Self Portrait Challenge Pt. 2

At the beginning of August I shared this post about the Self Portrait challenge I decided to do after being inspired by A Beautiful Mess.

I wanted to share with you the second half of the self portrait challenge, that I'm happy to say I completed! I will have to admit, I didn't end up doing this as a 30 self portraits in 30 days, some of the photos are from the same days. I ended up looking at this as a way of challenging myself to make each photo interesting and different so that I didn't get bored with photographing myself over and over again. Truth be told it was a little difficult to be inspired to take pictures of myself, especially on days where I didn't put make up on ect. I would love to do another photo challenge again however, as this was a really fun experience. I've always liked when people do photo an hour posts, so that might be another fun challenge. We'll see...

Did you take part in this challenge? Link in the comments if you did, I'd like to see other people's self portraits.
-Reagan

Self Portrait Challenge: halfway point

I decided to try to partake in the ABM Self Portrait Challenge that is for 30 self portraits. I wanted to do this as a photography challenge because I have always had an interest in photography. Challenges like this are a great way to test your skills because your subject is always the same :) Finding creative ways to take pictures of yourself is a fun way to experiment with how you take pictures.  I think doing challenges like this seem a little intimidating a first, especially if you don't have a good camera which I don't, I am using only the camera on my iphone. Don't let photography challenges intimidate you, this would be a fun project to also share on instagram like Elsie and Emma are doing (i think the hashtag is #abeautifulmess). Anyway, here is my progress with this challenge so far. 

 

So far I'm enjoying this challenge and want to try more photography challenges in the future. I can definitely say taking self portraits is more challenging than I thought it would be, but it's been a really fun project so far. 

Have you ever taken part of a photography challenge?

-Reagan

Instagram Update

Sorry for the long, unannounced hiatus! The holidays are always a hectic time, a sadly HN had to take the back burner. I did have a wonderful holiday season and have had a really amazing start to 2013 so far. I don't like to make official goals or resolutions at the beginning of the year, but I am determined to create more, cook more, and just enjoy life more. I am determined to make every year better than the last. I've been brainstorming new diy projects and recipes, as well as trying to figure out what 2013 holds for this little blog here. I hope to share a lot more photography, thrifting, crafting, baking and of course a little personal style. Not that I plan on changing everything!

Anyway, I've let myself ramble enough. Without further ado, my December 2012/ January 2013 Instagram update as the title of this post promised:

I promise it won't be another month and a half till i post this next time, and that it won't be entirely comprised of instagram photos. Bear with me though, it may be a little slow starting out as i usually schedule posts, and I don't have any scheduled at this time. Like i said however, i have a lot of ideas that i'm super excited to share with you! -R!

Instagram Update

1. one of my favorite polaroid cameras and two thrifted globes :)

2. a mostly thrifted outfit

3. me playing with my hair

4. my first beanie of the season!

5. working on an old crochet project again. Still need to buy more white yarn.

6. My adorable little Murray man

7. a thrifted floral plate

-R