Wednesday 19 October 2011

365 photos

NB. I know this is not a very pretty place at the moment, but it will have a lovely makeover in time for the new year! Excuse the randomness of the photos and general chaos as I try out different templates. I probably should do this in private ...


On 1 January 2012 I hit the big 40! So I thought it would be fun (insane) to try and document my 40th year on a daily basis in photographic form. I know Project365 has been around for a good few years now, and every year I've thought about joining in, but decided not to as I have a terrible track record for never seeing anything through to the end! I knew I would never keep up with lugging my DSLR (much as I love it!!) around, and the laborious task of connecting and uploading the photos - no way that was going to happen on a daily basis! (Lazy? Moi?)

Upon receipt of my shiny new iPhone4 (not the 4S, I was too impatient to wait!) I very quickly became addicted to snapping anything that moved (or didn't!) with the fabulous camera, and editing the sometimes very dodgy snaps with a plethora of apps and ending up with amazing results! Sharing the photos is speedy and satisfying - I usually upload to Instagram and quickly get loads (well, 10 or so) of lovely likes to boost the ego, and sometimes I'll post to Twitter and Facebook too, just to share the joyousness that is iPhone photography! (If you haven't got an iPhone, well ... you haven't got an iPhone!).

So all this led me on, one chilly October Wednesday, to the idea of doing Project365. As is my wont, I quickly got carried away, envisioned a humungous following from adoring people on UKScrappers, BubblyFunk, Twitter, Facebook and any other social platform/forum I could think of and at the end of the dream took over the world!

So here's the deal.

Beginning on 1 January 2012, every day I will post a word. I'll Tweet it and Facebook it too. You do NOT have to use this word, but should you feel so inclined, snap a picture inspired by the word. Or inspired by anything that is happening in your life RIGHT NOW. Upload your photo to your blog if you have one, Facebook it (I know you have that!), Tweet it, Instagram it, Flickr it, (I will set up a cozy group just for us ... I'll probably call it Suzies365ers, as I'm such an egomaniac). And that's the end of your obligation. At the end of the year, you will have a fantastically marvellous account of what you got up to/were inspired by in the wonderful year of 2012, when Suzie turned 40! What more could you ask for?!

Now, as mentioned above, all you have to do is post your photo somewhere ... BUT (yes, there's always a but) there are a few things I would like you to do additionally:

1. If you leave a comment on this blog, please LINK DIRECTLY to your photo of the day, not just a general link to your blog.
2. TAKE A PHOTO EVERY DAY!!! You don't have to post it every day, you could batch post once a week, or whatever works for you. BUT (there's another one!) I want a NEW photo every day. You can of course take more than one photo a day.
3. If you leave a comment directing people to your blog, or post a photo to the Flickr group, please take the time to spread the love and happiness by commenting on a few other posts. It makes people happy.
4. You do not need a fancy camera for this. ANY camera is perfect for documenting your life!

DISCLAIMER (oh yes ...)
Contrary to popular belief, I do have a life and I am human. Plus I will be 40 and the brain cells will begin self destructing. I will utterly try my best to post the word at least on Twitter and Facebook (coz I can do that from my iPhone - did I mention I had an iPhone?!) every day. I can't guarantee the blog will be updated on a daily basis. In fact I can pretty much guarantee that it won't be updated on a daily basis. But the word will be out. And I will attempt to post my picture to Twitter, Facebook and Flickr daily.

I hope lots of you will do the same!

25 comments:

  1. Sounds interesting - unlike you I do not have an iPhone, but I may be forced to get one now!!

    40! wow, how young :)
    I have to think about this as I am hopeless at commmitting to much, I did manage 2 months once, but I will follow you just because I'm nosy :)

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  2. Yay Ali, my first follower :D Honestly, I can't gush over the iPhone enough. I love it! But you don't neeeeeeed one. I have just downloaded the Blogger app, so now should be able to update the blog from my phone ... not leaving much room for excuses ...
    It would be lovely if you did feel you could join in! At least give it a go - doesn't really matter if you don't make it all the way through! xx

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  3. I had a giggle at your post as it sounds exactly like me. I thought about starting on my 40th last month but really wanted to do it from the 1st of Jan so I'm in for a challenge self destructing braincells and all lol.

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  4. Woohoo! Welcome Wrightboysmum! I will at some point get round to adding blog links to all those participating ... See you back here on 1 Jan, bright eyed and bushy tailed! :D x

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  5. I am also up for it, turning 40 in December. I will attempt to do this, but have been known to fail :-( However, I wanted to do something for my 40th.

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  6. Great idea Suzie. Wishing you the best of luck.. I will def try and join you! Wish I was 40 next time!! I need to find you on FB? xx

    Just had a thought! I will add this blog to my journal blog here so it doesn't get lost amongst the crafty blogs I follow. Good Luck.xx

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  7. Thank you so much, Gez, I'm very happy you're going to play along! FB ... I'm trying to figure out a linky thing on here, but in the meantime I shall try to find you ....

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  8. Ooh I may have a go at this since I have a brand spanking new camera...oh and my brain cells have well and truely gone being that I am over 40 and have 4 kids..lol...xx

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  9. Great idea Suzie. I don't have an iphone and probably wont post every day, but will try and do some of the prompts and link back.

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  10. Oooh Kirsti, a new camera is the perfect excuse! Great to have you along :) x

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  11. Yay Janice! :D Lovely to see you here - any camera is FINE!!! xx

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  12. I will be gulp 50 next year and have found i can take photos for Facebook or blog on my htc so would love to join in

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  13. Excellent Suzy! I think it can only help if you have an easy way of sharing your photos - I love modern technology! ;)

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  14. I think this is a super idea - might try to join in x

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  15. Please can I play? I have a very unposh camera and my brain cells left 20 years ago as I turn 60 in December! If you don't mind a pensioner hanging around I'll hang my camera on my zimmer.:o)
    Sue x
    http://miniowner.blogspot.com/

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  16. Oooh this sounds like fun! And I have a brand new shiny digital SLR that needs playing with! :D

    Sooo.. how do I find you on Twitter to see the daily word?

    Ali (Alipeeps on UKS)

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  17. Im completely up for this! I WAS patient and got the iphone4s!! and you know me - rarely do i finish a project - but ill give this a go!!

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  18. Can I play along too?!! Please!! I log on daily so checking facebook for the daily word will be easy enough! I'm planning to keep a 'Project Life' style album already, but this will be another great way to document 2012 & prove to my teenage son that the world didn't end after all!! I feel a photo book coming on!! Thanks...Sandi x

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  19. Welcome to all newcomers! Don't forget to follow the blog :) and let me know your own blog address so I can add you to the list of participants!

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  20. Hi i would love to join in with this not only do i have an iphone also but my husband is getting me a SLR Camera for christmas so it will give me an excuse to use it eery day...and give me the much needed practice i will most definitely need!!!!
    http://jaimegirl1.blogspot.com/ is my blog
    @jaimebarngirl is my twitter

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  21. I'm in! (whoopidoo on UKscrappers!) Alas and alack I do not have an iPhone. I want one, I really do but seeing as I am on my 5th... or is it 6th? phone in 2 years... methinks it wont happen anytime soon! I am death to all things mobly :( And would be mortified if I killed, drowned, lost or pickled (yes I did!) something that expensive!

    Methinks mine would be a weekly post but am definitely most positoovely in!

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  22. Oops = bloggy blog - http://whoopidooings.blogspot.com Have you remembered to pimp the blog on Pinterest too? Might set up a folder dedicated to this for my photos nearer the time ;)

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  23. This sounds like fun and my iphone camera needs to be used more than it is at the moment!
    www.debs14.blogspot.com
    I don't often tweet myself but do follow others on Twitter, my username is debkey14
    Do I need to do anything else to join in?
    ps vaguely remember turning 40, but it was 13 years ago and the memory isn't as good as it used to be ;-)

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