Everyday for one year I had to take a picture (preferably {my rule} with my DSLR and not my iphone). This project was two-fold, first - it was a great excuse to learn my camera and to teach myself new tricks and second - it was a fun way to document our lives for a year.
I.loved.this.project! Some days it was hard to figure out what the "photo of the day" would be, but I was always able to figure out something (even if it was just a sleeping husband or folded laundry)! The boys loved doing this with me - everyday Zane would ask what the "picture of the day" was - the boys loved to try and out number their pictures for the project! Zane asked me to download the app on his ipad, so he could check out my pictures anytime he wanted. Another great thing about this project was doing it with a friend of mine. Once I had decided to do this, I roped my friend Lori into it as well and thankfully she was on board right away! It was fun to have someone to bounce ideas off of and learn new tricks with. She then coaxed her sister-in-law to do it too, so the three of us would check out each other's pictures and comment on the ones we loved etc! This project was a big secret though for the last year to most people because in the end our goal was to make a book of our pictures to present to our parents (in-laws in my case) at Christmas. Thankfully, we were able to pull off the project as well thankfully our parents all loved their books! Phew - that was a lot of hard work and had they not liked it...well, that would've sucked :)
I contemplated doing another one this year, but I needed a break - that was a lot of hard work! I'm really hoping to get a new DSLR in the next year and if I do...that will be my excuse to start another one!
So now that the cat is out of the bag if you'd like to check out my photos yourself...here is the link:
(it starts with #365 and counts back...if you want to see it from #1, then scroll to the bottom and start there and work your way up): https://www.flickr.com/photos/78603004@N00/
And for funsy's...my book:
