Smith Family Ice Cream Scoop: Your First Photowalks

Thursday, January 07, 2010

Your First Photowalks

Not many of you have photos up yet for your first week of our 52 photowalks challenge, but I have faith that you all will! :)

I've had a couple of questions, so I'll see if I can clear things up a bit here.

1. You do NOT need to be a professional photographer to do this. This is about improving your photography throughout the year, not about showing off. ;) There are all different levels of photographers represented over there on the side.

2. You don't have to "walk" anywhere, or go someplace really special or out of the ordinary. The challenge is to find photo opportunities wherever you go... to train your eye to see a great photo where others might not. You can go on fun snowshoe walks, but you don't have to. ;) Ultimately you'll find at least one day a week where you can take photos just for the sake of taking photos... whether it's inside your house, around town, or across the world.

3. I won't be posting all of your photos on my blog. I just have your name linked over there on the side, so if any of you want to see what the rest of the photographers are doing, just click on the name. :)

However... I'd like to spotlight a photo or two each week here on my blog!

4. If you let me know that you ARE going to be "playing", I won't remove your link if you haven't posted for a couple of weeks. If you don't say anything to me, I'll assume it's something you've decided not to do.

5. You can have your weeks be whatever you want them to. I'm going from Friday to Thursday for each of my weeks, since January 1st was on a Friday. If you want to post more than once a week, knock yourself out. :)

6. Anyone who would like to can still join... there's no deadline for "signing up"... we're glad to have anyone anytime!

Okay... now to share photos from a couple of on-time contributers! These are NOT my photos, although I'd be happy if I had taken them. ;)

This was my very favorite from Leslie Mae (you can see more if you click on her name on the side). Isn't it gorgeous??

She also went snowshoeing... and I LOVE the colors of her snowshoes!

This sweet little guy was snapped by Amy... I love the eyelashes!!

Sooo.... get busy! Start taking photos, would ya? I want to see! :)

5 comments:

Rebecca Adams said...: I'm going to post my photos on Fridays. That gives me the beginning of the week (and the weekend before) to take some pics. Just so you know! So be looking for mine on my blog tomorrow sometime! (I might not get around to it till late though.) I'm excited! :); 9:04 PM
leslie mae said...: I love the color of my snow shoes too!! My sister got them for Christmas but she already had some... so she sent them home with MEEE!!! SO excited!; 1:12 PM
Rachel Holloway said...: oh good! I saw you had done yours, but I think I had missed some of the details...like when the week ran through. Now that I know....

Do you want us to post this on our personal blog? Or make a seperate blog for it? Like, how will people be able to click on the link and find the pics without scrolling through our mundane life info?? Just curious how that works??

Excited to get going on this...; 12:19 PM
Candace said...: Crap, Mindy, I took photos the first week, but forgot to post them. I am going to, though. I think I'll make it my goal to post each Friday. That'll give me the week before to make time at some point. I was so focused on all of my like... 20 resolutions that I forgot to post a specific photo for the photowalk! So sorry, I AM going to do it!; 2:34 PM
Tanya said...: Hey there...I am still in too! Do you want us to let you know when we have posted on our blog?; 9:37 PM

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To Do Today

* Embrace this day with an enthusiastic welcome, no matter how it looks. The covenant with God to which you are true enables you to become enlightened by him, and nothing is impossible for you.
* When you are physically sick, tired, or in despair, steer your thoughts away from yourself and direct them, in gratitude and love, toward God.
* In your life there have to be challenges. They will either bring you closer to God and therefore make you stronger, or they can destroy you. But you make the decision of which road you take.
* First and foremost, you are a spirit child of God. If you neglect to feed your spirit, you will reap unhappiness. Don't permit anything to detract you from this awareness.
* You cannot communicate with God unless you have first sacrificed your self-oriented natural man and have brought yourself into the lower levels of meekness, to become acceptable for the Light of Christ.
* Put all frustrations, hurt feelings, and grumblings into the perspective of your eternal hope. Light will flow into your soul.
* Pause to ponder the suffering Christ felt in the Garden of Gethsemane. In the awareness of the depth of gratitude for him, you appreciate every opportunity to show your love for him by diligently serving in his Church.
* God knows that you are not perfect. As you suffer about your imperfections, he will give you comfort and suggestions of where to improve.
* God knows better than you what you need. He always attempts to speak to you. Listen, and follow the uncomfortable suggestions that he makes to us--everything will fall into its place.
* Avoid any fear like your worst enemy, but magnify your fear about the consequences of sin.
* When you cannot love someone, look into that person's eyes long enough to find the hidden rudiments of the child of God in him.
* Never judge anyone. When you accept this, you will be freed. In the case of your own children or subordinates, where you have the responsibility to judge, help them to become their own judges.
* If someone hurts you so much that your feelings seem to choke you, forgive and you will be free again.
* Avoid at all cost any pessimistic, negative, or criticizing thoughts. If you cannot cut them out, they will do you harm. On the road toward salvation, let questions arise but never doubts. If something is wrong, God will give you clarity but never doubts.
* Avoid rush and haste and uncontrolled words. Divine light develops in places of peace and quiet. Be aware of that as you enter places of worship.
* Be not so much concerned about what you do, but do what you do with all your heart, might, and strength. In thoroughness is satisfaction.
* You want to be good and to do good. That is commendable. But the greatest achievement that can be reached in our lives is to be under the complete influence of the Holy Ghost. Then he will teach us what is really good and necessary to do.
* The pain of sacrifice lasts only one moment. It is the fear of the pain of sacrifice that makes you hesitate to do it.
* Be grateful for every opportunity to serve. It helps you more than those you serve.
* And finally, when you are compelled to give up something or when things that are dear to you are withdrawn from you, know that this is your lesson to be learned right now. But know also that, as you are learning this lesson, God wants to give you something better.

from "Unleashing the Dormant Spirit by F. Enzio Busche