Tilt Shift Studios

Like most of you I have been considering New Years Resolutions and after a lot of thought have come up with one – to hone my artistic skills and improve my photography with a 365 project. Perhaps you’ve heard of someone doing a 365 project or even attempted one yourself, if you haven’t a 365 project is a personal challenge to take a picture a day for one year. The purpose is to flex your creative muscles and become a better photographer through practice by taking pictures on a regular basis.

I’m all for having a structure in place that encourages one to be creative and take pictures on a regularly but I’m not sure that snapping a random image every 24 hours leads to photographic prowess. It seems to me that taking a random image everyday would sooner lead to burn out, frustration and giving up when you forget to take and image at all on day 53. Or possibly God forbid, an image of ones cat in a window sill when you jump out of bed at 11:50pm realizing you didn’t take a picture yet.

So I’ve decided to give myself a series of 30 day challenges instead of a true picture a day(hence the ish in the title). I will set aside time several times per month to pursue a certain subject, tool, or technique ending the month with a post on this blog containing the 30 best images from my endeavors. Through an in depth exploration of a certain subject I hope to refine my skills and expand my creativity. I’ve already started photographing my January theme – Night Landscapes. Here is an image from last year, my first attempt at such things. Consider it a taste of what’s to come!