I blame this one on being starved of inspiration, and then jumping right to the opposite end of the scale where it’s not boring, it’s just weird. Very different to what I’d normally do, and quite a lot more colourful than what I’m used to.
This is a hotel in Maroochydore, transformed to black & white then selectively recoloured.
This year I thought I would challenge myself to take a photo every day of the year, and publish it on my blog, flickr, and Facebook. Not only would I be able to provide my friends and family with a glimpse of my life each day, but more importantly, I would really be challenging myself as a photographer. At the end of the year, I would have a collection of 365 photos that I was proud of, and could possibly even turn into a coffee table book for myself, a way to remember the year. That was my hope anyway.
I’m only 14 days in, and I’m already starting to feel a little bit of a strain. It’s been quite a jump to go from not taking a single photo for almost a year, to carrying my camera with me everywhere. I’m also finding it a small challenge to stick with a deadline, another minor issue that I need to attend to. So far I’ve really only missed it once, though technically it fit within the guidelines. I had taken a photo that day, I just hadn’t published it online. Given there may be times when I’m not at the computer (camping/travelling for example), it would be unrealistic to expect I would be able to publish a photo every single day. Previously, I would just say “meh, I’m not really in the mood to do any photography today, so I won’t”. I don’t have the luxurywith this challenge, although to be honest procrastinating isn’t my greatest issue.
The biggest problem for me is the style of photo. I confess it, loud and clear, here for everyone to see.
My name is Kelly, and I am a macro junkie.
I LOVE taking macro photos. I love photos with a strong depth of field. I love images that have such high levels of detail the photos almost become abstract. I love it all. Yet I know that a set of 365 macro photos would be damn boring. I’m definitely trying different styles, heck I spent almost 4 hours on a day of my holidays simply trying to take a self portrait, my most hated form of photography. I just don’t know how to photograph people. But back to my point. Whenever I go to pick up the camera for the first time on a new day, I find myself looking around me and imagining thousands of different macro images.
I know with time I will hopefully be able see more than just a close up, I’m just impatient. I have no intentions of giving up on this challenge. I just never expected it to be this difficult.