A Photo A Day for 2017
Jan. 13th, 2018 19:42![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mousetrapplingSo last year I set myself the challenge of taking a photo every day throughout the year - I managed to take photos on 359 of the days, so made up the last 6 in the first few days of 2018. It was an interesting challenge, though by the end of the year it was beginning to feel more & more like a chore. And I found myself thinking each season that the next season would be easier (more flowers in spring! better weather in summer! etc).
One way in which it was a great success was that it got me over habits of perfectionism - in many cases I couldn't reject the photo as failing on this or that ground because the moment was over (or the day was over) so I had to use what I had. And often I got more likes on 500px for stuff where I could see what to me were glaring flaws rather than the photos that were technically more proficient. Another success along those lines was that I had to stop procrastinating about taking photos off the camera & processing them (and to some degree I've streamlined my workflow, or at least got quicker at it).
Re-reading what I've just written it sounds like it was terribly "virtuous" ... it was fun too! I've picked out some of my favourites (or at least those that caught me eye most this time looking through) below. One for the whole year, one per month plus one of the extras in 2018. The whole album is now up on flickr here - if you're so inclined, please tell me what your favourite(s) are :)
My favourite of the year:
January:
February:
March:
April:
May:
June:
July:
August:
September:
October:
November:
December:
Extras:
One way in which it was a great success was that it got me over habits of perfectionism - in many cases I couldn't reject the photo as failing on this or that ground because the moment was over (or the day was over) so I had to use what I had. And often I got more likes on 500px for stuff where I could see what to me were glaring flaws rather than the photos that were technically more proficient. Another success along those lines was that I had to stop procrastinating about taking photos off the camera & processing them (and to some degree I've streamlined my workflow, or at least got quicker at it).
Re-reading what I've just written it sounds like it was terribly "virtuous" ... it was fun too! I've picked out some of my favourites (or at least those that caught me eye most this time looking through) below. One for the whole year, one per month plus one of the extras in 2018. The whole album is now up on flickr here - if you're so inclined, please tell me what your favourite(s) are :)
My favourite of the year:
January:
February:
March:
April:
May:
June:
July:
August:
September:
October:
November:
December:
Extras:
