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I keep reading about people who do 365 projects, and I have certainly been impressed with the standard and dedication.  I had a go a couple of years a go and managed about two weeks.  In case your wondering a 365 project is where you take a photograph a day for an entire year.  Many people take self portraits for a whole year, but I feel that would be too unkind for my poor readers.

Last year I tried a small week long project and just managed to pull it off.

This time I thought I would really go for it.  I doubt i’ll pull of the year but I have managed the first month, so here it is, one picture a day for a whole month.  Most of them are not pretty but at least I have managed to put something up.

You can check them all out here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbphotographic/sets/72157629125590377/

Below are the better ones.

 

It has been a good day for photography. The weather has been a mix bright sunshine, blue sky’s, dark black clouds and rain and rainbows!

Days where the weather is changeable can bring excellent opportunities, with dark foreboding sky’s but with light brilliantly illuminating your main subject.

Unfortunately today, I was never quite in the right position, but as you can see in the shot above taken a few years ago, sometimes you find yourself in the perfect spot.

This sunlight lasted barely a couple of minutes, but I managed to get a shot while it lasted.

Studio Photography & Landscape Photography are my two major Photographic Joys.

With Studio Photography I can create anything I wish, the possibilities are endless.

With Landscape, even if you have found the scene you want to photograph then, sea, tide, weather and light all need to be right.

I know Photographers who have travelled thousands of miles, many times each year for over a decade, trying to get a scene in their head recorded.

Today I found a couple of great locations, but the shots will have to wait to later in the year, when the light is in the right position.

I took a few shots, but with the light conditions I am not too hopeful.

Even so, an enjoyable day out, and lots of reasons to return again in the future.

Today we have been out on location scouting for possible landscapes locations.

I took I few snapshots for reference but nothing serious. I did find a couple of areas that fit in with some long term projects, but that’s for the future.

Weather permitting I have a three pictures in mind to shoot tomorrow, two may not be possible. I don’t feel the sun will be in quite the position I need when the tide is right (always an issue when shooting at the coast).

For the third shot I have a good feeling that it will work.

Hopefully I’ll have all three shots either done or ruled out by about an hour after dawn, then it’s more location scouting, to prepare for the next day.

I love being out on location, it can be stressful when it’s a paid shoot and you have to come back with the goods but when your just shooting for personal projects it’s a real joy.

Do you find a lot of your photographs very similar? Do you have a style or are you stuck in a rut?

Sometimes it’s good to try something different.

If your after suggestions try these:

Shoot Black & White
Try digital blending in Photoshop instead of HDR
Try a lens you don’t use very often
Shoot a Portrait with a Wide Angle Lens
Shoot a Landscape with a Telephoto

More firmware updates for the Nikon 1 Series of cameras have been released and I finally got round to updating the body.

The V1 body is now 1.1 while the lens; 10-30mm and the 30-110mm are on 1.02.  I do not own the power zoom but I believe the current version is 1.01 for the 30-100mm.

As is usually for Nikon the updates are very easy, just copy the bin file to the root of your memory card, insert the card in the camera and select firmware update from the tools menu.  Easy!

Its a shame that all manufactures cannot make it this easy.

Camera Updates.