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January in Pictures | Project 365 | Sarasota Portrait Photographer

And just like that, I am one month into my next Project 365. I’m again posting images to Instagram daily and following prompts from the beth-a-dilly challenge. I’ve been asked how I stay motivated? Honestly, the answer is YOU. Who doesn’t love validation? I heard from many of you over the past year that you...

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    365 Photo Project | I did it! | Sarasota Photographer

    I have a confession. I’m a horrible procrastinator and an even more horrible project finisher. I’m a great starter. Finishing? Not so much. So when I started a 365 photo project on January 1st 2015, I had little belief that I’d actually finish. But look at me….I did it! I completed my very first 365...

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    • Tara RossJanuary 5, 2016 - 1:53 pm

      Your photos are gorgeous!!! Congrats to you!ReplyCancel

    • Meadoe HoraJanuary 5, 2016 - 3:00 pm

      Love it. You killed it in your challenge. Your pics are gorgeous. Thanks for the shout out. 🙂ReplyCancel

    Mid-winter | Wisconsin Photography

    mid-winter In the bleak mid-winter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak mid-winter Long ago. Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him Nor earth sustain; Heaven and earth shall flee away When He comes to reign: In the...

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      November | Project 365 | Sarasota Portrait Photography

      November -John Updike The striped and shapely Maple grieves The loss of her Departed leaves The ground is hard As hard as stone. The year is old. The birds are flown. And yet the world, Nevertheless, Displays a certain loveliness– The beauty of The bone. Tall God Must see our souls This way, and nod....

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        There are Octobers | Project 365 | Sarasota Family Photography

        “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” – Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery October. I don’t know why I love it so, but I do. The crisp clean air. The explosion of color from every tree and bush. It’s the month of my father’s birth, my parent’s anniversary, and my...

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