Project 365 Week 02
January 18, 2010
It seems that every day is another challenge to out perform myself. Meaning that each day I get worried that I won’t have any good ideas left by the end of the year. But I’m finding out that once I actually commit to doing a picture the creative process takes over my mind and I no longer worry. Instead I get wrapped up in the moment and let my mind lead me from one shot to the next.
But I can’t expect to produce top notch work each and every day (1) because I’m still a photo noob and (2) I won’t always have the time. And that’s a problem for me, being ok with the mediocre. However, I won’t let it distract me from the true purpose of this project which is to learn and grow from my mistakes as well as my successes.
One thing I discovered this week that I see a bunch of other flickr peeps using is the “View on Black” option with their photos. It’s nothing really profound, just a link to another website that displays your photo on a black background. It’s great for some photos, but not all. So make sure and check out my photostream to see which of my photos you can view on black.
Week 2 Roundup
Here are my favorites from the last 7 days of Project 365.
Day 13
Day 15
Day 16
What do you think?
So what do you think? I’d love to hear your thoughts, critiques, suggestions. Leave me a comment here or preferably on flickr. Thanks.
3 Responses to Project 365 Week 02
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Thanks Justin. It’s good to hear I’m not the only one out there struggling with it. It’s funny how we as creative people get worried that we are no longer going to have any creativity left. Like it’s just going to pack up one day and leave. Typing that out just now sounds ridiculous. But actually pushing through those thoughts and pursuing our goals is a difficult task, no lie.
In regards to the daily/weekly posts. I thought about doing a weekly post to my blog too when I first started, but then realized that if I’m already posting on flickr every day it would be kind of redundant. So instead I went with the weekly roundup post. It seems to fit for me. But do what works best for you.
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Keep up the great work Kyle! I’ve been enjoying following your Flickr stream. You’ve been a big inspiration for me with my Project 365.
I’ve been a little uninspired past few days because I’ve gotten a kinda wrapped up in the “challenge to out perform myself” thing you talked about. But you’re totally right, it’s in the act of “doing” not so much “thinking” this where the magic happens.
I love the idea of a weekly round-up blog post. I was posting daily but I think I might do the weekly thing too.
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