Last week just flew by, and I took wayyyy more pictures than necessary to fulfill my Project 365 duties. I should probably cut some out of this blog, but I like being able to use this project to document our daily lives, and if I delete some then I will be missing out on telling the story of how busy this past week has been!
Ft Worth Newborn Photographer |Week 12
Ft Worth Newborn Photographer | Project 365 | Week 12
So this past week was Spring Break for my munchkin. I’ll go ahead and admit that I was not super excited about the prospect of Spring Break. I do love having my little guy home with me every day, but I am also wise enough to know how this goes. Generally, by the time any major break from school is coming to a close, all parties involved are ready for our regular routine to resume. In fact, last Monday….only three days into Spring Break…Holden asked me, “Mama—can I go back to school yet?” I guess that is a testament to how much he loves his preschool and his teachers. My boy also takes after me in that he really doesn’t enjoy being stuck in the house. He wants to go outside and play every day–rain or shine, cold or hot. I like the outdoors too, but I have my limits. If we aren’t outside he will tire out of playing in the house within a day or two. The boy has tons of toys to play with, but I think as an only child he misses the social interaction with his peers. I was also a little nervous about Spring Break because I had no game plan going in. Normally I would do some research and try to plan out our days so there is stuff on the agenda. This break caught me unprepared though, and I started the week with a totally blank calendar. Surprisingly though, I’m going to give Spring Break 2016 an A+. I went totally Type B with things and we just took it on a day-by-day basis as to what activities to engage in. The week ended up being beautiful weather wise, so there was a ton of outside play, going to the park with friends, bike riding, etc. We also had several major outings, and the time has just flown by.
75/366: AMAZING spring break weather. 80+ degrees in March and I’m not complaining one bit. We made sure to have our dinners on the back patio almost every night.
Ft Worth Newborn Photographer | Week 11
Am I really on Week 11??!! The first part of last week was uber rainy, so we were trapped indoors for a lot of it. I feel like I have exhausted my creativity for documenting our daily lives indoors. I love looking at other Project 365’s for inspiration, and I am always blown away by the gorgeous lighting some of my peers are able to capture inside. The thing is, my main subject is 4 years old and wiggles a lot. Between trying to get a photo of him (while he is actively protesting) and trying to get proper lighting, I am really getting sick and tired of being inside. Anyway, things warmed up toward the weekend and we had a few days together as a family that were really nice.
Ft Worth Newborn Photographer | Project 365 | Week 11
68/366: My son had an ENT appointment about an hour after school, so we had time to burn between release and the doctors. I decided to stop by the new Fresh Market as I had never been inside. Such a clean and yummy looking grocery! I am mostly an Aldi and Wal-Mart girl as I’d like to retire one day, but every now and then I enjoy the glamorous life by visiting a place like this. Anyone in the mood for jelly beans?
Ft Worth Newborn Photographer |Project 365
Another week of Project 365 has come and gone for this Ft Worth newborn photographer! I am loving all the spring weather we’ve been having, so I will need to make an effort to take my camera on outdoor outings for often. This past week was ridiculously busy, so I definitely struggled to get in my daily photo. I phoned it in a little this week, doing a lot of plant life and photos of the animals. This week is supposed to be extremely rainy, so also not super promising for doing anything exciting. I will have to start getting creative with all the rainy days ahead.
Project 365 l Week 10
61/366: Like I said, last week was uber busy and on this particular day I totally spaced on getting my daily photo done. It was probably 10pm when I realized that this needed to be done. My house is pretty quiet by that time of night, and my husband and animals and I were gathered around watching TV. Set the camera up with a self timer on the dresser and let it click away a few times while we continued to watch. A super grainy photo given the only light source in the room was TV, but I’m gonna embrace the grain and call it a win for getting this day in the books. Not sure what we were watching, but my best guess is some “Fuller House” on Netflix. I am positive my husband will want to be on the record as saying he is merely enduring this show and not enjoying it.
62/366: Another beautiful spring-like day. Here is a macro shot of one of our redbud trees. They only look like this for about 2 weeks each year, so I always make sure to get a photo.
Ft Worth Newborn Photographer |Week 9
Here I am, wrapping up the month of February for my Project 365. I hope everyone had a fantastic and special Leap Day yesterday! Yesterday the stars aligned in such a way that my husband was home and I had the day off from my duties as a Ft Worth newborn photographer. Plus, Holden only goes to school T, W, Th so that meant all of us were together after lots of time apart the past few weeks. The weather here has been AMAZING, so we made an impromptu visit to the Ft. Worth Zoo. I grew up in a house with three sisters, so I really have no idea what ‘normal’ boy behavior is like, but my 4 year old son is currently obsessed with toots. I am assured by my husband and the internets that this is a totally average thing for little boys. Anyway, he has been really into watching this Youtube video of a hippo tooting. Yes, I have my husband to thank for that gem. (PS- When do men find the time to look up all these random Youtube videos?????) So, needless to say, the whole zoo excursion for Holden was all about locating the hippo exhibit and *fingers-crossed* that they would have flatulence that day. We did find us some hippos, but they weren’t in a very gassy state. They mostly hung out in their pond. Daddy assured Holden that the bubbling water was just the hippo’s tooting underwater. We are a ridiculous family. Despite this small setback, we had a really nice day at the zoo. So, that’s all I’ve got for a special Leap Day story. Oh, I also ate a Dairy Queen blizzard. And they got my order wrong. The injustice. When I am going to consume 800 calories in a dessert I get very sad when it is the wrong thing. Without further delay, here’s my Project 365 for Week 9!
Project 365 l Week 9
54/366: Rain, rain go away. I’m posting this in black/white as well as color. I really just couldn’t decide which I like better.
Ft Worth Newborn Photographer | Week 8
Guess what?? Just passed the 50 day mark for my Project 365! It is such a gloomy day outside, but I am kind of digging it as a contrast to all the springy sunshine we’ve had the past few weeks. I can totally get into a rainy day every now and then, especially because it is forcing me to stay indoors and get some work done. I’ve had a full week as a Ft Worth newborn photographer, and I’m excited to have stayed on track with my Project 365. As a matter of fact, there were a few days I even snapped more than one picture. Go me!!
Project 365 | Week 8
47/366: My valentine was out of town for about a week, but when he returned a few days after Valentine’s Day he came bearing flowers.
48/366: Simply orange.
49/366: It was super windy last week, so my husband and son decided to fly a kite for the first time.
50/366: Another home improvement project in the books. The hubs did a great job on the board and batten I asked for. Now on to the next project—I am sure he is thrilled.
51/366: Saturday night/Family fun night going out to eat. We usually don’t go to restaurants, particularly on the weekends, but given how much time we have spent apart recently it seemed like a fun indulgence. Was a little disappointed because it took an hour and a half to get our food, and my little guy was melting down. Here he is trying to stay occupied with workbooks.
52/366: Pat on the back as I have several photos from today! The first is probably my weekly favorite—an excursion to Home Depot, looking through the paint chips for inspiration. Love the color explosion here.
Next up, my boy is all boy and wants to play outside every day no matter how cold, hot, rainy, windy, whatever. After church on Sunday I couldn’t say no after he put on his rain boots and asked to play soccer outside. I can’t help but giggle over his fashion statement—still wearing his Sunday clothes and kicking around the ball.
53/366: Taking the pups in for their vaccines. Holden wasn’t sure what to think about his backseat companion.
Heather of H. Parker Photography is a Ft Worth newborn photographer also specializing in baby photography in Fort Worth, Texas and surrounding areas including but not limited to Dallas, Trophy Club and Roanoke.
Ft Worth Newborn Photographer | Week 6
This Project 365 is finally getting easier! I felt little inspiration this week, but still managed to complete my daily assignments thanks to this being a habit now. Each night before going to bed I mentally catalog what is happening the next day and what could possibly be worth taking a photo of. It doesn’t necessary mean that we have anything exciting or milestone-oriented going on, just something that might be slightly out of the ordinary that makes that particular day unique. This has helped me a lot. Now the bigger challenge has been keeping up the editing of the photos and sitting down once a week to plug through it all.
I am thankful to this Project 365 for giving me a creative outlet outside of being a Ft. Worth newborn photographer and Fort Worth baby photographer. I LOVE my job, but it definitely helps to use my camera in different ways and in different scenarios so I can stay on my toes. You might notice this week that many of my images were taken with a fisheye lens. There is no particular reason other than that’s what I happened to have on my camera at the time so I decided to go with it. If you want to learn more about fisheye leneses, or any of the lenses in my camera bag, check out my “What’s in my Camera Bag” post from last year. Here’s my Week 6!
33/366: Ye olde truck. My husband working on his 18 year old truck. We have a mostly loving relationship with the truck, as it’s been paid off for our whole marriage and it’s actually part of our own love story. My husband intended to propose outside at the LSU lakes, but it was a rainy evening and he ended up popping the question in this very truck, so that makes it very special to both of us. Of course, being 18 years old means that the truck regularly needs TLC. My husband likes to fuss and grumble a lot during these maintenance moments, but then later on he will pontificate on the greatness of his truck and how he wants to keep it forever and ever amen. I definitely thought he deserved a photo with his other love.
34/366: Our first fur baby, Rufus. Rufus is 9 years old now, and since I already had the upstairs studio setup from a shoot earlier in the day I thought I’d give him his photo moment in the sun. I did a similar photo with our other dog, Bailey, a few months ago which you can view here. This way I can have matching photos of them to display someplace in the house. Rufus is the more cantankerous of our pups, so convincing him to sit still for a photo op was an experience.
35/366: Holden at basketball practice. Most of basketball practice for his age group involves running up and down the court, and he loves being wild and free.
36/366: Fridge.
37/366: Magnatiles, one of my son’s favorite toys. He uses these magnetic blocks to build all sorts of imaginative things, including space ships, towers and rainforests.
38/366: Superbowl Sunday. My sister, Lindsey, came over and made some brownies with Holden.
39/366: Holden loves practicing in his Paw Patrol workbook. Based on his birthday his school will likely track him into transitional kindergarten next year (basically like pre-K but upped a notch). We have been doing a lot of workbook practice and learning games to make sure he is ready for his assessment.
Heather of H. Parker Photography is a Ft. Worth Newborn Photographer also specializing in baby photography in Fort Worth, Texas and surrounding areas including but not limited to Dallas, Trophy Club and Roanoke.