Have you seen those 365 day, self portrait photo projects? If you’re on Flickr, you probably have. You set out to take a self portrait of yourself, (that’s what a self portrait is), and shoot one every day, all year long.
I’m not so sure if I could pull it off. Oh, I could take my own photograph, that’s not the issue. The issue is whether or not I could shoot one everyday, all year long. I’d probably do well, until about March. Then, I’d tank.
However, there are some good things out of digging down and finding the endurance to remain committed to a project like that. I’d like to harness a project like this, and use it to our advantage. What? We’re going to do a similar Challenge, just with a twist!
This year, 2009, we’re going to be shooting one photo-a-day. Yup, you read that right! Not one a week, like the 2008 Challenge. Nope, we’re going to shoot one shot a day.
Now, let’s get one thing straight. I’m not sure if anyone of you will actually succeed at a fresh shot, every day. There may be a few, but I doubt it. Is that a negative attitude? Probably, but I don’t care. It’s just true.
HOWEVER, I want to let it be known; I don’t care if you jump (back) in the middle. Go ahead and take a break. Go ahead (those of you reading this several months from now) and join us, right where we’re at. No need to be worried, JUST START TAKING PHOTOS!
What are we going to shoot?
We’re going to be shooting a new topic each day. OMG! How will they do that?! You’ll just have to keep coming back too see.
Today, I’m announcing the first topic, for just January 1st, 2009.
Read all the way to the bottom, for it. Each day, you’ll need to return, and get your next challenge. Additionally, you can choose to submit your email and subscribe to getting an email each day, when we announce the topic for the day.
What are you waiting for? Get out there and shoot!
Oh yeah, you need a topic. Well, why don’t you go out and find us the best photo you can, of a chair. That’s it, a chair.
Also, when you post your photos, be sure to tag them with “2009challenge” so that we can find them.
Trevor, as long as the next day’s subject is posted at roughly the same time each day we’ve all got roughly 24 hours to take and post a photo. The fact that those 24 hours don’t align with everyone’s local day probably doesn’t matter too much.
Andrew, thanks for pointing the time difference out. It looks like that may pose a problem with our posting of the following day’s topic. So, I think we’ll adapt when we publish. Maybe the evening before (for us), which should be in the late morning for you.
Looking at the timestamp on my previous comment, we have a pretty big timezone difference. Nearly 8:30pm your time — but here in Australia it’s 2:30pm on New Year’s day.
Trevor: Done. Also, my first submission is up on flickr, and I appear to be the first person to use the “2009challenge” tag. Whoohoo!
Andrew, I’d suggest you grab the “category” feed, off of this blog.
https://www.photochallenge.org/category/2009challenge/feed/
The email notification is not set up yet, but we will be announcing on the blog and via twitter, so either subscribe to the RSS feed or follow us on twitter. Or both. 🙂
Only a day away here in the US!
Trevor, is email the only way to find out about the topic of the day? I am a heavy RSS user, and would rather have the day’s topic fed to me that way.
Twitter is a great idea, better than email. I’m going to try this one. I ran out of steam last year, maybe with something new everyday I can stay motivated. It will also help me keep my blog updated. Speaking of which, I need a new theme…
We will also be announcing (or attempting to announce) the daily theme on Twitter. You can follow us at https://twitter.com/photochallenge.
I’m looking forward to giving this a shot. 🙂
Where can I do the email thingy? Nothing like an email to remind me, daily….
Well, I accept this daily image challenge; it will get my brain working and help me develop my creativity. This is a great idea.
Carole
Sounds interesting, I think I might just gove this a bash. I will fail, but I will still try my hardest 🙂
Gary.