The 2008/366 project – I'm in

I’m in awe of what D’Arcy Norman has done with his 2007/365 project. A short description from D’Arcy:

I took at least one photograph per day for the entire year. I didn’t realize going in just how hard it would be, but it forced me to see things differently and I did learn to be a bit more proficient with the technical aspects of photography.

Thanks to a photography course last spring, I can relate to the change in how I looked at things when actively looking for subjects to shoot. I did quite a bit of photography in high school and in university. Thanks to my bone-headed forgetting my old camera on an airplane, my photography days took a long hiatus. Despite having a couple of point-and-click cameras in the house, I didn’t feel inspired to go out and actively look for subjects to photograph. Being in the course forced me to find shots that matched specific criteria, and that forced me to be aware of what I was seeing around me. There’s a certain sense of really being in the moment that arises when I am looking for something to photograph. All thoughts of work, family or other commitments fade away. According to my friends that hunt, they get the same sort of change in awareness. I find it interesting that both involve finding something to shoot.

So, along with D’Arcy, Alan, Dean and Alec and anyone else who is participating, I’m in. Here’s the first:

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