>> May Goals

This month I have one goal. 

Yes, you heard that right.

One goal.

This goal is something I've been dreaming about for quite a few years. 

Folks, I'm going to second shoot a wedding. 

My goal is to rock it. 

I may just be a teensy bit excited.

Okay, maybe more than a teensy bit...

...a lot more than a teensy bit.

Okay, how's this: I'm really, really, really...... you get the idea. 

I'm excited. :)

On a different note, I recently figured out how to free lens with my camera. I'm still figuring it out, but it is lots of fun!

You can learn how to free lens here.

What does your May hold?

xoxo,

Anna Rose

>> April Goals

Well, April is finally here and I'm quite happy to announce that the first flowers have come up!

I know that in some places, there is still lots of snow on the ground, and I am thankful that I am not there.

I want to finish two school subjects.    

I can't quite cross this one off. I finished one and I am, so close to finishing another.

 I want to exercise and stretch almost every day.   

I think I did it for around 3 weeks. Then there was a week or so where I neglected them badly.

I want to work on my senior scrapbook.    

Once again this didn't happen, but that's fine because I'm working on it today!

 I want to run 2-3 times per week.   

Haha! I think I ran 3 times this whole month! But I did play some hockey and soccer, so maybe that counts....

 I want to finish hanging all the pictures in my room.  

I got one hung. But not all of them.

 Finish redesigning my blog.  

DONE!!

I have very few goals for this month, but maybe this time I'll actually get some of them done!

1. I want to quit overshooting.  I plan to get together with a photographer friend to do a portrait session, but only take 10 pictures. But I want those 10 pictures ALL to be good. I want to be able to get the exact results that I want without having to experiment a lot. And trust me, this is hard. I already tried it. 

2. I want to streamline my workflow. I want to figure out the quickest way, the best way and the easiest way. From shooting the session to uploading the pictures to an online gallery, I want no unnecessary steps.

3. I want to work on preparing for graduation. Whether it's practicing piano, making some decorations or planning food, I want that to happen THIS MONTH.

4. I want to experiment in Photoshop. I want to conquer this program. Not this month, or next month. But I want to take baby steps and have it basically figured out. My goal for this month is to learn about layer masks.

What are you goals for this month?

xoxo,

Anna Rose

>> March Goals

March is such an exciting month! SPRING is coming and  the snow is melting. Not to mention that it is super busy, which for me, is wonderful!

I spent most of my time in February on school....at least that is what it felt like.

My goals for the last month were:

Work on my senior scrapbook.    This didn't happen.

Make time for coffee dates with friends. 

Work hard on school and do well on the ACT.

I worked hard on school and I took the ACT, but I haven't got my scores from the ACT yet, so I don't know how well I did.

Practice piano faithfully.  With recitals coming up, this is a necessity. Some pieces are easier to practice because they are, well, more fun. Like Chopin.

Learn one new photography technique or helpful tip about photography or editing.  I learned two new things. One was Aperture Priority. It saves time when I don't want to have to spend time changing all my dials. I only have to change a few of them. I'm planning on shooting Aperture Priority at a wedding I'm second shooting in May, so I'm honing my skills, as it is different than Manual.  The second thing I learned falls into the design category. I learned how to make gold lettering. GOLD LETTERING PEOPLE!  It makes me ridiculously excited!

Exercise and stretch every day.  I did it. Every single day of the month. Granted, there were times when I didn't do ALL of my stretches or exercises, but I did most.

Pray about decisions.    Even though I did pray about many decisions, I'm going to leave this one undone, because I can and need to be better at this..

And now to this months goals.

1. I want to finish two school subjects.    My senior year was definitely my hardest year of high school and when I have 2 less subjects, it will be much easier...not that high school is ever about easy.

2. I want to exercise and stretch almost every day.   This was one of my yearly goals, so it will probably be on most of my monthly goals. I have a very busy schedule in parts of March, so I intentionally wrote ALMOST every day.

3. I want to work on my senior scrapbook.    More than want. I need to work on my scrapbook...again.

4. I want to run 2-3 times per week.   Soccer season is coming up and I don't want to die during my first practice, so I should probably run at least some....

5. I want to finish hanging all the pictures in my room.  There's only 5 more that need to go up, I just actually need to DO it.

6. Finish redesigning my blog. Blue and White with bits of Gold. Can you tell?

And those are my goals!

This month, God opened some huge doors and some exciting things will be happening, so keep posted for some updates!

I will leave you with a glimpse at what my spring has been like.

The robins are here!

and it snowed another 6 inches...

Happy March!

xoxo,

Anna Rose

>> February Goals

When I set out to blog once a week I didn't really have a plan. I was just going to...well...blog!

I figured it wouldn't be THAT hard. But then I found out differently.

So, in my quest to blog once a week I now came up with some ideas.

Over the years of reading different blogs, I've seen a few things people have posted about, this being one of them.

So this is the beginning of a series I will try to do once a month.

This series will contain my goals for the month and then share if I reached my goals from the month before.

And so without further adieu, my February goals are as follows: 

1. To Work on my senior scrapbook.

Time is running out, folks, and unfortunately, I haven't  figuring out which highlights of my life are worth scrapbooking. But that is definitely something I need to have finished by the time I graduate.

2. To make time for coffee dates with friends

I want to cultivate friendships that I have, to learn more about my friends and to make time to do things with them. We won't be able to have coffee dates (or salted Carmel mocha dates) the rest of our lives. It is easy to spend my time on school, music, church, and photography, but I need to make time for friends as well.

 3. Work hard on school and do well on the ACT.

This is kind of self explanatory, I want to get good grades and I want to do well on a big test!

4. To practice piano faithfully

Not just to play through my pieces, but to practice them. Going over the hard spots over and over again until I can play them in my sleep.

5. To learn at least one new technique or helpful tip about photography or editing.

This one won't be too hard, there is so much online about photography, but I want to learn something that will change the way I create. Something BIG.

6. To exercise and stretch every day.

This was my one goal for January. Annd to my delight, I think I almost did it.

There were those nights when it was already quite late and I decided to go to sleep instead. This being my New Years resolution, even if I miss a few days I intend to continue working on it.

7.To pray about decisions.

Decisions about life, my Photography business, everything. It is very easy to forget to do this, but it so, SO necessary. This will be my  hardest goal for February.  

And because no post is quite right without a picture, here's a glimpse at one of my

January projects- Flowers for my desk.

I learned how to do this

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What are your goals for February?

Anna Rose