A lot of times when you are a photographer you get caught up on striving for perfection. You always want the perfect light, the perfect expression, the perfect picture. Because of this need for perfection, we as photographers sometimes forget to take shots of the everyday. To help us remember these important shots of real life, a group of photographers that I am involved with have decided to start a little blog series called “The Simple Things.” Each month we will shoot one of those simple moments in our lives that we have been neglecting with our cameras. At the end of the month we will make a blog post and share our stories. At the bottom of the post we will share a link to another photographer in the group so you can read her story. Then at the bottom of her post she will share the link to another talented photographer, and the circle goes on and on. Please take a moment to sit back and enjoy these posts of “The SimpleThings.”
Every Tuesday during the winter months, the kids and I go ice skating. Last year they could hardly skate to save their lives, but it’s amazing what practicing each week will do! Because we homeschool, we’re able to go during a day-time slot, and it’s extremely rare for anyone else to be at the rink at the same time as us…which gives us lots of room to goof off and have some fun!
* Because I didn’t want to risk falling on the ice and breaking my best equipment, I went with my back-up camera and one of my secondary lenses. This meant I had to crank up the ISO to get enough light, and the resulting pictures definitely suffer in quality because of that. It’s a challenge for me to post these to my business blog, but I’m reminding myself that the purpose of this exercise is “to help us remember these important shots of real life…”, and technical perfection is not necessary to create memories. 
Now be sure to visit Sonia’s blog to read her story here, and then continue on through the circle. Enjoy!
