I keep running across groups on Flickr full of people devoted to taking one photo a day. Every day. For a whole year. I am seriously intruiged.
A self portrait a day. A dog photo a day. A shoe portrait a day. A random shot of something interesting in your life...every. day.
Daily.
I think I have mentioned before how tricky it is for me to do anything daily- if not, or if you missed it: "It's hard for me to do anything on a daily basis."
Still.
I take photographs fairly often, but probably not every day- at least, not conciously so.
Think of the benefits- you'd be training your eyes, your photographic talents, and anytime you're forced to NOTICE things, you are stocking your brain with images to use in other creative endevors. You'd have a visual chronicle of your life for a whole year. Plus, you'd take more intereting photos- if you're taking them every day, then some of them have to be interesting. Also, it would force you to look at your life, to be concious and to look for what's interesting there. To go outside more.
For every possible backside, I see a positive.
I guess the only question left is when to begin?
Has anyone else done this? Did you like it? How was it? Any suggestions?
Topanga sporting her new sweater. Curiously, she doesn't seem to mind wearing it. Or maybe that's just the treats talking.
It's spring! Spring!
New stuff coming to the store soon...
Fun things seen recently:
*Train Man movie- a Japanese film which was quite good.
*The new Dior Couture line- folding fabric into origami shapes- how soon is this going to trickle down to ready to wear??
*Yotsuba&! - actually FUNNY manga. Laugh out loud funny. When was the last time I read something like that?
I'm already missing pug pressence here. So here's one from a series of many. More on Flickr!
One of Topanga's buddies. He was pretty good about the cone thing.
Wishing for snow...getting rain. Here's a favorite from last year.
Because it's just so exhausting being a pug! Taken with my old Fuji Finepix.
Topanga loves to perch on, well, anything. Sofas and chairs especially.
This is the expression she wears by default. Half wonder, half confusion. It's actually really hard to capture on film though, because her expression changes when I bring out the camera.
pugs in the snow
where do you go
to find something you can eat?
to find somewhere you can nap
before it kills you?
Taken during the great (as in 'fantastic') snowfall of '06.
