Project Life

Welcome to another week of Project Life! These weeks seem to be flying by and we are already well into Spring.   This week covers the week of April 2-8 which was the week of Easter and also our Spring Break week.

Sometimes when choosing my Project Life photos I find myself playing the “fair game”.  If you are a mom, you know exactly what I am talking about…. always striving for everything to be equal and fair when it comes to your children.   This concept is fine, but when it comes to Project Life I think it can really stress us out.

I have come to accept that there will just be weeks when I have more photos of one member of our family over another– and that is JUST FINE.  Some weeks contain more events for one specific family member.  If we always try to play the “fair game” we may be missing out on important stories.

When I choose Project Life photos there are a few things I think about.  I obviously look for photos that represent a story or event well.

We went to the zoo this week and I took a ton of photos during the day.  I narrowed it down to three photos for Project Life.  One of my daughter that I just love, one of the kids eating lunch (because we had a nice time relaxing and talking during lunch), and one I took of the three of us.   The day was more about spending time with the kids than seeing the animals- and that is what I decided to focus on through my photo selection.

I look for photos that are good (enough) quality and that are taken from an interesting angle.  If there is a portrait-like photo I love I often match it with a story from that week.  I did this on the front page with my son.  Sometimes a photo will remind me of a story from that week, and I will match the two together. 

I also love to look for interesting angles in photography and add it to Project Life.   I need to remind myself I don’t need to have my kids smiling at the camera for every single photo– it’s nice to have a variety!

Next week we are excited to welcome another wonderful Project Life Special Guest!!   I’ll give you a hint– she lives on the west coast of the United States… Any guesses??? 😉

We have a winner from last week’s giveaway- congrats to Angie Gutshall!   Send us an email at info@shopellesstudio.com with the following info:

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Prize: Project Life 4/10