The 365 Day Photo Project

Have you ever started something and never completed it?  Ever have a kick ass idea and that kick ass idea never went farther than writing down on paper?  Or do you get started on a great project, come up with an idea for another one, start that project, come up with an even better idea that your “totally committed” too, and then drop that project as well?  Ha!  That’s me.  Photographer, living in Boulder, CO.  Thinknin’ up great ideas, thousands of half finished projects.  Or projects that are o so close to being done, but eh, I’ve got other things to do.  This is my attempt, once and for all, to start something and FINISH IT!  Here I go…Ahem…yes, right, here I go.

The challenge:  Take at least one photo per day that inspires me, moves me in some way.  (It must be a new picture – no cheating, Katie!)  Post that picture and write about.  Every day.  No matter the weather, how I’m feeling, if I’m in town, out-of-town, sick, whatever.  Every day.

I read once that the best camera is the one that’s with you.  I’ve been a photographer for almost 10 years.  I currently work in Marketing, but I am never without a camera.  It’s time I start using it!  Lately, I’ve noticed, that when I take pictures, I’ve got a little voice in my head saying, “How can I sell this?” “Where will I use this photo?”  “Has this been done before?”  “Am I a crap photographer?”  That little voice never shuts up!

This (self inflicted) challenge will force me to shut up that little voice and make photos with no hidden agendas.  No future use questions swimming around or judgement to cloud how, why or if I take the photo.  It doesn’t have to be perfect.  I dig myself into the ground with this concept of “perfect.”  No more!  I will make at least one photo each day that inspires me.  Simple.  Honest.

I have a goal to make a difference in the world.  My dream is to travel the world, make pictures and tell stories that ignite the soul, create a call to action, move you to tears, laugh out loud, change the world.  Naive?  Perhaps.  But this dream will always stay a dream, if I continue on the path of non-completion.  So, in a way, this challenge is me taking one step closer to my dream.  (I just realized that.  How ’bout that?!)

Join me as I walk the line between narcissism and self discovery.  It’ll be an adventure and I aim to have fun!  Good pictures or bad pictures.  The project will get complete!