2014 project

No...not another 365 project

Last year I tried... the year before I tried... I think I may have even tried the year before that.  I tried to do the 365 project, but honestly... I ran out of things to photograph and as much as I love photographing my kids I'm sure my friends and clients were over it.  So this year I decided I'm not doing a 365 project.  I had a new idea.  My 9 year old daughter got her very first dSLR camera from "santa" (yes, she still believes) and I decided how awesome and fun it would be to do a project with her.  So I started thinking and at first I wanted to do an "about me" project... her and I would randomly take pics of things about ourselves 2 or 3 times a week and we'd tell a story about each of our lives.  I loved it, but it wasn't quite what I wanted.  

I wanted bonding time with her and I wanted to see her view, so then it hit me.  We can do a project about one another... I will photograph things that represent her and she will photograph things that she feels represent me!  How fun will this be?  Throughout 2014 I will show my daughter all the things I love about her (i'm sure this will be photo book quality) AND she will take photos of the things that remind her of me, things that I love, and the way she sees her mommy.

I'm so very excited about this project.  I will be posting our images on my facebook page here so go like my page and follow us and our project.  We'd also LOVE for you to join us... grab your son/daughter and start your project with us.  We'd love for you to share with us as well.  We will be taking 2-3 photographs per week... it will be random (because certainly I cannot commit to a time schedule), but I'm excited about learning more about my daughter and learning more about how she sees her momma.

Here's the start... photo number #1.

....because this is what this whole project is about... Jakayla, mommy, and photography.  It was her choice to do this photo of me to start our project and of course... I just followed along (I'm such a copier), but the idea was a good one.  

xoxo,
Justina