50 days into the 365-days-project
I’m fifty days into my 365-days-project. Here are a few thoughts on it so far.
I’m taking way more photos
Since I’m carrying my X100s around my shoulder most of the time when I’m outside1, I’m taking way more photos than I used to. This results in being able to capture things and moments that I wasn’t able to photograph before – or was too lazy to do so.
The crucial bit really is to have the camera around my shoulder and being ready to take a photo any time.
I am carrying my iPhone and its camera with me all the time, too, but that’s always in my pocket and needs taking out. This seems like only a tiny hinderance for taking photos, but it really is way easier when you have a camera ready to go any second.
It might help me find my style
Another side-effect of taking more photos seems to be, that I’m becoming more aware of what I’m interested in with my photography. There already seem to be a few themes or projects naturally emerging, which is quite interesting.
It’s a great diary
Taking – and publishing – at least one photo every day really helps to remember what I did that day – or at least let’s me document a tiny detail/bit that interested me that day.
I often feel like time flies, and this project is a great tool to counter this feeling. And while sometimes my photos feel quite ordinary and unimportant on each day, I feel like in hindsight, it will proof to be a valuable record for me personally.
It’s going to be long!
It’s not all roses here, though. On quite a few days I have felt uninspired and halfhearted. It’s not always easy to produce an at least somewhat meaningful or beautiful photo every day for one year. But I think the effort is going to be worth it in hindsight and I’m looking forward to what lies ahead of me.
Even when running just a few errands at the around-the-corner supermarket. ↩︎