My Photo of the Day - The End
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I’m caving 
There’ve been a couple of gaps in the last two weeks or so, but with the Highlands photos now, it makes a nice round 100 photographs, so I’ve decided to draw a line under the project. It’s been educational and enjoyable (albeit occassionally a bit of a chore - predominantly due to the size of the 1D, taking it on the plane down south etc).
I might treat myself to a compact and see if that makes a difference to the regularity of my output but I won’t be forcing myself to take a photo everyday, come hell or high water. I’ll start up a new set on Flickr and an RSS feed on my site for my favourites as I take them - maybe “Photo of the Moment” or something
Thanks to Steve for reminding me of the concept when he started his
www.flickr.com/photos/flyingbadger/sets/72157594452193023/
There’ve been a couple of gaps in the last two weeks or so, but with the Highlands photos now, it makes a nice round 100 photographs, so I’ve decided to draw a line under the project. It’s been educational and enjoyable (albeit occassionally a bit of a chore - predominantly due to the size of the 1D, taking it on the plane down south etc).
I might treat myself to a compact and see if that makes a difference to the regularity of my output but I won’t be forcing myself to take a photo everyday, come hell or high water. I’ll start up a new set on Flickr and an RSS feed on my site for my favourites as I take them - maybe “Photo of the Moment” or something
Thanks to Steve for reminding me of the concept when he started his
www.flickr.com/photos/flyingbadger/sets/72157594452193023/
I love this whole concept of 'a photo a day', I would love to do it myself but I cant see me being able to keep it up for long being stuck in the office so much of the time, theres only so many 'arty' photos of paperclips that you can take!
Steve's series has been great as has Grahams, well done guys for the quality and the perserverance.
Steve's series has been great as has Grahams, well done guys for the quality and the perserverance.
sidaorb said:
I love this whole concept of 'a photo a day', I would love to do it myself but I cant see me being able to keep it up for long being stuck in the office so much of the time, theres only so many 'arty' photos of paperclips that you can take!
Steve's series has been great as has Grahams, well done guys for the quality and the perserverance.
Steve's series has been great as has Grahams, well done guys for the quality and the perserverance.
That's my problem, these guys seem to have lovely scenery but for half the year I go to work in the dark, come home in the dark and get as far as Marks and Spencer at lunchtime - on a good day!!
I'm toying with having a go with my new phone over the rest of spring/summer whilst I'm actually doing things that are slightly interesting. Clearly nowhere near the quality but perhaps a nice journal record.
Don't overestimate the location.
Steve lives in a gorgeous place but that doesn't mean he can simply stick the camera out the window every day, hit the button and produce something impressive.
For me, I was lucky in that I moved to Edinburgh from Reading just as I started my version, so I had a new (and frankly photogenic) city to live in. But it's got really hard lately to see photographs in somewhere that's becoming taken for granted (by me). But I know this city still has a hell of a lot to offer me photographically. Probably more than I could ever capture.
And that's why I'll always consider Steve's stuff "better" than mine. Sure, he's in a great place but each photo doesn't rely on that and he seems to be able to produce consistently beautiful images. I'll wind my tongue back in now
The point is - just as no one should assume that gear is responsible for a good shot ( ie top notch SLR vs camera phone ), neither should anyone assume other "envy" factors play a part either. For example, out of 200 Highland images, my favourite is a stag I could have shot in any one of Scotland's parks
Steve lives in a gorgeous place but that doesn't mean he can simply stick the camera out the window every day, hit the button and produce something impressive.
For me, I was lucky in that I moved to Edinburgh from Reading just as I started my version, so I had a new (and frankly photogenic) city to live in. But it's got really hard lately to see photographs in somewhere that's becoming taken for granted (by me). But I know this city still has a hell of a lot to offer me photographically. Probably more than I could ever capture.
And that's why I'll always consider Steve's stuff "better" than mine. Sure, he's in a great place but each photo doesn't rely on that and he seems to be able to produce consistently beautiful images. I'll wind my tongue back in now
The point is - just as no one should assume that gear is responsible for a good shot ( ie top notch SLR vs camera phone ), neither should anyone assume other "envy" factors play a part either. For example, out of 200 Highland images, my favourite is a stag I could have shot in any one of Scotland's parks
Famous Graham said:
Steve lives in a gorgeous place but that doesn't mean he can simply stick the camera out the window every day, hit the button and produce something impressive.
You've clearly not seen him in action...thats EXACTLY what he does.
This photo a day business is contagious. I've been having a crack at it myself for the last few weeks, although some days I have got two and other days got none. Does that count?
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