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I came across Paint the Moon through Pinterest. Someone linked to her 52 week challenge and I was smitten. I do not even have Photoshop, but I loved the themes that I saw. On really good creative weeks you can take them and run, and on weeks that just aren't so you can do as you feel. I like flexibility.

I got a new to me camera this past Christmas from a very generous soul (thanks daddy!) and I am bound and determined to learn more about how it works. It is far and above more complicated than my point and shoot, but I can point and shoot with it too. It seems a shame, however, not to learn about all that it can do one shot at a time.

I have tried to do the picture a day, testified to at my flicker, but I failed miserably on follow through for the entire year, testified to at my flicker. I thought that one picture a week would be a better possibility. So, this is where I am starting.

This week's challenge was either sharing or natural. I wanted to come up with some really great idea for the picture, but was at a loss. I had this picture and thought that I could always use it. The thing is, I have realized I couldn't ask for a better picture. Is it the best picture I have ever taken? I hope not. But it is a picture of salad fixings that I shared with family, and it was taken before I knew about this challenge so it was a natural shot in the sense that there is no pretense involved. I'm hoping my natural shots improve, but at least I now have a base from which to compare.