Soooo...completely dropped the 365 photo project around day 72 when I got busy doing make-up for my boyfriends show, then getting drunk and having too much fun dancing around dressed like Adam Ant to remember to post anything...then seriously dropped the ball after his birthday, and was totally over it by day 80. The race wore me out. That combined with some family drama, some work on a project I have been dragging my feet on (which ended up being a bit emotionally draining) and a healthy dose of exhaustion from work and taking odd days off, I couldn't keep up.
Besides, I was reaching.
I could not get inspired many days. I wanted this to be a much more creative project, I wanted it to be an opportunity to learn and get comfortable with my Canon camera ( I had no idea Instagram was a phone app used primarily with your phone camera...oops!), I normally was not inspired or too busy at work to remember to take a picture, so I would wait till the end of the day to photograph something and then I was not patient enough to set up the kind of image I wanted to covey, ect. ect.
I learned that it's hard to remember to take a picture every day. I am always observing and appreciating parts of the day, but it feels weird to take yourself out of the moment to photograph it. I really take far fewer pictures than I thought. I have had my phone for a while now, and it takes better pictures than any other phone before it, I just have always written off the camera on the phone.
This project made me takea step back and really look at what I want to accomplish. I wanted to both hone my photography skills, as well as work on my problem taking forever to post photos I have already taken. I think I made great strides in the latter. I just, burned out on inspiration.
I'll be back with a shorter one before the year is out. With better direction and planning.
Besides, I was reaching.
I could not get inspired many days. I wanted this to be a much more creative project, I wanted it to be an opportunity to learn and get comfortable with my Canon camera ( I had no idea Instagram was a phone app used primarily with your phone camera...oops!), I normally was not inspired or too busy at work to remember to take a picture, so I would wait till the end of the day to photograph something and then I was not patient enough to set up the kind of image I wanted to covey, ect. ect.
I learned that it's hard to remember to take a picture every day. I am always observing and appreciating parts of the day, but it feels weird to take yourself out of the moment to photograph it. I really take far fewer pictures than I thought. I have had my phone for a while now, and it takes better pictures than any other phone before it, I just have always written off the camera on the phone.
This project made me takea step back and really look at what I want to accomplish. I wanted to both hone my photography skills, as well as work on my problem taking forever to post photos I have already taken. I think I made great strides in the latter. I just, burned out on inspiration.
I'll be back with a shorter one before the year is out. With better direction and planning.
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