Epiphanie Photo Contest : INDEPENDENCE

I have always been obsessed with taking pictures. Ask anyone who has every hung out with me (or just follow my blog for a while and you will see.) Upon my return from Iraq in 2011, I got my first "nice" camera, a Nikon D90. It is like my second child. I am in LOVE with it!

Well, I have really gotten into more skilled photography over the last two years. I have not read my manual or taken any photography classes... just experimented and read a tip here and there or looked something up. I am far from a professional. However, I would like to someday get to that level. I have had many people tell me that I should get into photography as a profession or enter photography contests. Although I am not confident enough to hit the big leagues, I have decided to see what is out there as far as online contests.

Yupp! I found one! It is a really easy one, especially because I already coincidently took the perfect picture for it on the 4th of July this year. The contest I am entering is the Epiphanie Photo Contest : INDEPENDENCE. And here is the photo I am submitting for it. What do you think?

I am mighty proud of myself for this shot : ) 

Thank you Alena for helping with the watermark! 

Starter or chaser...

How do you start to tell complete strangers about your entire life- every tiny detail? Where you do begin? What do you include? I could ramble on about the basics; I'm engaged, a mother of a 2.5 year old daughter, a Veteran, a want-to-be photographer, a college graduate, Norwegian, crazy, blunt, a dreamer. That's the easy stuff.

But knowing someone includes SO much more than that. Every tiny detail makes a person who they are. Every experience. Every thought.

So instead I am going to treat this as a book. It will start in the middle, show you the past, and take you along for the ride into the future. My life is full of all the amazingly tiny details. I don't know if everyone else's life is nearly as interesting as mine, but I notice the small stuff- be it good or bad. Generally my emotional state is overwhelmed; again, be it good or bad. I am so fascinated by my own life that I decided that I want to document it. And since I'm doing it anyway, might as well be online and give others the opportunity to possibly find interest in it as well.

For those who don't know me personally, here is a warning (most likely not the only time this will be said.) I'm Crazy (notice the capital c.) I'm blunt. My intention is not to offend, boast, or impress. I just say it how I feel it, see it, think it, or do it. And that is that.

Hold on to your seats. This is going to be a bumpy ride : )