Project 6 Calendar 2017

As each year we make a calendar for the close family, and each year I am later and later and later. This year beats all, it is February and the calendar was finally made and created this Monday (6 Feb). I got an e-mail today that it has been shipped today so should be here shortly .......... Better get the envelopes ready to send them immediately.

Project 12: Photography course

I bought a fancy photo camera in 2007. I took lots of lovely pictures with it, however I never took the time to read the manual and get myself acquainted with all the features it has. Nor do I take pictures in the manual mode. So time to change this. I signed up for a one-day photo course in Geneva and I loved it. We had some theory in the morning and after lunch we walked through Geneva. We had four sets of pictures to take: 1) portrait; 2) landscape (for which we went to Parc the Bastion); 3) city life and 4) more city life focusing on taking pictures of people. The latter was a real challenge as I am not used to take pictures of people I don't know.

There was a feedback session a week after the course during which we would receive feedback on our best 12 pictures. Some of the pictures were well received, others less. Some were well organized, maybe too well as the instructor asked me if I have all my garden magazines neatly organized, adding that my house myst be really nice and organized and neat. This really made me laugh, as I don't have garden magazines, nor is my house very neat. With three kids??? So take home message is to take more pictures and try to have them less structured/organized.

Shopping girls

Reflections

Southern style

Trees in window

City landscape

Project 4: Christmas card

And another project that was very due in January. A few years ago, my Christmas/New Year's cards would be made in November and send out early December.

Project 3: Yearly calendar of the kids

Ever since the kids arrived in France we have made a yearly calendar for the family. Each month a picture from the previous year. Usually we are done in December so we can offer them at Christmas. The 2016 version ....... was made in 2016.