The only contest in Bittersweet

So i do one photo contest a year. Its free, its anonymous and its voted on by the public. Meaning you can go spend HOURS voting like me haha. There are a ton of categories and you pick your fav of 4 then move on. What i use it for is inspiration! Last year i had one in the top 10%, one in the top 20% one in the top 30% of their categories respectively. Two were in babies/toddlers for my lupine kid photos :D One of my daughter and one of my niece. My daughter was crying in it, and you cant even tell. She didnt like THAT purple dress. Daughters… lol.

Anyway Here is the link, You may vote on my photos, Who knows!! You wont lol. Nor will I. :) All i know is we are in round 2 of 12. Im still getting hearts ( likes) so i still have photos in the game. :D BTW, anyone can enter this. They even have a category just for phone pictures. If all you ever do is take photos on your phone. You can still enter! Next year though lol. Kids take photos. Yeah they can enter too! Its totally open and the top winners do win a prize. I dont ever hope to get THERE, BUT its fun anyway!

But really i use it for inspiration. It gives me focus for what i want to work on style wise. What photos i want to take. My list so far this year.
Another birth. Ive done one, I NEED another one! Preferably a homebirth this time!!
Girls on horses. I know i have TONs of kids on my unicorn, but i want some actual riding photos. You dont get that with a posing unicorn. And she still lives in Alaska.
More native americans. I can do my grandpa who is Eskimo, But he is always wearing plaid shirts. I will take some photos of him, because frankly… we dont know how much longer he has. If you follow along with me, you will know hes going senile quickly…
More POC. I really want to photograph some POC. Its a challenge for me because A im lillywhite and editing their skin tones is challenging especially when you dont have those skin tones to practice on. and B. I dont know any!! I only met one family at the home school meet ups and those were keboshed for the time being. I was wanting to ask the mom if she would let me. Her kids are beautiful!
More emotional connections. Its my living and breathing reason why is the connection between two people. I have GOT to get more of those under my belt.
Something with alpacas.
Causes… I need a cause. Ive actually been making friends with this lady who has family on a native reservation and she posts a lot about native woman and the challenges they face. It would be really awesome to get in and photograph for those challenges. Or highlighting the beauty of their heritage. Im native, But im not registered with a tribe. My father let it out once what tribe he belongs to. Im still trying to figure out how to register… Or if i even can.
My sons ADHD. I want to do a series that showcases how hard it is to survive for him. How hard things are for him… I want people to see the kid behind the stress but also the hardships he has.
More pagan stuff. This is SUPER broad. There is a lot of religious aspects that are shown. You see Christians of course, Buddist monks, Temples of all sorts. You dont see much representing one of the fastest growing faiths in the country. And this can be so many things that can be focused on. Not just the book studies they do. But like How i practice my faith involves a lot of gardening and greenery. Being close to nature, to the mother. There is a lot there that can be represented.
Depression and Bipolar. I actually have an image in my head that i want to do as a self portrait… Self portraits for me are always faceless so ill probably share that here.
Just lots of things. And im not even really done being inspired lol!

But i gotta go do dinner and ive had this open for a while lol. So im going to leave you with a cell snap of my apple tree!

go vote and be inspired!