Measuring Cups, A Running Gif, and Prompt Advice

Happy Tuesday, everyone! (Sorry that I didn’t post this yesterday.) Choosing a favorite photo in this weeks line up of the Spurred project was hard! I’m obviously particularly fond of the photo “After”, which takes first place. But tied in second is “Missing” and “Fly”. “Fly” was so fun to take! I actually had to slow my pace down because I apparently run too fast for the camera to catch each part of my step. My least favorite photo is probably “Repaired” because I feel it’s just lacking in something.

Kristina asked, “I liked that you found unique ways of interpreting the prompts. Do you have any advice for those of us trying a project like this?”

I used a very simple trick for this project, but I didn’t always use it! For each word I wrote down the first two things that popped into my head, and then I didn’t use them. Instead, I tried to use the third association that came to mind in an effort to keep things fresh and challenging for myself. (Sometimes it proved a little too challenging!) And I always tried to incorporate a part of my day somehow, if could. Remember that at the end of the day all that matters is that you take a photo, and some days it’s not going to be your best work, and it’s not going to be the most imaginative interpretation of your prompt, but that’s okay! Just make sure to snap that photo.

“Repaired” September 19th (Day 262)

One of our measuring cups snapped in half as I was scooping out some brown sugar the day before this prompt. It was beyond repair, so we decided to bring home some new ones. I was excited at first because it meant that I could perhaps bring home some wooden measuring cups and spoons that I’d always dreamed my kitchen would have! But during my hunt I came up empty. (With all these new bamboo cutting boards and bowls, why has nobody made measuring cups and spoons?! So much better than plastic or metal!) I must tell you, though, I saw these from windrush during my quest for the perfect measuring cups and absolutely fell in love. But I don’t love them $250 worth.

“Missing” September 20th (Day 263)

Somehow I had this for the prompt of “missing”, and it made sense, but I wrote it down without a description (obviously a while ago now) and I’ve since forgotten it.

“Fly” September 21st (Day 264)

Want to see a moving picture?

“Glow” September 22nd (Day 265) Only 100 left!

This furball actually singed his whiskers by sticking his head over a candle. Now before you think I’m some horrid cat parent, I’ve been so fortunate to have had many a cat in my life, and when it comes to learning about fire- I’m always standing right there and they’ve always simply sniffed and then backed way off, realizing, “Hey, this is HOT.” But not Atlas, no. He just put his face right over that candle and singed his whiskers! I may have already told you this story, but I hope you’ll forgive me if I have because it’s a fun one.

“Straight” September 23rd (Day 266)

“After” September 24th (Day 267)

Happily Ever After, Kelly & Tom. (This was taken with the 100mm 2.8!)

“Landmark” September 25th (Day 268)

There were no processing tricks for this! As we were leaving Traverse City, the sun was setting behind us yet because of the rain everything in front of us was still blue. I kept turning around unable to really believe what I was seeing. It was one of the prettiest things I’ve seen and I don’t think I could do it justice with photographs.

“Circle” September 26th (Day 269)

This fruits basket was such a fiasco to hang up! We don’t have a lot of kitchen space in our apartment, so we’re always looking for ways to adjust things and make room- so we thought a fruits basket would be a great help! Turns out you can’t hang anything in the ceiling and some places on the wall are steel so you can’t hang anything there, either! We eventually managed to hang it up using an outdoor plotted plant hanger and it’s helped us out quite a bit.

“Late” September 27th (Day 270)

I almost always leave the tea bag in too long. (Taken with the 100mm 2.8)