One of my goals for 2010 is to learn more about photography, and this includes learning more about the cameras and lenses I own. Even several years after taking up this extremely cheap (heh) habit in a pretty serious way, the ways I have still to grow outnumber what I know by about a billion to one.
One of the ways I’m tackling this already is by taking photos every day. This is not a unique thing, of course, there are 365 photo streams and projects all over the Internet. But what I’m hopeful it’ll help me do is think about taking photos a lot more. Reinforcement is what my brain needs to learn something, and I’m hoping to do better. The first month or so I’m probably just going to concentrate on taking the actual photos, and paying attention to my day, but after that I may actually start experimenting with aperture, shutter speed, f-stop, and many other things that I either don’t know the definition of or just stated redundantly without realizing it. Sounds fun, right?
It’s only been a couple weeks, and I already find myself paying attention more. I love that. I usually consider myself a pretty observant person, but to see something and then record it as part of your life? That’s pretty cool.
If you’d like, you can follow along with my Daily Photos at: http://justrunjustlivejustbe.com/365/ and there’s a link right to it on the sidebar. One of my other goals with this is to try to be honest with my day, but at the same time I will try not to be too boring.
Sometimes I might even succeed in that. Sometimes I might not.
I would love to say more but I have to run out to my exciting morning of courtroom observations now, and I don’t think you’re allowed to wear fuzzy slippers and a hoodie to court. Well, at least most people shouldn’t.
Thanks for following along!
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Good for you! I look forward to following your picture stream. Or rather, talent stream. I wish I could get myself to do 365 days of writing for myself…but I seem to be too tapped out after writing at work. Maybe your shots will inspire me.
your photographs are lovely! looking forward to following along!
I have always thought that you take incredible photos. SO I am a little humbled to learn that you are trying to improve. But ultimately, I guess we will all win! Can’t wait to see more!
Where was that first picture taken? It reminds me of the area I grew up.
I’ve done this for a month (April 2008 – there is some documentation on my blog) and it was hard. Props to you for doing it for 12 months!
I can’t get enough of that first photo. I can imagine myself standing on that corner, looking up the street, maybe checking to see if cars are coming, or just enjoying the moment. The air is so cold and sharp it hurts to breathe. I don’t usually react to photos or art, so good work!