Genius Hour: Motivation

This week was hard to stay motivated, and I don't see it getting easier anytime soon! Life just kind of got in the way last week and I wasn't able to take photos and edit every day like I had planned on. Next Friday is the end of the trimester, so it will be assessments, grading, and report cards aaaaaall week. That means, to make up for the time lost during the week, I need to double-down on the weekends.
Last weekend we went outside to sled in our backyard (the ONE advantage of having a hill behind our house) and I took some photos of the kids just having a freaking blast. That's really been my primary motivation behind choosing photography for my project; capturing photos of my kids being kids.

It was really tricky taking these action photos in manual mode with the sun starting to go down. I had to keep readjusting my focus, ISO, aperture, and shutter speed. I think a couple of them turned out a bit blurry, but I love the candid poses that I got!
I decided that for my "final project" I want to try to take a candid-ish photo of my whole family (including myself) using my remote. I would love to have an updated, quality family photo of all of us and I think it's the right challenge level where, if I succeed, I'll be really proud of myself! Let's see how it goes...