So as i drag my feet with the 365 day project for 2011 which over the last few months has turned to lead, i accepted to do a 30 day photography project with a bunch of enthusiasts on fb. i havent counted, but i think i took about 45 days to finish it.... i am very unhappy about this and i wont tell myself that finishing it was what was important. yes it was... but doing it on time was as important. i hate myself for my procrastinating nature at times... i can just sit on the stuff i need to do for months.... that;s something i need to change. am working on it....
coming back to the pictures... the enthusiasm for the project was high in the first one week... i brought out all three of my cameras and earnestly carried around my old p&s in order to capture a moment here or a montage there... i eagerly looked forward to what the other's were posting and how they were framing and composing their pictures. each day had a theme and it was quite nice to see how we'd interpret or capture the same theme. i must say i was jealous a lot of times... and wondered why i wasnt able to think of something similar. there were days when i couldnt decide which of the many pictures i should post...on certain occasions, my shots would be similar to what the others posted. honestly, my first instinct would be to change it and put something else... but i resisted... i realise how much what others think still affects me....
i had fun while i did this. i dont think i have ever used my tripod as much as i have for this project. especially for the night shots and the self portraits. i can not forget waiting in the kitchen with my tripod and camera for the pressure cooker to let off steam to get a nice shot...or sitting on a milestone on a dark street with people giving me weird looks to get my long exposure shot....or shooting my mother while she was busy talking to me without her knowledge....
the photo project has been very uplifting for me... esp since i have done one 365 project, i know how fulfilled i was at the end of the year...and even now... to look back on the pictures... i am energised to do it all over again and fill in the gaps....
up next is a a-z project that i have been shooting for... will finish posting soonest!
to see all the pictures... click here
1 comment:
I absolutely loved browsing thru your 30 pictures :) its' such a cool challenge! I'm almost tempted to give it a shot.... except I know how lazy I can be!!! :D
fabulous job on all the themes...
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