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photofriends about a photo challenge I'm taking on.
So, photo-a-day 365 projects (Photojojo, 365project.com, Flickrgroups #1, #2, etc) have always sounded great to me and clearly valuable, and I've watched with interest as friends like Sara take them on successfully. Yet I've never stuck to one myself, without exception getting intimidated and sidetracked in the first couple of days and giving up.
I'm enthused and optimistic after coming across Tasra Mar's 365 variant, though. The rules:
I like that there are a couple of parts to it. Personally I have a lot of trouble getting past inertia and /using/ my camera, and such deceptively simple tasks as reading and looking should ease that process a little. Once I've done those tasks, I'll be motivated to do the one remaining task of actual photography to make my day "count". Also, posting what I've read and looked at? Lots less nervewracking than posting my photographs, as well as being useful to other photographers subscribed to me. So, yep, I'm committing to this, starting today, 10th April 2010. I won't necessarily post my photos, but I *will* have something to share in the end-of-month round ups inphotofriends from now on. :)
I'd share photos I take, but in truth, I know that they're not that good. They're all attempts, not achievements. I don't think there's any point to posting photos until I've made some that are something to be proud of or which need critique that I can't give myself.
photofriends about a photo challenge I'm taking on. So, photo-a-day 365 projects (Photojojo, 365project.com, Flickrgroups #1, #2, etc) have always sounded great to me and clearly valuable, and I've watched with interest as friends like Sara take them on successfully. Yet I've never stuck to one myself, without exception getting intimidated and sidetracked in the first couple of days and giving up.
I'm enthused and optimistic after coming across Tasra Mar's 365 variant, though. The rules:
- Take at least 1 photo every day.
- Read at least 1 page in my camera manual every day. [I may expand this to other photograph-related reading - my manual is not that big!]
- View other professional images every day.
I like that there are a couple of parts to it. Personally I have a lot of trouble getting past inertia and /using/ my camera, and such deceptively simple tasks as reading and looking should ease that process a little. Once I've done those tasks, I'll be motivated to do the one remaining task of actual photography to make my day "count". Also, posting what I've read and looked at? Lots less nervewracking than posting my photographs, as well as being useful to other photographers subscribed to me. So, yep, I'm committing to this, starting today, 10th April 2010. I won't necessarily post my photos, but I *will* have something to share in the end-of-month round ups in
photofriends from now on. :)I'd share photos I take, but in truth, I know that they're not that good. They're all attempts, not achievements. I don't think there's any point to posting photos until I've made some that are something to be proud of or which need critique that I can't give myself.
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Date: 2010-04-10 09:57 pm (UTC)For photography inspiration, friends of mine run http://www.kliktikfix.nl - photo with a Dutch haiku. But what matters is that the photographer started out as an amateur, and still sort of is - she's wonderful and sweet and not pretentious yet creative. (The most recent photos on the site will probably be from Japan though, they're on vacation there now.) The whole reason I like her photos is that she doesn't really try to make them more special then they are, and they're often photos of normal every day things (when they're not on vacation in Japan, that is.)
Good luck with the project! :)