007 January
I think I can call the first thirty days of Project 365 a succes. Of the thirty days, I took 28 photos on different days. I did cheat a tad on January 2nd and 26th. The first was because I heard about the idea on the 3rd and I hadn’t taken any photos on the second and I really liked the idea of photodocumenting 2007 as a whole. The photo on the 26th was not taken on the 26th as my meds and pain levels had me a little out of it and I totally spaced taking a photo that day. I’m not officially a part of the project so I don’t think any Project 365 police will be pounding down my door for cheating a tad. The idea of the project is to take more photos more consistently and it has certainly acted as a photographic catalyst.
I did not choose any specific theme for January. Instead, I wanted to post photos that were a snapshot of the day in some form. I ended up with an interesting smattering of photo subjects (some were double classified):
- 2 shots of Emma
- 2 Miscellaneous Objects of the Day
- 3 shots of various parts of my body
- 3 shots of people (I took a lot more, but my candid people photography leaves a lot to be desired)
- 3 shots of computers
- 3 fiber related shots
- 7 weather/nature related shots
- And, surprise, suprise - 8 food shots
I am sure most of you are not surprised that I ended up with so many food shots in my line up. However, I bet you would be surprised if I said I tried as best I could to mix it up. Originally I had only wanted to use one food shot per week. My food shots ended up being my fall backs when other shots just were not up to public viewing standards. Yes despite the copious number of pictures upload to Flickr there are many, many photos that don’t get seen by anyone other than me (and occasionally DH if he is rummaging through the server looking for cheese photos for his blog).
My lack of focus this month in 365 has made the 007 Snap a Dozen Days a bit of a challenge. When I think back on January I think of friends and food. January started off enjoying wonderful food made by DH’s family. I think every weekend we have had people over at least one time, if not three. There were Friday night dinners and Sunday afternoon fikas many of the weekends. It seems filling our table with good food to feed to our friends and family was a wonderful way to ease post-holiday let downs and fight the long winter nights. This year the gloom of January has been much strong than in years past, but the warmth in our home has been much stronger as well.
Since most of my friend pictures are boring shots of people sitting around our dining room table with a revolving cast of characters, it seems the most fitting of photo sets for 007 is that of the food we have shared with everyone this month…
