Daily Photo

January
5 - Recurring

I added this is my list as an exercise to take one photo of the same place over an extended period of time so I can see whatever changes take place over the duration of a year.
This picture is taken from our driveway, by the corner of our house looking diagonally across our backyard.

At the moment the backyard is filled with the pool and the gazebo filled with the outdoor chairs and table. The washing is on the line making the most of the warm Summer day... I love the feel and smell of clothes dried naturally... ahhhh so nice.
I look forward to seeing the changes over the coming months.

Daily Photo

January
4 - Seasonal

Nothing says Summer like a pool. It's not a big pool... if I float lying down I can reach the sides with hands and feet... and I can sit on the bottom and my head is above water. I have loved spending time relaxing in our pool as well as teaching Sonia-Marie how to be more confident in the water.
As New Zealand as a nation is so focused on the water, I think every New Zealander should know how to swim.

Daily Photo

January
3 - Ordinary

Nothing beats a cold drink straight out of the fridge in the heat of Summer.

Daily Photo

JANUARY
2 - Place

I had to pick up friends from Auckland airport the other day when they flew back from the South Island after their Christmas Holidays. I stopped briefly at the petrol station by the airport as I arrived early so that I didn't have to pay for parking and was taken by these lights marking the rows of parked cars. 

At first I tried taking the photo using auto-focus but I found the lights appeared too clean, too focused, not what I wanted. Then I changed to manual focus and with a little tweaking, was able to create the look of a Bokeh picture, but without actually using a Bokeh shield over my camera lens.

Exploring... my camera and my photography skills.

Daily Photo

JANUARY
1 - Create

I love the look on Sonia-Marie's face as she tries to blow up a balloon (all be it unsuccessfully). She moves from frustration, to determination to excitement when she manages to finally get some air into the balloon... even if it's just a small puff.
Exploring capturing spur of the moment images and expressions.

Exploring Through Photography

If you saw my earlier post about my "One Little Word" for 2013... then welcome to my first project in honour of "Exploring".

Over the years I seen quite a few monthly photo challenges, where a blog host will give you a list of photo ideas or opportunities for each day of the month. Then the next month you get an entirely new list of photo ideas.

As much as I love the idea of taking a photo every day... realistically that's just not always possible for me. And then to make matters worse I can never remember what picture I'm supposed to be taking on what day... I'm nothing if not honest about my failings!!!

Sooooo, I've decided to do my own daily photograph challenge... with a difference. Yes I will post daily photographs... (okay I have a few days to catch up) but I'm not going to pressure myself or feel guilty if I don't take a photo today but take two tomorrow... or take two today and don't take one tomorrow.

The second thing I am going to do is have the same challenges for every month this year... so I can add one list of photos as a note in my phone and I will be set for the year!! For this reason I have deliberately left my photo topics nondescript and open to wide interpretation.

You are more than welcome to play along... or just enjoy the evidence of my "Exploring" through photos.

So here is the list of photos... yes I know not every month has 31 days... that just means I can either, post multiple photos on some days or just skip some photo prompts some months... see no stressing!!!

To download a copy of the list in a Word document follow this link - download.

1.       Create

2.       Place

3.       Ordinary

4.       Seasonal

5.       Recurring

6.       Event

7.       Dramatic

8.       Mundane

9.       Magical

10.   Artistic

11.   Sensual

12.   Art

13.   Small

14.   Happy

15.   In

16.   Self

17.   Down

18.   Exploring

19.   Up

20.   People

21.   Nature

22.   Colour

23.   Light

24.   Moody

25.   Dark

26.   Work

27.   Out

28.   Extraordinary

29.   Big

30.   Texture

31.   Home