Capture Your 365 Blog Hop

Welcome to a Capture Your 365 blog hop. A group of photographers have put together a little blog hop today to celebrate our half-way mark. Here are the participants:

 Kathleen – Taking Pictures, Enjoying Life

Kelly – but for the Grace of God

Karen – Random Reflections

Janine – The Sweetest Dreams

Katrina – Capture Your 365

 Most of my blogging friends know I’m participating in a “photo-a-day” project this year. I’ve attempted this project several times in the past and once, I think, I made it to April. This year I’ve made it half way through the year. For me the difference is definitely due to finding a community of women who are also embarked on this project. Capture Your 365 was created by Katrina Kennedy, and she provides a monthly checklist of prompts (which you can use or not) as well as a daily email with a prompt and links to one or more articles on photography. There is a gallery for posting our photos and a forum for talking about any aspect of photography with others.

Once a month I create a monthly scrapbook page with my photos for the month, but I don’t post them individually. For this hop I thought it would be fun to pick a few of my favorites, some when I used a prompt, and others where I captured something more personal. I did a little survey and discovered the number of prompts I use varies widely. One month I used just six prompts and another I used 22 of the prompts. In May I was able to combine lots of the prompts with personal events in our life.

 The first set of favorites are photos where I did not use the prompts:

Our new grandson–can’t believe how tiny he was in early January!

Skylar Rose–we’ve been blessed with two grandchildren this year.

Benches at the Pentagon Memorial in Washington, D.C. I don’t often try to do night photography, but I was really happy with the way this photo turned out. I used a tiny tabletop tripod, and took a LOT of photos.

A photo from this week. I’m so excited to finally have lots of blooms on my hydrangeas after many years of waiting.

I probably would have taken all of the photos above even if I weren’t participating in this project. The next set of photos I might have missed, so many thanks to Katrina and her crew for the daily prompts and push to improve our photography skills.

Prompt:  Ring It In

Prompt:  Eyes. I love this photo of my husband!

Prompt:  Isolate the Subject (Taken at Oregon Dunes State Park)

Prompt:  Friend. How lucky to find a ladybug in my perennial garden the day of this prompt!

If you’re following the hop, your next stop is Janine at The Sweetest Dream. Enjoy the inspiration!