Do you ever get to the end of a year and wonder where the time went? We speed through our lives so fast sometimes that we forget where we’ve been. Wouldn’t it be awesome to be able to have a visual record of an entire year?
One of the things on my to-do list this year was to learn more about photography. While I have learned a lot this year, I haven’t been consistent with practice. Just like anything else, the more you do the more you learn.
I have seen several Project 365 groups and the idea has intrigued me. The basic premise is that you take a photo every day for an entire year and post it to a designated Flickr group. Read more about the idea behind Project 365 groups here.
We all know that I’m not one to jump into an already established group, and it can be really intimidating to join a group that has hundreds or even thousands of members, so I decided to start my own. It will be open to anyone, there are just a few simple rules.
1. Be nice to each other. This is not meant to be a forum for critique unless it’s requested, so I will ask that comments keep that in mind.
2. Put the day in the title of the photo. (ie 1/365 for day one). It doesn’t have to be the only title, but it gives you a timeline and helps keep a record of how your skills have progressed over the course of the year.
3. Take a photo every day. It doesn’t have to be with a fancy DSLR. Point and shoot and camera phone photos are fine too. Use whatever you have at your disposal. This is supposed to be fun, not expensive.
4. Try to upload at least weekly, more often if possible.
5. Subject matter is purely your own choice, but no naughty bits please. Flickr has a place for that, and we are not there.
There will be challenges to spice things up and to give you ideas when you’re blocked.
If you’re interested, post a comment. The Flickr group link is here. The project starts Jan 1st and goes to Dec 31, 2010, but you can jump in anytime. I hope a lot of you will join in because it will obviously be more fun with more people. I know it sounds intimidating to take a photo a day, but many of you write daily blog posts and I think that’s much more challenging.
At the end of the year I plan to take all of my photos and make a Shutterfly book out of them.
So who’s with me?
I’m with ya!
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Lisa Reply:
December 23rd, 2009 at 7:48 pm
@Finn, Yay! It’s going to be fun!
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December 23rd, 2009 at 4:22 pm
I want to do it where do I post it. I dont even know what flicker is. I am still trying to figure out facebook.
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Lisa Reply:
December 23rd, 2009 at 7:52 pm
@Kristen, I sent you an invite that has a link. Just click the link. You’ll probably need to set up an account, but it’s easy and free. Let me know if you need help!
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December 23rd, 2009 at 5:29 pm
I’m in!
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Lisa Reply:
December 23rd, 2009 at 7:53 pm
@Jessica, Yay! Do you need me to send you an invite link or do you already have a FlickR account?
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Jessica Reply:
December 24th, 2009 at 9:12 am
@Lisa, I need an invite. Pam only sent me a thousand over the years, but I’ve never started an account.
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Lisa Reply:
December 24th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
@Jessica, I sent the invite
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December 23rd, 2009 at 5:45 pm
I think I’ll try it. I’m not so worried about the every day thing. Little worried about the every day for a year thing.
On the other hand, I’ll have new puppies soon, so lots and lots of excuses to take photos.
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December 26th, 2009 at 6:40 am
I actually found you from Adam and Hilly’s blog. I like your posts, and I will definitely be back to read more
I love the idea of the photo group! And I would like to join. I’m not much pf a photographer, but its one of the interests that I have that I want to develop. I would love an invitation, if you’re still willing to have people join. Oh, I don’t have a Flickr account….I’m just not that cool
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Lisa Reply:
January 2nd, 2010 at 4:46 pm
@Becky, I’m glad you came by! I’ll send you a FlickR invite so you can join the group. You have to start an account, but they’re free (unless you want the pro account).
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January 2nd, 2010 at 7:56 am
Happy New Year!! at Princess Buttercream says:
[...] want to work on my Project 365 all year without flaking. I’d love for all of you to join us! The link to the FlickR [...]
January 2nd, 2010 at 6:02 pm
I think I have a Flickr account, but I don’t know…can you send me an invite?
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January 3rd, 2010 at 5:31 pm
I basically did this last year on my photo blog, though I went for posting a picture every day rather than taking one every day. I even pulled a few pictures from previous years. But much of the time I was scrambling to take a picture for today, tomorrow and/or the day after.
I’m glad I did it, but relieved that I completed it a week ago.
Enjoy!
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January 14th, 2010 at 1:53 pm
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