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    1|52: Self Portrait

    PHOTO INFO Nikon D850, 35mm lens 1/20 | f/1.8 | ISO 1250 THE STORY EDITED TO ADD: Second scan was fine. Just a few cysts. Thank you for the prayers and warm thoughts. In about 1/2 an hour I’ll have an ultrasound of my right breast because my mammogram showed an “area of concern.” All through the holidays, there was this little bit of heaviness. What if? I’m already a card carrying {scar bearing} member of the Cancer Survivors Club. I’m good. I don’t need to renew my membership. Anyway, I wanted to capture the anxiety I’m feeling, but none of the images quite captured what I’m feeling. I wanted…

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    5.52 | Framing

    As the blogger and photographer behind Living Outside the Stacks, I independently select and write about stuff I love and things I think you’ll enjoy too. Living Outside the Stacks has affiliate and advertising partnerships so I get revenue from sharing this content and from your purchase. Thank you for your support. THE STORY Hello. I’m just sitting in my front door, drinking my coffee, as one does. LOL I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do for this picture but I when I plopped down my new “Welcome” mats I just had to use them. The color pop against the red doors, with the sliver of green, it was…

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    Week 1: The Beginning | Self Portrait

    Week 1: The Beginning | Self Portrait Nikon D7500 | 35mm | f/2 | 1/2500 | ISO 640 Happy New Year! So, I guess you can tell that I’m starting another 52 week project. I don’t know why I do this to myself… Actually, yeah, I do. Because I keep thinking this’ll be the year that I finish. I mean I really want to finish something. And I’d really like the opportunity to do more than just make photos of my morning coffee, although I do enjoy that. So I thought I’d let these posts do a sort of double duty, if you will. I’ll share my weekly photo and…

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    Standing On a Leaf {Shoot. Edit. Submit.}

    Just a little bit of random silliness from the April Photo~A~Day Challenge. If you’d like to see the rest of my submissions, just click here. I’m linking up with Misty and Kim at Through a Photographer’s Eyes for Shoot. Edit. Submit. If you’d like to join in, the “rules” are simple: The photo must be taken this week {Saturday~Friday} Only one entry per person Must have the “Shoot. Edit. Submit.” button or text link to back to this week’s post to qualify Link only to the blog post and not your main blog URL And make sure you visit some of the other participants and leave some  comment love.

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    Egg~Head {Shoot. Edit. Submit.}

    The theme for week 5 of Project 52 is Surreal. And I had some really great ideas but I couldn’t figure out how to go through with the execution, so last night, this was what I came up with: I merged a picture of myself and a cracked eggshell using Photoshop Elements 10, then I applied the Orton Effect. I wish I had lightened the colors a little so you could see the grass and everything, but I think the darkness gives it a haunting surreal quality. What do you think? I’m linking up with Misty and Kim for Shoot. Edit. Submit. If you’d like to join in, the “rules”…