Day 16

so, today while at work, i was reading up on some photography websites. i figure that i need a better grasp on the basics, so today's picture is a practice shot of "aperture." while i sort of grasped it from the class i took, i took the time to re-read over some of the things that i didn't really get the first time around. so this is a simple picture of me trying to do a picture with a large aperture (which means, smaller depth of field...go figure.) so i'm sorry again for the "around-the-house" shot..but hey...it's a picture a day. never promised it would be interesting.

something that you may not know is that i have been invited to a ballroom dancing competition in february. below are the pictures of the dresses that i will be wearing...

this one is for my smooth dances...waltz and foxtrot.

this beauty is for the rumba and cha-cha.

i'm a little nervous about them coming and being the right size. also worried about how low the rumba one goes in the back. oy. but trust me when i say this is one of the least skanky ones i could find. at least there is no hint of my stomach showing in either of them. maybe after february, there will be some posted pictures of me and my ballroom dancing awesomeness.

wish me luck!!

Day 15

another good thing about this challenge is that it allows me to practice on my post-processing. this picture is obviously post-processed. the colors are so vibrant that it makes me smile. the martini glasses do have that color to them, but they don't look as bright as such in the original picture. but i figure, hey, as long as i'm taking the picture and making it look how i want, it counts.

and in the honor of new years, i have a few resolutions:

1. finally start eating healthy. i work out, and i do ballroom dance, but then ruin it with cheese dip or something equally as delicious.

2. stop letting the little things get to me. rude/angry customers at work; being so busy at work that i don't have time to come home and kiss my husband; trying to change people's minds about things; trying to make things happen that never will; worrying if i can please everyone. i am done with all that.

3. i am done with thinking that i am fat. it consumes so much of my time and energy that i'm done with it. i just am. i'm going to start a jar and for everytime that i say i'm fat or ask bennett if i'm fat, in goes a quarter. i figure this should work, because, well it worked when i had to stop sucking my thumb.

4. i will run a 10k this year, in preparation for the mercedes half marathon in 2012. i can do this.

5. i will see my parents more than twice a year (each, because they are divorced).

that's what i've got for this year....of course, all easier said than done. we'll see how it goes.

Happy New Year (Day 13 & 14)

so it's another new year. 2010 went by really fast. it was a good year for the most part. i've learned a lot about myself. i've learned new hobbies (photography, baking, ballroom dancing), and i've had a pretty good time with all of them. so i guess there's only more to look forward to in 2011. i hope everyone had a great new years and got a big sloppy kiss at midnight!

this was the view out of the window at work, hence the awesome reflection of that flourescent lighting. you can even sort of see the desk i sat at all week while the other manager was gone.

champagne for new years! those are our wedding champagne flutes... we figure nye will be the only opportunity to ever use these things....