Project 365 8-14

Yay, project365 is still going! Not a day missed so far :)


Jan 08

I was trying to get a picture of something else in the room, and put the camera down after I'd finished. As I took a step back, I realised that this actually made a better picture than the one I'd just taken. So I grabbed my smaller camera and took this picture instead. :)


Jan 09

This was the last big snowfall round here. We got an inch overnight.


Jan 10

This is a little decorative thing the bf set up. I changed the colours in Photoshop to sepia-ise it.


Jan 11

This was the first day that the clouds went away, and the snow started melting. The snow was really pretty, and I have to say snow is my favourite weather, but it's not very practical for living daily life in. Especially since with the slightest bit of snow, everything in Britain seems to grind to a halt. So this little bit of blue sky was very welcome.


Jan 12

New glasses! I mentioned them in my last post. I got them on a Tuesday, so it seemed appropriate for self portrait Tuesday to take a picture of myself in them! I'm not so sure I like this picture, but this project is at least forcing myself to look at myself and be honest about what I look like. Which can only be a good thing, right?


Jan 13

There has to be a picture of Tupac! :D Here he is, messing up the new throw that we got for the sofa. Anything new, he has to cover in his hair. You know, just in case we start thinking it's ours or something ;)


Jan 14

This was a fortuitous arranging of things on the table. I just looked at the table, and the things were like this, so I grabbed my camera :)

I think I'm getting a bit better at grabbing photo opportunities by doing this project. I hadn't realised that quite a few of them this week had been just taking pictures of things that were already there, instead of having to arrange a shot. I've noticed some themes coming out of this project already, it'll be interesting to see how it goes on.

Project 365 1-7

Well, I started doing project 365 on New Years Day, which is where you take a picture every day for an entire year. I tried it before and only lasted for just over a month, I think, so hopefully this time I'll manage more. I've got a flickr set with all my photos here, and I'll post them here with a short description. To be honest, I think it'll be a bit easier this time around, because I went to a digital photography class last year, and I understand a bit more about cameras now. I can experiment with different settings on those days when inspiration is a bit harder to come by, and generally try different things out. So here's my first week of photos.


Jan 01

This is some tinsel really close up. I wanted something festive but not christmas-y, and the light was shining really nicely off of this tinsel. I have two standing lamps in my living room, and always wrap tinsel around the stands at Christmas time so the light shines directly down onto it, and it looks all pretty and stuff :)


Jan 02

This is my dog Tupac in the back garden while snow is falling. I think he's a bit confused here. He really likes to jump around in the snow, but hates it when rain or snow is falling onto him. I'll try not to make this a 365 of Tupac pictures, but he does look cute :)


Jan 03

A cat washing in the middle of the road. In the snow. This cat wasn't budging at all. This was his bit of snow and he was staying there till he'd finished doing what he was doing!!


Jan 04

This is Tupac in his more normal "snow mode". Running up and down the garden being completely mad!


Jan 05

Self portrait :) I'm trying to incorporate other projects into my 365. This is part of self-portrait Tuesday (there used to be a blog for that, but I think it's just a flickr group now, the blog is gone), and "52 weeks of self portraits"


Jan 06

This is my favourite so far. I was experimenting with longer shutter speeds in the dark. This is a fibre-optic lighty uppy thing from the pound shop that changes colour.


Jan 07

And number 7! I've noticed recently a whole lot of stupid notices and stuff on packaging. Like how to open a box, for example. Not kidding! The photo's on my flickr stream here. These are two Ariel bottles with apparantly different measurements of liquid inside. The older one on the left has 666ml of liquid, the newer one on the right has 667. Where did the extra ml come from? Is it even in the bottle, or are Ariel just pandering to somebody who complained? Anyway, I thought it was mildly amusing. I've decided to make a whole other flickr set for every stupid packaging label I see from now on. Sadly, I think it's going to fill up kinda fast...

So the first week of my 365 project went OK. I'm still motivated, and still have plenty of ideas. I think incorporating other projects like the self portrait thing will make it easier by adding a bit of structure.

Oh, and I've noticed quite a lot of people are doing project365 this year in the blogs I read. If you're doing one, let me know so I can come look at your photos!!