Since college I’ve become interested in photography. It’s been a nice creative outlet that was different than running scales on my trumpet or playing the piano. Editing photos has a kind of meditative effect on me that I really enjoy. Lately I haven’t put the time towards it and I miss it.

Towards the end of December I decided to throw my hat into the ring of a photo-a-day project for 2012.I’m not doing this to publish 365 of the most amazing photos I’ve ever taken. Rather, I’d like to represent my year, day by day.

5 rules that I’m going to (attempt) to abide by:

1. Take a photo and make an effort to publish everyday (at the very least, don’t let the queue of unpublished photos back up too long).
2. Strive for at least 50% of all photos to come from cameras other than my iPhone, such as my GoPro or Canon T2i.
3. Only one photo per month of the following: my cats, my wife, dinner or work. (I don’t want to rely upon easy & obvious subjects.)
4. If a day is missed, that’s ok. Just don’t let it happen again for a while.
5. Minimal editing on each photo. No photoshop.

So far, I’ve mostly been following by the rules. I missed January 5th (gah!!). My cats, wife, food and work have all been represented in the first half of January. Probably strayed the most from #1, but that was because I was deciding where I wanted to publish.

Lets see how this goes …

Put a bird on it

Modern Life

Franny

Yellow Mugs

Stairs

Now under old management.