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Thursday 18 Feb 2010
Goodbye Photo-A-Day, Hello Project365
So today is my birthday, which means one year has passed since I started my Photo-A-Day project. You can read my original post about it here.
Photo-A-Day
The intent of my Photo-A-Day project was to publish one photo a day, not take a photo a day, because I had a large backlog of images I liked, but never got around to posting anywhere. Overall I think it was a huge success, with no missed days, and I think that the image quality was overall very good, not to say that there weren’t some images in there that I wasn’t totally thrilled with. If you want to look over my Photo-A-Day images, head on over to the flickr set and take a gander.
Project365
So with the completion of my Photo-A-Day project, I was trying to decide what to do for the next year. While PAD did get me to publish more images, it didn’t get me to shoot much more often. Because of that, I’ve decided that my next project will be Project365.
The general concept is that you take one photo a day for a year. So from today to my 28th birthday I will take at least one photo between 12:00am and 11:59pm. For logistical reasons, it is quite likely that most images will not be published on the day they are taken, but they will be published in order, and I will try to not build up more then a few days of a backlog unless I’m unable to get them uploaded for some reason (like traveling with no internet).
I’m also going to be changing the way I publish the photos. They will be published to this flickr set, and I will also post to my twitter account (@ericmblog). They will not regularly be posted to this blog – I want to start using this blog again for actual content, which means not drowning the site with photo posts that you can see elsewhere.
Hopefully this project will work out as well as the last one, but part of me is worried that I will have a hard time keeping quality up. We shall see – it should be a good challenge regardless.
Wednesday 17 Feb 2010
Photo-A-Day #358 – 365
Photo-A-Day #358: Hey Look!
Jenna shows Sara her newly minted, souvenir flattened penny at the Magic Kingdom.
Photo-A-Day #359: Sphere
A view of ‘Spaceship Earth’ at Epcot in Florida.
Photo-A-Day #360: Indoor Palm
A large tree in the main dome of the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory on Belle Isle, in Detroit, MI
Photo-A-Day #361: Vocals
Shaun sings in the Oakland Center as a member of the band Stroller Coaster.
Photo-A-Day #362: Grounded Speed
The remaining XB-70 Valkyrie supersonic bomber on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, OH.
Photo-A-Day #363: Tulip
A tulip at the Tulip Festival in Holland, MI.
Photo-A-Day #364: Detroit Industrial
A flare stack at a factory in southern Detroit.
Photo-A-Day #365: Strip Light
Some overhead lighting at the library in Lafayette College in Pennsylvania.
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Tuesday 09 Feb 2010
Photo-A-Day #351 – 357
Photo-A-Day #351: Valley
A view in Rocky Mountain National Park.
Photo-A-Day #352: Flare
A late night street corner in Key West, FL.
Photo-A-Day #353: Music Men
Shaun and John (foreground) play in the Oakland Center in their band Stroller Coaster.
Photo-A-Day #354: Overhead
A CH-47 Chinook flies overhead. One of their passes outside my window at work about once a week.
Photo-A-Day #355: 1.21GW
Shaun playing in the band Stroller Coaster
Photo-A-Day #356: Drifting
One balloon floating away and prepping to take off at the Howell BalloonFest.
Photo-A-Day #357: Keeping the Beat
Stroller Coaster drummer Tony, at the Oakland Center.
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Tuesday 02 Feb 2010
Photo-A-Day #344 – 350
Photo-A-Day #344: Rolling
Taken at a turnoff along US36 near Boulder, CO
Photo-A-Day #345: Symmetry
A upward looking shot of the inside of the Cadet Cathedral at the Airforce Academy in Colorado
Photo-A-Day #346: South and Duval
The corner of South and Duval St on Key West.
Photo-A-Day #347: Holding It Down
A cat holds down the roof of a cat hut at the Hemingway House in Key West, FL.
Photo-A-Day #348: Unused
A playground late at night in Key West, FL.
Photo-A-Day #349: Waiting Chairs
Chairs on the edge of the dock at the abandoned Quincy Smelter in Hancock, MI.
Photo-A-Day #350: Cake Cutting
Some cake after dinner, after the first day of the Moodle Hack/Doc Fest.
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Tuesday 26 Jan 2010
Photo-A-Day #337 – 343
Photo-A-Day #337: Cake Time
Rosalyn enjoys some cake at dinner after the first day of Moodle Hack/Doc Fest.
Photo-A-Day #338: Silo
A long abandoned silo on a farm in Lower Michigan.
Photo-A-Day #339: A Little Flat?
A tire at an old abandoned farm site in Michigan.
Photo-A-Day #340: My Path
One of the cats at the Hemingway House lays claim to a path in the garden.
Photo-A-Day #341: Eric and Sara
The wire art that Ryan the Wire Guy made for us on Key West.
Photo-A-Day #342: Double Yellow
Looking down Atlantic Blvd late at night on Key West, FL.
Photo-A-Day #343: Blue and Orange
The Portage Entry Lighthouse located in the extreme upper peninsula of Michigan.
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Tuesday 19 Jan 2010
Photo-A-Day #330 – 336
Photo-A-Day #330: The Governor Waits
Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm waiting at the North American International Auto Show during an announcement of Ford investing new money in Michigan.
Photo-A-Day #331: Shattered Detroit
A sign in the Cobo Center that had been broke.
Photo-A-Day #332: Electric Power
The name plate on a Tesla Motors power control unit.
Photo-A-Day #333: Dawn’s Gifts
A shop on the main drag near Lafayette College.
Photo-A-Day #334: Rustic and Tech
Charles and Daniel play on their phones while waiting in the lobby of the ben and breakfast at the Moodle Hack/Doc Fest.
Photo-A-Day #335: Pitchman
Anthony Sullivan doing his pitch at the Kia booth during the press even on the first day of the North American International Auto SHow.
Photo-A-Day #336: Bird Island
A chunk of ice serves as an island for a bunch of birds at the base of Niagara Falls.
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Tuesday 12 Jan 2010
Photo-A-Day #323 – 329
Photo-A-Day #323: Tiny Town
A little figurine village at my hotel in Easton, PA.
Photo-A-Day #324: Projection
Streetlights casting light into my room in a Easton, PA hotel.
Photo-A-Day #325: The Cold Wait
A wing walker waits for an aircraft to arrive on the snowy tarmac.
Photo-A-Day #326: Brick Valley
The gap between two buildings at Lafayette College.
Photo-A-Day #327: Sleepy Street
A sleep, late night, street in Easton, PA.
Photo-A-Day #328: Flower Shop
A flower shop with its Christmas decorations still out in Easton, PA.
Photo-A-Day #329: Frozen Fountain
A fountian on the campus of Lafayette College in mid-winter.
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