Project 365: One year on

It has been exactly one year since I began my Project 365, aiming to take a photograph a day and see my life in a whole new way. The title gives it away: there are 365 days in a regular year. As you will see from my the number on latest photo, I didn't quite make it, but here I am at the finish line exactly one year later. If there were 274 days in a year, I'd have passed with flying colours.

This project has had its ups and downs. I was hesitant to start as I wasn't sure if I could keep up such an ongoing commitment in addition to my regular blog, Tales from a Café Chick. I'm no more proficient in photography than when I started, and still feel quite reluctant to approach people to be in photos, so my project mostly featured objects, items, and scenery, just as I expected it would.

About four months into the project, the pressure to take a photograph and post it to my photo blog every single day began to get me down. That's when I decided that things would change. I'd not worry about the 'gaps' or missing days and just see what happened. I started taking photos almost every day but uploaded them in batches. This helped me manage things a bit better and feel a little less anxious. I also stopped worrying about how each photo would look to others; this was a personal project of images and scenes that I came across each day, and that helped, too. The result: 274 photos, or 75% success. A milestone of sorts, even if it's not the original goal I was aiming for. And that's just fine with me. :-D

So, where to next, now that I've officially reached the finish line? I'll keep up this photo blog if I see something interesting or photo-worthy. I can promise you that it won't be every day, but we'll see what happens from here on in. Thanks for joining me on my journey. My ClustrMap informs me that I've had 2500 visits this past year. Wow! (Sadly, the map will be archived tomorrow and all my pretty red dots will disappear, but that leaves it ready to populate again during the coming year.)

How's your Project 365 going?

Project 365: To be, or not to be?

Here I am at the start of a fresh new blog. I'm toying with the idea of starting Project 365, taking a photo a day of something which I have learned, something I found interesting, or something which simply sums up my day in some way. I already maintain a blog, Tales from a Café Chick, so am a little hesitant to start another project.

How to take a photo a day and see your life in a whole new way

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Find out more about Project 365 in this online tutorial.

I am a very visual person who is drawn to colour, shapes, and light, but not particularly proficient with photography. I imagine that most of my pictures would be taken with my on-the-spot camera phone, and more likely to be of specific items or scenes, rather than of people. I doubt any pictures will be of myself, as Café Chick is rather camera shy. Does this defeat the purpose? Perhaps. However, as you can see, I'm highly tempted.

I will continue to develop this site during the next week or so before making my final decision. D-Day will be Monday 1 June, if I decide to go ahead.

Watch this space ...