This year I am very excited to be joining a group of creative women in a year long photography challenge.  Each month we will choose a theme and share our interpretation of that idea in pictures.  This month’s theme was “self-portrait”.  Given it is January, my ideas for the year ahead are looming large in my mind.  The one word that keeps hanging around is “jump”.  Time to stop thinking about things so much and just go for it – just jump.  So, I decided to see how I could incorporate this idea into a self portrait.

Whenever I found myself outside this past week I played around with my self timer (love the Camera+ app on my iPhone), DSLR remote and tripod.   I jumped on my favorite trail near my house, in the beautiful mountains where we spent the weekend and at the beach yesterday.  In addition to committing myself to the idea of “just jumping”, it also gave me a chance stop and appreciate the beauty all around us.

“Jump” on over to the talented Heather Owens Photography to see her first 12 in 2012 post.  Be sure and click the links in all of the posts and make the full circle!