As a continuation of my post here, these are my goals from the week of December 8 to 14.
8. Win a Photo Competition
This year I had the pickle photo below selected as a semi-finalist in the Smithsonian Aerial America Photo Contest, which was a huge step in the right direction! Now I just have to keep at it!
9. Complete Matador U’s Travel Photography program.
I started at MatadorU early this year (March 2011) and have taken many hiatuses from the class as my life has gotten busier. It’s an amazing course with tons of information from how to use your camera all the way to specifics on growing your blog readership and direction on how to apply for (and get!) paying travel photography jobs.
10. Use social media more regularly.
I am on Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, StumbleUpon and 43Things but don’t use them nearly as much as I should. I find that I use them in spurts- a few days at a time, and then forget about them for a week or two and I need to make a point of being consistent. I think that coming up with some sort of planned out posting schedule or something along those lines could really help!
11. Walk, bike, or take public transportation whenever possible.
I love to walk! Up until a few years ago I didn’t even own a car and didn’t have a choice otherwise. It’s actually harder to have a car when living in the city in Latin America, but life without a car is a very difficult thing to accomplish when living in Rural America. I understand the need for that, but do find it a bit ridiculous to drive from store to store when they’re all within a block of one another, so I’m going to make a bigger point of parking in one central spot and doing my walking from there- and if I’m not grocery shopping; a bike ride into town would be even better!
12. Become a better writer.
Trial and error is my goal on this one. I’ll just keep on writing and plugging away. The hope is that slowly but surely I’ll improve :c)
13. Have a photo published.
This one might actually go hand-in-hand with Goal 8, or it might not. I need to start putting myself out there and offering my photo stories…
14. Post to blog more frequently.
I have been pretty bad about consistently posting and I really hope to improve in 2012. I would like to be posting on here at least 3 times a week!
I really like the image at the top of the girl in the lights. Putting her off the the side (to use the rule of thirds) would have made it even better, but I love the expression on her face and the use of depth of field.
Thanks Lynne- I appreciate the comment and suggestions! This picture was taken at a fun art “exhibit” in for the summer called Scattered Light by Jim Campbell
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