another 365

Gloomy day out the playroom window

january 9, 2013

I started another 365 photo project on January 1st. Last year's photos are organized neatly in a virtual folder on my desktop until I make time to create an album of them. I would love to get it done in a month or so, but we'll see. At the moment I'm spending my time doing other things like blogging and crocheting.

Last year, my intent was to take a picture of each girl every single day. I didn't want to end up with a book dominated by one child over the other, so I tried to my best to get a picture of each one each day. There were many days I failed and I made do with a picture of their shoes, or a "flashback" photo to Laci's babyhood, or I cheated and took an extra picture the next day. And on one sad occasion where I missed several days in a row, I grabbed a picture of my dogs. But I have a collection of 700-something pictures that I am anxious to see compiled into something I can hold and flip through whenever I want.

January 1, 2012 ~ 1/366

December 30, 2012 ~ 365/366
(I picked these instead of December 31st because I like them better).

Can you believe how much they've grown???

I'm probably setting too high of expectations (as usual), but I'm at it again with a few guidelines to help me through:

1. Find the light, then the moment. I will not force myself to try to create something pretty if the light just plain isn't there.

2. It doesn't HAVE to be a picture of my kids. Though I will say the thought of missing a day of my girls sort of makes me sad. They will likely dominate my collection at the end of the year anyway.

3. Just one picture. Obviously, I'll take many, but I'll force myself to choose just one at the end of the day. I'll thank myself at the end of the year for this one when I'm trying to design my book.

And that's it. 365 days, 365 photos. I'm not planning to blog my project because that's just one thing I don't want added to my plate at the moment, but I can assure you that most of them end up here anyway.