One Year of Heather

I've decided - after debating for months - to take the plunge and join the 365 Days pool. I'm determined to get over my phobia of photographing myself (or, to be honest, the phobia of letting people *see* those photos).

The count may appear off since there are a few photos that are restricted or private, sorry 'bout that. But I haven't missed a single day.


March 2008: As I reached over the day 100 hump, I'm finding my inspiration waning and my desire to look at myself seriously impaired. I'm continuing on because I *know* this will be worth it when it's over, and because I know I've already expanded some of my technical photography skills through this project, but boy, some days it just seems like such a wasteful exercise in vanity.


April 2008: I seem to be getting a little of my enthusiasm back. They're not all masterpieces, by a long shot, but I'm starting to get some inspiration and taking photos that I enjoy looking at after the fact.


June 2008 Oops, May - and my halfway point - kind of flew by. Now that it's mid-June and extracurricular activities (for everyone in the family!) are winding down, I'm getting more energized to put more effort back into this project - there were a few lazy weeks in there! I can't believe I'm over halfway through; I can't believe I still have over 150 shots to go; I can't believe how quickly the time has passed...

Oh, and I had my first experience of being recognized by someone locally from my Flickr photos this month - now *that* was a surprise!


August 5, 2008 Been a busy few months, and some days - or weeks - I'm really not into this, and some days, I'm overflowing with ideas. I've passed day 250 and am close to day 266, after which there will only be single digits left, hard to believe how quickly this year has gone. Actually, I guess it's not that hard to believe, given how fast time seems to go in general. It amazes me sometimes when I look at this set of photos, the ones taken in January or December feel like days ago. I'm glad I undertook this project, but I sure as heck don't think I'll be doing a second year, at least anytime soon. I need to start taking pictures of things besides myself again!



November 22, 2008: One year later, and I'm done. It's just crazy to me how quickly it went, and how long it seemed. I won't write more here because I really wrote an epic novel in the description of the Day 366 photo... but wow, I'm SO glad this is over, and I'm SO glad to have done it!

351 photos | 2,731 views

items are from between 23 Nov 2007 & 24 Jan 2008.