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.