Now that I’m nearly 2/3rds of my way through the year, I thought I’d share my thoughts on this project.
While I enjoy looking back over the pictures and layouts I did at the start of the project and I appreciate all of the things I documented that I surely would have forgotten, I seriously doubt I’ll ever take on a daily project like this again. Even though I know in 1, 5, 10 years I’m going to love the results of this project, I don’t think I’ll ever try another daily photo project.
Taking the photos is kind of a pain in the rump. Not entirely because I’m a bit of a photo-aholic. But, it’s a lot of pressure trying to come up with something worth taking a photo of and worthy of a paragraph explanation. Sometimes life really isn’t that exciting.
And the sheer volume of pictures is overwhelming. I tend to take a lot of photos because I don’t know what will make a good story on a daily basis. So here I am, struggling to stay on top of my weekly layouts and almost 4 months behind on pictures. While I’m never “on top” of the photo situation, 4 months backlog is nuts.
And because I’m behind and because I’ve overwhelmed with the project, I tend to take far fewer pictures “just because”. It seems like 75% of the time the camera is out with the motive of getting a good P365 shot. I miss just being able to pick up the camera for fun. I don’t pick the camera up because I don’t want to deal with MORE pictures to edit.
And who the heck knows if anyone even bothers reading them.
Anyway, I know I’ll appreciate it in the long run but I’m going to be darn glad when 12/31/10 hits and I’m FREEEEEE! 🙂
I read them!! I look forward to seeing your pics and reading your stories!! I can see where it can be a pain though. at least I have til the rest of the year to read them, right!!??
Julie
Aw, thanks Julie! 🙂