Jul 22, 2010 Posted on Jul 22, 2010 | 0 comments

Project 365 Observations & Some Inspiration

Photos by Regina Pagles

I whole-heartedly recommend this type of project to anyone that is serious about wanting to improve their photo taking skills. Even after only 20 days, I feel like I have improved, if only slightly. If I I can manage to continue to improve slightly each month, then I think the cumulative effect will be great. I just take it day by day, without trying to put too much pressure on myself. I’ve made a loose set of ‘rules’ that I like to follow, and they are:

– Take a photo (or several) EVERYDAY.
I think this is the most important thing to remember, if my goal to become a better photographer is to be achieved. It’s very enticing to take photos of several subjects on one day, then just post those photos for the next couple of days and skip a few days shooting. I thought this would be fine to do very early on, but quickly realized that that defeated the purpose of the project for me.

So, although I may not post the photo that I took on each given day, I will at least try to take a photo everyday, then sort through them and choose what I will post.

– I try to remember that it’s 365 photos, not 365 Masterpieces.
This is #9 on ‘The top 10 hints, tips and advice for surviving the 365 Project’ from the Project 365 Group on Flickr.

These are just some of the ‘rules’ I try to follow… if I have more I can’t remember them!

Another Flickr link I found really helpful is the “Oh CRAP! I’m out of ideas thread!” A very well compiled list of topics/subjects to shoot for the 365 project.

The ‘Project 365′ groups on Flickr are a great source of inspiration in general.

Off the 365 topic, another inspiration is adegsm@, also on flickr.
The Water Drops set is awesome!

Photo by adegsm@ on flickr

I hope to take photos like this one day!