On January 1, 2010, I began my Project 365 -- a photo journal with one photo posted each day. I set several goals for myself including learning to shoot completely in "manual mode" on my digital SLR. I have found myself documenting the smallest parts of my life -- the blossoms in my garden, for example -- and the largest -- the sale of our house and our move to San Francisco. And I find myself looking forward to finding something to photograph each and every day.
Today's photo will cross the threshold -- half-way done. To mark the occasion, I thought I would post a few of my favorite photos from the last six months...
One of my dearest friends in the whole world with whom I always start a new year, Terra.
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| January 2: Terra |
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| January 28: Stop Shark Finning |
I found this addition to the stop sign in our neighborhood to be both fascinating and sad. And I played a bit with the color in Photoshop.
My husband and I have always enjoyed taking drives out into the country. Now I always remember my camera.
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| February 13: Birds over Rice Paddies |
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| February 17: Remember You are Dust |
I blogged about these fancy-dress ladies and their Japanese-inspired fashions here:
Goth Loli Girls in Sacramento.
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| February 20: Goth Loli Girls |
On my trip to Washington D.C. I took this photo of the Capitol Building using my cousin's car as a tripod to a fun effect.
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| March 5: US Capitol Building |
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| March 7: Mother and Daughter |
We had three baby squirrels at our old house. They made great subjects.
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| April 13: The Triplets |
And if you ever want to go take happy photos, drop in at a doggy day care!
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| April 20: Lucy's Friends |
One of the challenges of being the photographer is that I rarely appear in photos. But here I am...
bonus points if you can explain the photo's title!!!
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| April 28: Dude, stop talking crazy and make us some tea! |
And then I left behind the boxes and mess for London and Ireland...
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| May 10: The Elgin Marbles |
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| May 17: How the Irish Saved Civilization |
Back home again. I've enjoyed the challenge posed by shooting sunsets.
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| May 28: Sunset at Sutro |
And this is Elle, daughter of one of my friends. She is very ill, but I was so delighted to celebrate her 6 month birthday with a portrait!
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| June 6: Birthday Girl! |
Exploring my new city, San Francisco, is really fun, too. This bike belongs to someone on my block.
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| June 19: Bike with Ball Fringe |
I have never lived near the ocean before. You can bet I'll be taking beachy photos this summer!
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| July 1: Joy |
So, here's to six more months of chasing the light.
Interested in starting your own Project 365? You don't have to wait until January to begin. I have all kinds of resources in my blog post about starting your own:
The Gypsy's Project 365
And here's the whole shebang... a slide show of my Project 365 thus far.
Are you doing a Project 365? Link to yours below. I'd love to see it!
