Featured Photographer: Just Be Better Than You Were Last Week
If you’re contemplating a 365 or are in the middle of one, you MUST read the powerful words and insight from a fellow project 365 photographer, Terri Bleeker. The Beginning When my son was about 14 months old I received a flyer in the mail from the local vocational school. As I looked through I was instantly drawn to information about the upcoming photography class. I felt like a kid reading about summer camp as I read the course description and... [Read More...]
Feature Friday: Confessions of a Project 365 Addict
If you’re in the middle of or gave up on a 365 project, you need to read this guest post by Christine Nielsen. She had two goals: venture beyond auto mode on her camera and find herself. Would it be possible to accomplish those two goals with a simple project 365? Read on to find out. My name is Christine, and I am a Project 365 addict… This story began over a year ago, when I started my 365 adventure. Back then, I had two goals. ... [Read More...]
Feature Friday: Confessions from a Point and Shoot Girl
Guest post by Terri Jacobson (@greygirl on twitter), one of the tasra365 challenge photographers. If you’d like to be a guest blogger or featured photographer on tasramar.com, leave a comment below. Making it to the Big Time I’ve held an SLR camera in my hand for nearly 30 years now, my dad gave me my first Minolta SRT101 and I honestly didn’t have a clue what to do with it. I hit pay dirt with my next Minolta, it was automatic. I really... [Read More...]
A Self-Confessed Quitters Guide to Project 365
Guest post by Mark Churly of Prophecy Blur, one of the tasra365 challenge photographers. If you’d like to be a guest blogger or featured photographer on tasramar.com, leave a comment below. Photo © Prophecy Blur Learning from a Self-Confessed Quitter It’s quite hard to remember exactly why I started my Project 365. I do know it was after watching the film Julie and Julia on a plane. I was inspired by the character of Julie Powel, a self confessed... [Read More...]
Start a 365 Photography Project… Get Your Images Published?
That’s how it worked for Dijea Coplin, our Feature Friday photographer. A little over a week ago, Dijea tweeted this: ANNOUNCEMENT! One of my 365 photos being used in ad campaign. So excited. Two days later, she shared the exciting news that her image had been chosen as the top banner for a local website: Look here’s the ad my picture is in on the web…http://tinyurl.com/ya6zwwa The top banner. WooHoo! Now that is one exciting... [Read More...]
The Hidden Art of Taking Pictures in Your Mind + Feature Friday
How many times have you waited until the last minute, literally, to get your 365 daily photo? And then struggled to find something interesting to capture? If you’ve been on the 365 journey for any length of time, you may have been stumped and wondered what to shoot next. Maybe it even prevented you from getting your daily image. Of course, the inevitable feelings of guilt about putting it off and not following through probably assailed your... [Read More...]
Beyond the Smoke & Haze—Do You See What I See? (D142)
I promise I haven’t been smoking or sipping anything. The only thing I may be under the influence of is too much incense, which can be pretty heady stuff. Seriously though, when I started processing the new smoke trails images, I began to see something else…movement, shape, water, fire, dolphins, lions, even eyes, faces…aliens? All have an ethereal quality to them, not unlike cloud gazing when you see ducks and horses flying through... [Read More...]