LIFE'S A BEACH: The first of 365 pictures of me

At the end of the 2008 school year at our "Staff Awards" breakfast, I was presented with the "Pictures of You - Pictures of Me" award. It really could have been the "Pictures of You and No Pictures of Me" award! When nominated, a song has to be chosen as well to describe the award and this is played at the time of announcing/receiving the award, hope you understand that bit of ramble! Anyway the reason I won the award is because I almost always have my camera close handy to capture the day to day happenings at school. Over the past nineteen years I have taken thousands of photos and of course none of them include me, so historically-pictorially (is that a word?) at St Martins I don't seem to exist! So thank you Danni for the nomination and the recognition :)

"So where is this leading", I hear you ask? For some time I have been thinking of participating in "A picture of me every day for 365 days" and today while checking out a blog spot, the blogger had commenced her photo every day and being 01/01/09 I thought that it would be the perfect time for me to start also.

Even though I would much prefer to be behind the camera I try to remind myself of how often I lament the fact that we don't have many photos of my mum who died when I was 19 years old and I just wish wish wish that we had many more. She did everything she possibly could to avoid having her photo taken, so I want to make sure my kids are left with a few of me - so here you go kids - there's another 364 on their way :)

Anyway I snuck into the bathroom with my baby Canon this evening and here's the first pic of the year - the countdown has begun and hopefully the quality will improve! No amount of "enhancing" desaturating levelling brightening contrasting opacitying - and the list goes on, could improve the quality of the photo, so Number 1 Pic is a bit of a bummer!!

But I did try......