My daily photography project has been chugging along just fine for 61 days now. With my goal being to capture and post a photo each day for 100 days, I am well post the midway point now and I thought that I’d document some observations.
I am always on the lookout for photos
Especially on days where I don’t think that there will be a good occasion for photos, I am hyper-aware of my surroundings. That happens regardless of whether or not I have a camera with me. While it’s nice that I feel like I am constantly training my photographic eye, I don’t love the feeling of anxiety that comes with it.
Speed over deliberation
As I wrote previously, the requirement to capture and post on the same day leads to a situation where I don’t post my best work. There were a couple of times when I shared additional (better) photos from other dates, but I didn’t do that very often. In the end, this project prioritizes speed over deliberation. It is useful to get out of my own head about sharing, but I think I have better things to post than what you are seeing from me at the moment.
Growth from constraints
My favorite focal lengths have always been on the longer side. To this day, I tend to notice things with photographic potential that are far away more readily than scenes that are right in front of my nose. I believe that this is slowly changing, partially due to the constraints of my always-with-me-cameras. I have a Ricoh GR IIIx that is always in my bag and an iPhone 13 mini, so most of the time I have a 24mm and a 40mm lens with me. By my previous standards, that’s pretty wide, so I am being forced to work more in that range. I’m slowly getting the hang of it.
Here are a couple of photos from the past weeks that I am quite happy with.
