1/3 Monthly Challenges Down

I attempted this in the summer but failed...took me a few months to finally remember to take a picture on the 1st to start the cycle. December 2010 marks 31 days of Boo. Below is a collage of the 31 photos, they go in order (first row is Dec 1 - Dec 4; second is Dec 5 - 8; and so on). Uploading all 31 of them seemed too annoying and time consuming so I thought this would work better. The actual challenge for me is to take one picture each day for an entire month on the same subject. The reason I want to do this challenge 3 times is to capture all three of my dogs. So below is 11 year old golden retriever Becca aka Boo.

Personal challenge completed

Get 2010 Christmas photos with mom, completed Christmas day :)

The four of us:

Another Challenge Down!

Get 2010 Christmas photos of the boys - done December 7, 2010!! Currently working on my Christmas Scavenger Hunt challenge :)

Challenge Complete

I have completed my first challenge from my 2010-2011 Challenge List (blog here).

Try creating a DIY bokeh. Photo evidence below. This one was a recent add, I admit. I have been wanting to do this for over a year now and finally went out and got the materials to try it the cheap way. I tried three different styles - heart, star, and paw print. Of course, this completes the challenge for list purposes but brings on a whole new one - mastering the bokeh. I also have many more ideas for shapes.

Tasks Completed

Two tasks from my original list completed (even though I want to get more photos of me and Adam, these will do for now ... at least I got a few before the year runs out - although we usually get a few at Christmas).

New Photos of me and Adam:









Task 2 - Capture Fall Colours. Again, a little disappointed with this as I didn't get out nearly as much as I wanted to but there is always next year. If it would stop raining, I might be able to get a few more before the year is out but ... it's doubtful.







Yeah that's it but it's better than nothing!

Task Completed

I completed a task on my list from my first entry. They are not as perfect as I wanted them to be but I can't expect my dogs to be still with birthday hats on. They are adolescent labs after all.

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Come September, I am going to push myself to get some photo creativity started. The challenges must begin.

Collection of Photographs

Here is where I'm going to start posting results from the Photo Challenges and Tasks. The only one that appears here as a task that is not on the list (located here) is "capture fall colours" because this task was created before the 2010/2011 Challenge List and there is a new one on that list called "capture all four seasons".

I will be adding to the challenge list as time goes on. I am showing it as complete with the date on the list (day I post photos may not be the day I took them).

Let the fun begin :)