21/365
tonight i am indulging myself with not one but four photos. after a long and tiring yesterday with barely a photo to show for it i hit the jackpot today. niamh is so sensitive to sound that ever since her birth i haven't been able to snap her sleeping. even a crow flying over saying "caw", as they do, would wake her. but today as we drove back from our little outing up the valley, after visiting a local ceramicist, she fell asleep. while stopped at the traffic lights i snapped her peaceful in her carseat. she didn't even stir with the shutter noise. poor babe is tuckered out. those little lashes & full lips. gobblelicious as zahra would say.
twenty days into this project & i've doubted myself a few times. have i bitten off more than i can chew? can i do it? do i want to do it? i've contemplated the 52 project & thought maybe that would have been more appropriate, especially after a day like yesterday. but then i think about what this project is offering & teaching me. i'm picking up my camera more {something i've been trying to do for some time}, it's becoming a permanent fixture in my basket as i take it with me most days. i'm capturing those fleeting & precious moments of my kids growing up, and it's challenging me photographically {portraits...never really been my thing, low light with a slow lens anyone? babies that don't sit still on command}. all of these things are feeding my creative spirit and this can only be a good thing right? so, tonight i'm thinking that next year would be a good year for the 52 project and the 365 is right for me in this moment.
