I recently completed my attempt at Project 366. For those unfamiliar with the concept, you take a picture a day for an entire year. How did I do with my 2008 creative challenge? Let’s put it this way…if I was doing this for a grade, I’d have scored an 82%.
What can I say? I have 301 pictures out of the total 366 and a wide variety of excuses for those missed days–I was busy, I forgot, I was tired, I wasn’t inspired–you name it. Some days I just didn’t want to pick up my camera. However, my goals with this project were to take more pictures, to make the time to look around and to document a year in photos. I feel like I definitely accomplished all three.
Here’s my picture from the last day of my Project 366…
Not a bad way to end it
This project was made both easier and harder by Flickr. I loved having the ability to organize the pictures I was taking every day and to arrange them into sets. However, uploading a week’s worth of pictures was often time-consuming, what with all that tagging and describing. And quite honestly, I wouldn’t even upload photos every week which made for a lengthy catch-up session when I did.
I crunched some numbers and thought that it was interesting to see how my photographic trends over the course of a year could be calculated.
# of Adam pictures: 12 (3% total)
# of pictures taken while backpacking or hiking: 14 (4% total)
# of self-portraits: 18 (5% total)
# of pictures containing drinks, alcoholic or otherwise: 20 (5% total)
# of Lijit-related pictures: 31 (8% total)
# of tech event pictures: 32 (9% total)
# of pictures taken out-of-state: 41 (11% total)
# of pictures with food, either prepared or eating it: 44 (12% total)
# of pictures taken while walking around town: 46 (13% total)
And imagine, only two pictures of my shoes.
The most interesting, and most viewed, picture of Project 366, according to my Flickr stats:
Also a member of the Fashion my Legs Flickr group
And this picture, taken in mid-January after I had my bangs cut, had the most comments:
Most of the comments were offering support. Of course, I was one of the commenters.
Choosing the picture I considered the most interesting was a little harder, but I was able to narrow it down to two. It was difficult with 301 pictures to sort through but what does it say about me that both my favorites include some spooky elements of the underworld?
Hell's Half Acre, Wyoming
Halloween decoration around the neighborhood
Some of the take-aways from Project 366:
–Keep your eyes open. You never know when an amazing shot might be right around the corner.
–Inspiration surrounds you but it can be hard work finding it sometimes.
–Pictures of home-cooked meals make you appreciate the food even more.
–Taking a portrait of a stranger is easier if you ask.
–It’s easy to forget how much fun photography is if you feel obligated to do it.
–If you want to see what a person is passionate about, find out what they take pictures of.
In closing…
Just thought you should know
