365 with Olivia Williams Photography

The End is also the beginning.....

2010-03-23T10:38:00.000-04:00

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I name this post and the photo the end is also the beginning. Only because I am not done yet. I enjoyed doing the 365, just got sick of taking pictures of myself. So.....................starting May 1st I will start a new 365, only this one will not be self portraits. I might toss a few in there each month but that is it, I got sick of seeing me. So here it is. My last 365 for this set. Can't wait to start the new set in May.

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2010-03-22T13:19:00.001-04:00

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Only one more to go....not so creative but I am so tired of pictures of me right now.

Almost there....363-365

2010-03-19T14:21:00.001-04:00

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Wow! I am almost there! Yes I missed a few days, um really weeks in a row with the move. I promised myself I wouldn't leave those days blank and just picked up where I left off like I never missed a day, so I am way past the year mark but still going until I reach 365. My next 365 will not be selfies. It is too hard to take a picture of yourself everyday. I am tired of seeing me in photos. So I think I will just do a photo a day, doesn't matter what the subject is. Might do themes, like colors one month, music the next. Whatever will inspire works of art. I did love the challenge of coming up with a photo everyday. I will start my new 365 on April 1st so I will have a few days off to come up with a theme for the first month.

day 362-365, spring.....

2010-03-15T12:05:00.001-04:00

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I have never had the pleasure of seeing all the seasons. Growing up in Florida the seasons seem to be Summer, Hurricane, then back to summer again. So I am looking forward to all things Spring! Bring on the rain, flowers, mud puddles and more. I feel like a little kid waiting for the rain to stop just to splash in the puddles with my kids.

seeing life through canon colored glasses.....day 361-365

2010-03-06T19:16:00.001-05:00

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It doesn't matter if I have my camera on me or not. I am always looking for the perfect angle or seeing the beauty of soft shadows on someones face. That is what inspired this picture. I am always thinking of photography.....I dream of it....... I think about it when I eat, when I am playing tea party with my daughter. While I am making dinner for my kids. It never stops. Sometimes I get ideas and have a need to photograph it right away. When I can't capture right then and there, I write it down for later. If I don't have a model, I shoot a selfie, or ask my kids to play along. It is something I can't stop.

day 360-365

2010-02-23T13:55:00.001-05:00

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Took a little field trip with my kids. We went to the Old Sturbridge Village. My two little ones didn't understand and had their hands sitting in the holes for our faces (little princess had her hands in both my face spot and her spot. Fun was had by all.

day 359-365

2010-02-22T22:07:00.001-05:00

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natural light play with my 50mm...took some of my kids too. Can't wait to play with lights again.

day 358-365

2010-02-02T15:04:00.002-05:00

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Keeping with the face theme for another day. Sometimes no matter how bad you feel you must go on. I have been sick for the past few days, but because I am a mother I don't get sick days. This photo is about that, no matter how bad I feel I must go on. I still need to make breakfast, take the kids to the bus stop, I am sure you know the drill. I remind myself that the kids don't care that I feel like I was run over by a car and that every inch of my body hurts. They still want Mommy to do things for them, not Daddy, because Mommy does it better. Sadly all of my kids got the same bug I have had but lucky for me when they are sick they want Daddy.

day 357-365, two faced

2010-01-26T07:32:00.003-05:00

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I wanted to revisit an older edit. So I took some new pictures with one of my old ideas and made it a little different. It was making it.

day 356-365

2010-01-25T13:42:00.002-05:00

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I have been spending a lot of time thinking. Thinking about everything and anything. Some things I shouldn't think about some I should think more about. It was recently 4 years since my father passed away from a double brain aneurysm. It still feels like yesterday. I remember the call I got from my mother. With tears in her words she said "Olivia, I think your father is having a stroke, the ambulance is here and they are taking him to the hospital". Trying to calm my Mom down I remind her that lots of people have strokes and they turn out alright in the end. Well it wasn't a stroke and he was pronounced brain dead a few short hours later. I remember everything but it is all foggy. I remember feeling numb the next morning, walking around trying to put on a happy face for my kids who had no clue what happened. I didn't want to tell them until later that day. I wanted my oldest to go off to school thinking everything was normal. It was hard to think of my Dad being weak or sick. He was always such a strong man. I couldn't go in the hospital room to see him. I feel bad about that, but I didn't want my memory of my father to be of him in the hospital bed, dead, just hooked up to things to keep him alive so that his organs could go on to someone else. I couldn't do it. I couldn't do it. I wanted to walk in there and say good bye, but couldn't. That is all I thought about the next day, how I couldn't say good bye. I continued my day for my kids as normal as I could. I took my middle child off to a play date and the strangest thing happened on the way. He was looking out the window and said "good bye grandpa" he was only 2, he had no clue what was going on. I cried all the way to the play date. One of my best friends was waiting for me. We sat and talked while our two little two year olds played for a little bit. I still couldn't think right. I should of stayed home but needed the normal things in life. I sit now and think, he would of wanted it that way. He would of said "life goes on" or "it's just another day". I miss him.

day 355-365

2010-01-15T10:02:00.001-05:00

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I don't know, running out of days for this self portrait project and running out of ideas. Can't wait to start the next 365, it will not be only selfies!

day 354-365

2010-01-11T08:11:00.001-05:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

Just something in Melissa and Anthony's house that I think is cute. Love how they put the hat on him. I know I have done another mirror picture but I am lacking my creative spark right now, so this is it. Hopefully the creative spark will come back soon.

day 353-365

2010-01-10T11:08:00.002-05:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

Walking in the woods and reflecting on the move. There are some things and people I miss from home, but there is something about this town. There is untouched land, shops that look like houses. It is so different than what I am accustomed too. It feels like I have stepped back in time but everyone has modern stuff. I love this little town.

day 352-365

2010-01-09T01:30:00.000-05:00

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fun bokeh. :) that is all this one is about. My love for bokeh!

day 351-365, my knitted hat

2010-01-08T00:54:00.001-05:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

I finally knitted myself a hat. This was just a fast photo to fill in my daily self portrait.

day 350-365

2010-01-07T11:51:00.000-05:00

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I can't believe I am almost done with this round of 365 photos. Next one will not just be self portraits. I will toss some other photos in there, as long as it is a photo a day. Taking a self portrait everyday is hard. You get sick of seeing yourself. Well at least I did.

day 349-365

2010-01-06T19:07:00.002-05:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

It has taken a few weeks to adjust to the move. But I have now started this project up again to finish it so I can start it up again. I really enjoy this project and hope to really take a photo a day next time around.

I took some time off my 365...

2009-11-17T14:54:00.002-05:00

I will be taking my 365 selfies again this week, but I wont be posting for a little bit longer. If all goes well our new house closes right before the new year so until then I don't have my computer to work on my photos. I might be able to download LR on my laptop again (HD crashed and died so my brother put a new one on there for me and I can't find my code for LR). I hope I can get the code again because I so miss editing my selfies.

Happy Halloween! day 248-365

2009-10-31T13:01:00.002-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

I hope everyone has a safe and fun Halloween! Don't Drink & Drive!!!!

I have been really busy and missed a lot of days after this one, but I will have 365 different days of photos in this. Next 365 days project will not be self portraits!

day 247-365

2009-10-30T08:46:00.001-04:00

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More Halloween fun.

day 246-365

2009-10-29T22:45:00.000-04:00

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Just something strange.

day 245-365, blood tears.

2009-10-25T14:31:00.001-04:00

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Got this idea from watching True Blood. Vampires cry blood!?!

day 244-365

2009-10-23T07:30:00.002-04:00

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I wanted to try some Halloween face paint, well it didn't go to well. I can paint on canvas but sadly my face isn't canvas. So I just left it as is, added a texture to my face only and there it is. I was going for road rash look to maybe have it like I survived a crash, but doesn't really look like it. Oh well.

The evil witch I can be.....day 243-365

2009-10-21T09:55:00.003-04:00

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This one was a lot of fun in photoshop. For the setup I had just my bathroom light on, put on my son's captain jack wig, then topped it off with my witch hat. Kept my glasses on because I felt it added to to photo. In photoshop I used selective color to make my skin green and pop the color on my lips. I followed that by the burn tool and made my shadows on my skin darker, changed the color of my eyes for fun, added a texture and then I was done.

just toss it, I have another....day 242-365

2009-10-20T08:05:00.001-04:00

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I didn't have a great halloween idea for this day, so I did a creepy one.

Please take one, I have many.....day 241-365

2009-10-19T08:08:00.002-04:00

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Trick or Treat!

Do you know what comes out at night? day 240-365

2009-10-18T10:11:00.002-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

When I was little I believed that the dead would come out at midnight, I think I saw it in a movie so it must of been real right. So this photo is what I thought happened every night at midnight. I think I was 7 or 8 when I thought this. The fun part was every summer we would go to my Uncle Frank's house and he lived right in front of a cemetery. Imagine the hard time I had falling asleep.

You call me crazy.....day 239-365

2009-10-17T00:03:00.000-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

I will show you crazy!

For this one I put on heavy black eye makeup then just took 3 fingers on each side and smeared the eye makeup and touched up the black liner around my eyes. Then in photoshop I changed my hair color. I think I pull off crazy well. ;)

Crazy! I was crazy once......day 238-365

2009-10-16T10:21:00.002-04:00

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So they put me in a rubber room. I really enjoy my 365. It is so much fun.

halloween fun still....day 237-365

2009-10-15T06:24:00.002-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

Yes I am slowly running out of Halloween ideas. So I have jumped over to fear for this one.

something hitting your door....day 236-365

2009-10-14T08:38:00.004-04:00

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This image is best large, click on it and it will take you to my flickr. Creepy theme is fun. :) I love Halloween.

Hallween themes still going......day 235-365

2009-10-13T07:16:00.001-04:00

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What can I say, I have been watching all Halloween and creepy movies this month.

Ghost on a halloween night, day 234-365

2009-10-12T07:34:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

Still sticking with the Halloween theme. I wanted to create a blurry ghost, didn't turn out as I had in my mind but didn't want to try again because it started to rain a bit.

have you been bitten yet? day 233-365

2009-10-11T09:13:00.002-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

With Halloween almost here and all the vampire movies and tv shows out, you know I had to do a vampire one. Used a little ketchup, a little photo shop fun on the eyes and my teeth added a texture and poof I am a vampire now.

day 232-365, floating Halloween fun.

2009-10-10T07:23:00.002-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

So to get this creepy Halloween photo I took 3 photos of me, one standing on the edge of a chair, the other two I pointed a foot out in front of the chair. I then did a little photoshop magic and had me floating in my yard. Later that day I went outside and took a photo of the moon in the early night sky. I went back to photoshop and removed all of the background and replaced it with the moon photo I took. I left the grass the way it was so you could see the floating effect I wanted to show. Added a texture to make it seem creepy then resized and watermarked for the web.

Halloween fun.....day 231-365

2009-10-09T06:07:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

I got 2 wigs for dirt cheap at a party store that was closing. This is a dark brown wig I got it for $2 and change. Also purchased the eyelashes for $1 that same day. I had some photoshop fun to match my eyes, makeup and hair to the eyelashes. I just wish I had white face paint so I would of looked like a clown.

day 230-365, before I realized....

2009-10-08T04:09:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

this was taken, then the next day I realized I wanted to do at least 3 halloween themed photos a week, until Halloween that is.

day 229-365...the start of my Halloween fun!

2009-10-07T05:51:00.004-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

I love Halloween. So my 365 for the next few weeks will be geared towards the fun, crazy, creepy Halloween stuff. I hope you like it as much as I do!

day 228-365

2009-10-06T06:54:00.001-04:00

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Just another fast one, before I start my Halloween themes.

day 227-365

2009-10-05T20:56:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

nothing much. My mood was mellow so this is what I took. I have some great Halloween ones that I am working on now. They will be posted in a few days. So keep looking.

day 226-365

2009-10-04T11:04:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

just a fast one.....didn't have a creative spark at all that day.

day 225-365, count down

2009-10-03T00:18:00.000-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

The count down began for my kids a few days ago, but for me it started today. Only 40 more days left as a Florida Resident. 40 days of enjoying the Florida "winter". Think I might take my kids to the beach today, that is if it isn't packed by the time I get up and go. I took this photo on September 25, knew it would be posted today, the 40 day mark. As of now I am calm when I think about the move. I know when there is only 5 days left I will be a bit nervous. Going into the unknown, for me, was never one of my strong points.

day 224-365...a hidden selfie

2009-10-02T06:04:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

Yes I didn't want to take my picture so I took this. I need to work on my hiding spots a bit more.

day 223-365

2009-10-01T08:55:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

Not very exciting picture for the day, I was watching some movies on my laptop before bed when I realized I didn't take my picture.

You would not believe your eyes.......day 222-365

2009-09-30T06:32:00.002-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

This photo was inspired by the song Fireflies (by Owl City)

Link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f42Fk--Nn7M

The lyrics:

You would not believe your eyes
If ten million fireflies
Lit up the world as I fell asleep
'Cause they fill the open air,
And leave teardrops everywhere
You'd think me rude, but I would just stand and... stare

I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems

'Cause I get a thousand hugs
From ten thousand lightning bugs
As they try to teach me how to dance
A foxtrot above my head,
A sock hop beneath my bed,
A disco ball is just hanging by a thread (thread, thread)

I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep)

Leave my door open just a crack
(Please take me away from here)
'Cause I feel like such an insomniac
(Please take me away from here)
Why do I tire of counting sheep?
(Please take me away from here)
When I'm far too tired to fall asleep

To ten million fireflies
I'm weird 'cause I hate good-byes
I got misty eyes as they said farewell (they said farewell)
But I'll know where several are
If my dreams get real bizarre
'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar(jar, jar, jar)

I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep)

I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep)

I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
Because my dreams are bursting at the seams

Bands website: http://www.owlcitymusic.com/home.aspx

day 221-365...deep

2009-09-29T11:33:00.003-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

Realizing that I will be moving from everything I know. Scary but exciting at the same time. Like I said before I will miss the warmth of Florida. I will miss my Mom, even if I don't see her much anymore. I will miss my brother, who I also don't see much. I wish I could of seen them more, but I work weekends and the weekends are their days off. I hope to see them before I move, not many days away now, but alas........I will be working weekends until I move. I will miss the group of coworkers at Spring Hill Chili's, they are so much fun to work with. Even on bad nights, I still have fun, I have known most of them now for almost 10 years. Man that is a long time.

Things that I will love when we move.....The seasons change! I have never seen fall before, that will be so exciting to me. Seeing it snow, I know I wont like the cold weather much, but just looking out the window and seeing snow will be beautiful. Those beautiful NE homes. They all look like little doll houses to me, I just love them. Not having too long of a hot summer. It is strange, you would never know by looking at me that I was born in Florida. I have no tan, because I can't stand the heat. Once it is in the 90's I don't step outside until after dark. Having my kids grow up experiencing the season change.

It is exciting an scary at the same time. My two boys are excited, like it is Christmas or something. They wanted a count down calendar that I created today for them. My daughter doesn't understand, she is only 4. She just asks me, every time I talk about moving, "When we going to Disney?" or "Am I gonna have a Lellow Room?"

day 220-365....One Fine Wire.....

2009-09-28T07:03:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

Sometimes I don't have time to create some of my crazy ideas, so I settle for using a song to get another idea. That is how I got this image. I wanted to do so much more with it, the song talks about being frayed at both ends, but I just didn't have time.

Song: One Fine Wire, by Colbie Caillat

day 219-365, another page out of my life....

2009-09-27T11:01:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

cleaning my oldest son's room...it isn't something I do often. I make my kids clean their own room, but sometimes I just have to step in and clean it up. So I used it as my daily photo since I love making these busy pictures.

day 218-365, Enjoy the warmth while I can...

2009-09-26T19:15:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

The things I know I will miss in Florida. The warmth, my family here, and a few close friends. But other than that I am really really happy about moving.

day 217-365 a little bokeh fun....

2009-09-25T08:43:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

I love bokeh....that blurry stuff in the background is so beautiful! Look at it. I want to have a wall full of roses or any flower, just so I can take pictures in front of it for the beautiful bokeh that it would create.

day 216-365, blah

2009-09-24T14:01:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

I didn't feel 100% this day, or the next. so this is all I wanted to do.

day 215-, hidden selfie

2009-09-23T06:33:00.002-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

OK, OK. I admit it, sort of tired of taking a picture of me everyday, need a break every few days. So I am hidden in this picture. Took me a few shots to get it in the right spot but I am in there.

day 214-365

2009-09-22T11:22:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

Didn't have any creative ideas for this day. So I took a photo of my favorite photo box. It is only my favorite because it has my 3 kids on it.

day 213-365, bokeh

2009-09-21T09:58:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

I wanted to take some pictures of my daughter with green grass bokeh behind her. So while I was out there I took this of me for my 365. Not the best composition, not the best face expression, but it works for my project.

day 212-365

2009-09-20T10:53:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

sometimes you just don't have the energy to be creative. So this is what you get. I took this in my hallway late at night, lit only with my kids bathroom light.

day 211-365

2009-09-19T10:07:00.002-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

Frogs! I love them....I have a huge collection of frog stuff, so many that some are still at my Mom's house. There is just something cute about a frog. I love real ones, fake ones, stuffed animal ones. Frogs, Frogs, Frogs.

day 210-365

2009-09-18T07:01:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

I call this "looking into the future" I shot this in my mirror before heading to work. Nothing special about it. Just a fast one before heading out the door.

day 209-365....circles

2009-09-17T08:54:00.003-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

circles and loops,
loops and circles.
never ending
in and out of my mind

round and round,
up and down,
never can keep track.

One second here,
next second there.
I can feel it

In the air,
on the ground,
everywhere in the sound

taste the new,
smell the old,
tickles my belly so.

day 208-365

2009-09-16T09:38:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

The things that have been running around in my head the day of this photo. Our house is sold, where are we going to go? We have a few choices, weighing them out now. Should we stay, should we go? What if? But? That one is beautiful, oh but that one has 7 acres! 7 acres! Imagine the fun the kids could have. What gardens I could plant. But this one has character. Wow! 7 ACRES!!!! Always wanted to live on lots of land. But this one has 5 bed rooms. Oh my look at the land, out of the 7 acres it looks as if only 1 acre has been cleared. Oh the fun the kids could have. This one is cute. Oh it looks like a doll house, all it is missing is a white fence. But 7 acres, oh my!

I am not one for the unknown, when it comes to the things in my life that I can control. This unknown stuff is giving me headaches and tummy aches. Can't wait until we make up our minds. Almost there.

day 207-365

2009-09-15T11:04:00.001-04:00

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messing with my hair and makeup before work....ended up just pulling my hair in a pony like always, but it was fun.

day 206-365

2009-09-12T05:34:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

I just snapped a fast one this day. I had a busy day of house work. So I let my hair down, then snapped a photo.

Mood and color.....day 205-365

2009-09-11T08:47:00.002-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

RED! What can I say about red. I wanted to work with the same background that I used as a dress the day before...but I also wanted to use it as a background....lucky for me I am short and the background is really really long. I wanted to show the mood I get from the color red. Powerful, Strong, Bold! So I got this idea, painted my face with a red eyeshadow (that I never use) and gave it a go. I have some out-takes posted on my flickr.

Complementary colors.....day 204-365

2009-09-10T22:16:00.003-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

I have this red background that never really gets used....so I use it as a prop when I can. I wanted the red to stand out so I went with an outside photo to use the complementary color to help the red pop out of the image....then after looking at this I thought it looked like I was longing for something or someone....so I added a hand written letter texture to add a bit more mood to the image. I really like how this one turned out.

day 203-365...

2009-09-09T19:25:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

Since my hair was long enough to braid, I figured I would try another style I did a lot to my hair a few years back. My hair isn't really long enough for it, but with lots of hair spray and bobby pins I made it work.

day 202-365..hair fun before work....

2009-09-08T07:15:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

Before my life got crazy busy with my kids, I would do silly hair styles for work. I haven't really done much with my hair since my daughter was born. I just didn't have time. With my oldest son and his baseball, my middle child and his getting into trouble or talking someone else into doing something for him that he knows would get him in trouble. Then my daughter who never would let me out of her line of vision for longer than 2 minutes when I am home. So I cut my hair. Well, that was something that I wish I didn't do. At first I loved it, then when I couldn't even do french braids any more I was at a loss. So the other day I gave it a go....used lots of hair spray to get the short strains to say in but it worked. So I had to take a picture of it.

day 201-365...sick day

2009-09-07T14:50:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

I was so sick that I didn't want to get out of the warmth of the shower, so I took this photo because of it. I didn't want to photograph my face, my nose looked like a red ball on my face. Lucky for me I think it was only allergies because I was so much better the next day.

day 200-365, one light setup again.

2009-09-06T14:40:00.001-04:00

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I love the shadows that can be created with one light setup. There is just something about photos of faces when half of the faces is in the light and the other half is in the dark.

day 199-365, dead tired!

2009-09-05T13:21:00.002-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

I am not a morning person. So waking up at 5am to get my oldest son at the bus stop at 6 isn't working well with my body. Come 8pm I am so tired I feel like I could pass out if I sat down. So naturally working nights at chili's isn't working either. Come 8:30pm I am beat and ready to go home. So I figured with this photo I would show how I felt when I came home from working a night shift after just two days of waking up at 5am....now this has been almost 2 weeks since I took this photo so I am getting adjusted to waking up early, I just had to learn how to go to bed before midnight.

day 198-365, a page out of my daily life....

2009-09-03T11:37:00.001-04:00

198-365
Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

I love these type of photos, I just put the camera on a tripod and hit the remote button and continue my cleaning, then I put them all together in photoshop. It is fun to see all that I do in one room of the house within an hour.

light play day 197-365

2009-09-02T09:18:00.001-04:00

197-365
Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

Love the lighting on this one. With this I had two lights, one lower powered light on the background and one on me.

light play day 196-365

2009-09-01T21:15:00.000-04:00

196-365
Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

not my favorite lighting, but that is why it is light play.

day 195-365, nothing in the world like being a Mom...

2009-08-31T15:53:00.002-04:00

195-365
Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

There is nothing in the world as rewarding as being a Mom. Yes I might get annoyed sometimes, I don't have 10 minutes to myself during the day, but the small things make it worth it. I love it when they pick me wild flowers, or draw me pictures just because they wanted to draw. When I come home from a horrible night at work and they greet me with a huge smile and a hug. Nothing compares. When I look at my kids I see the greatest work of art I have ever had the honor to help create.

day 194-365, found an old shirt...

2009-08-30T22:27:00.002-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

I was looking for a shirt the other day and found a shirt that I have not seen in years. I would wear this shirt when traveling with the band I was in. While I was in the band it felt like every night I would get hit on by some loser...so I created the shirt and had it printed from cafe press.

This is a lighting play photo.

day 193-365, school portrait style...

2009-08-29T09:08:00.002-04:00

193-365
Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

well almost...I think the main light should of been a little more in front of me. But it is close.

day 192-365, my shoes....

2009-08-28T17:29:00.002-04:00

192-365
Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

I love these shoes, now I just need something to wear them with. I never really was a dress shoe girl but I want to be a bit more girlie now that I am older. I just need a reason to dress up now...hint, hint (for my husband). This is one of the mirror fun images I have in my head right now.

mirror fun.....day 191-365

2009-08-26T20:53:00.002-04:00

191-365
Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

I have a few mirror ideas that I have wanted to do. This is one of them. The composition isn't what I wanted but I like how it turned out any way.

day 190-365, snow white inspired

2009-08-25T09:22:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

I wanted to do a Snow White inspired photo since I started this project. I found a wonderful tree root texture to add to the image.

Oh what a world what a world....day 189-365

2009-08-24T08:54:00.002-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

First day of school for the kids. The house is so different now. Quiet, peaceful, oh so nice. Only my little princess left at home.

OK enough of that, now about my photo. I have these great socks that have had for years, I don't wear them much, only in December and January to keep my legs warm when and if it gets cold enough here. I saw these shoes at Target a few weeks ago, on clearance for only $6! I went back about a week later, in between shifts at chili's, and got them for myself. I don't have many heals, not really a dress shoe type of girl. But I had to get them. Once I had them I got this photo idea right away, but I pictured it in my head with my legs under a house like in the wizard of oz but this worked too.

day 187-365, a fast one.

2009-08-23T09:00:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

Just another fast one. But I did add something to the glass on my lens.

day 186-365

2009-08-22T02:25:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

No time to come up with anything creative or even mess with lighting. So I took a photo of my glass of water.

day 185-365, flowers from my kiddos

2009-08-21T09:16:00.002-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

I took my two little ones outside to play....they picked some yellow flowers for me! They must of gave me 20 flowers total....my daughter doesn't pull any stem with the flowers, so I only had about 7 with stems. I tucked the yellow flowers behind both ears so I didn't have to hold all of them. I wanted to take a better composition on this but it was hard to take the photo while holding the camera....I should of used a tripod so I could of planed it better. But it works.

SILENCED! day 184-365

2009-08-20T09:01:00.002-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

A few months ago thehideoutforum.com had a theme of silence. I created one image and decided to go back and create another. I slapped some dark green eyeshadow on under and around my eyes. I then used nail polish to "glue" on the strings over my mouth. In photoshop I edited the strings to make them look like they are sewn into my skin. I also added a texture and darkened my eye area a little bit.

what a drag.....day 183-365

2009-08-19T15:07:00.002-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

I took this photo a few days ago...it is funny how it is my blog post for today. I tried to wake up early to help my oldest child learn how to wake up at 5 so he can make it to his bus stop for 6am. I didn't do too well. I remember waking up, walking into the living room, then the next thing I remember is hearing the shower start up. My oldest woke up at 7. I will have to remember this photo each day. The name of this photo is "sometimes you just have to drag yourself to do things". I created it by taking a few photos of myself laying down, then a few of my legs in jeans with my hand in a position to be pulling on my arm. I lined a few up and this one was the perfect match. I photoshoped it so my hand was around my arm and fixed the shadows so they connected. It was a fun one to mess with.

day 182-365.....can you find me?

2009-08-18T00:08:00.002-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

I wanted to do a hidden selfie. I tried a few different areas in my house but the closet was the best place....maybe with our next house I will have some other hiding places for this project.

day 181-365

2009-08-17T12:14:00.002-04:00

181-365
Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

Sometimes I don't want to take my picture, so I tried to show that in this. I hid my face with my hair and looked at the camera like I wanted to rip it apart. This project is fun, but it is a pain to do. Taking a selfie everyday trying to take something creative, something different. With 3 kids, my house to keep up, my business, and a part time job. I start to think man why did I take this on, then there are days when I really enjoy it. Taking a photo just for my creative side really helps me out. So I think when this project is done I am going to take a few months off of projects and then do a 365 that are not selfies. Just something I took during the day.

day 180-365, light and photoshop fun....

2009-08-16T21:13:00.002-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

If you sit still and listen you can hear the shadows talk. They will tell you of wonderful things that only they see.

Just a little light fun plus a bokeh texture to give the background just a little something extra.

kiss....day 179-365

2009-08-15T00:01:00.000-04:00

179-365
Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

Sometimes you have to kiss a few frogs to find your prince.

It was late....this was all I could think of.

I can read with my eyes shut! day 178-365

2009-08-14T12:01:00.000-04:00

178-365
Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

OK it was after work, I didn't have any ideas that I could work on that late at night. I saw my kids book sitting on my chair and then I got this idea. Nothing much, just something fast.

day 177-365....

2009-08-13T12:24:00.000-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

Just a little fun with a prop I have.

day 176-365...lighting fun

2009-08-12T01:14:00.002-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

darkness waits,
a shadow in place.
before there was we,
It was only me.
trying to hide,
my feelings inside.
afraid to give in,
to share what is with in.
Now I feel free,
just to be me.
can't always let go,
and let feelings show.
I hope you can see,
what is hidden in me.

Just a little thing to go with my photo.

day...175-365

2009-08-11T00:33:00.002-04:00

175-365
Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

next photo in thehideoutforum.com challenge I am in.

day 174-365

2009-08-10T12:38:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

Doing a challenge on thehideoutforum.com Part of the challenge is to use the phrase from this site www.walkingdead.net/perl/euphemism to come up with our photo. It was hard for me to come up with something for my first one.

"Frah-Jee-Lay... it must be French!" .....day 173-365

2009-08-06T01:46:00.000-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

Got this idea from our all time favorite Christmas Movie......A Christmas Story.

controlled...day 172-365

2009-08-05T01:30:00.003-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

every move is not your own
you try to rip the ties
every string attached to bone
nothing really hides

feeling like you lost control
you look up at the string
knowing they can't touch your soul
but you can't do anything

Just made a little poem to go with the photo.

Moon Fariy.....day 171-365

2009-08-02T21:36:00.003-04:00

171-365
Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

Waiting until the night is peaceful and everyone is asleep, she will sits on the moon and watch over the sky.

I love the moon, something about it, not sure what really pulls me to it but I take way to many pictures of it. So I thought of this when I saw this moon. I have a few out-takes of this on my flickr.

day 170-365

2009-07-31T23:34:00.001-04:00

170-365
Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

Another fast one, this one I shot in my bathroom right before heading out the door to work a double.

day 169-365...

2009-07-31T00:03:00.001-04:00

169-365
Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

Took this one in the mirror, it was late, I just got home from work and couldn't think of anything.

Day 168-365

2009-07-30T00:16:00.001-04:00

168-365
Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

I just got home from work and went over to sit in my favorite spot only to see my boy sitting in front of my seat. I saw the great soft light on his face and had to use it for my 365. Let me just say he didn't want his photo taken. Why do I have such a hard time getting my kids to let me take their picture.

lighting fun for me....day 167-365

2009-07-29T16:05:00.002-04:00

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Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

Your presence brings light into my dark world,
Your light brings warmth to my skin.
My skin shines because of you.

I wanted to work on my lighting some more for dramatic lighting fun. For this photo I set the light slightly behind me (me as the model not the photographer) and pointed towards me (the model again) so no light spills on the black background.

day 166-365, looking at the lake...

2009-07-28T00:05:00.002-04:00

166-365
Originally uploaded by Olivia Williams Photography

I wanted to take some photos of my kids at the lake, but they didn't want any part of it and I didn't feel like chasing them around to get a few photos. While I was there i figured I would snap one of me for my 365. Looking at the lake now and remembering what it was just a few years ago is mind blowing. It is amazing how the lake has slowly shrunk down to almost nothing. I have never step in this lake but I would guess it was once ankle deep where I stand.