this is me.

The other day, while taking advice from my lululemon water bottle, I decided to do one thing a day that scares me.  This only last a few days because, really, this advice isn't possible.  One thing a day?!  Everyday?!  Even inclusive of phobias, like "Go touch a giant nasty hairy spider" and death-defying stunts, like parachuting, you quickly run out of scary things to do everyday.  Especially while toting along your 6-month old.

But, recently, I did do one thing that scared me.  I posted an ad on gyos.com, the Sunshine Coast's local craigslist.  What did I post on there?!  Well, an ad for models.  So that I could practice taking pictures of them.  I know, sounds slightly creepy, right?!  Well, I didn't know what else to do.  Jody was getting sick of me snapping his picture every 5 minutes and Minnow never moves, so she isn't the most diverse subject to photograph.  In short, all this photography practice on strangers has cumulated to Red Fish Blue Fish - Photography by Melissa.  Come visit at redfishbluefishphotography.blogspot.com.  

Although I'm utterly terrified to begin this venture, I love the line from J.K. Rowling's Harvard Speech, 'The Fringe Benefits of Failure':

"... some failure in life is inevitable.  It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default."

If I don't try, I fail.  So I might as well try.  Plus, 'if he is for us, who can be against us?', right?!