Comments on: how a photo a day blog helped me achieve personal photography goals

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:58:06 +0000

You are spot on! I did the same “project” and I became a little obsessed with carrying the camera around (with my partner saying “please put that ****ing camera away” quite a lot)

I learnt SO much about taking pictures.

You can see all 392 pictures via my blog – the entry you need is:

http://thestateofthenationuk.blogspot.com/2008/11/selling-pictures-or-not-selling-to-be.html

By: Jim Talkington

Jim Talkington — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:45:53 +0000

Right on, Matt, the “kiss” shot is great!

By: matt haines

matt haines — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:35:01 +0000

Thanks for the plug, Jim. Well a week later and I was able to successfully shoot at least one shot a day (usually more). I got some results that were worth it, which I’ve posted part of. The rest I’m saving for a second installment. Thanks again for the post. It was a worthy effort, even though it was only for a week. I’m sure I’ll do it again soon!

By: Matt Haines Photography » Photo-a-Day, Part 1

Matt Haines Photography » Photo-a-Day, Part 1 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:13:49 +0000

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Matt Haines Photography » Inspiration vs Perspiration — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:30:00 +0000

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By: Jim Talkington

Jim Talkington — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:04:30 +0000

Arabella, that’s a great story. The scenery really changes on the way from Indy to New Orleans, doesn’t it? Is there anywhere to see some of your road trip photos?

I’ll be joining you soon to shoot for some personal goals, Matt. The Ricohflex sounds cool. Hey, that’s a very nice take on the Tinker Tubes diffuser on your blog. I hope readers jump there to take a look…

By: matt haines

matt haines — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:47:52 +0000

I often think I’m not taking enough photos. In between client shoots, it’s very patchy. I find myself stimied by self-imposed limitations: there are no clouds in the sky today. It’s noon. The lighting sucks. I’ve exhausted my home enviroment. Etc. Not all the time, mind you, but I run into this on occasion. I think I need to try at least a week of a photo-a-day.

I do like to shoot film though, when not shooting for work. The photo-a-day concept would have to be a little flexible as a result. Shoot one a day, but not necessarily edit and/or post one per day.

Perhaps tomorrow is the day to start. I’ve got film in my Ricoh Super Ricohflex, and I have to head downtown for some business. Might be a good place/time to start.

Ok, I’ll do it. Commiting to a week. Thanks for the kick in the pants.

By: Arabella Pride

Arabella Pride — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:45:31 +0000

I really enjoyed your photos from your trip down Highway 61. I did parts of that trip twice last year: once from Indianapolis to Memphis for a conference, and once from Indianapolis to New Orleans (and Houston) — after I missed my train! I needed to be in New Orleans the next day, so I just punched “New Orleans” in my navigation, got some coffee and started driving. It turned out to be one of the most special trips I’ve ever taken…I explored, snapped photos, and took my time. I got to see the things I would never have seen if I had travelled via train or plane. I can’t wait to do it again.

By: Juha Ylitalo

Juha Ylitalo — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:05:10 +0000

I’ve been doing photo-a-week project since November 2004. Taking one photograph each week is something that I can do without whole lot of effort and as such, I am not really forced to push my boundaries.
On a photo-a-day project, things depend heavily on what kind of rules you put for yourself. Do you have to press the shutter, post process and publish it in a same day or do you do it in someother fashion.
I did photo-a-day project from Nov 21, 2005 to Nov 28, 2006. My rules were that I had to press shutter at least once a day, but I had no rules for post processing and publishing dates.
I have to admit that there were couple days, when I had not taken one single photograph and I was getting sleepy and had to make something in a rush.
On other days, I got bunch of nice ones, but I only used best one and others were left into backlog that kept on growing bigger and bigger.
If/when I will do another photo-a-day project, it is going to be more like seven pictures from a week or 30 photographs from a month.

By: Bill Rhodes

Bill Rhodes — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:59:15 +0000

there are several groups in flickr dedicated to the 365 or 52 or even 12… meaning one photo per day, week, month

some of them have themes, some are pretty stupid, you get what you pay for on flickr I find.

but, yeah there are people doing it.