Project 365 FAIL

People have been asking me (scolding even), why I did not continue this Project 365 on Flickr. It’s a project I started early this year wherein I would take one photo a day for 365 days (hence, covering the entire year), write a little about it and post if on Flickr. Aspiring photographers do it to track their progress in terms of their photography skills. Others do it for documentation/ virtual diary. I (supposedly) did it for BOTH.

Here, I list down the reasons why I discontinued it.

1. I already cheated 3 times. I uploaded photos that were not taken the day it is supposed to be taken. At first, I told myself that – that’s the ONLY time I’ll do it; but then again, I did it again and again. I’m afraid I might continue cheating and it totally defeats the purpose of the project. Since I already admitted this, here are the 3 photos:

2. I posted a photo that I did not take or has no participation in taking/shooting. My brother took this photo using my camera and I didn’t even give him proper credit. I just edited this in Photoshop and claimed ownership since we err, share the same genes LOL. This won’t ever ever happen again. I should be ashamed of myself.

3. It’s becoming an excuse to take mediocre photos. There are photos on my Project 365 set that I am NOT really proud of. I uploaded these just to have something for that day. Even if I know myself that these are just plain snapshots, I still upload it and just rationale why it looks that way. I own a dslr for 2 years now, I should learn to take better photos. I will have to delete some of these photos soon.

4. I am now required to get a “pass” from our facilities department whenever I want to bring my camera inside the office. Alright, this part I don’t get. I don’t work in the call center operations anymore and there is no company-owned dslr that I know of; so WHY employer, WHY.

5. I only have one working lens for the moment. OK not good enough for a reason. No need to explain.

Although I stopped, I had to admit that it was fun doing my (uncompleted) 365. What happened when I did this shot? ALL FUN, yeah. (please read story, LOL)

Hands down to people who were able to complete their Project 365 last year, and kudos to those who are still in the process of completing theirs. I should attempt to do this again next year. Yes?

PS. Of course I will still use Flickr, the flickr-ers are such nice people. And there are many other shots I would love to take and share.

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