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Week 6 - I have a thing with birds on wires. I took a photograph once that I wish I had taken with a better camera and to this day I try to re-create it every so often. By doing this I have about 20 different images of birds on wires, birds on branches, pretty much birds in general. So to continue with my unusual obsession with birds, considering I have two cats who at the moment get to make bird calls at my computer screen while I edit my images, I found another bird on a wire. I liked this one because the light was just so nice being that the sun was just beginning to set and this bird stayed on the wire while I approached and took all the pictures my heart desired. Everything came out just the way I wanted it to- happy me! © 2012 Maggie Susse

Week 6 - I have a thing with birds on wires. I took a photograph once that I wish I had taken with a better camera and to this day I try to re-create it every so often. By doing this I have about 20 different images of birds on wires, birds on branches, pretty much birds in general. So to continue with my unusual obsession with birds, considering I have two cats who at the moment get to make bird calls at my computer screen while I edit my images, I found another bird on a wire. I liked this one because the light was just so nice being that the sun was just beginning to set and this bird stayed on the wire while I approached and took all the pictures my heart desired. Everything came out just the way I wanted it to- happy me! © 2012 Maggie Susse

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Week 5 - I’m really far behind on adding pictures to this project. Sometimes life has a way of getting in the way of things we love the most. I am sincerely going to try to post on time from now on. Anyway, this tree caught my eye because of the neon green fungus(?) growing on it. This is the tree that has always grown in my backyard and has always been dead on one side (however the dead side changed each year). For the last five years this tree has been the home to one of my welding projects from college so it is often a place that I visit. This green coloring is not something I noticed until I took this photograph and I think its pretty interesting (at least in a visual sense) and I wanted to document it. © 2012 Maggie Susse

Week 5 - I’m really far behind on adding pictures to this project. Sometimes life has a way of getting in the way of things we love the most. I am sincerely going to try to post on time from now on. Anyway, this tree caught my eye because of the neon green fungus(?) growing on it. This is the tree that has always grown in my backyard and has always been dead on one side (however the dead side changed each year). For the last five years this tree has been the home to one of my welding projects from college so it is often a place that I visit. This green coloring is not something I noticed until I took this photograph and I think its pretty interesting (at least in a visual sense) and I wanted to document it. © 2012 Maggie Susse

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Week 4- I had a wonderful night with friends this past Saturday night and during the day I had time to catch up with a good friend. I took this picture of her while we chatted. I do have an obsession with people’s hands. I believe that hands are the best portrait of a person. They say a lot about what people do, think and how they feel at any given moment.

Week 4- I had a wonderful night with friends this past Saturday night and during the day I had time to catch up with a good friend. I took this picture of her while we chatted. I do have an obsession with people’s hands. I believe that hands are the best portrait of a person. They say a lot about what people do, think and how they feel at any given moment.

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Week 3 - I’m alittle late posting this weeks pictures but so goes life! I don’t normally like to post pictures of myself but I got new lipstick and it became my obsession! I love red lipstick- I feel sassy! I originally wanted to just post pictures of my lips but I decided that I like it better as a full face image. It felt very old Hollywood to me. I promise to post a picture on time next week! 

Week 3 - I’m alittle late posting this weeks pictures but so goes life! I don’t normally like to post pictures of myself but I got new lipstick and it became my obsession! I love red lipstick- I feel sassy! I originally wanted to just post pictures of my lips but I decided that I like it better as a full face image. It felt very old Hollywood to me. I promise to post a picture on time next week! 

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Week 2 Oh procrastination! I have to get better at planning for this project. I left taking my picture today until this afternoon when I forced myself to go on a walk with my mom. Much to her dismay I stopped every five seconds and made her cross the street about 5 times to get a shot. I was happy when I got home to see the shots had come out really beautifully for an overcast cold day. I chose this photograph because it reminds me of one of my favorite artists, Jackson Pollock. Is a stain art? Is a photograph of a stain art? I guess it depends on who you ask. I was excited when I spotted this stain/mark on the back of a stop sign on my way back home. I had this overwhelming need to stop and photograph it. I need some suggestions for next weeks photograph to get me off my butt and taking an amazing photograph next week!

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Oh procrastination! I have to get better at planning for this project. I left taking my picture today until this afternoon when I forced myself to go on a walk with my mom. Much to her dismay I stopped every five seconds and made her cross the street about 5 times to get a shot. I was happy when I got home to see the shots had come out really beautifully for an overcast cold day. I chose this photograph because it reminds me of one of my favorite artists, Jackson Pollock. Is a stain art? Is a photograph of a stain art? I guess it depends on who you ask. I was excited when I spotted this stain/mark on the back of a stop sign on my way back home. I had this overwhelming need to stop and photograph it. I need some suggestions for next weeks photograph to get me off my butt and taking an amazing photograph next week!

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Week 1- I thought I would start this project with my new favorite subject. Today I had to opportunity to take newborn photographs of my new nephew Daniel Oliver. He was such a great sport about being posed and moved. I fell in love with this photograph as soon as I took it! It captures his little personality perfectly. I am so happy to start this project again and I can’t wait to post next weeks photograph!

Week 1- I thought I would start this project with my new favorite subject. Today I had to opportunity to take newborn photographs of my new nephew Daniel Oliver. He was such a great sport about being posed and moved. I fell in love with this photograph as soon as I took it! It captures his little personality perfectly. I am so happy to start this project again and I can’t wait to post next weeks photograph!

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When I completed my 365 project I hit a lull in my photographic endeavors, mostly due to a nerve problem in my left arm. I needed to do something since typing and holding a camera were out of the picture so I took the time to work on researching, brainstorming and getting ready to begin a new business that really reflects my style and personality as a photographer. The research process became an obsession for me. What I found out is that there are some really great books out there and the information is easy and fun to read. Some of my recent favorites are ‘The Purple Cow’ by Seth Godin, ‘Small Business Taxes Made Easy’ by Eva Rosenberg and ‘The Happiness Project’ by Gretchen Rubin. Those books were a support system during a personal time of unrest and really helped to carry me through to where I am now. I also need to thank everyone for the support they gave me and all the amazing phone conversations that turned bad days into good ones.  The happy outcome of this time is that I now have a well thought out plan for a business that I am truly excited to begin. Perhaps it was the absence of photography that made my heart grow fonder, but I think I’ve finally figured out what my next step is. Three Sparrow Photography is my chance to pursue the career I’ve dreamed of my entire life. I am an antsy person by nature and working on my dream was my only way of getting through the frustration of not being able to do anything. Now that I can finally take photographs again I am feeling elated. I never realized how much picking up my camera everyday meant to me. The 365 project really brought back my creativity and passion for the craft and has given me a database of beautiful images at my disposal. I began an etsy.com page to sell some of those images and it has become a fun new project that I work on constantly. In the next few months I am planning on having a couple of contests and discounts every once in a while for my loyal followers and friends! Thank you all again for all of your support! P.S. Check out my fancy new logo! It’s homemade by me.

When I completed my 365 project I hit a lull in my photographic endeavors, mostly due to a nerve problem in my left arm. I needed to do something since typing and holding a camera were out of the picture so I took the time to work on researching, brainstorming and getting ready to begin a new business that really reflects my style and personality as a photographer.

The research process became an obsession for me. What I found out is that there are some really great books out there and the information is easy and fun to read. Some of my recent favorites are ‘The Purple Cow’ by Seth Godin, ‘Small Business Taxes Made Easy’ by Eva Rosenberg and ‘The Happiness Project’ by Gretchen Rubin. Those books were a support system during a personal time of unrest and really helped to carry me through to where I am now. I also need to thank everyone for the support they gave me and all the amazing phone conversations that turned bad days into good ones. 

The happy outcome of this time is that I now have a well thought out plan for a business that I am truly excited to begin. Perhaps it was the absence of photography that made my heart grow fonder, but I think I’ve finally figured out what my next step is. Three Sparrow Photography is my chance to pursue the career I’ve dreamed of my entire life. I am an antsy person by nature and working on my dream was my only way of getting through the frustration of not being able to do anything.

Now that I can finally take photographs again I am feeling elated. I never realized how much picking up my camera everyday meant to me. The 365 project really brought back my creativity and passion for the craft and has given me a database of beautiful images at my disposal. I began an etsy.com page to sell some of those images and it has become a fun new project that I work on constantly. In the next few months I am planning on having a couple of contests and discounts every once in a while for my loyal followers and friends! Thank you all again for all of your support!

P.S. Check out my fancy new logo! It’s homemade by me.

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Day 365 So this is it, my last photograph of this project. I’ve thought a lot recently about this journey and I am so glad that I challenged myself and finished this project. I started this project as a way to force me to pick up my camera everyday and I’m not going to say that it wasn’t hard because I had my moments but in the end it made me a better photographer. It made me remember the reason I decided I wanted to be a photographer. I’m both excited and a little sad to know this year of images is over. My next challenge is taking the a step and getting my business fully up and running. I will also be updating my etsy page to carry my favorites from this project and making a book of all 365 days so that I can have a record of it. In order to get all of that completed I am taking a month off from this project. I will be beginning another one starting March 1st so keep an eye out (and send me ideas to jazz it up!) So my last picture is of the Triboro Bridge. For the all the days I’ve taken pictures at least a quarter of those were taken in Astoria Park. I decided to take my walk there today and see what caught my eye. I’ve taken pictures of this bridge before but have never been fully happy with them until today, it was something about the overcast sky that made the bridge feel a little somber. Perhaps that is a little bit of how I feel today projected into this image.  

Day 365

So this is it, my last photograph of this project. I’ve thought a lot recently about this journey and I am so glad that I challenged myself and finished this project. I started this project as a way to force me to pick up my camera everyday and I’m not going to say that it wasn’t hard because I had my moments but in the end it made me a better photographer. It made me remember the reason I decided I wanted to be a photographer. I’m both excited and a little sad to know this year of images is over. My next challenge is taking the a step and getting my business fully up and running. I will also be updating my etsy page to carry my favorites from this project and making a book of all 365 days so that I can have a record of it. In order to get all of that completed I am taking a month off from this project. I will be beginning another one starting March 1st so keep an eye out (and send me ideas to jazz it up!) So my last picture is of the Triboro Bridge. For the all the days I’ve taken pictures at least a quarter of those were taken in Astoria Park. I decided to take my walk there today and see what caught my eye. I’ve taken pictures of this bridge before but have never been fully happy with them until today, it was something about the overcast sky that made the bridge feel a little somber. Perhaps that is a little bit of how I feel today projected into this image.  

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Day 364 Ah, Friday, you return again. It took a long time to get back here. After this long week it was great to come home to burritos. I am so relaxed now. I had a request to do a kitchen series like the whisk I had photographed a few weeks ago. So, here is my next image in the series. I took one of my knives and set it up to photograph. I love how to metal looks in this photograph and overall contrast of the image. I hope you like it Jaclyn! I hope everyone enjoys their weekend. Look out tomorrow for my last image of this project.

Day 364

Ah, Friday, you return again. It took a long time to get back here. After this long week it was great to come home to burritos. I am so relaxed now. I had a request to do a kitchen series like the whisk I had photographed a few weeks ago. So, here is my next image in the series. I took one of my knives and set it up to photograph. I love how to metal looks in this photograph and overall contrast of the image. I hope you like it Jaclyn! I hope everyone enjoys their weekend. Look out tomorrow for my last image of this project.

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Day 363 I had a super busy day today that started off with the world’s worse commute. I was busy the whole day at work and then ran errands after work. It did all end on a good note. I got La Papa baked potatoes for dinner which were incredibly delicious tonight and then when I got home the pictures I ordered were waiting for me and they look magnificent! I am so excited for some matting and framing. So after all my evening fun I took out my camera and found a bottle of perfume my mom gave me. I was super happy with how this came out. It’s fun shooting glass again without the restraints of a classroom. I guess that always makes things a little more interesting.

Day 363 I had a super busy day today that started off with the world’s worse commute. I was busy the whole day at work and then ran errands after work. It did all end on a good note. I got La Papa baked potatoes for dinner which were incredibly delicious tonight and then when I got home the pictures I ordered were waiting for me and they look magnificent! I am so excited for some matting and framing. So after all my evening fun I took out my camera and found a bottle of perfume my mom gave me. I was super happy with how this came out. It’s fun shooting glass again without the restraints of a classroom. I guess that always makes things a little more interesting.