PHOTO-A-DAY CHALLENGE: I Took the Challenge

Back in December, I heard about a Photo Challenge that sounded intriguing.  Someone had come up with 31 themes for each day of December and challenged her readers to take and post a photo for each one of those themes/days.

So, I took the challenge and posted each day's photo on my Facebook page.  It was a big hit (for my friends and family, anyway, and their friends).  And, I enjoyed it so much that I mean to continue this practice throughout 2013.

I started looking at my everyday life with different eyes -- really "seeing" it -- and noticing the beautiful things around me that I sometimes take for granted.  Whether I use some of these photos as reference for future paintings or not, is not important.  Just taking the pictures was what it was all about -- although, I may just turn some of them into paintings. . .

Here are some of my photos from the December Challenge:

"RED"

"JOYOUS"

"SHOPPING"

"BRIGHT"

"WHAT I'M READING"

"WRAPPING PAPER"

"GREEN"

"A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT"

"FAMILY"

"HALLELUJAH CHORUS"

"SCARVES"

"SHOW STOPPER"

"WINTER SOLSTICE"

"TRADITION"

"PRESENTS UNDER THE TREE"

"NIGHT"

"GRATEFUL"

In January, I came up with my own themes for each day of the month, and I continue to post them on Facebook every day.  I'm sharing my photos on "The Painted Prism", so you might be inspired to do the same.  

Here are a few of my pix from the January Challenge:

"BUNDLED UP"

"SHADOW PLAY"

"VIEW FROM HERE"

"NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION:  STRETCH MORE"

"BLACK & WHITE, IN COLOR"

At the end of January, I will post 28 themes for the February Photo Challenge . . .