Happy New Year

January 1, 2012 marked day 364 of my 365 project. And with just one day to go I'm as happy as can be! It's been a long year but an interesting and challenging one as well. I'll leave the "lessons learned" part for my final 365 Project post. So for now, here's wishing everyone a most joyous and Happy 2012!

Today's image is made from some "party favors" - the "2012" is a pair of goofy eyeglasses with the 2012 as the frames and the "Happy New Year" is a headband that actually lights up with flashing LED lights on it.

December Daily Shots

December marked days 333 through 363 in my 365 project. Yes, I started this project on January 3, 2011 so not quite to day 365 in here - but close! Here are the thumbnails (click one to see scroll them in a larger version):

November Daily Shots

November marked days 303 through 332 in my 365 project. There were some fun shots here and we took a trip to Boulder City, Nevada (east of Las Vegas) and got some great landscape shots. Here are the thumbnails (click one to see scroll them in a larger version):

Days 256 to 270

The last few weeks of September were days 256 through 270 of my 365 project. Here are the thumbnails (click one to see scroll them in a larger version):

The stories behind (some of) the images

My children used to have this bizarre notion that if they pretended they were asleep I wouldn't see them or ask them to do some chore. As they got older it evolved into a sort of family joke where when I look at them they just stop what they're doing and pretend to be asleep. This is what my son is doing in this pic when I pointed my camera at him. What a goof!

It was still hitting triple-digits outside in downtown Phoenix but the air conditioning in my office had me wearing gloves just to type! On this day it hovered at 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit but some days it got down to 68f!

Some of you may recognize Huckleberry Hound - it was from a popular cartoon in the 1960's and 1970's in the U.S. (part of "Yogi and Friends"). This lunchbox belonged to my boyfriend from his elementary school days when he carried it to school every day.

Both of my boys have their Birthdays the end of September so I took them out to dinner and actually got them to smile for me without making goofy faces.

Picked up this great looking old trunk at a local auction. Such character it has!

For years, starting when he was 6 years old, my oldest son played ice hockey. this is his "trophy case" - a shelf in his bedroom - displaying some of his favority goalie pads, a helmet and, of course, trophies.

Me, on the other side of the camera. I don't wear dresses too often these days but this day decided to do it, so figured I would get photographic evidence to mark the day.

This was a submission to a Polaroid contest where the theme was "three." I took this image with my Polaroid Spectra system and film from The Impossible Project.

October Daily Shots

October marked days 271 through 302 in my 365 project. There were some fun shots here and several that have more of a story to them. Here are the thumbnails (click one to see scroll them in a larger version):

Stories behind some of the images:

Took a photowalk at Rio Vista Park in Peoria, AZ and shot the shadows and geometric shapes of this bridge I just loved. I converted it to a black/white tone to enhance the effect.

October is baseball playoff time and the Detroit Tigers played against the Yankees this year.

Got some new Polaroid film so had to try it out and my good-looking but goofy son graciously posed for me.

another prop I picked up a local auction. Now I need to set up a photoshoot with models to use it!

a self portrait after returning from Dolce Salon with all my gray hairs beautifully covered up!

I have come a long way in my photo processing and design skills, much of which I have thank Steve Jobs and his Apple products. Today he passed away and I wanted to give some sort of tribute and thanks to a great visionary and pioneer.

We took a drive up towards Flagstaff, Arizona. It was a beautiful day and we stopped along a forest road to picnic where I got this shot.

Each year in downtown phoenix local artists come together to sell bowls they have created and all the proceeds go to help feed the hungry. This is the bowl I purchased this year.

We took a ride on the downtown Phoenix Light Rail today and I snapped this pic with my iPhone.

Laundry day often turns into "sock wars" as the newly folded socks get thrown down the hallways and around the house at each other in a family fun game of 'sock wars.'

Had one of my images from the "shoe calendar" series printed and framed. It looks great and can't wait to hang it in the house!

I coulnd't sleep but as I laid in bed I suddenly realized I hadn't taken my shot of the day. So grabbed my iphone and took this shot of the digital clock on teh dresser.

These two images were taken of my coworkers for a skit we did at Halloween. I had asked them to look depressed at their desk and they really knew how to turn it on. My Department had recdently moved to a newly remodeled area of the building and these two were still working in an area that was in desperate need of new carpet and paint (at least!) So our skit basically revolved around that. It was really fun to put together and they were all good sports about it.

I ran across this handmade sign in a thrift store. It brought back a lot of memories so I had to get a photo of it. Artex is a paint that comes in a tube sort of like a small tube of toothpaste, with a rollerball style tip. You then use the tube to paint directly onto fabric, paper canvas, almost anything really. My "Granny Rene" used to use these all the time in her hand made quilts. She was quite an eccentric old lady but we loved her. This made me smile thinking of her.