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I haven't been around much for various boring reasons but I stopped by and took a look at some of the 365 threads. How great are they? Jimmy out n about his home town, or watching tv ;) Marcel's random faces. Gary's random moments be they highs or lows. Sorry if I've missed anyone there but those three really jump out at me. Not just for the content but the quality too. I follow a few similar 365's on Flickr and theres always one thing that jumps out. Its so them. You get to see their lives and its all real stuff. I'm reminded of the Anne Lebowitz docu from the other week, where she documented her family.

Its great stuff and despite the growth I've made as a photographer in the past few years its not something I do at all. I tried a 365 self portrait thing once and gave up. How do you take a good photo when you're depressed? Further more, why should I be showing the world that side of me? So I gave up. I saw a photo on Flickr by one girl and it was just great, and yet so simple. Two chocolate bars on her legs as she was lying on her bed. Just so simple and yet it worked. I don't think like that at all. I don't ever think that there's a moment of my life that I should photograph, which is bad really. In 40 years time my parents will most likely be dead and I'll be 70. I'll look back and see photos of Liverpool. I'll see my career not my life. You guys though, you'll have a slice of your life and it'll mean a hell of a lot more to you than a photo of some building somewhere.

So basically you're doing some great work there and I'm jealous of your ability to do so :)
 
Aaaah the great FUTAB. I've done two of those in my 365's to date :D

Who are you and what have you done with Pete?
 
Again with the over processed avatar Marcel:nono::lol:

I have tried, and gave up inside 20 days.
I was frustrated with my ability at the time (not much better now).
I think I will kick one off again in the future but not ready yet
 
Wha? Its still me. hdr ftw My avatar is meant to show that I have a good side too, well if you know the character :p
 
Pete your nicest post to date :D

I love the image you have linked to, the chocolate munchies.

With regards to the 365's, I think it's great to take a photo when ****ed off or depressed, you find a new side to your images which you would normally not show. My 365 is also a tool I am using to take technically crap photos and get away with it. The photos are supposed to show how I feel on any given day, and therefore, no rules can apply, they are supposed to be wishy washy, arty farty ish types. Just something which is as close to how I feel as possible.

The one thing I hate about the 365, if you have a trully manic day and have had ZERO time for the camera, you are almost forced to take a crap shot just for the sake of it. I feel like I did this on Friday (the no alcohol post), and whilst I did feel chuffed about not drinking, the image was poorer than a poor thing. It did not show the emotion of "being chuffed" that I wanted to get across.

Anyway, I reckon your 365, if you chose to do one, would be awsome.

Gary.
 
I do agree that its good to document the bad. Its been my slogan for many years. "Even the bad things in life make good photos." Sort of an optimistic way of looking at things. Despite that I just don't document the bad things. I guess theres no real reason for me to do so, and even if I did I just can't imagine sharing it. I'd rather people see my dramatic photos and see me in that light rather than see my messy desk, or me watching The Apprentice or something :)
 
I agree. I actually look forward to my dark 365's because I love how they turn out afterwards, and when I look back I can remember.

Same with all my 365's TBH, I can remember what I was thinking when I took them, my mood, my feeling, and with the description too, many of the thought processes behind them.

As many of you all know, I'm a family documenter (I have over 10k of photos in my 'Family snaps' folders ;)), along with lots and lots of DV footage of the kids.

Alzheimers vs my archiving....bring it on!
 
I'm currently on day 23 of mine, I try to get a picture of something different everyday, since I started it I think there's only been one or two days i've not been out. I follow Gary's, Jimmy's, Marcel's on here and a couple on flickr too. Enjoy seeing 'what's new' etc.

Here's mine if you missed it anyway

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=64400&page=3

Give it a go mate, try one. If you don't want to take a picture one day, just take a few mins out of your time to get something indoors etc?

basically you're doing some great work there and I'm jealous of your ability to do so :)
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If you follow some 365's and enjoy viewing what people have got, share yours with the same people because they enjoy looking at 365's themselves. Sorry if that doesn't make sense :(
 
I feel really lazy now :p

I have kept a diary (yes, DIARY, not a blog ;)) for the last 6 or so years, and I have no intention of stopping, will that be ok? :D
 
Marcel said:
I agree. I actually look forward to my dark 365's because I love how they turn out afterwards, and when I look back I can remember.

Same with all my 365's TBH, I can remember what I was thinking when I took them, my mood, my feeling, and with the description too, many of the thought processes behind them.

As many of you all know, I'm a family documenter (I have over 10k of photos in my 'Family snaps' folders ;)), along with lots and lots of DV footage of the kids.

Alzheimers vs my archiving....bring it on!
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Thats the thing. A photo really brings memories to life so much more so than "Remember when...?" But I just don't think I can really share that side with the world. Today for example could have been;

Me at the computer work
Me snacking due to terribly low blood sugar
Me attempting to diet
....

Then depression sets in and well if I don't find it at all worthy of a photo then how can I take a good one? I draw my inspiration from life and its what makes me take good photos. Its what drives me to stand around for hours waiting for the perfect shot because I know it'll happen. I get inspired by things I see. I guess when it comes down to it I just don't see myself that way, and so I can't take a good photo of that.
 
petemc said:
Thats the thing. A photo really brings memories to life so much more so than "Remember when...?" But I just don't think I can really share that side with the world. Today for example could have been;

Me at the computer work
Me snacking due to terribly low blood sugar
Me attempting to diet
....

Then depression sets in and well if I don't find it at all worthy of a photo then how can I take a good one? I draw my inspiration from life and its what makes me take good photos. Its what drives me to stand around for hours waiting for the perfect shot because I know it'll happen. I get inspired by things I see. I guess when it comes down to it I just don't see myself that way, and so I can't take a good photo of that.
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Dude, seriously, do yourself a favour, look in the mirror, take a good long look, and think about all the good things about your life, and all the things you dont like, then, put more into the things that are good, and change the things you dont like. from one post, I'v seen that you are a good person(not going to explain what i mean, its my philosophy on life-complicated), but its something to be proud of.

you're not depressed, thats for sure, depressed people give up, they dont wait around for hours knowing that something beautiful is going to happen, you're just ****ed off with certain things in your life.

you're right, do us all a favour, we dont want to see your socks at f2.8 with a TV outside the DOF. Get off your arse and go for a walk with your camera, and forget taking pictures of you at work, some people have more interesting jobs i agree, but what you do, IS NOT who you are.


Start your 365 now. Photograph something that reminds you of you, what you love, what you like, what you hate. Show your emotion in the photograph, and show us!!!!!!!
 
I don't really want to turn this into a thread about my personal life and I am going to start a 365 thread later. But I just wanna say something small.

you're not depressed, thats for sure, depressed people give up, they dont wait around for hours knowing that something beautiful is going to happen, you're just ****ed off with certain things in your life.
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Unfortunately I am. This will be the 3rd 365 attempt I've made in the past 18 months. I expect I'll give up on this one too. Oh I know that's the wrong attitude but hey.

Get off your arse and go for a walk with your camera, and forget taking pictures of you at work, some people have more interesting jobs i agree, but what you do, IS NOT who you are.
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Ha! I'm out there nearly every day of the week off my arse taking photos as I run a daily photo site, I'm working on a 366 book about Liverpool, and of course theres commercial work. I post all those photos on my site but my point was that I don't document my actual life. For me though, photography is what I do and a photographer is who I am. But I only show people my life through the lens because that's the interesting side.

I got what you were trying to say, but afaik you don't know me. Reading what you said made that clear, especially about the depression which I'm not going to go into detail on. Sorry if that comes off as a little cold but I just wanted to make it clear that I'm not a random office worker with a dull job who sits in front of the tv every night :) This is why I'm jealous of the others ability to document their lives. I do spend so much time documenting what happens in front of my camera but not behind.
 
I like the 365 threads, however it would drive me insane if there were too many of them cluttering the forums. Gary's is ace. I'm really liking it.
 
KayJay said:
it would drive me insane if there were too many of them cluttering the forums.
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:shrug: Errrrr it's a photography forum :p
 
Marcel said:
Who are you and what have you done with Pete?
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Coffee / keyboard incident when I read that. Brilliant.

I think a 365 is an interesting challenge because it forces you to have a creative thought every day. For me that's hard. For others, maybe not so.

I also like the fact that there is only 1 rule - take a photo every day and post it. Some people do very personal 365s. Others don't. I fall into the impersonal category, I think. I'm not sure what you learn about me from looking at mine. But I agree with Pete - there's some seriously impressive stuff being posted.

I'm not sure what that adds to the discussion - I'm having a weird day.
 
Great OP Pete, good to see you on here again. I've not tried to do a 365, I just don't get the time for it, but I suspect if I did I'd run out of ideas in less than a month. I've tried a daily photoblog but even that has ground to a halt for the last month since I got busy with work and other things.
 
Grendel said:
:shrug: Errrrr it's a photography forum :p
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Aye but what I'm saying is it'd be annoying coming onto the forum and just seeing loads of 365 threads. If you haven't look at one for a while you need to trawl through all the comments to see the pictures. That's the only problem with them. But like I said, the two that are on there are excellent.
 
KayJay said:
Aye but what I'm saying is it'd be annoying coming onto the forum and just seeing loads of 365 threads. If you haven't look at one for a while you need to trawl through all the comments to see the pictures. That's the only problem with them. But like I said, the two that are on there are excellent.
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Fair point :) :thumbs:
 
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