Let me tell you how easy this DPP will be. None easy, that’s how much.

It’s one thing to hold up a little phone and snap shots of yourself in interesting locations, but self-portraiture is going to challenge me. And that might be an understatement. First thing, I’m already flinching at looking at more pictures of myself. This is totally a mental game! Who knew?! But second, there’s a lot of technicalities involved in taking self portraits with a professional camera—and so I’m going to learn a lot this month I believe.

Day 2, done. Only 23 more days to go. Guess who I’m shooting tomorrow? Me. And the day after? Also me. I totally understand if you quit following along…

Last thing to point out, I attempted a smiling photo today for my mother and all the others in her generation who think to themselves, “Now, why doesn’t that lovely girl smile instead of looking all moody?” So here’s the smiling shot. But… it’s hard to smile for myself. Especially on the 82nd shot. And then the critical inner voice while editing is a BEAST. Whoa. So while this particular DPP challenge may at first glance seem unreasonably vain, I assure you, I’m not doing this because I like my face. In fact, I’m going to try to keep liking myself in spite of this challenge. Hoo boy.

Here’s to growing through challenges! Happy December, everyone.