The next prompt for Picture the Holidays was “The View From Here”…and it just happened to occur on the day after I received a new 50mm 1.4 lens as an early birthday gift…so my view was through my new lens…and it has been ever since.
1
…it is so nice for shooting Christmas lights!
“What helps you to slow down, take a deep breath and enjoy the moment…” These are the words from the prompt on day 4 of Picture the Holidays that jumped out at me. They could be interpreted in many ways but what was the first thing I thought of? Why a glass of wine of course…
If truth were to be told, I don’t really need help or reminding to slow down…I am the Queen of slow and enjoying the moment. I can escape into another world at the drop of a crown. What I need is a technique for speeding up a bit…getting a few things done at this time of year.
On the second day I already had difficulty finding the time and creativity to come up with something for the Picture the Holidays prompt. Today was different…I still watch my grandchildren on Fridays and it remains one of my favorite days…full of love and joy. I didn’t have much trouble coming up with a photo for the prompt “All you need is love”. I did have trouble getting any photos in focus…they still move too fast for me and my camera.
I rather like the slightly out of focus look here though. Mr J tried very hard to display that sandwich at just the right angle…he was much more patient than I thought he would be.
I have found that a daily prompt can inspire me to get 0ut the camera and take some pictures that I normally wouldn’t take the time to do. I think this shows my lack of creativity as much as my lack of motivation...so I signed up to participate in Picture the Holidays during the busiest time of the year. By the end of the month I might have some photos with a bit of variety and improved quality and I will have documented my holiday season better than ever. The first prompt has to do with gratitude and it had me not only standing on a stool to get a shot with better light and perspective but it also had me dusting the living room. Now that is inspiration!
I photographed family portraits to illustrate gratitude for my family and realized as I was editing the photo that it also illustrates my gratitude for the ability of photographs to save memories. Memories of my children as babies, of my sister dancing, of my parents in good health…
