52 Frames - Week Five - Falling - Edmonton Family Photographer

Week five's theme for the 52 Frames Challenge was "Falling".

I grabbed this shot on day three of the beautiful hoar frost filled days we had last week. The sun decided to come out and I hurried the kids to get dressed and out the door so we could get some photos before the sun melted away the frost.

This field is our new favourite spot to adventure, and it's only a few minute drive from our house. When we got there we saw that the snow had hardened and it was strong enough for the kids (and me in places) to walk on. They had a blast running and jumping trying to break through the top of the snow. I'll post a full blog post of our afternoon here tomorrow. :)

52 Frames - Week Four - Leading Lines - Edmonton Photographer

Week four of the 52 Frames project was Leading Lines.

I was downtown last week running some errands, so I brought my camera along just in case something peaked my interest. I grabbed this shot coming up into City Hall from the parkade.

It's not my usual type of edit, but I liked the simplicity of it, so I went with it.

52 Frames - Week Three - Black and White - Edmonton Photographer

Week three's topic of the 52 Frames project was black and white.

I had the shot I wanted to use picked out already, and then I noticed this great light coming into Elliot's room from the sun setting out front and decided to play around with it and the shadows it created.

Luckily, he was excited about it too and actually wanted me to take photos of him - win, win!

This was my submission to the week's challenge.

The runner up was this one. Crazy Townes trying to run away down the sidewalk, but I liked the shadows from the low winter sun.

I'm all caught up with these 52 Frames posts now, so I'm hoping to post each week's photos on Monday from now on. :)

52 Frames - Week Two - Rule of Thirds - Edmonton Family Photographer

This past week was Week Two of the 52 Frames Challenge.  The topic was Rule of Thirds.  A way to go back to the basic 'rules' of photography.

We had a beautiful frosty day this week so I took the boys out for a little adventure through this lovely treed area just a few minutes from our house. It was cold, but they still had a ton of fun trekking through the deep snow, and taking turns throwing snow in the air. Townes did a pretty good job of keeping up with Elliot even though he was wearing a giant puffy snowsuit.

Here's my submission for this week's challenge:
 

I'm going to try to post every Monday with my weekly challenge submissions.

Are you doing any personal photo challenges this year? I'd love to know which ones in the comments below.

52 Frames - Week One - Self Portrait - Edmonton Photographer

For the last two years I have done a very low-key, mostly iphone, 365 project. Mainly so something was done with all of the iphone photos I take of my kids. I won't lie, these photos aren't the most creative or technically pleasing photos. Some days I'd forget and take a quick snap of the kids sleeping and use that super grainy photo just to say I took one that day. During the tail end of 2016 I fell behind. The photos are still sitting on my phone waiting to be uploaded (and my phone's storage space is struggling because of it). I keep saying I'll do it, and keep pushing it further and further back. Can anyone relate? I've still been trying to take daily photos in this new year, but I won't sweat if I miss a few here and there this time.

This year I wanted something fresh and to challenge myself a bit more - and use my DSLR - so I signed up for the 52 Frames Challenge. They supply a challenge topic every week. We have to shoot, edit and submit our photo that week - if you are late submitting, your photo is not included in the gallery. They also give you an extra credit assignment should you wish to accept it.

Aha. Finally a photo project that will hold me accountable. I like it. A lot.

I also thought this would be a great way to try new techniques I may have been nervous about in the past, or try to look at things I'm shooting a bit differently.

The first week was a bit daunting. The topic: Self Portrait.

I struggled hard with this. I've never really taken a self portrait before. I hate being in front of the camera. I won't lie, I thought about bailing on the challenge before I even started. But I decided to push though and face my fears.

I decided to show the other creative side of myself. Most people now know me as a photographer, or a mom, but long before I picked up a camera or had kids I became a musician. Music has always been a huge part of my life, and still is, but I took a break from playing regularly about ten years ago while dealing with life stuff (you know how it is).  This fall, I decided it was time to pick it back up again and so I did, and joined a local community concert band. In December I played in my first concert in 14 years. I didn't think I'd be nervous, but I was. It felt so good to be back doing what I had done and loved for so many years though. It also gives me a night out each week for rehearsal, which is a much needed break sometimes.

Here is the photo I submitted for 52 Frames Week One.
 

Do you have any hobbies that you've picked up again after a long break? I'd love to hear about them in the comment section below!