The 365 Days project challenges you to take a self-portrait a day for a year. I've been thinking about attempting it for a while, but I've sorta been looking for a good start-and-end date. I missed New Year's Day (not, perhaps, a good sign for the project) so I've decided to do birthday-to-birthday, inclusive. Add in the fact that this is a leap year, and I'll be doing my own personal 367 Days project.
I've got some ideas for fun kinds of self-portraits to take, but to keep it realistic, I've also set myself some rules:
The day isn't over until I go to sleep. I anticipate plenty of post-midnight "brushing my teeth and... ooops haven't taken a self portrait today, yet." Which leads to...
It's OK to suck. This whole thing is going to go down the tubes real fast if every picture has to be great. I'm going to start off with (as above) some crappy camera-held-at-arms-length photos just to get myself in the habit of taking one a day.
Failure is an option. If I miss a day, eh, it's a self-imposed goal. No one is going to cry over missed photos. If the whole thing does go down the tubes, oh well.
Comments
May I also suggest the (possibly implied already) rule of not having to upload/blog the picture every day, just take the picture.
Posted by: Dan Telfer
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February 4, 2008 4:04 PM
YOU need to be in the pink kitty wig!!!!!!
Posted by: tricia | February 4, 2008 7:39 PM
this sounds awesome. how do i join the group? i'll start on my birthday (3/11).
-dg
Posted by: goose | February 5, 2008 11:26 AM
never mind! figured it out!
-dg
Posted by: goose | February 5, 2008 11:28 AM