Congrats to Martin! He completed his 365 project on December 31 with this photo:
Martin's project is filled with scenery of London and some great portraits as well. Below is his finisher's interview along with some of his photos.
What inspired you to begin your 365 Project?
I had just finished a 365 self portrait project and couldn’t kick the daily photo habit - so I was interested to continue - but with a much more open choice of subjects.
How would you describe your photography in just a few words?
Documentary, random, relentless, ready for new directions.
What surprised you the most about doing the 365 project?
That it was just as hard if not harder than doing the 365 self-portraits project.
What did you learn during the course of your project?
The importance of the histogram, a daily practice and trusting chaos.
What are your future photography plans?
Complete a major photographic documentary of my workplace - continue with the part time BA in Photography - keep taking the photographs – enjoy it!
Martin's favorites:
Congrats again to Martin! Here are the admin favorites along with a slideshow of Martin's completed project.
Congrats to Paige! She completed her 365 project on December 31 with this photo:
Paige's project is filled with great color and scenery from British Columbia, Canada. Below is her finisher's interview with some of her photos.
What inspired you to begin your 365 Project?
It’s hard to remember exactly. I joined Flickr a couple of years ago and have enjoyed it. I noticed a few people doing an image a day and thought it might be an interesting way to document a year and hopefully improve my photography at the same time.
How would you describe your photography in just a few words?
I’ve never thought about it. Eclectic, I suppose. I’ll take a photo of just about anything, except people. I’m not so comfortable with pointing the camera at humans. I tend to favour closeup photography of the things that make up our lives.
What surprised you the most about doing the 365 project?
That there are moments in the day that we would miss or forget within a short period if we didn’t pick up a camera and focus in on them. The world around us is so full of what we think is uninspiring, until we look closer at it. The most humble objects can have the most interesting angles and textures when we block out everything else.
What did you learn during the course of your project?
That I can be a bit more creative than I thought I could and that a few simple props can save an otherwise bleak day for ideas. I pretty much always carry some silly thing (Wall-E, a marble, a plastic toy camera...something) in my purse for those “this would be funny” moments. I also learned that not every image needs to be perfect to make me happy. Sometimes the imperfections add more interest.
Do you have an interesting story about taking one of your 365 photos that you would like to share?
My home city, Vancouver, hosted the winter Olympics this year, and it was the most amazing party that was put on. It was a fascinating snapshot of when our national newspaper featured the successes of the USA team on the front page. The Olympics have been held in Canada three times now and we won our first ever on home soil. We won a third gold medal this day, and yet that wonderful news bit was relegated to a small box at the top of the page and buried in deeply. The front page celebrated the success of our neighbours. The news in Canada has a tendency to be more positive than the news in other countries. I like that, and I thought that this particular case was a fascinating statement about our collective personality.
What are your future photography plans?
I’m not sure, I’m struggling right now with whether or not to continue on with another 365 and just keep going. I also want to spend some time focusing in on film a bit more. I’m concerned I might not be able to manage both, but maybe that can be my challenge for 2011. I would like to take a photography course. I’ve only ever taken a basic six evening one, and I didn’t even manage to finish that because I sprained both ankles and broke a bone in one foot part way through the class. Not being able to walk makes the field trips difficult.
Paige's favorites:
Congrats again to Paige! Here is an admin favorite along with a slideshow of her complete project.
Congrats to Thorsten! He completed his 365 project on December 31 with this photo:
Thorsten's project is filled with scenery and architecture from Germany. Below is his finisher's interview along with some of his photos.
What inspired you to begin your 365 Project?
It was my experimental year on my way to become a better photographer (although it will remain a hobby) and I want to overcome my procrastination.
How would you describe your photography in just a few words?
No goals, no specialties (for now). Just fun!
What surprised you the most about doing the 365 project?
My creativity ;-)
What did you learn during the course of your project?
To find different angles or details of things to make an interesting photograph.
Do you have an interesting story about taking one of your 365 photos that you would like to share?
By a favorable circumstance I had the pleasure to shoot the first German Radio Award behind the scenes. It was very amusing to watch the professional colleagues over the shoulders. The picture shows Lena Meyer-Landrut on the red carpet.
For those of you who don’t know who she is: Lena was cast in the talent show “Unser Star fueür Oslo” (Our Star for Oslo) and select as the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo. Which she won.
What are your future photography plans?
First take a break and than focus on people.
Some of his favorites:
Congrats again to Thorsten! Here are some admin favorites, along with a slide show of the completed project.
Congrats to Chris! He completed his 365 project on December 31 with this photo:
Chris' project is filled with scenery around Alberta, Canada as well as some good work with flash. Below is his finisher's interview along with some of his photos.
What inspired you to begin your 365 Project?
My good friend Jason and I were talking about photography, and suggested I check out our mutual friend Erin's husband Dustin'sProject 365. I started following his photostream in my RSS reader about a quarter of the way into his project. As 2009 was coming to a close, I started to toy with the idea of doing my own 365 as a way to further my knowledge and skills. On January 1, 2010 I was sitting around watching TV; and at around 8:00pm I remembered that I was going to start this project. I went to my basement and took my first shot.
How would you describe your photography in just a few words?
Developmental, divergent, determined.
What surprised you the most about doing the 365 project?
I was most surprised by my ability to see it through to completion…That is, provided that I shoot something today, December 31st. I'm pretty sure I'll get around to it though.
What did you learn during the course of your project?
I've learned so much during the course of this project, I'm not sure I could quantify it all. There were huge developments in both my creative and technical areas, as well as personal development due to the discipline required to complete such a project. Everyone makes their own rules when doing one of these projects, but mine were quite strict. I would shoot something everyday before midnight in the timezone I was in. I wouldn't necessarily publish that day, definitely not while traveling.
Do you have an interesting story about taking one of your 365 photos that you would like to share?
While I flirted with the idea of giving up several times over the course of the year, no one day was harder than day 296.
On this day my mother passed away unexpectedly. The one thing that kept me going was how supportive of my photography she was and knowing that she would have wanted me to continue.
What are your future photography plans?
I plan to continue shooting and developing my skills to the point where the income from photography outweighs the cost of new gear. I'm not sure if this will be through wedding photography, portraiture or fine art, but that's the plan for now.
Congrats again to Chris! Here is the admin favorites along with the slide show of Chris' completed project.
Congrats to Andrius! He completed his 365 project on December 31 with this photo:
Andrius' project is filled with great colors, an eye for nature and his cats. Below is his finisher's interview and some of his photos.
What inspired you to begin your 365 Project?
I was inspired to start the 365 project by Walter Ezell 365 Breakfasts set. When a friend of mine F. Dirginčius started this project, then I said to myself “yes, i can!”.
How would you describe your photography in just a few words?
Colorful and bokehlicious photography.
What surprised you the most about doing the 365 project?
This is the first my picture of a summer lightning. We were camping out and a storm come. It was the scariest night in my life but also so amazing.
What did you learn during the course of your project?
Every day I’m taking my camera with my now and every day now is a day of looking for a pick of a day.
Do you have an interesting story about taking one of your 365 photos that you would like to share?
I was on holiday at Turkey at 2009. I didn’t make any photo of a cup of Turkish tea there. So I remember this sad fact and I did it this year. This cup is not of a Turkish tea but it looks like it, doesn’t it?
What are your future photography plans?
Project 365 2011;)
Congrats again to Andrius! Here is an admin favorite along with a slideshow of his completed project:
Congrats to Lewis! He completed his 365 project on December 31 with this photo:
Lewis' project is filled with great views into London and beyond. Below is his finisher's interview and some of his photos.
What inspired you to begin your 365 Project?
My wife decided to take on the 365 and so I joined her. Not exactly a considered decision, more a spur of the moment thing.
How would you describe your photography in just a few words?
Opportunistic, pretty much what happens to catch my eye, rarely planned.
What surprised you the most about doing the 365 project?
On some days just how hard it can be to find a subject, combination of lack of time, poor light and minimal inspiration. Especially towards the end there were quite a few moments of desperation.
What did you learn during the course of your project?
Certainly broadened the range of subjects that I shoot, never used to like photographing people and am now quite confident doing so. Similarly never took still life or product type shots, much less deliberately constructed them. This is a good example:
On the technical side have a much better understanding of what my two cameras (Canon 5D2 and Ricoh GR Digital 2) are capable of and what to do in terms of post processing to achieve the desired result.
Do you have an interesting story about taking one of your 365 photos that you would like to share?
One of the few times I set out with a specific goal was to get some shots of the Red Kites that can be seen at Watlington Hill. Was an amazing days shooting and for once was spoilt for choice for my daily shot:
What I didn’t capture was the moment when one of the birds swooped down and directly over me. It was so close that I felt the draft from the wings.
What are your future photography plans?
Continue to enjoy my hobby.
Favourite photos from my 365 are listed below. This was tough, a bit like choosing my Desert Island Disc (if this means nothing to you take a look at this explanation)
Congrats again to Lewis! Here is an admin favorite along with a slideshow of his completed project.
Congratulations to Lori! She completed her 365 Project on December 31 with this photo:
Lori's project is filled with great color and macros and fantastic shots of animals. I've enjoyed visiting her stream and seeing images from her project! Below is her finisher's interview and some of her photos-
What inspired you to begin your 365 Project?
Encouragement from friends and family - in particular my husband - and then looking through 365 galleries on flickr.
How would you describe your photography in just a few words?
"up close" - usually it is a challenge for me to back away and get a larger view.
What surprised you the most about doing the 365 project?
I really surprised myself by finding the time to do this - that is what worried me the most this time last year. It really became a habit to start looking for photos where I wouldn't normally have done so.
What did you learn during the course of your project?
I now look for photographs everywhere....
Do you have an interesting story about taking one of your 365 photos that you would like to share?
We went to Yellowstone during the year which gave me a lot of photo opportunities. One of my favorite is of a simple squirrel, though. Everyone was busy taking photos of the Yellowstone Grand Canyon, but I thought this Squirrel deserved some attention. He stayed quite still while I took his photo and then made a lot of chatter - like he was cursing me out :)
What are your future photography plans?
I just ordered some Alien Bees and a light tent - I want to learn more about using light to enhance photographs. I also plan to continue with another 365.
Here's the address to Lori's completed project, enjoy!
Congratulations to Tim, he completed his 365 Project today! Tim's stream is a wonderful visual diary of his year, and I really enjoyed seeing his take on midwestern photography- his love for his surroundings seems to come through his photos. Tim has done some freelance sport photos this year with great results. He also coupled photos with songs of the day, a practice that I find really fun and creative. He also has plenty of great black and white photos and architectural images in his stream. Check out his project!
Here's his final project shot, his finisher's interview, some of his favorite photos from the year and a slideshow of his entire project.
What inspired you to begin your 365 Project?
Last Christmas I got a new camera and happened to hear about one of the 365 groups on Flickr and thought it might be fun to see how far I could get…I really had no idea that I would stick through to the end of this project!
How would you describe your photography in just a few words? My photography is very urban in nature; I try and find the beauty in midwest city living and the sprawling suburbs that surround them.
What surprised you the most about doing the 365 project?
My biggest surprise during the project was how I really had to work to create new scenes for the viewer. One rule I had was never to duplicate an image, but that led me to explore more areas nearby other shots I took and thus made me more aware of my surroundings in the city. I tried to look at it from the vantage point of the viewer…perhaps they've never been to Cleveland, or maybe they have and just never saw the areas I photographed. I wanted to mainly get people interested and excited about the city and the fact that it offers so many visually stimulating things to take pictures of.
What did you learn during the course of your project?
I learned that not ever shot is going to be a gem. There were countless times where I would come home from work, uninterested in making a really good effort at my 365 and just shot whatever I could find.
Do you have an interesting story about taking one of your 365 photos that you would like to share?
I sure can…on the 90th day of 365, a few friends and I climbed up this abandoned building that will be getting knocked down soon and we got the most incredible view of the city that I've ever seen. I put together a panorama and added it as "90/365: Conquered." Inside the building was just gross…you could smell the mold and asbestos, and to this day I'm not sure what I touched in the stairwells on the way up because it was completely pitch black…all in all though it was worth it for the view of Cleveland, one that won't exist much longer.
What are your future photography plans? Well I'm planning on doing a 365 for 2011. Other than that I've taken up shooting with 35mm film as well as started up some freelance sports photography work on the side. I'd like to start learning how to process my own film too, so we'll see!
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A now famous lighthouse in Cleveland was completely frozen over on Lake Erie and it's been the subject of many photos including National Geographic. I remember walking very cautiously in the windy and icy conditions to get this shot and freezing my tail off.
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My girlfriend took me to one of her favorite places in Wisconsin, House on the Rock. This carousel was filled with all sorts of eye catching treasures…toys, diamonds, mirrors, and I had to get a shot of it at full speed; which considering this was a long exposure photo was about two miles an hour.
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This photo is a bit deceiving. My buddy's feet are in the shot, but what you don't see to the left of the photo is the thirty foot drop into a small creek. Located in Van Buren, Ohio, the landscape offers so many cool shots.
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I'd never been to Chicago before this day, and I took some free time and went to see the Sears/Willis Tower. If you ever get the chance to do the glass floor at the top, do it. Take a deep breath, and do it.
