News

Since I'm having trouble sleeping, I've decided to take this opportunity to share some photography-related news.

First, thanks to the fact that Mark's sister and her family have invited us to visit them over my spring break, I will have an exciting and exotic ending to my year of daily picture-making. Last summer Lynne, Scott and their four kids moved to Shanghai, China. Mark and I will be flying to the other side of the world on March 22, and staying until March 30. I think the last day of my project is March 29. I'm a little scared of putting pressure on myself to take outstanding photos during this trip (I have mentioned before that my best pictures seem to be of the more mundane), but I think I am practically guaranteed to get some interesting pictures.

Secondly, I would like to announce the plan for my next project. Although I have learned a lot from disciplining myself to take pictures every day, I'm finding that at this point I'm just focused on getting a picture to post. I haven't spent much time actually learning about my new camera, or challenging myself to become less dependent on the automatic settings (although lately I have been shooting in aperture priority mode, which requires some thought). And I have spent no time learning about Photoshop Elements.


So, starting in April, I will be taking each month to focus on a particular theme or subject matter. I will try to post at least once a week, and will not limit myself to just one photo per post. I think I'll commit to another year in this new format, and see how it goes. Just thinking about it makes me very excited--hopefully this will jumpstart my enthusiasm for photography, which has been waning a bit lately.