My Photo Stories

DAY 056 - Reflection Today marks DAY 100 of my Photo 365 project. It is amazing how you can achieve a big task by doing a little everyday. Below are some notes I made from my experience so far. You will not always get that perfect photo and that is ok. Practice makes you better. It really does. At the same time I remember this quote which has some wisdom in it. Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect. -- Vince Lombardi Don't only practice but practice better. Don't rush the shot especially if you have the time. Plan ahead sometimes. Some shots forced me to use manual focus and controls which in turn makes me appreciate their usefulness. Normally I focus on composition, angle, lighting, framing and such and use presets. I am liking manual focus when I do not have to wait for the camera to auto focus especially in some scenarios when the auto focus mechanism slows or can't. Exposure compensation was useful when I could not get the right...

I always wanted to complete a photo 365 project. That is me taking and posting a photo every day for 365 days (or a year). I tried twice before but did not finish for various reasons one of which was that I wanted a perfect photo everyday (I was trying too hard). This time I am in a better place and for every photo, I am captioning it with a telling message. After each month I am posting a slideshow on my YouTube channel . I am already on DAY 30. Follow me on my socials to keep up. Below are some highlights so far. I would recommend a photo 365 to anyone and especially photogs and creatives. What I am seeing - It's not about creating that amazing photo everyday, it's about being creative and experimenting and learning how to adjust things to create your portrayal. DAY 003 - Another day full of possibilities DAY 005 - We should aim to become better versions of ourselves DAY 006 - We should listen to our hearts DAY 014 - Is anyone listening? DAY 017 - When li...