Day 35: Deep Snow

Assignment: Create a photo today that gives a sense of depth or dimension. 

This is just the sidewalk.  You should see the piles of snow throughout the parking lot.  Taller than me. 

Day 34: Downtown

Assignment: Look upward today.  Make a photograph with a low horizon and that emphasizes the sky.

Today I took a trip downtown to go to the public library as well as just get out of the house.  I have been cooped up with this nasty weather and I just needed some fresh air.  So, I ventured out.  Well, downtown was hit PRETTY hard with snow over the past few days.  The roads looked like skating rinks and looked like a plow maybe went through the streets once... while it was still snowing.  But, it was an absolutely beautiful (but frigid) day.  The sky is blue, blue, blue and the sun is shining.  I am not complaining about that! Wahoo!

Well, my $17 Target faux-Uggs and my $50 Mossimo (also from Target) jacket have definitely paid off. I was so warm that I was actually slightly glistening (sweating just sounds so gross) while walking to the library.  Anyway, here's what I found. 

Day 33: Snowmageddon

Assignment: Pretend you're a stringer for your local newspaper today.  Make a photo that captures something newsworthy to you. 

Well, it's day two of our snowmadeddon and we had another snow day.  I woke up and shoveled a bit of the walk, but I cracked the shovel and had to stop.  So, I spent the rest of the day inside. Way too cold to play in the snow without my snow clothes!! Anyway, we were supposed to stay off the roads but I wanted to document some of this fun weather.  It wasn't a ton of snow; I would guess about 1 foot.  But, the drifts were crazy in some areas (especially outside our front door), on top of about 1/4" of ice. The sun came out in the afternoon... what a tease! Check out some of these pictures. 

This is leading up to our apartment... SO MUCH SNOW!

Day 32: Stuck Inside Today

Assignment: Fill the frame of a photograph with a single subject today. 

Snow day today. We've been stuck inside all day (except for a trip to the complex gym in the morning). And we are sick of it! There is a blizzard warning for today through tonight... so it'll be interesting to see how much snow we get overnight.  

Anyway, we are kitty-sitting Jonny's parents' cat, Sadie.  And this is all Sadie did much of today.  She was really interested in the ice hitting the window. 

Day 23: Stopping By The Woods

Assignment: Celebrate the pretty things in life. Make a photograph of the most beautiful thing you see today. 

I saw this topic early in the day; I'm very grateful for that.  I felt like my eyes were looking for beauty everywhere.  I saw beauty in the baby sitting in front of me at church as her other brother (maybe 4 or 5 years old) was so sweetly trying to make her smile.  Her laugh was adorable.  I saw beauty in the same family as they shared hugs.  I saw beauty in the young women at church as they stood for "Truth and Righteousness" and recited the Young Women's Theme.  I saw beauty in their leaders as they shared successes and expressed, through tears, their concern for the youth in the ward.  I saw beauty in one of the leaders who talked so sweetly about his wife and how grateful he was to be married.  All these things could not be captured on my camera, but those were the most beautiful things I saw today.

Instead, Jonny and I went for a drive to find "something" tangible I could photograph.  Today was one of those days that remind me of Robert Frost's "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening".  

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

Even though I am not on a horse, this is a little bit of what I picture when I think of this poem. 

This is what Jonny thought was beautiful.  While pointing the camera at me, he said "That's what I think is beautiful. We can be done now!" Cute!

Day 20: It's A Beautiful Day

Assignment: How low can you go? Make a photograph today from a low point of view.

Though the day started out as a wintery nightmare, it ended with beautiful blue skies and a golden sunset... glistening over a fresh coat of snow.

It was just too pretty to post only one photo... and here they are:

The next few pics were taken from inside my car behind a DIRTY windshield.  Don't find the mess. 

Can you see the deer in this picture? It is crossing in front of the car.