Thanks for your post. Though I joined the 366 project late (I am only on Day 16) I have already noticed the things you mentioned such as looking at things in new ways and walking around the yard looking for interesting shots. I find myself looking at a spot in the yard and asking myself, “where’s the picture…where’s the picture” until I find a way to look at the scene differently. For me, the project is definitely turning into a photo diary or sorts. I can never remember what I did when or so this project will help me look back and track how I spent my time this year. I am also looking more closely at who I am and trying to find ways to express that inner self through photos. People in my family that I have not spent a lot of time with recently may not really know me (even though they think they do). These photos may help.

Anyway…thank you for spreading the word about the project. I think it’s a great one and more people should do it.

Like Stephen, I include my wife and others. Often they’ll say “there’s your picture of the day”. I’ve occasionally involved twitter in making the choice as well.

Here’s a quote from singer/songwriter Steve Bell about his feelings for Bruce Cockburn. It’s how I feel about the photos you all take as well as a blog post like this. Just replace the word song.

I have this feeling that songs actually pre-exist anyway. We don’t actually write them. They’re like angels floating around the stratosphere and whoever has their antenna up as they float by gets the song. And so I think it’s okay to say, hey, that’s my song. I should have gotten it but I was watching ‘Survivor’ I guess, and he wasn’t so he got it first.

I have found it a great way of being expressive about the things I like – which turns out to be mostly small animals and trees – and of telling my own story about myself, what I do, what I see, in the 300 days of the year when I’m *not* traveling.

Also, like Alan, I take a number of photos each day, and usually clean up the exposure and colour balance in iPhoto. I don’t need effect so much as I need corrections. This gives me a list for candidates, and more often than not I get Andrea to choose the final photo.

I like that; it’s a way to involve her, even though she doesn’t take photos. And it results in a bit of a hybrid perspective, since she doesn’t always select the photo I would (I upload all the ‘keep’ photos anyways, so people get to see them, if they look beyond my daily photo).

It’s a fantastic project and the main thing isn’t what it teaches me or anything practical like that, but that it allows me to live each day more fully.

I’m only doing the Digital Photography Sessions because I get questions about how I do stuff, and thought it might be fun to try to document some of it – even if it’s just used as a “well, that wouldn’t work for _me_…” discussion.

I firmly believe that you don’t need to have a “real” camera to take good photos. There are lots of great ones taken and posted using cell phone cameras. Many others using point-and-shoot cameras. The point isn’t to find the biggest, baddest camera around. The point is to find one that feels good in your hand, and works for you. I just happen to enjoy lugging around my XT and a bunch of glass

So far, Jen has the best description of why photography resonates so strongly, for me anyway.

http://injenuity.com/archives/108

I’m absolutely thrilled that so many people are becoming more active in this. Seriously – this is one of the most rewarding group projects I’ve been a part of. Can’t wait to see what we all come up with in the remaining 3/4 of the year