New Years Resolutions

I'm generally not a big resolution maker.  Sure, I may have a few from time to time, but I'm terrible at keeping them, so I typically keep them to myself.  But not this year!  I'm making a resolution to be better at organizing my family photos.  I have a plan in place, and I'm determined to make it work.  The other night my laptop's hard drive started making an ominous clicking sound signaling its impending demise.  As I quickly backed everything up to an external drive, I was forced to acknowledge just how out of control last year's photos had gotten.  So, in addition to keeping my resolution to keep 2013's photos under control, I need to make some sense of 2012's photos as well.  I'm dedicating a few hours a day to making sense of the chaos.  Today I unearthed and edited a quick fall photo session with my girls.  It was actually an impromptu session.  We'd gone to the park to check the lighting and scope out some locations a couple of days before my fall mini sessions (my type A personality at work...I like to be prepared).  Bug is always willing to ham it up for the camera.  I didn't get as much cooperation from Monkey, but I got a few almost-smiles out of her.  Here are a few of my favorites.

So typical.  What a little goof ball!

Some photos just need to be black and white...

I'm not a nature photographer, but I can't resist taking butterfly pictures.