30 DAY PHOTO CHALLENGE

 

30 DAY PHOTOGRAPHY CHALLENGE!

 

Five years ago when my camera broke, I decided to invest in a good DSLR camera.  I really didn't know much about cameras, so I started to do some research.  After doing some research, I realized I STILL didn't know much about cameras.  I was able to narrow down my choices to preferring the Nikon brand and I knew I didn't want to spend over $1000.  With these two criteria chosen I was able to decide on the Nikon D5000.

 

My main purpose for purchasing the camera was to be able to take pictures of my ETSY and Ebay items, but I also really wanted to be able to take fun and interesting pictures as a hobby.  I read through the manuals and bought additional camera guides but found that after reading everything I could, I really still had no clue how to use all the features of the camera.

 

I finally figured that the best and only way to learn is to actually just force myself to take pictures.

 

So I came up with my own fun version of the 30 day photo challenge, to make myself use my camera everyday for 30 days and learn some of the basic and even a few of the more advanced camera techniques.

 

I started with some easy ones to get us going and saved some of the harder ones like the long exposure, bokeh and the dreaded self-portrait for later on in the challenge.

 

I hope you join me in this challenge and together we can take some fun and interesting pictures and create our very own photo portfolio.

 

If you plan on doing the challenge, I would love to see your pics so please leave a comment below with a link to your blog or Pinterest page so we can all check out and be inspired by each others pictures.

 

Have fun and Happy Picture Taking!!!

 

 

 

Day 1.  Clouds 

 

 

 

Day 2.  Fruit

 

 

 

Day 3.  Something Green

 

 

 

Day 4.  What I wore today

 

 

 

Day 5.  From a high angle

 

 

 

Day 6.  From a low angle

 

 

Day 7.  Animal

 

 

 

Day 8.  Sunset

 

 

 

Day 9.  A bad habit

 

 

 

Day 10.  Something blue

 

 

 

Day 11.  Something you love

 

 

 

Day 12.  Silhouette

 

 

 

 

More pictures to come as I finish the challenge.

 

Thanks so much for checking out this 30 Day Photo Challenge Post!

 

 

Best of luck and Happy Picture taking!!!

 

 

 

xoxo

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Thanks so much for stopping by!

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DEAR VALENTINE...

 

I mustache you a question...will you be my Valentine?

 

 

 

Here's a quick and fun DIY Valentine treat.  These are perfect if you are having a party or need an easy Valentine for your kids to handout at school.

 

First you'll need the Wilton Lollipop mold, which I picked up at Michael's craft store for $1.99.  You will also need lollipop sticks, I like the 12 inch long ones so that you can have fun holding them up to your face and goofing around with them.  For the pictures I also used red and white paper straws, which i just slipped over the lollipop sticks.  Next you will need some chocolate to melt.  I used white, dark chocolate,and pink.  Finally you will need some string or twine to hang your FREE PRINTABLE mustache tags!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the Picture below to print out your FREE printable Valentine tags!

 

 

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

 

Please visit my etsy page HERE to check out my new Valentine Bottle Brush trees!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks so much!!!

 

Happy Valentine's Day!