March 2007

March 2007, originally uploaded by juliecinci.

Like several of you other 365'ers have shared, I find it a challenge to balance my desire to take creative photos (testing my eye) against my desire to catalog/photojournal my life this year. I have plenty of great subject matter around me in the form of family, friends, nature and college, so I've decided to try to do both - an artistic capture of my year as it was lived.

Month Two: February

February 2007, originally uploaded by juliecinci.

1. My little city lights, 2. Funschooling, 3. After, 4. Moon using dusk/dawn setting, 5. Dog and his girl, 6. Squirrel in black and white, 7. Xavier stairs in b&w, 8. Snow day, 9. My cardinal in the snow, 10. Self-Portrait in goggles, 11. Jumping for Joy, 12. After ski, 13. Still runs, 14. Jacob loses the cast, 15. Dr. Dewey, 16. One restaurant, 17. Friends at the bridal shower, 18. Hot LAX cleats, 19. Silver, 20. Icicles in b&w, 21. Jon's Coke Zero, 22. Ice swirl in blue, 23. Xavier quad in winter, 24. Married to the computer, 25. The Cone: off season, 26. Weekend Getaway, 27. Playing footsies, 28. Council of Chalcedon, 29. Rain, rain, go away, 30. Caitrin sews a quilt, 31. Beauty and the Beast, 32. Little book of color, 33. Yummy French Bread, 34. Sunset over lacrosse, 35. Floating bike, 36. Kneeling before the blackboard

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

It was such a great challenge to attempt black and white photos over the course of a month. I created a black and white set and when I look at it, I see what Beth calls "the architecture" of photography - the lines, the contrasts, the importance of light. I hope I continue to look for b&w subjects the rest of the year. It was just plain different to look for those subjects than color.

All that said, I'm happy to be back to color. Winter was far more colorful than I ever realized. Photography helped this winter to become much more alive for me than in years past.

January 2007

January 2007, originally uploaded by juliecinci.

1. New Year 2007, 2. Cranium Zookeeper, 3. Rainy day jewelry, 4. Three of my favorite things, 5. Teddy Bear Tea, 6. Liam bird watching, 7. Cookies for sale, 8. Red-headed beauty, 9. Shadowy self, 10. Caitrin swims, 11. Stalwart Farmhouse, 12. The Buckeyes want her!, 13. African violets in winter, 14. Sipping soda at the Pizzeria, 15. Cincinnati Art Museum, 16. Trader Joe's, 17. Blue and yellow, 18. Jacob's fall, 19. Evening twilight, 20. Caitrin knits, 21. My inner Brit, 22. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, 23. Morning Snow, 24. Girls caught smoking, 25. Timed Essay Writing at the Learning Tree, 26. Everything is Illuminated, 27. Perfect North Tuff Enuff, 28. Home in winter, 29. Chipotle, 30. Liam loves his mommy, 31. Jon's favorite drink, 32. Jungle Jim's, 33. Perfume, 34. Sunrise on Tylersville, 35. There is a spoon, 36. Jacob's jazz

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

I got this idea from Scrivening's photo blog and loved it. It's a way to remember a month at a time. I plan to create one at the end of each month. (It also made me pare down my photos to nearly one a day which is also good.) To create your own mosaic, click here.