Brooke Martin Photography {The Blog}: Project52

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Well, blog friends I've finally decided on a project for the year...I decided to do a weekly project instead of daily project. I chose to do a project52 because I wanted a yearlong project that would allow me to continue to participate in all the lovely photo assignments and my own projects I have going on (I'll tell you about one of them in a minute). I wanted something that was achievable...I didn't want to find myself disappointed in myself if I failed 100 days down the road. I wanted something that wouldn't be come task like and monotonous, I wanted something that kept me shooting not dreading getting a shoot for the day. Something I could focus on perfecting my skills, giving me time to set up shots and take my time. Not finding myself at the end of the day scrambling for a subject to shoot with no light!

I will post to the blog weekly with my favorite photo of the day then I'll keep the collection up to date here, just in case you want to see it all together. Additionally, I plan on linking up with the flickr group m3b p52, which I help moderate. It's a project 52 group started by Darcy @ My 3 Boybarians, also the host of Sweet Shot Tuesdays. You can read more about Darcy's Project52 here:

m3b m52's flickr group is a great place to share your photos, there are not set themes, just your photo for the week! However, if you do want a theme for you 52 week project, there are some great flickr groups for those of you who want a weekly prompt. There is MCP Project 52: Photo a Week created by the blog MCP Actions, you can read about MCP's project here. Additionally there is Let's do 52, created by Paint the Moon and Focus52 created by Jan at TwoScoopz
Check out week 1 for details on another project I'm working on, it's a project you can join in too! Also if you are wanting to do a photo project but P52 doesn't fit you,check out this post, Monochromatic Inspiration, I give you lots of ideas and links to help you in your photographic journey!

Week 1, January 2nd-8th

The other project I've decided to take on in 2011 is called Project64. For this project I plan to take a box of 64 count crayons and be inspired! I have a few friends going on the journey with me, at one point in time we all shared our hometown, now some are still there and others are scattered across the map. So we've started a blog to track our journey. The picture I chose for week one is a photo I took for the new blog. Occasionally my project52 and project64 will merge, it's only natural when you have two weekly projects going on simultaneously.