7,8,9/52

Ok so ive gotten a little behind on my blog postings...ive kept up w/ my 52 week project though but school and work have been completely kicking my butt the past few weeks...so im just gonna post the last three weeks on this one blog i guess im being lazy but at least im doing it :)

 This is week 7 "open your heart" I am teaching my self photoshop and my friend sarah is also teaching me a little when she has time. This photo was one of them that Sarah and I worked on together. Im not all about the really photoshopped photos but i wanted to play around w/ it this week.

My whole idea w/ this photo is that this is a self portrait of myself...i try to have my heart opened for love but ive been hurt so many times that i know i hold back a little. thats why i made myself pixelated. i hope someday someone can bring me out of this "pixelated" state and i can experience real unconditional love. i dont know how well i expressed that in this photo but i did learn some new techniques in photoshop...

 Week 8 was "the view from here" I went on a mini road trip w/ a couple of my friends to see pioneer woman. We drove from indy to columbus, OH for the day to have her sign her book she just wrote. I documented the whole trip. I have never done a photo collage so i thought what better way to show what we did that day then make one w/ the photos i shot from it. Its the "view" from the road, cracker barrel, getting pedicures, being bored waiting in line, and finally meeting her!! it was fun to just get away even if it was only for the day and hang w/ two of my favorite girls.

And this is week 9 "Express yourself" a couple of my friends and I went downtown to one of the union rallys last weekend that were supporting the Wisconsin union. I captured a lot of really good pictures but i really was drawn to this one for my submission in my 52 week project. I just like the composition of the photograph and he looks like Santa Claus :) I liked how he was expressing himself through his handmade cardboard sign.

So now im caught up! next week is "childhood toys" it should be kinda of fun...i get to play w/ toys and take pictures of it :) we will see what i actually come up w/ i dug through some old boxes at my moms and she threw away most of my old toys :( i did find a lot of legos...