35 by 35

It's no secret that I love lists.  I'm still working on my 101 things to do list in 1001 days (although I certainly won't finish them all by the due date).  But I thought I'd make a new list...a shorter list with a shorter time frame.

So I'm thinking 35 things by the time I'm 35.  

That just happens to be 365 days away.

Any suggestions?  I'd love some input!

This post is totally cheating...

I just wanted to keep my goal of posting at least twice a month!

So in order to have some type of substance I'll let you in on a secret... I think I've found something I can stick with for exercise. I've started Body Revolution and this week I'll be moving onto phase 2. I actually find myself looking forward to the workouts! This is new and exciting!

I have been a blog slacker!

I have been trying to be good about posting a few times a month, but I think my summer brain has set in because I can't focus!

My photography class finished a couple of weeks ago and I miss it.  I'm definitely glad to have my nights back, but I miss the structure of a class.  I decided not to take any classes this summer, but I might look into another one for the fall semester.  

A few weeks ago we bought a boat!  It's an older one and we didn't spend a ton on it, but it goes great!  We figured for our first boat we'd buy something relatively inexpensive to see how much we actually did use it and give us a good feel for what we may want in the future.

Here she is!  No name for it yet, any suggestions?

And here's a picture of the Sandbar on Sebago over the weekend.  I think everyone else is in summer mode too!

Quick share of some recent pics

For my photography class we had to shoot some street photography:

I loved these guys playing chess in Times Square at about 11:30pm.

I also think these guys playing hackey sack at Old Orchard Beach were great.

New lens

I've been wanting a new lens for a while now since everyone I talk to loves their prime lenses.  I have been debating about which one, but finally settled on the 35mm f/1.8.



I am VERY excited about working with this lens!

This week's assignment for class is portraits (both formal and informal).  I'm kind of dreading it because I don't think I'll have many willing subjects.  Maybe I can snag Quinn for some shots.  Babies are always willing subjects!

Landscape Assignment

Here are a few from a recent assignment:
We got up with the sunrise, unfortunately it was cloudy.

Where have I been?

I need to get two posts in this week in order to stick with my at least twice a month blogging goal.  I don't know why I bother, but I feel like I need to keep it up!

A quick update.  My photography class is so much fun.  I've learned so much and I love the assignments we have because it gives me something to focus on.  This week we are supposed to start self portraits and I haven't been able to take one yet.  I've got to take 10 or so by tomorrow so I need to figure out some poses and angles!

I actually like it so much I'm considering getting an additional degree in Art (Liberal Studies, Art Concentration) from SMCC.  I'm not totally convinced yet, but most of the general education requirements are covered by the classes I took for my Bachelor's degree so I'd only have to take the core art classes.  I just keep thinking that while I'm able to take classes for such a huge discount due to Pat's job it might be worth it.  Education is a good thing!

Here are a few pictures I've taken lately.  Some of these were for random assignments (pattern, texture, color, light, shutter speed, aperture etc.) so they might not make sense, but these are a few I like.