Self-portrait diptych

When it comes to photography—or anything creative, really—I am very happy to have a push in the right direction. This self-portrait challenge was just what I needed today to lift me out of my blogging frump (and, yeah, anyone who has talked to me today can attest to the fact that that was not going to happen on its own). My favorite thing about this was that the mailman came by just as I was struggling to get the shot and offered to take the picture. I didn’t have the heart to tell him that the point was to take it myself, so he took a couple of shots of me and the kiddo and then we chatted about cameras and NASCAR.