loved the water! We will definitely have to go here again!

"A Boy's Promise"

Day 1 - Little Turtle, Big World

Here is the first picture of my 30 day challenge! In reviewing these pictures I discovered that Dennis and I have very differing opinions as to what is a good photo. But we both really liked this one.  Elijah and I went to Little Turtle Park so he could run around, this is a picture I took there.

"Little Turtle, Big World"

30 Day Photo Challenge

So I don't blog enough and I love taking pictures, so I thought I would do this so that I do more of both. I've really enjoyed photography in the past few years. It has just been a hobby, but I'd love to learn more about it! And I figure it's an easy thing to do with Elijah along. I'm not a great photographer by any means, but hey, maybe this will help me improve a little.

I have an old-ish point-and-shoot camera, but as far as point-and-shoots go, it has a lot of settings and is one of the nicest point-and-shoots that you could get when I bought it (2 years ago). I would love to have a digital SLR, but it's just not in the budget, so I'll work with what I have! One of my main goals with this challenge is to learn more about my camera and its different settings (e.g. ISO speed, shutter speed, f-numbers, aperture size, exposure, etc.). I really don't know much about these things. I also want to take this chance to really look at and think about picture composition, lighting, and how to look at the world in a different way to create exciting and interesting pictures :).

My goals is to try and take at least a few pictures every day and then pick out the best and/or favorite picture which I will post to my blog. I don't think I'll have the time to post every day, so you may see pictures in clumps :)! But I'll do my best to get 1 picture for each of the next 30 days. So here I go! Maybe I'll get my first picture up later tonight!