After so many months of half hearted self portraits, I finally went all out in October. It was without a doubt the most eventful month I’ve had in a loooong time. It all started with a trip to NYC, pretty much my most favorite place on earth. Actually, there’s no pretty much about it, it IS my most favorite place. Right before I went, I bought a new camera bag that does double duty as a purse and it’s made all the difference in how often I bring/use my camera now. I’ve always had a shootsac, which is a great bag to use while shooting weddings & such, but not so great for personal use. I’d been looking at Ephiphanie bags, but wasn’t sure I could bite the bullet or not. About a week before I was set to leave for New York, they came out with the perfect bag for me & I went for it. I haven’t regretted it once. Seriously you guys, it’s such a great bag. Plus, it’s a cute purse too! You wouldn’t believe how many compliments I’ve received on it already. So, cute new camera bag + lots of adventures = a bunch of self portraits! Why not? It’s my blog & my project, right?
First up, of course, New York…
I went to New York the first weekend in October & stayed at the amazing Nolitan Hotel. The service there is beyond stellar & so was the view from my room. (Here’s a great little article & pictoral about the hotel.) I actually didn’t intend to do my self portrait in the hotel lobby on the last day of vacation, but you know how it goes with things like that. I’m actually waiting for the car to come pick me up & take me to the airport – talk about procrastination! This was actually intended to be my only self portrait, but you can see how that turned out
Just for fun, here are a couple of pictures that my sister, Courtney, took of me the day before. The first one is in Central Park & the second is, obviously, Times Square. I’ve actually been to Times Square a lot, but never at night. It’s pretty amazing. Definitely somewhere you want to see & then get in a taxi & drive away from quickly. It’s a little intense. When I go to New York I prefer to wander around the smaller neighborhoods & shops, but it’s fun to see the touristy stuff too. Oh & yes, that bright yellow bag is my camera bag. Pretty great, right?
I got home from New York at midnight on a Sunday & at 10am that next Tuesday I was driving with my friend Hollie to Chicago to go to the Design Sponge book release party. I’d post our picture from the photo booth, but even after 3 attempts, they were still pretty tragic looking. So, photo booth having failed us, we pulled out my camera and took a picture of each other with the Chicago Theatre in the background. Why not, right? Oh & as a bonus, a Magnolia Bakery had just opened a few doors down from the Anthropologie where the book party was held. That worked out great for me because I didn’t have a chance to go when I was in New York. Sweet!
Once I was done with my big city traveling, we took our annual trip to Exploration Acres. It was pretty chilly this time around, but the sun was out & the leaves were beautiful. We made the big mistake of letting Jack lead us through the corn maze, which ended up with us getting lost, something I’m not proud to admit. We finally found our way out & took a quick little family portrait along the wooded trail. I only took one shot & it turned out. Trust me, that’ll never happen again
And finally, what would October be without Halloween? I’d actually painted a nose & whiskers on myself, but Finn didn’t dig that at all, so I had to promptly wash them off. Man, I have some cute kids, even if they do make it obvious they’d rather not have their picture taken with me
Thanks for indulging me in my overabundance of self portraits. Like I said, there was a lot I wanted to remember this month, so I decided to just go for it. I’m trying to get better about inserting myself into pictures too & I think I did a pretty good job this month. Also, did you notice that my new camera bag was in every shot but the last one? Totally unintentional. Hope you all had a great October too!
by April
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