365’26
A new photo every. single. day.
Why am I doing this to myself?
Honestly… just to see what happens.
This project is more for me than it is for you – my little experiment in discipline, curiosity, creativity, and mild self-inflicted chaos.
Every day next year, I’ll post one photo here. Some days will be inspired. Some days will be questionable. And if you ever see an empty square – well, you’ll know exactly how it’s going.
Maybe it will inspire you to start a project of your own.
Maybe it will just be fun to watch me try to keep up.
Either way, welcome to the journey. Let’s see where 365 days takes us.
Finished the first month! Happy about that, but less happy about the results and feelings that this project gave me during this month.
When I first told my wife about this project she asked: well, what do you expect to get/learn from it? And to that I said - nothing. But is it really true. Maybe I just don't really know what I want to gain from all this, because now while looking back to the collection somehow I feel a little bit disapointed. But maybe that is the point, to feel a little disapointed and try to improve next month?
A little bit about this month: the hardest days were definately the ones when I worked from home especially thrusdays. The hardest thing? To take a picture based on a theme. I guess there are only few that are actually based on the days topic, and basically none based on the month :D
Part of this project is to pick my favorite shot from the month. Which photo I am most proud of? - ChatGPT asks me. And well there is a very little pride in this past month. But if I must pick one it must be from the day 25.
I wouldn’t have believed it at the start of this month if you told me it was possible to go an entire month without missing a single day - but here I am, and I feel genuinely proud.
The portrait experiment was a real surprise for me. It wasn’t always easy to come up with a new idea each time, but it became especially helpful on the toughest days of the week - those days when I didn’t go anywhere or do anything particularly inspiring.
The lack of sun was also strongly felt this month. Comparing it to the beginning of February, when a few sunny days made it a breeze to capture decent-looking photos, the gloomier days without rain or snow felt dull, and inspiration was hard to find.
Overall, February leaves me feeling happy. Choosing a favorite shot was not easy, and that challenge itself makes me really, really happy!
Third month of taking, editing, and posting a picture every day*. Almost every day. Well… half of the days. I need to change something in the process, as this project of mine is coming to a halt right now. I hoped that spring would bring a lot of beautiful light and inspiration, but instead it brought laziness and a certain kind of dullness. So, fingers crossed that April will be better.
Favorite photo of the month is the snow behind the bars. I like photos that could tell a story and this one feels like it does. Why is it there? What did it do so badly that it needs to be locked up so late into the spring?
