I’m just two photos away from completing my first Photo-A-Day 365 project WHOOPEEE and, despite vowing not to do it again, it seems I’m hooked on the damn thing. So, Photo-A-Day 2010 here I come! Julochka has started a new Flickr group for us bleeps here so if you’d like to play along and join the Blog Camp 365 group, please click on the link to ‘join this group’ and we’ll let you in. We’re quite keen to limit membership to ‘known’ bloggy pals at first so if you could mention who you are, how you found us and/or your blog URL that would be helpful.
Very few rules for the group…in short (a) take a photo every day and (b) post it to the group when you feel like it. From experience, I would suggest you upload them as regularly as you can. It’s SUCH a chore doing it in large batches! It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the task if you need to sort/upload more than a couple at a time. Also, it’s fun to write a little commentary for each photo…it helps bring the photo alive for the viewer, and it means you’ll quickly build up a photojournal of your year. Plus, it’s great material for your blog. Think about how you’d like to catalogue your photos in advance. I’ve done mine by month (so I have sets for PAD January 2009, PAD February 2009 etc etc) but you might want to create one set called ‘Photo-A-Day 365 2010′. Finally, tag your photos! It takes about 30 seconds but will save you all kinds of bother later on when you are searching for a photo you want to look at, or use on your blog, but can’t remember when you took it. You just need to add a few words to describe the photo.
I have mostly enjoyed the Photo-A-Day project in 2009, but there have been times when it’s felt like a total slog and I’ve wanted to give up. It’s HARD to take a really interesting, creative photo every day. It’s good to have a few ideas up your sleeve for shots you can set up when inspiration is low, or use Flickr as a source of inspiration.
But I really recommend it. Nothing has improved my photos more than regular practice, and the discipline of the 365 project forces you to practice and try different things. And it doesn’t mean you need a fancy big girl camera either, that’s not an excuse!
Enough preaching. Here is the first photo of my 365 project….um, not very good is it?
And here is a picture of the same top, taken a few weeks ago…phew, it’s an improvement! So strap your camera to your face, join the Blog Camp 365 group and get clicking.
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