Tomorrow, January 1st, this project begins. I am commiting myself to taking a new picture every single day of 2010. They will be pictures of places I go to, people I surround myself with, foods I am eating, etc. And I am creating this blog as a way of displaying and describing them. I hope you guys enjoy my work, but to be honest I am not doing this for you. I am hoping to gain several things from this experiment for myself. For one, it should improve my photography by helping me recognize which techniques work the best and what the best compositions are. For another, at the end of the year I should be able to look back at all these photos and be filled with memories of people, places and things that might have otherwise been forgotten. Also I am hoping that once I realize I did follow through with this committment and was able to do something on a daily basis regardless of how tired I am or any other excuses, I should then be able to apply that same type of committment towards other areas of my life.
I'm excited about this. I really am. I think it's going to be a lot of fun as well as being a learning experience. Please keep in mind that although I will take a new picture every day of the year, I will not be able to sit down and post them every single day. I should be able to post at least 5 times a week though, so be sure and check back often. And that's it. Tomorrow it all begins. Of course, I'm so excited to start I'm not sure I can wait til tomorrow. So I'm going to do something very unlike me... I'm going to kick this blog off by posting a picture of me. Taken fresh today using a mirror. That's a big deal. I hate to have my picture taken because I am not at all happy with the way I look. Ever. But this project (in a round-a-bout way) is about improving myself. So I will post a pic now and try to remember to post a pic of me at the end of the year. Just to see what happens.
