365 self portraits. Can I actually do it? Inspired by many others, I decided to give my creativity a kick in the pants with a Daily Photo project. With life happening too fast, quite often I lose the spark that drives me to pick up the camera. Hopefully I can maintain not only this project, but the ability to develop more as a photographer. Ideally, the majority of these will be self-portraits to help me get over my image complex and to document the most important, memorable moments of each day.
My rules:
1. At least part of myself in each shot. Every 24 hours.
2. EXIF data pulls rank. I travel and can't always upload on a timely matter, but the timestamp is as the timestamp does...
3. Try to document the dominant activity/event of the day. This is a journal-type project for me, too.
4. Having help is OK. While I always set up the shot myself, occasionally the location requires having someone else hit the shutter for me.
My current 365 Project gallery is here!
My rules:
1. At least part of myself in each shot. Every 24 hours.
2. EXIF data pulls rank. I travel and can't always upload on a timely matter, but the timestamp is as the timestamp does...
3. Try to document the dominant activity/event of the day. This is a journal-type project for me, too.
4. Having help is OK. While I always set up the shot myself, occasionally the location requires having someone else hit the shutter for me.
My current 365 Project gallery is here!
May 10, 2009
I remember at one of the Dgrin Shootouts, a fellow Dgrinner/Smugger said to me something to the effect of "It looks like all you do is travel and go out!" Heheh. That's so not true of course, but I rarely ever have the inclination to take a daily of myself working, yanno?
That said, this weekend Trav and I ran away somewhere we've never been. Which is, well, not hard to do in this state. Not only have we never really been anywhere, there's just so many places to go. We'd already done the redwoods a few weekends ago, so this time we went south to the giant sequoias. Since I still had to work we had time only for a day trip, but we still had a great time.
We stayed at a lodge in Three Rivers and was up and out the door by 4:30 AM Sunday morning to find a place to shoot the sunrise. Sequoia and Kings Canyon NP has so much to offer -- so much more than I had thought! I love that even though I miss all my Dgrinner friends very much, Trav and I can still have a mini-shootout whenever we put a little bit of thought into it. The sunrise was unimpressive and actually none of my shots from the whole weekend are worth saving, but it was a fantastic experience. We explored new beautiful territory, saw some amazing sights and have tales to tell for years to come.
Not that I don't miss my shootout and workshop friends, but if anything, my experiences with them have taught me that you don't always get the shot, or the right light. As long as you have good company and enjoy yourself, that's what it's all about.
Maybe best of all, we spent the 5 hours there and the 6 hours back listening to almost nothing but Radiolab podcasts. Jad's voice will forever be in my ears, now!
I remember at one of the Dgrin Shootouts, a fellow Dgrinner/Smugger said to me something to the effect of "It looks like all you do is travel and go out!" Heheh. That's so not true of course, but I rarely ever have the inclination to take a daily of myself working, yanno?
That said, this weekend Trav and I ran away somewhere we've never been. Which is, well, not hard to do in this state. Not only have we never really been anywhere, there's just so many places to go. We'd already done the redwoods a few weekends ago, so this time we went south to the giant sequoias. Since I still had to work we had time only for a day trip, but we still had a great time.
We stayed at a lodge in Three Rivers and was up and out the door by 4:30 AM Sunday morning to find a place to shoot the sunrise. Sequoia and Kings Canyon NP has so much to offer -- so much more than I had thought! I love that even though I miss all my Dgrinner friends very much, Trav and I can still have a mini-shootout whenever we put a little bit of thought into it. The sunrise was unimpressive and actually none of my shots from the whole weekend are worth saving, but it was a fantastic experience. We explored new beautiful territory, saw some amazing sights and have tales to tell for years to come.
Not that I don't miss my shootout and workshop friends, but if anything, my experiences with them have taught me that you don't always get the shot, or the right light. As long as you have good company and enjoy yourself, that's what it's all about.
Maybe best of all, we spent the 5 hours there and the 6 hours back listening to almost nothing but Radiolab podcasts. Jad's voice will forever be in my ears, now!
May 10, 2009
I remember at one of the Dgrin Shootouts, a fellow Dgrinner/Smugger said to me something to the effect of "It looks like all you do is travel and go out!" Heheh. That's so not true of course, but I rarely ever have the inclination to take a daily of myself working, yanno?
That said, this weekend Trav and I ran away somewhere we've never been. Which is, well, not hard to do in this state. Not only have we never really been anywhere, there's just so many places to go. We'd already done the redwoods a few weekends ago, so this time we went south to the giant sequoias. Since I still had to work we had time only for a day trip, but we still had a great time.
We stayed at a lodge in Three Rivers and was up and out the door by 4:30 AM Sunday morning to find a place to shoot the sunrise. Sequoia and Kings Canyon NP has so much to offer -- so much more than I had thought! I love that even though I miss all my Dgrinner friends very much, Trav and I can still have a mini-shootout whenever we put a little bit of thought into it. The sunrise was unimpressive and actually none of my shots from the whole weekend are worth saving, but it was a fantastic experience. We explored new beautiful territory, saw some amazing sights and have tales to tell for years to come.
Not that I don't miss my shootout and workshop friends, but if anything, my experiences with them have taught me that you don't always get the shot, or the right light. As long as you have good company and enjoy yourself, that's what it's all about.
Maybe best of all, we spent the 5 hours there and the 6 hours back listening to almost nothing but Radiolab podcasts. Jad's voice will forever be in my ears, now!
I remember at one of the Dgrin Shootouts, a fellow Dgrinner/Smugger said to me something to the effect of "It looks like all you do is travel and go out!" Heheh. That's so not true of course, but I rarely ever have the inclination to take a daily of myself working, yanno?
That said, this weekend Trav and I ran away somewhere we've never been. Which is, well, not hard to do in this state. Not only have we never really been anywhere, there's just so many places to go. We'd already done the redwoods a few weekends ago, so this time we went south to the giant sequoias. Since I still had to work we had time only for a day trip, but we still had a great time.
We stayed at a lodge in Three Rivers and was up and out the door by 4:30 AM Sunday morning to find a place to shoot the sunrise. Sequoia and Kings Canyon NP has so much to offer -- so much more than I had thought! I love that even though I miss all my Dgrinner friends very much, Trav and I can still have a mini-shootout whenever we put a little bit of thought into it. The sunrise was unimpressive and actually none of my shots from the whole weekend are worth saving, but it was a fantastic experience. We explored new beautiful territory, saw some amazing sights and have tales to tell for years to come.
Not that I don't miss my shootout and workshop friends, but if anything, my experiences with them have taught me that you don't always get the shot, or the right light. As long as you have good company and enjoy yourself, that's what it's all about.
Maybe best of all, we spent the 5 hours there and the 6 hours back listening to almost nothing but Radiolab podcasts. Jad's voice will forever be in my ears, now!
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