Well, I’ve been thinking, mulling, pondering, and deliberating on whether or not to join the Project 365 photo project. It’s an awfully big commitment and I’m not sure one that I will be able to complete. The idea of taking and posting a photo a day for 365 consecutive days is rather daunting to me. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I take a ton of photos already. I would guess that I take, on average, 1000 photos a year, maybe more. Of nothing, of everything; of food, animals, people, events, holidays, flowers, things around the house, etc. Taking the photos is not that big of a deal to me, it’s something I am already doing. It’s just the general idea that I commit to a project this demanding and see it through to the end. It’s the “forced” nature of the project. I rather enjoy taking my photos and don’t want it to become a chore or something I feel that I *have* to do. Nor do I want it to be something I tried and failed. I’m a bit competitive, ya know, I don’t like to fail. 🙄
Having said that, I am going to at least attempt it. But, with the caveat that I might not complete it, that I might not post a picture every day (yup, my blog, my rules, my way, nanananana!). I will quit if I feel like it’s become something I don’t enjoy doing any more.
In the mean time, I’ve set up a separate area of the blog for this immense project. It’s called Project365 and is on my sidebar. I will also be posting a lot of the pictures here, as I’m doing today. I hope to incorporate the pictures I use for this photo project into my regular blogging. Some days I will and some I won’t. I often post photos anyway (yes, of Beau the wonder dog and food I cook, I know, but remember this blog ain’t named ‘Exceedingly Mundane’ for nothing!), so hopefully it won’t be too burdensome to post extra ones as a part of this project.
Drumroll please… click here to see the first two days entries, and my entry for today is below:
I found Beau staring out the window this morning into our backyard which was filled with birds. I think we have more birds in the wintertime because I put out suet, bird seed and also corn for the squirrels. We get a lot more activity, I think, when they have trouble finding other food. This morning, I was able to see both a cardinal and a dove in one section of a tree… I took multiple pictures and was able to get the camera to focus on either the dove or the cardinal but not both. This was the best of the lot 🙂
P.S. I just read over at Susie‘s blog that she is participating too. Yeah! I like how she’s setup a separate photo blog for this. I wanted to do this, but will require help from my geeky husband to get it going. Something to strive for in the future 🙂
I love cardinals but can’t get good shots of them, this one is good!
But I say…….buy cabbage already preshredded!
I would SO do this if I wasn’t working. But I’m afraid my daily “views” consist of my computer monitor, my work phone, a bottle of water, and the road on my way to/from the office.
I have a friend who’s doing a variation on it – taking a pic at the same exact time to the minute every day. I’m going to ponder this and other variations. I might like to try something different.
Sounds like an interesting and worthwhile project. Good luck with this endeavor. Great start. Great photos for starters. Talking about birds, my hubby’s friend is going to give us a pair of African lovebirds. We’re getting them tom and we’re excited.
Oh boy! I’m excited that you’re attempting this big project, too. I’m also not sure if I’ll be able to follow through the entire year. I have started journal after journal after journal in my lifetime on various January Firsts, but have never maintained one for more than a month or two. So we’ll see.
I love your cabbage picture and the cardinal and dove (that dove looks like I do after all the decadent holiday meals!) I also like how you’re writing a little bit about each picture. I decided to go the simple route and just title mine. I’m afraid I’ll start ignoring my regular blog if I feel that I have to write details about my photos. But I’m weird like that. 😉
I’ll be checking in to see the pictures you’ll post in the future! This is fun!
LOVE that photo! What a great project…and I love the way you took the pressure off yourself. You’re right, it needs to fun, not another “must-do”. I’d love to do a project like that, but I’m such a total techno-moron that I have no idea how to load my photos onto the computer. I know, aren’t I a dork? I always have my sweet hubby do it for me, but I’m thinking asking him to do it on a daily basis might be pushing my luck. Of course, I suppose I could just ask him to teach me how to do instead.
Oooo, that’s a great picture! I love that big fat dove. *g* Bless her heart, she looks all fluffed up ’cause she’s cold.
Wow! That’s quite a challenge, Stacy!! Great photo for a start!!!
My hubby is doing this project. I didn’t think I could commit to a picture every day. Will be cool to see how it turns out. You take such great pictures!
You go girl! Try it. Maybe thing smaller….picture a day for a month. Then two. then.. Well, you get the idea. You can do it! Maybe I’ll join you. 🙂
The cardinal is so cute!!!! Actually so is the dove! 🙂 Great start to the project! 🙂
Sounds like a big project to me. I’m like you I take photos of everything. If I have to do it though, I’d probably not. lol I’ll be back to check out those photos! 🙂
Those little birds are so darling. What a fun photo. Good luck on a picture a day-you can do it! I should try it too! Maybe you will inspire me!
I think it’s an admirable idea. And I’m glad you’re doing it. Yes, it may seem like a chore from time to time, but think about how it’s testing your photograph limits. You might even discover new techniques or something.
Or am I being too optomistic?
🙂
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Good luck on this project!
I love this picture…I just love cardinals.
What a great picute!!!
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