I post them all to a Posterous site I set up called 365 Days of Light, which in turn crossposts to Twitter, Identica, Flickr. and PicasaWeb (which is really Google+). It also used to post to Facebook until I quit my account there). Here is a link to the collection so far… (minus the first few days of January which I forgot to include back then)
Part of the challenge for me was that I didn’t want to take a photo of just anything, but rather to try and find something of real visual interest each day. I wanted it become to a collection of interesting artistic images, not just a bunch of point-and-click happy-snaps. Whether I’ve actually achieved that aesthetic goal is probably debatable and certainly not every photo has been a winner, but I must say that there are quite a few photos in the collection that I’m very, very happy with. It really has forced me to try and be both disciplined and creative every day. Trying to find a new angle, to not be too cliche or derivative, and to still find something interesting each day has been a real challenge, but I’m pleased with how it’s gone so far.
I’m looking forward to the final month ahead, and to get to the end of the 365 days. My plan is to turn them into a printed coffee table book as soon as I finish taking all 365 photos, and publish a few copies for family and friends. In the meantime, feel free to +1 any you like… I know which photos I’m happy with but I’d be curious to know which ones you like.
Happy Snappy by Chris Betcher is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
After posting daily for a year and a half, I stopped. A bit like Forrest Gump when he stopped running. I just did. My self imposed rule was that if it didn’t get posted on the day that I took the photo it didn’t get posted.
I have a new plan for 2012. Buy a decent camera with a zoom and post one photo a week- a photo that I’ve worked at and manipulated a bit- and to finally conquer Photoshop.