Latest Project

April 22, 2010 in Uncategorized

Inspired by good friend and talented photographer Nell, and now continually motivated by other good friends and photographers Yvonne, Courtney and Bryn, I currently engaged in a little thing called the 365 Project.  A picture a day for 365 days.

We didn’t agree to a set a rules as a group, but, in order to keep myself on track, I made a set for myself:

1)  Take a picture every day.

2)  Post a picture every day (this is where my own interpretation of the process fits in-I have decided that I will post my pictures the day after I take them.  This allows me time to review/crop/color correct/whatever in the morning, without worrying when I get home at 2 am that I still have to post a photo.  I also start every day with the small success of having already posted my photo.  And I enjoy following responses to my pictures during the day).

3)  Posted pictures MUST be the picture I took the day before.  No hording a bunch of pictures taken on Saturday and posting them one at a time during the week.  That defeats my own personal goal of forcing myself to take a picture every day.

I am on day 6.  Here is what I have shot so far:

Not even a week.  And I feel like I have already learned so much.  For example, I am noticing patterns in the way I select my subjects and frame my shots.  I am already feeling like I am in a rut with my photos, which inspires me to try to view my world differently, in hopes of ‘seeing’ the millions of amazing photos out there that I am not even noticing.  I cannot WAIT until I do.  Following the work of my fellow 365ers has been great for this.  I find myself looking at their pictures, and wondering why they chose that photo, that lighting, that shot.   Why did they choose that picture?

And I am learning more about modifying my pictures.  Previously, most of my photos went relatively unaltered-I just chose the best ones, and typically cropped them a bit.  But I have a couple of instances where I didn’t love anything that I had shot that day, but because I had to post SOMETHING I spent time trying to adjust the pictures until I had something I could be proud of.  Photo #5, the window reflection, is a case of that.

I am really excited about this project.  Photo safaris are ON people!  Wanna go shoot pics?  I am your lady!

Now, off to put together something for Day 7.  It is 7pm and I haven’t shot a single picture yet.  Have to see what I can come up with, because, after all, I have to take a picture of something!

You can follow my progress on my flickr page, or view the pictures that didn’t make it into my 365 Project Set, the so-called 365 Project Seconds.

I can promise you that they will be updated daily!

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