Hello, hello!
Today marks the maiden voyage of my shiny new blog. Welcome to it!
For now, this space is intended as an accompaniment to my burgeoning 365 project, in which I will be taking a photo a day for a year. In it, I will be providing my daily photo, as well as outtakes, bloopers, and additional shots that may not have made the cut, but that I still found worth sharing. On top of that, in this space I will be providing my thoughts about the project, as well as any entertaining experiences I may have along the way. Just think of this as a behind-the-scenes look at my 365!
Day 1
June 6th, 2014
So far, so good! I spent about five hours working on this photo yesterday. I dread the coming days when I will be more crunched for time and won’t be able to dedicate that much time to each picture, but I know that that’s all part of the 365 game. To give you all some perspective as to why I’m choosing to do this project in the first place, here’s a quick bit of background:
I have been a massive fan of Flickr since I was first introduced to it by a close friend of mine way back in 2009. On that website, I learned about the idea of the 365 (as well as the 52 weeks project) while following the work of Flickr-ers such as Karrah Kobus, Whitney Justesen, Ottilie Simpson, Shane Black, Joel Robison . . . oh, the list goes on and on. (For the record, I highly suggest checking out any and all of these photographers’ work: it is wonderful.) However, I was always too busy or lacked the confidence to start one of my own. After all, taking a (good) photo a day is quite a commitment, along with having the courage to post each one, for better or worse.
On April 25th of this year, however, I graduated from college and lost any excuse I may have had to not do a 365. After all, my ultimate dream is to become a professional photographer– how could I possibly achieve that goal without practice, and lots of it? And thus, my 365 was born!
Day 2
June 7th, 2014
Tomorrow, I will be leaving on a 941-mile trip (but who’s counting?) to my grandparents’ cabin in Frenchville, Pennsylvania. As such, I thought it was only fitting to incorporate my (glaringly and intimidatingly empty) suitcase into my photo du jour. Hopefully the suitcase-packing elves will get to work soon.
So far, my ideas for this project have been coming very easily. I can only hope that this will continue, but just in case, I’ve been stockpiling sketches of my concepts for rainy, uninspired days. Here are a few additional photos that I took today, just for a bit of fun:
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