p52 | the finished 2011 book

Alright, I am so happy about this. For the third year running I have created a book of my P52 photos. Of course I have to share it here.

Click here to view this photo book.

I would love to get some clicks and feedback in the gallery on Shutterfly, if you like it. Thanks so much! :)

Now, if you are thinking of starting some sort of photography project for 2012, but think that P365 is too much to take on board, then do give P52 a thought. I would say that the pressure of taking one photo every week is much smaller than taking one every day, especially for someone like me where most days are practically the same.

Here are some unsolicited advice from me on how do be successful with P52:
1. Bring your camera with you always - the more chances of getting a shot you have, the higher chance of finishing the project. Use events and holidays as an excuse to get a photo for your project.

2. Let go of the notion that all photos need to be masterpieces. Life just isn't always going to allow you to get that perfect shot. It's ok with boring sometimes. It's ok with a quick shot of your Thursday night dinner plate. After all, you are depicting your life, not a perfect world.

3. Just keep shooting during the week, and leave the worrying about "photo of the week" for the end of the week. My round up day is usually Sunday. That is when I sort through the photos I've taken during the week and decide which one that gets to be my photo for that particular week.

4. If you feel like scrapping the project, and are up to it, then that is totally fine. For me though, I felt that would just be one more thing added on my plate. So I let go of that notion without guilt the first year, and I am truly happy with the books I have. The photos alone spark so many memories and feelings still.

5. If you are doing a special format then make it easy on yourself and create an easy to use template early on where you can just plop the photo in each week. If you at the end of the project want to create a photobook then you will be happy in December that you had that template. Uploading and finishing will be much easier and quicker.

6. If you run out of ideas and inspiration, there are plenty of resources out there to help you. Many of them are geared towards P365, but the ideas work just as well for P52. Here are some examples:
Capture your 365
My Four Hens
MCP Actions
DigiMeg

7. Don't make it a chore! Remember that this is something you are doing for fun. It's not like laundry or toilet cleaning. If you miss a week, it's not going to be the end of the world. Just make up for it the next week with two. Remember to enjoy yourself!

Alright, that's about it from me. Not brain surgery exactly, but take it for what it is! :)

Painting weekend

I spent both Saturday and Sunday morning painting this huge mutha of a painting. It all started with my coworker seeing a picture of a painting in our livingroom that my husband painted and asking if my husband would be up for making something similar for his new place. It continued with a misunderstanding between me and the hubby (where I thought he said yes and he thought he said no) and ended with me taking on the challenge this weekend.

Whew, and what a challenge it was. The canvas was 1x1,5 meter. OK, so I don't excercise all that much so I am ashamed to admit that I'm not as limber as I was a few years back. But painting that canvas was a right pain! It would have been an epic photo op though - thank god I was home alone!

Anyway, here is the finished product. I am not a painter. So not a painter. But we will see what my coworker thinks of it. If he doesn't like it I will definitely force the husband to redo it.
(Please excuse the blurry photo)



I finally ordered the P53 book last night from Shutterfly. *gulp* Despite having a 20% off coupon it all still ended up being ... um ... not inexpensive. I know I will love the book and cherish it forever, and I know I am getting a 12x12 book with 53 pages so I get that it will cost , but it still hurt when I clicked on the final order button. LOL!

My Project 53 featured at Shutterfly

I discovered today thanks to a comment to my book, that the Project 53 book is featured at the community home page at Shutterfly. Pretty cool!

Project 52, now officially Project 53 at Shutterfly

I had some minor disputes with the software at Shutterfly.com byt finally got my book finished (save for the last photo of the year).

If you are interested, here it is! I am so proud of the fact that I have finished the book, that I have committed to something and not quit half way through. And I hope that it will be something that is cherished for years to come.
Click here

Italy album ordered

I ordered our Italy book from Shutterfly today. It is scheduled to arrive somewhere between Dec 10 and Dec 22. I just hope it will get here as soon as it possibly can! I cannot wait to see it!

Working hard

Hey everyone! Don't think I am ignoring the blog, I am hard at work going through the 1000+ photos from our trip so that I can start scrapping them and hopefully make a book of the pages. I am thinking of using Shutterfly for it. I have used their services before, and with great satisfaction, but never for a scrapbook. If you have not checked them out before then do so. They ship worldwide so even if you're not in the US you are good to go.

I have a couple of projects that I've done ready to upload and post so I will try to get to that in the coming days.

I will be back again soon with pictures to get things all pretty and fun around here again! Until then, take care!