Project 365 Day 3 - January 3rd

I tried to go with just one picture today.  Unfortunately, I was feeling inspired by the trees around our apartments and could not narrow the selection down. Because of that, I chose to do a collage with my favorites.

My goal was to shoot from angles other than those that are typical for outdoor photos.  I also tried to use the sunlight to my advantage, which worked beautifully, especially on the bottom shot.

Here We Go Again!

After not completing it in 2010 and not even attempting it in 2011, I have once again opted to take on the the Project 365 Challenge.  For those of you who have no clue what I'm talking about, Project 365 is a photography challenge in which you attempt to shoot one photo everyday for a year.  It sounds easy, but I promise that it is far from.

My first attempt was in 2010.  I was successful in shooting and posting one photo a day for the first 4 months.  This was tricky since I didn't have a working computer at the time.  I will honestly say that it helped me learn more about photography and how to get the shot the first time since I didn't have the capability to go in and edit anything.

Skip forward many months and here I am again.  I am working with a better camera (though still not the DSLR I'd love to have) - a Nikon P500.  This camera is definitely several steps up from where I was before using just a basic point and shoot camera.  I also have a pretty good computer and editing capabilities.  I do plan to keep the editing to a minimum when it comes to the photos for this challenge.  I hope that I can use this project to improve my photography and to try new techniques.

I don't yet have a plan for proceeding.  The last time I tried to theme my photos a month at a time to keep me motivated.  I am going to try to just go off the cuff in the beginning and see what happens.  A few friends have already joined me for this project and I hope to see more jump in with us.  I'll post my daily photos here and hope you'll stop by and check them out.