Day 29: Eclipse

Kim and Christine...spooky!

We went to see Eclipse tonight (which was awesome, by the way!), and afterwards we wanted to get a picture of all three of us in front of one of the posters, but we couldn't see a single poster of Eclipse (aside from a small one hidden behind a sales booth)!  So we went outside to take a picture in front of the theater instead.

I think it turned out cool!  I'm actually in this shot as well, but I cropped myself out because I look a little retarded and it ruined the shot.  We had set it up to take a timed shot so that we could all be in it.  We were going to take a few more to be sure we got a good one, but these two teenagers showed up on a bench near my camera equipment.  They were putting off some seriously creepy vibes, and I suddenly got paranoid that they were going to steal my stuff the second I walked away from my camera to take a shot.

So I called it quits on the mini photo shoot and we headed back inside to take a quick picture in front of the only Eclipse poster in the theater.

Lame photo op's, great night!

Day 28: Confucius Say...

My fortune cookie at lunch today.

I have a picture on my screensaver slide show that says, "Who is the most awesome person today?" Below it, there's a hand with it's finger pointing at the viewer like Uncle Sam.  I love that picture because it helps me remember to be confident, and I always need remembering.  It also always gives a mini uplift to my spirits every time I see it.  Today's fortune cookie was like that picture, pointing right at me and saying, "Your dreams WILL become reality!"

I needed to hear it, and now that it's been said, I keep repeating it to myself.  Over and over I think, "my dreams WILL become reality!"  It's awesome how much better I feel about my immediate future, knowing that a little positive thought goes a long way.  It makes me want to try harder, to be better, and do more.  I've got that get-up-and-go feeling in the pit of my stomach and it's making me excited to keep trying and to keep working towards my dreams.  

Now, some of those dreams - the most important ones, in fact - I keep closest to me, and I don't like to share them with just anyone.  I suppose I should if I want to make them happen, so perhaps I'll break my rule and share them on here...or perhaps I won't.

Here are some of them (Now, these are all dreams oriented around me.  This isn't my list of "world peace" dreams):

*Write a book and get it published

*Finish school

*Travel to Europe and live abroad

*Get married

*Sell a photograph

*Be one of the "cool" kids

*Travel by train (first class)...anywhere

*Have kids

*Live without fear

...and my dreams will become reality.

Day 27: Artsy Crap

A close-up of a ring of mine.

My, my, how time has stopped flying.  I'm not even a month down, and I've officially hit my first slump.  This is boring.  I don't FEEL like taking pictures lately.  This means that I haven't been trying to take any good shots, so every picture I've taken over the last few days has been kind of boring (not that I find you boring in any way, mom.  You're still the coolest person I know!).  Which is why this shot looks so vamped up.  I had to really edit the crap out of it to make it look cool.

I didn't want to either.

I wanted to go to bed early and read my book.

...

I'll be better tomorrow.  Hopefully.

Day 26: Food Envy

"Can I have some?"

This is a cat's version of begging.  Cats are much more passive aggressive than dogs.  Dogs will whine and try to jump on you and push their nose in your arm.  Whereas, cats just sit next to you and stare until you finally can't take the pressure and you give in.

And, if for some reason that tactic doesn't fly, our cats will resort to whining.  Which, in my opinion, is the fastest way to get them locked in the bathroom until mealtime is over. :)

However, my sweet mother is a sucker for pleading eyes...I know from experience (I do feel guilty about that).  Love you mom!

Day 25: Tree Leaves

My view of the tree I was resting under.

Saturday is usually my chore day, and it's usually stressful and/or boring.  Today was nice and relaxed, and not my typical Saturday.

What I liked about today:
 - Watching tennis in my PJ's
 - Eating home made hash browns with my fingers (sometimes food tastes better when you eat it with your hands)
 - Getting in to the local water park for $5
 - Doing flips underwater with my sister and feeling like a kid again
 - The view of the tree above me as I read by the pool
 - The light breeze that blew through the trees and grass
 - The view outside the grocery store as the setting sun hit the mountains
 - Going to the movies with Ryan and Christine
 - Eating candy during the movie when I know I shouldn't
 - Hanging out after the movie until all the lights in the parking lot went out
 - Laughing

Day 24: Sunset

Gorgeous sunset tonight!

So there I was, driving down the road, music cranked on my stereo, listening to my iPod on shuffle and finding some forgotten favorite songs. I was on my way to the store when I noticed the sunset in my rear view mirror.  I quickly turned down a side street and got lost in back-alley roads until I could find a good spot to pull off that had an uncluttered view of the sunset.  I ended up in a deserted parking lot at the edge of an empty field.  I put the car in park, grabbed my camera out of it's case, and bolted into the field behind the parking lot. I'm so glad I did because I got a handful of AWESOME photos of it!!  To steal a quote from the A-Team, I love it when a plan comes together!

PLUS, when I got back in the car to survey my findings on my camera, a song was playing on my stereo that fit perfectly with the moment.  I drove away grinning and singing along to the music, the sunset securely locked away in my camera. Great moment!!

Here are the lyrics I heard when I got into my car:

"...I took a walk and it occurred to me while I was outside,
That if I was looking for a miracle, I might do well to look up to the sky.
The dawn breaking open the day, you'd say that it was blinding me,
But still I had to stop right there and wonder why.
Now I know for certain, 'cause I've been around,
That the sun shines every day, even though you might not get to see.
No matter who, no matter where, no matter weather permitting,
The miracle is that sometimes it can burn just for you.

"Or just me.
Oh this one's burning just for me..."

(Just For Me, by Blues Traveler)

Day 23: Tea Time

Tea pot macro.

I had so much fun with my tea sets tonight!  I was experimenting with different angles of natural light, and using this macro lens, and I kept getting the funnest shots of the tea pot and tea cups that I decided to post all of them.  So even though the picture above is the "official" picture for today, the collages below are close runners-up.

I love what happens when you zoom in on an object that is seemingly perfect, and find mini imperfections everywhere.  It is true to life that any time you put something under the microscope or the magnifying glass, you will see something unpleasant or flawed.  None of us is perfect, but we always have a hard time remembering that fact as we compare ourselves to others. But what's wrong with a little imperfection?  The flaws are what gives us character and personality.  Otherwise, we're cookie cutter and boring.  So why don't we celebrate each other's imperfections instead of hiding them?

Glory in your uniqueness and in that of your friends and neighbors!  Lift up your neighbors by celebrating the character and quirkiness in each of us!  You'd be surprised how much brighter we all shine when we love the entire package and not just the first glance.

Day 22: I Heart Fry Sauce

This is Ryan...holding a container of fry sauce with a heart shape on the surface of the sauce.


We were at 5 Guys tonight, grabbing a quick bite before our movie, when I saw the fry sauce in front of Christine and made everyone stop eating while I tried to take a picture of it.  Ryan helped me out by modeling with it.  I'm sure he had not idea I would actually use this picture in my blog.

Sorry Ryan, but you never said I couldn't use it. ;)

A Haiku
Oh, heart-shaped fry sauce
You're yummy in my tummy,
Make me salivate

Day 21: Giggles

Celia and Emily.

I came home for lunch today, and our friend and neighbor Celia was visiting with her youngest, Emily.  Emily was in such a good mood, and was crawling around and smiling at us, and basically acting adorable!  I couldn't pass up the photo op that was staring me in the face, so I quickly grabbed my camera to take a few shots of happy little Emily.

To everyone's astonishment (and amusement) Emily did NOT like my camera.  She would grin and giggle over a scrap of paper on the ground, or the faces we made at her, but the second I snapped the first photo (the flash was on) she jumped and frowned at me.  From that moment on, I was not her friend.  Every time I would try to make her laugh, she would nervously rub her feet against the carpet with a worried face and look for her mom.

Luckily, Celia was there as a comforting influence.  And with a few tickles to her tummy, we were able to get her laughing again!  Such an adorable baby!  She's teething, but you'd never be able to tell with how happy she is all the time.

Thanks Celia, for letting me capitalize on your daughter's cuteness!

Day 20: Self-Portrait

Me.

I had the greatest idea for a self-portrait, but I didn't have the time or resources to follow through with it today, so this is what we get.  At least it was fun to mess around with the photo settings in Picnik.  I'll do the other idea another day.

The sparkles in this picture reminded me of the band, Sparklehorse.  I have a few of their albums (not sure how I got them) but I never listen to them because it's not really my style.  I thought for fun, that I'd look up the lyrics and see if any of them fit this picture...

um...

Sparklehorse is WEIRD.  I don't relate to a single song!  I mean, they use lyrics like, "But if you was a horse/I could help you with your chains/I could ride you through the fields/By your fiery mane"

...

I thought I had writer's block before, but those lyrics just chased any vestige of creativity right out the proverbial window.  Sparklehorse has to go.  As it is, I've deleted the band from my hard-drive, so I guess I got my revenge and chucked the band out the proverbial window.

Lame.

Day 19: Blinker

Oh, Jasper!

I tried to take a picture of my parents today since it's Father's day, but none of them turned out.  (I didn't notice that I was blocking the flash with my own hand.)  So, instead you get this close-up of my sister's cat, Jasper.

Here's a little story about Jasper:

When Christine moved here from Miami, Jasper was the definition of a 'fraidy cat.  He hid underneath Christine's bed the first week or so that he was here, and when he did venture out, he was on high alert and would bolt the second he heard any noise.  He never got near the front door when we opened it.  Outside was a jungle of strange noises and smells that made him pee a little every time he got near it.  We tried to slowly get him used to our house and - at least - our front porch, and by degree's, he began to acclimate.

Then one morning, just a month or so after Christine moved here, Dad got up early to get the paper and accidentally left the front door ajar.  Jasper, apparently feeling a bit brave, ventured outside to check out the early morning air.  Shortly after he snuck out, Dad noticed the open front door and shut it on his way back upstairs.  A few hours later, as I was headed out to work, I noticed a noise outside that sounded like a baby crying.  I opened the door to see if one of the neighbors was outside, but I couldn't see a thing.  The sound was so loud!  So I stood on the front porch to try to get a better look, and noticed something moving underneath my car in front of the house.  As I approached the car, the crying got louder and deeper and I realized it was Jasper!  I was shocked!  What was he doing trapped under my car at 7 in the morning!

He wouldn't come out from under the car until I was crouched down next to him with my proffered hand underneath the bumper.  Once he inched out enough for me to pick him up, he was immediately in my lap, clinging to my shoulder with all claws out.  His wailing intensified until I brought him back inside, but the moment I let him down on the living room carpet, he bolted for Christine's room to hide under her bed for the rest of the day.

We couldn't get him near the living room for a week.

Day 18: Pinwheels

My niece playing with the pinwheel grandma gave her tonight.

I've had a long day.  After camping with my office for two days and two nights, I came home sore and aching and sleep-deprived.  I had to help unload the car and put everything away, clean up, shower, and re-pack the car to head back up the canyon for a barbecue with my family.  Luckily I got a nap in before we headed back up the canyon because I was gonna lose it by the time the afternoon hit.

Boy am I glad I went to the barbecue tonight after seeing this cute girl!  Lauren is the apple of her parents' eyes, and we have such a fun time hanging out with her (and let me tell you, she knows just how adorable she is).  Grandma gave her this pinwheel tonight, and she loved watching it blow in the breeze, but she still loved her watermelon enough to hold on tight and later attempt an adorable juggling act as she tried to shove the watermelon into her mouth an hold the pinwheel with just one hand.

What a delight little children are!  They make every stress fly away some times, whilst creating the stress at other times. :)

Day 17: Camping

As promised, I will be doing two posts this evening to make up for the fact that I couldn't post anything yesterday while I was camping.

The night sky near Sundance.

I took this picture late last night after everyone else left to settle down in their tents.  The clouds were moving pretty fast, so even though I only exposed this shot for less than a minute, they look like they're exploding onto the frame!  This night shoot was such a contrast to the one in Moab.  First of all, we weren't that far from civilization, so even though it felt really dark out there, it wasn't.  Secondly, the moon was out and very bright. When we did our night shots in Moab, it was a new moon, so we had virtually no light to work with.

I love how sharp the trees are in this shot!  It was completely accidental that I hit the focus so perfectly because I had to manually focus the camera, and I couldn't see anything through the viewfinder.  Also, those clouds are stunning!  It was a great moment as well.  Just me and my camera in the middle of a field in the quiet night after a long, hot day. It was also super fun after the image had processed and I showed it to Steen.  We were both giggling with delight at how perfectly it turned out!

Day 16: Snacks

Some snacks I've packed for my camping trip this weekend...HAPPY CAMPER!

I'm heading up the canyon for the annual camp-out with my office.  Two days and two nights out in nature, hanging out with my co-workers.  Some may think that sounds like a match made in hell, but I'm actually really excited!  Then again, I love camping and I have great co-workers, so why wouldn't I be excited?  The only down side is that I won't have access to the internet to post my picture for Day 17 (well that, and the bugs...I hate bugs with an unnatural tenacity).

But don't worry (in case anyone actually made it this far in the reading), I will still take my picture for Day 17, I'll just have to post it with Day 18 when I get home.

Now, off to the wilderness to get lost in nature!  Well, hopefully I won't actually get lost in nature, but I'll get caught up in nature.  Not that I want to get caught up in anything dangerous, like poison ivy (do we even have that in Utah?).  So maybe the better choice of words would be...

Now, off to the wilderness to get absorbed in nature!

Oh, never mind.

Day 15: Babies Again

I was supposed to take baby Jack's one-month photos on Sunday, but I forgot.  So when RoseAnne came over tonight for girl's night, she asked if I would take a few.  I took over a hundred pictures, but I wasn't really happy with any of them.  I do like this one though.  He's such a cute boy!

I've been trying to think of something to write to go along with this picture, but I can't think clearly tonight.

Nothing's coming to me.

So instead, I'll write down a few words of advice for little Jack on his journey thru life.
1. Eat your vegtables (only the yummy ones)
2. Dance when you feel the beat
3. Don't be afraid to speak up
4. Love everyone
5. Crawl before you try to walk
6. Listen to your mommy

Day 14: Two Weeks Down!

I can't believe it took me this long to hit the two week mark! Hopefully the next 351 days will move faster.

Tonight at the temple.  I went a little crazy on the editing, but the exposure was off, so I had to cover it up with mass processing.

Tonight was weekly temple night, and Christine and I went to the Timp temple this time.  I love temple night!  It gives me a chance to really sit in quiet contemplation at least once a week.  It's a time when I have the chance to leave the world behind and really absorb the feeling of the Spirit.  I always come out of it recharged and recommitted to bettering myself and the world around me!

My goal this week: pay more attention.  It's so easy for me to zone out 90% of the time and just hyper focus on one thing or another, but I need to be better at paying attention to what is going on around me.  Not just pay attention, but act when I see action is needed.  It's really difficult for me, but I'm going to try my hardest.

Day 13: The Moon

The sliver of moon that I saw tonight was just a piece of the bigger picture.  Obviously we all know that the whole moon is still there even when it is out-shined by part of itself, but it didn't really occur to me how symbolic that was until tonight when I pulled this photo off my camera.  With the naked eye, this looked like a tiny piece of moon, but on a long exposure it pulls out the whole thing and makes the sliver look blurry and unimpressive.

That's how life is too.  We get so caught up in the moment that we forget to step back every once in a while, widen our gaze, and look at the whole thing...

Gain a little perspective.

Once we do, we'll realize that it's not just the tiny sliver of the moon that we should be looking at, but the entire orb, the stars, the satellites, the trees, and the sky.  And suddenly what was just a bright spot in our vision becomes a beautiful landscape full of potential and life!

Day 12: Moab, Part 3

Last day in Moab, and we headed to breakfast before leaving for home.  It took me a few tries to get this shot (poor Kim and Steen were probably tired of posing for me) because I had to keep adjusting my camera settings.  I'd left them on all the over-exposed settings from our night shoot last night.

Things about breakfast that I loved this morning:
  * Fresh squeezed orange juice
  * No wait for our table, and then no one in the tent with us because we were the last party to be seated
  * Swedish pancakes!
  * The granola seating hostess with her cute pigtails and Bermuda shorts
  * Snitching potatoes off Christine's plate
  * Kim coming clean about not liking the toast :)
  * Leaving the restaurant feeling satisfied and smug that we got in right before it closed

Day 11: Moab, Part 2

Today's photo choice was tough!  I had so many incredible shots to choose from, that it was really hard to whittle it down to just one. This was actually the second picture I took today, and I took almost 300 shots. I'll post the others on my Phoblography blog tomorrow.  Also, we're heading out in a bit to do some night shots (fingers crossed that the weather holds!), but we won't get back before midnight, so I have to post this now.

Man!  What a view!  The beauty doesn't translate well in 2 dimensions.  Something about being here, surrounded by so much natural majesty, that just recharges my emotional batteries!  The smells of the freshly rained-on earth, creosote, and desert air were heavenly!  Every step we took, whether or not we were rained on or freezing, was like walking on holy ground.

It's days like this that remind me why I love nature so much...and why I love photography!

Day 10: Moab, Part 1

So I'm in Moab tonight, and thank heavens we get free WiFi here so that I can keep my goal of posting every day.  We arrived in Moab just before sunset, and decided to take a walk before heading to dinner.  Cruising down main street, I almost passed this place before I realized what was hanging in the windows.  My first thought, "this must look really cool during the day," which I must have said out loud because someone then pointed out that it would still look cool with a flash.  So I took a quick shot, not expecting it to turn out.  Boy was I wrong!

A haiku: :
Oh, poor derelict
Creeping out with ghostly shapes
Please don't haunt my dreams

Day 9: Space Case

I had the perfect blog post that goes with this shot.  It was hand-written, and perfectly poetic.  But I left it at work, and I have a deadline, so now I have to think of a new way of saying it...lame.

I've been feeling a bit listless lately.  I keep trying to concentrate on - well anything, really - but I feel like a wall is in my mind, blocking any clarity that I try to get.  I can't seem to find anything exciting or fun either, so I just sit and stare, or surf the web and read meaningless stuff that only serves to fill my already cluttered head with junk I don't care about.

I feel claustrophobic.  I feel like I'm surrounded by chatter and noise, and it's blocking my vision and my senses.  It's disorienting and it constantly tugs on my nerves until I feel stretched as tight as a bow string.

It's keeping me up at night.  The noise in my head.  It's stopping me from having a good work flow, from being able to focus during conversations, from finishing a stupid sentence in this blog.  It's making me feel slightly crazy, like I could wig out at any moment.  So to calm myself down, I zone out.  I stop thinking altogether.  Hence, the listlessness.

So what's causing this big kerfuffle in my head?  I have no idea.  Lack of sleep?  A.D.D.?  Bad eating habits?

Maybe I just need a vacation.

Day 8: Jack and Mommy

Little Jack and his mommy.

RoseAnne came over tonight for girls night in, and she brought her newest addition, Jack. I made sure to sit next to her on the couch, in order to seize the first opportunity I saw to take him off her hands.

What a comfort little babies are!  A miraculous thing happens when you hold an infant in your arms.  It's like a tonic to the soul.  As I held baby Jack tonight and tried to participate in the group conversation, I found that I was completely taken in by this little angel.  I found myself lost to the words around me as I sat smoothing his soft new hair, fitting his tiny hands around my fingers, listening to him coo, and feeling him nestle in to the hollow of my neck as he fell asleep for the millionth time tonight.  It's as if all the bad in the world got sucked out the window and all that was left was an overwhelming calm and lightness of the heart.

I have a vague recollection of being annoyed at something when we started our visit.

hmm...wonder why...

Day 7: At Work with Valerie

So today, for fun, I set up my camera to do a time-lapse of my desk.  I wasn't planning on using any of the shots from it for this project because - well, frankly - I didn't think they would be any good.  But, a few of them turned out kind of cool, so I decided to pick this one.

This is a look of pure concentration.  THIS is someone truly in the Zone.  I was INTENT on my task.  I was FOCUSED.  I was...studious...
Earnest?
Rapt?
Occupied?
Immersed?

Oblivious.



ps. Here's the time-lapse video of my day:

Day 6: At Home with Jasper

Jasper, Christine's 'fraidy-cat.

He is the cutest little kitty who loves everyone and is frightened to death of them at the same time!  Dad was using skill saw today to cut a hole in one of our doors (long story), and the noise was freaking Jasper out so bad that he couldn't stand up straight.  You think he's stalking something, but really he's waiting for the next big noise to make him jump out of his skin.

Imagine the cartoon cats that leave a body outline of hair as they jump up to the ceiling...he's done that before. Only he didn't quite make it as far as the ceiling.  No joke.

He's jumpy, sure, but he's our favorite little kitty!

Day 5: Sunday

Today is Sunday, so I didn't want to do anything big.  Instead of stressing out about what I was going to do for my picture today, I just sat back and let it happen.  I'm taking that approach more often!  This is a picture of the Peony in my front yard.  I went outside to capture the sunset, but all my sunset shots were horrible.  As I was walking back in, I noticed my mom and sister taking close-ups of this beauty, so I decided to give it a go.

Such a pretty flower!  I love the color and the huge bunch of petals that it has.  I didn't think to smell it...that's a metaphor for ya.  I was so busy taking pictures of the thing that I didn't bother to take a moment and smell it or really enjoy it.  I mean, sure.  I'm enjoying it a lot on my computer screen, but that beautiful thing is sitting just outside my front door and I think tonight was the first time I even noticed it.  AND, I wouldn't have even noticed it tonight if it hadn't been for my mom and my sister's attention to it.

But I guess that's how life is too.  We get so caught up in the daily grind that we forget to pause every once in a while and just look around and enjoy the moment.

Stop and smell the roses.

Day 4: Awesome!

I'm so proud of this shot!  I wanted to get a night shot, but failed to do anything until it was almost too late.  So, even though I was rushed to get something really fast (have to post this before midnight), I got the COOLEST shot of one of the trees in my neighborhood.  I even managed to capture a few stars in th background, which is pretty impressive for town.  My favorite thing about this picture: no post processing!  The only thing I did to this photo after I took it off my camera was to add my signature at the bottom.

Ok, I'm done being impressed with myself...for now.  It's so cool that I have the opportunity to do this project and to learn how to be a better photographer.  I love creating things, however small they may be, and to be able to create something pretty is even better.  It's moments like this that make me so grateful for the little things!

Day 3: Sunset

Tonight at dinner.

Bliss!  Christine and I sat inside Terra Mia and watched this beautiful scene unfold before us as we ate our Caprese salads under a tree in the middle of the restaurant. As the sun broke through the clouds on it's way to bed, it was as if the streams of light were heaven's arms reaching down to hug the earth goodnight.

Shortly after I took this shot, a light breeze magically formed above the tree we were sitting beneath, and it made the tiny leaves dance and fall all around us.  Sure, some of the leaves fell in our food, and the breeze wasn't so much magical as it was the restaurant A/C kicking in, but it was still a great, peaceful moment to be eating good food, surrounded by "magically" falling leaves, and watching the sun set behind the clouds outside.

Day 2: My Daddy

Dear Dad,

You are my hero.  Whenever I think of examples of amazing men, you are always the first person who comes to mind.  You gave me my corny sense of humor (you like all kinds of corn), my love of service, and (unfortunately) my A.D.D..  You taught me how to dance, how to roller skate, and how to pick good friends and companions.  You took me on midnight ice cream runs, on daddy-daughter dates, and on my very first roller coaster.  You love to laugh, you love your wife (and family), and you love the Lord.  You are the ultimate example of what a worthy priesthood holder should be, and you are the standard that I hold every guy I date up to.

Because of you, I will always believe that I am a princess and that I can have anything I want in this world if it is a worthy desire.  I love you and I will always be your little girl.

Love, Val

PS:  Rotten food is never healthy.  I think it's time you stopped making us save it for your lunches. ;)

Day 1: Wimpy

It's day 1 of my project, and I have to say...wimpy beginnings!  I realized I hadn't taken a picture around 8pm, so I whipped out my camera in my sister's office parking lot and took a handful of shots.  None of them turned out, and I didn't have the energy to go outside and try for night shots in my front yard, so here you go.

I call it: Last Minute Letdown

As for the writing...another blank.  I tried to come up with something clever to write about this poor little tree in the empty parking lot, but nothing came to me except lines from poems written by other people.  Alas!  My poor tree will get nothing in effigy but this sad excuse for a blog post, and the hope for something better.

You deserve more than that little tree!  Keep struggling through your meager existence, isolated and suffocating in your concrete forest.  Don't let the gas fumes eat away at your heart.  Look to the sun as it peeks around the tall buildings and dream of green, little tree.  Dream big!

The Challenge

For starters, I totally stole this idea from a page I saw on Flickr (link to follow).  It's an inspiring idea to get the creative juices flowing and to nurture the awesome habit of creating something new every day.

The challenge: Take at least one photo and write at least one blurb every single day for 365 straight days.
The rules:

1. Each picture has to be unique from the day before.  No series shots of the same thing for two weeks.  
2. Each writing entry has to be an original thought that may or may not correspond to the subject of the photo. 
3. In order for the day to count, both photo and writing material must be posted on this blog on the day they were conceived.

The start date: Tomorrow, June 2, 2010
The reward: TBD

Ready, set, GO!