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Posted August 13, 2009

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I joined the Flickr iPhone365 group 41 days ago. You can see my set here. It seemed like a fun idea at the time, and it's turning out to be an interesting experiment. First of all is the challenge of taking pictures armed with only an iPhone. It can take surprisingly decent pictures, but they don't sparkle like those taken with a DSLR camera, so I have to rely more on my eye for interesting subjects, composition, and colors. Some days, this is a chore, and I think, "This is stupid. Nobody will even notice if I skip a day." So far, I haven't, and about half the time the days when I despair of finding a decent shot I surprise myself with my favorite ones. Examples:

17/365 Painting stuff

(Thought I was too busy painting the house to mess with taking pictures)

25/365 Flowers on the fridge

(Worked all night and snapped this pic of discarded stuff atop the staff fridge)

22/365 Foam things at hardware store

(Best example: running errands, desperately looking for anything interesting. These are foam things for pools.)

Conversely, the days I try really hard, I end up with crap. I'm learning to try to fit my photo du jour with my mood (I'm EXPRESSING myself, I guess):

40/365 Depression