This month, I'm playing along with Susannah Conway's August Break 2014. What is it all about? Essentially, it's an invitation to take ONE photo a day all this month.
It's rare that I participate in a photo challenge, but I loved that this one a) includes a daily email with visual goodness (aka beautiful images) and a few photo tips.; b) basically has no rules (think: anything goes!); c) has a decent size community of women and men (1500+) participating.
I learned about #augustbreak2014 from Ali Edwards, but I've been a fan of Susannah Conway since reading her book, This I Know: Notes on Unraveling the Heart.
Have you read it? It's part memoir, part creative journal, and I loved it. Maybe I should use the present tense: I love it. It lives on my iPhone in the Kindle application, and even now, two years later, I go back and reread sections of it and try out some of the exercises.
I could go on and on about Ms. Conway's book, but let's get back to the August Break.
It's only the first week of the month (we'll see how long I make it), but I'm enjoying documenting my everyday life. My goal each day is simple: To snap a photo, edit it (if I have time), and post it to Instagram.
Here's a look at the first five photos I've shared.
August 1 | Our niece, Zoey
August 2 | Jelly Beadz
August 3 | Cousin Love (theme: window)
August 4 | Orange Toys (theme: orange)
August 5 | Hello Praying Mantis (theme: three)
Want to play along, too?
Instagram: Use the hashtag, #augustbreak2014.
Flickr: August Break Flickr group
If you're sharing your photos on your blog (like I'm doing here), be sure to add your blog to this blog roll.
Happy shooting and sharing!
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2 comments:
The Praying Mantis photo is really cute. :-)
Stefani @ Dreams of Nyssa
Thanks, Stefani!
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