College Football Baby! *Go Clemson Tigers*

I love, love, love college football! Seriously, it's like one of my most favorite things in the whole world. Unfortunately, I have only ever experience two previous college games live and in-person. Thanks to this weekend, my total has now gone up to three! 

I flew up to Clemson, SC to spend the weekend with family and friends and attend the Clemson/Florida State game. Talk about picking the perfect game to make my Clemson debut! The weather was absolutely gorgeous (hello, being able to wear jeans and not sweat to death!) and the Tigers played a fantastic game. The sold-out stadium was a loud, orange-and-purple lovin' place of amazingness. Seriously, I so got goosebumps when the Tigers started running on the field and they released the massive amounts of orange balloons into the beautiful blue sky. Nothing can compare to seeing the action live. Every team and stadium has fantastic traditions that make them special, and I truly loved experiencing Clemson's for the first time with people who love their alma mater so deeply! 

Thank you, thank you, thank you family and friends for making the weekend so special! Love and hugs!

30 Day Photography Challenge: days 26 - 30

well, we have reached the end of the 30 day photography challenge. I really enjoyed having different subjects, photog styles, and creative ideas to focus on. I'm sure I'll remain on the look-out for more challenges to do over the course of time. it's important to continually challenge oneself no matter what you study. this group includes another self-portrait. let me tell you, those are hard to do. between coming up with a concept, attempting to fulfill said concept, scratching the original idea, and ultimately doing something else instead...well needless to say, self-portraits might just be the most challenging photo ops of all. but eventually I took a picture of myself that I was happy with (for this challenge that is). enjoy!

Day 26: close up

White Peach - day 26

Day 27: from a distance

White Peach - day 27

Day 28: flowers

White Peach - day 28

Day 29: black and white

White Peach - day 29

Day 30: self-portrait

White Peach - day 30

30 Day Photography Challenge: days 21 - 25

I think this is the group of pictures I've had done the longest. I had pretty much forgotten what they even looked like; good thing I'm satisfied with what I took. My favorite picture in this group is probably my animal shot or maybe it's the sunflare. I love taking pictures with sunflare...they almost always turn out stunning!

Day 21: faceless self-portrait

White Peach - day 21

Day 22: hands

White Peach - day 22

Day 23: sunflare

White Peach - day 23

Day 24: animal

White Peach - day 24

Day 25: something pink

White Peach - day 25

Yes, that is pink ice cream. Actually, it's fat-free frozen yogurt: raspberry pomegranate. So delicious!

30 Day Photography Challenge: days 16 - 20

so the challenges for this group of five days was good for me. I didn't even know what one of the photography terms was and had to turn to my trusty resource guide (aka google) to figure it out. once I read about it and saw some examples I realized I have bokeh in my pictures quite often. well, often enough that I recognized it when I saw it. just another term to add to my photography lexicon. another interesting challenge was long exposure...something I don't have a lot of practice with. to be quite honest, I had to study many examples to get a good feel for what it should look like. but I think I managed to accomplish a long exposure picture just fine. enjoy!

Day 16: long exposure

White Peach - day 16

Day 17: technology

White Peach - day 17

Day 18: your shoes

White Peach - day 18

Day 19: something orange

White Peach - day 19

Day 20: bokeh

White Peach - day 20

anyone want to guess which book my bokeh picture is from? or what the orange item is? Hints: it's one of the Harry Potter books; something from my cousin's wedding. Toodles!

World Photography Day!

so apparently today is "World Photography Day" which is kinda cool. I haven't taken a lot of pictures of food yet so I thought I'd give it a whirl. first up: my super delicious thai basil chicken and rice dinner. and of course, it's always important to save room for a little dessert. in today's case that would be bite-size s'mores (made using a couple of my Tastefully Simple products). yay for yummy treats!

30 Day Photography Challenge: days 11 - 15

it's that time again; time to see more of my challenge photos. I enjoyed this set of 5 quite a lot. I tried to think as creatively as possible and believe I came up with some clever set-ups. I hope you enjoy these pictures as well!

Day 11: something blue

White Peach - day 11

Day 12: sunset

White Peach - day 12

Day 13: yourself with 13 things

White Peach - day 13

Day 14: eyes

White Peach - day 14

Day 15: silhouette

White Peach - day 15

so my favorite challenge of mine this time was the something blue. I thought and thought and thought about something interesting I could do for this challenge. suddenly, inspiration struck. school's starting again soon. crayons are an important part of school-life and boom!..a picture of different shades of blue crayons. in an interesting display of course!

my favorite of White Peach's is definitely her with 13 things. I mean, talk about being creative. really clever and fun. 

halfway through the challenge...phew! am not quite finished with the next 5 on the list. perhaps I should get those done. and soon too. happy Monday!

30 Day Photography Challenge: days 6 - 10

so you've seen the first five challenges and now I'll share with you the next five. I hope you're also taking a moment to check out some of White Peach's entries for the different set-ups. if anyone wants to join in by sharing a photo you've taken that fits in one of the categories...let me know. it's always fun to see what different people come up with.

I have to say, I think my favorite challenge in this set was number 10. narrowing it down to a specific example was quite fun. 

the easiest, by a wide margin, was number 9. I'm sure it'll be quite obvious why that is. enjoy!

Day 6: from a low angle

White Peach - day 6

Day 7: fruit

 White Peach - day 7

Day 8: a bad habit

White Peach - day 8

Day 9: someone you love

White Peach - day 9

Day 10: childhood memory

White Peach - day 10

my bad habit: cracking my knuckles. I do this all. the. time. seriously, I cannot help myself. I need to quit. and I know that my picture has three people I love but who cares?! I just love that picture; I can't help it! oh, and anyone up for a quick game of scrabble...hehe. :)