I have found a group of women in the Springfield area who enjoy photography as much as I do and who encourage and support each others own personal journey. In addition, we all realize the value of capturing not just those “special moments” but the every day moments. Together we are embarking on a 12 month photography project.

Each month we will try and take personal images and blog on them. The theme will be “What ___ looks like.” Each month we will each choose to fill in the blank with our word of choice. Some of us may choose to use the same word all year and some may choose to change it up each month. We will each link to the next photographer until our circle of is complete.

We hope this project inspires you to take more pictures of your own families! Make sure to read through to the end and then visit the link to the blog of Jessica Reid!

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This month: What An Expressive Child Looks like
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My little 2 1/2 year old is full of faces.  When she is happy, you know it.  Curious, you know it.   She shows her every emotion on her face. Over the past couple months I have had the chance to catch some of her many expressions at various times.

This first time was when attempting to capture some images for our Christmas card.  My daughter has what I like to call CPS or “Child of a a Photographer Syndrome.”  She usually isn’t too hip for the camera unless I bring the “big guns” in (aka, her dad.)  Her dad can get her to laugh and smile like no one else.  Here are some of our outtakes.

Over Thanksgiving, we had the chance to appreciate the unusually warm weather.  We went to Grandma & Grandpa’s house in St. Louis and played outdoors a ton.  While exploring in the yard, I tried to get some images of my daughter playing with her cousins…and her are a few more of her “really mom, the camera?” faces.

Lastly the weekend before Christmas we drop up to Wisconsin  to visit family.   My daughter had never experienced “real” snow before and she had such a fun time.  In addition, the traveling gave me opportunities to capture her when she didn’t know it.