Project 52

Project 52

This will be my first Paparazzi Project.

Other bloggers have done it and I think its a good first project for me. It's structured yet it has a way to encourage creativity. Making photography fun, and provide a challenge without actual pressure.

So, basically I will be given a theme each week and I'll shoot a picture that I think fits within that theme and I'll do this for 52 weeks. Simple enough, right?

So here's the list...
Week 1 - Black & White
Week 2 - Food
Week 3 - Self Portrait
Week 4 - Reflection
Week 5 - Ennui
Week 6 - Red
Week 7 - Time
Week 8 - Pink
Week 9 - Patterns
Week 10 - Morning
Week 11 - Round
Week 12 - Hands
Week 13 - Shine
Week 14 - Envy
Week 15 - Soft
Week 16 - Perspective
Week 17 - Love
Week 18 - Start
Week 19 - Free
Week 20 - Texture
Week 21 - Toys
Week 22 - Downtown
Week 23 - Summer
Week 24 - Heat
Week 25 - Fantasy
Week 26 - Water
Week 27 - Shadows
Week 28 - Light
Week 29 - Night
Week 30 - Macro
Week 31 - Nature
Week 32 - Clothes
Week 33 - Green
Week 34 - Map
Week 35 - Laughter
Week 36 - Child(ren)
Week 37 - Yellow
Week 38 - Candy
Week 39 - Pets
Week 40 - Never Ending
Week 41 - Sports
Week 42 - Books
Week 43 - Blue
Week 44 - Letter of the Alphabet
Week 45 - Innocence
Week 46 - Most Important Thing in Life
Week 47 - Heaps
Week 48 - Family
Week 49 - Favorite Spot
Week 50 - Metal
Week 51 - Three
Week 52 - Fun

The Day of LOVE

9-17-2011

The day one of my very best friends married the LOVE of her life!

I announce to you

Joe and Melissa Harms

Melissa (& Joe's) wedding day was a Crazy, Fun, Beautiful day!

Full of LOVE and happiness!

So here is a brief photo timeline of how it all unfolded....

Pre-Ceremony Cocktails

Hair by: Erin "Quinn" Melin

& Danielle Erickson

Quinn does my hair and I STRONGLY recommend her ...

Sanctuary Salon Spa

Tell her Maggie sent you! =)

Make-Up by, Yours Truly, Miss Maggie

 

Good thing I don't do hair!!

The Beautiful Bride, and her Beautiful Mother lacing her bodice!

Bridesmaids helping her get the wedding shoes on!

The HAPPY little family!

Melissa, Joe, and Preston Harms

Melissa's Girls!

Joe with the Girls

Little Pre-Wedding Cocktail to warm us up!

MELISSA HARMS !!!

JOE - The luckiest man on the planet!

Wedding party!

How I just LOVE these two!!

Kasey Lynn and Lia Lynn

Preston, 'P', P-Diddles, Peanut Butter

Bridesmaid Photo Shoot ....

Quinn -- Stealing the Show

The 3 girls --- Missing one. ;(

An EXTRA special Thank You to Barbi!!

She helped set up the entire reception and ceremony!!

Another special Thank You to Sunny!

She help take candid photo's ALL day!

A Special Thank You to Preston ... For being so DAMN CUTE!

Reception Table Decorations

By: Barbi Andrus and Joleen Johnson

LOVE

Wedding Cake

First Dance

Reception DANCING!

 Lets play a game called "Find Melissa's Guarder"

To the LOVELY couple:

I LOVE you more than you know!

And I am so happy for both of you! 

CONGRATULATIONS! 

Lutsen Sneak Peek!

Gondala Ride

I never thought such a big Puerto Rican would be so scared of a silly little Gondala ride! I has a BLAST Angel almost peed his pants!!

 Wedding Moment

Although I was late to the wedding, I was able to catch a very special moment for Ali and her father J.D.

 Me and My Man

Happy Little Photographer

 SplitRocK Lighthouse

 Taken a Break from Hiking

The Rock I tripped over .... and almost broke The Canon

A Blast from the Past

HAPPY FRIDAY!!

I spent last night getting organized for Project Paparazzi after working at Macy's of course; I cleaned out memory cards, external hard drives, and emptying out un-used data from my laptop. I can now say I'M READY! --- I take that back --- I'm almost ready! Either way, I feel much more organized. ANYWAY! Get back on track Maggie....

SQUIRREL!!

So, back to my blast from the past.... I had no idea how organized my external actually is!!  I found pictures from 2003!! I will spare myself the embarrassment, but just know I bought my first digital camera in 2003 after high school graduation and I still have ALLLLL the pictures I ever took! 50 GB worth!!

Wanna Ride Bikes?

My ADD is in full effect this Friday... Moral of the story, I started taking pictures with my XTi in 2009 (after 6 year of practicing with a point-and-shoot) SO ... I want to share a few of the pictures I found in my hard drive. The folder was named, 'The Best of The Best' ..... BAHAHAHA Looking at these pictures literally made me laugh out loud. Maybe I need to find a new hobby...

If these pictures are the best of the best, I QUIT!

Here is my own personal critique.
Let me know what you think.
Or advice, if you have any.

     Cherry and Spoon. Pretty standard. I think there is

  something wrong with the exposure, coloring, or lighting?

Loring Park Bridge. Once I get comfortable with

Photo Shop this will be the first photo I edit. I think

it has a lot of potential.

THANKS ANGEL! ;)

Loring Park Sprinkler.

Flowers, Pretty Flowers! I worked with Apeture on these Fo-Toes

Pontoon Ride. One of my favorite... and I think it was a complete accident!

Unedited! ;)

Flag Pole. Messing around with the shutter speed.

This photo was taken at one of the most UNIQUE fashion shows I have ever been to!

The designers basically race to make beautiful garments out of a bag of random scraps.

Think Project Runway challenges!

Baby Preston Joesph

I have this picture hanging in my living room

True Definition of The Best of The Best!

I miss you Buddy Bear!

Hopefully by Monday I'll be ready to share my LUTSEN photos! That will be a BIG post! :)

Have a great weekend!!