4 posts tagged “365 days”

Well, it's done. On New Year's Eve, I took my final shot for 365 Days. It feels so good to be finished with this monster of a project. It was educational, inspirational, sometimes very tedious, and mostly a lot of fun.

I could get all chatty about how much I've grown as a photographer over the past year and how much I've learned by shooting the same subject everyday and how many great people I've met (online and in real life) through this project and how much I'll miss but won't actually miss shooting everyday, but I won't.

I will, however, go stat-happy and list some numbers that I think are fun.

Days Missed: 0
Cameras Used: 11
Interestingness on Flickr: 54
Ranked in the Top 10 of Explore: 12
Jumps: 52
With Mia: 28
With People: 54
With Cats: 9
With Food/Drink: 26
Reflections: 36
Parts of Me: 30
Sunsets: 11

I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do for my next long-term photo project. I thought about doing another round of 365 Days (366 this year, since it's a leap year), but I don't think I have the mental capacity to handle something that large. Maybe the 52 Weeks project. We'll see. I need to take a break from photo projects right now and just shoot for the pure enjoyment of it. Knowing me, though, I'll be back on something soon enough.

She really wanted me to eat that brownie. Mia did a variation of the shot as well. You can see it here.

It's been a while since I've done a proper jump shot. Figured I'd get another one in before the end of my 365 Days project. This one is day 362, and it also happens to be the first jump shot in the new apartment. And this only took me 4 takes to do. :)

Holy crap! It’s December already. Not only is year almost over, but Seattle got it’s first snow of the season, and I’m on my final month of 365 Days. I can’t believe I’m almost done with the project. The first time I tried 365 Days, I only made it about 40 days before giving up due to time constraints. Now, I’ve finished 336 days without missing a single one and am on track to hit day 365 on New Year’s Eve. It’s so exciting!

A lot of people have asked me what I plan to do after I complete 365 Days with the most common question being whether or not I will simply continue shooting one self-portrait each day. Honestly, I haven’t quite decided yet. I might continue shooting. I might take a break then start up again. I might jump onto the 52 Weeks project. Or I might focus on something not related to self-portraits. I really have no idea. We’ll see what happens after the New Year.