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365 Project - The Other Side of the Lens.

Nervously, and with a lot of prayer, I began this project January 7, 2012. I joined up with a group of strangers on http://www.mavenforums.com and for an entire year, we watched people come and go, got to know each others families, and marveled at each other's photos. It was an incredible experience and did so much for me that I wasn't expecting. It ended up being an expression of self like I'd never done before. 367 photos later, my perspective on self portraits, the internet, and photography was changed. I had made new friends all over the world, and even met with some of them in person. Every photo has a story, and a memory, and when I look through them I feel a deep satisfaction. Many thanks to Michael for putting for the effort to get us all shooting self portraits, and many thanks to all my friends who motivated me for an entire year! It's made a world of difference. With your positivity and motivation, you've inspired me and built confidence in me, and I know that as a photographer I'll never be the same. Below, the photos are the visible fruits of our labors and prayers, but the real benefit only I really know. Thank you, and enjoy!
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    June 14, 2012. Day 160.

My area of Alaska right about now is covered in these little roses, along with bluish purplish geraniums, bluebells, and blue lupine. The fireweed haven't flowered yet, but their shoots are abundant. It's all quite lovely. I went harvesting for a short time today and was blessed to bring home some of our wild roses, geraniums and bluebells, as well as a few larger rose petals from a friend's garden. Now I need to dry the harvest so I can stick them in herbal bath bags or soap or wherever they end up going!

Wasilla, AK
    June 15, 2012. Day 161. 
 Slicing up soap bars Go-Pro Style.

Wasilla, AK
    June 16, 2012. Day 162

After rose-petal and apple-blossom-petal picking with a couple awesome girls, I had to grab a quick shot. So I threw myself down on their lawn and snapped.

Palmer, AK