[Closed] Photo a day, 2013 - who's in?

I tried it last year but my camera broke and i only had a really crappy phone camera so gave up! I have a decent phone camera now which is handy for this kind of thing! Also having moved to London there is plenty to take photos of every day now!

I'm in!

Ok I'm in. Need a personal challenge.

I was going to give it a go again, failed a couple of times 🙄
Working 12hr shifts, going to and from work in the dark kinda dampened my enthusiasm.
Have a TZ19 and a flexi tripod now so better equipped for difficult lighting. Son has given me an old PC with ps on it so might be able to do some "creative" stuff or at least try and " enhance " my images a bit. I do prefer seeing images as taken tho

Any thoughts on themed weeks/ months or just keep it simple?

Keep it simple.

Most people are content to just take a simple snap each day while others will set the bar higher in terms of creativity. I went through phases where I felt inspired and others when I only just managed a perfunctory snap of the cat at 10 to midnight.

There are monthly comps to keep you motivated too.

There would be too much delay between me finding just the right shot, photographing it, developing it, scanning it and uploading it to flickr...

... so I'm out 🙂

You being obtuse, Druidh?

😉

http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/wanting-to-go-back-to-film-cameras

Hmm, sounds like something I need to do to get me focused (sorry) on my photography....

Got a new camera that hasnt had enough use yet.

This could be the answer...

i started a '1 ride a day for a year' thing on boxing day.
and am gonna have photographic proof of doing so.
so yeah, i might give it a go.

scrub that.....the quality of pics looks far to good for me.
i pride myself with crap pics, so i will keep posting em on here.

Yep, I'm defo in this year 🙂

Tried this in 2010 need to do it again, so I'm in!

I'm in. Tried and failed in 2010, started again late 2011 and currently on day 486 🙂 I use the Flickr group stuartie_c has linked to.

I'm in

Ton - just do it. Quality is unimportant unless you're pushing yourself to improve.

sounds a doer. Just looked through your shots. Some good ones there. I need a reason to take more pics.

I've just requested to join the flickr group. so I'm in too

Tried and failed a few years ago. Will upgrade my Flickr and try again

I would be struggling to find decent stuff to take pictures of each day of the year. I'm out!

C'mon Martin! You live in God's Own County...

Great response so far!

I'm up for it, only ahem, small issue is that I can't find my camera.... Could be. Problem.

You have 33 hours to find it, Greg!

I think it's in the car, I've searched the house! Mrs is away to work in the car, won't be in til 9. 😯

Tried it before and got sick of it 😆 bring back mtg's weekly photo challenge i reckon!

I keep trying it but always find that my day to day life doesn't differ enough to keep it interesting!

I'm in.

and my Flickr thingy is full.

worth giving it another go 😀

i am in.

Good luck to you all.

I did it in 2009, 2010 & 2011 but needed a break in 2012, maybe I'll be back in 2014

If it helps those going for it this year you need to know the following.
It get's hard from Mid Feb but easy again from after Easter, you will need to pay to be a Flickr Pro user after uploading about 200 photo's (if you're not a member already that is) but it's only about £12 a year. Plus by mid year you'll want to buy another camera.

Here are my 3 years
2009
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25655510@N02/sets/72157612202073656/

2010
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25655510@N02/sets/72157622989236075/

2011
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25655510@N02/sets/72157625603952651/

Good luck and happy snapping

I certainly intend to try, but will probably fail in the first week

Determined to make this all the way through this time, usually given up after a couple of weeks in my previous attempts.

Also determined to take more than just photos of the sodding cat, as I have done in the past.

I've been doing it for 5 years now:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/manicstreetpreacher/collections/72157623350779833/

However a lot of the time I just end up taking pictures of random stuff at home because it's getting late and I've forgotten.

I tried this last year, but without a group or any peers I soon forgot about it and accidentally gave up. Have better cameras now and need to make use of them so happy to try again!

Will stick with Photo-a-Week again, I think.

Managed Photo-a-Day before (but there were a lot of 23:59 shots of anything just to not fail the challenge).

Aye go on then. I'm in

Sounds good..a reason to dig my camera out and use it!

Hmm interested, I probably take more than 1 a day on my iPhone, had it 2 years and have over 2000 snaps on it - mainly cats and workshop...

It was worth opening this topic as Flickr are giving 3 months free to all their Pro members if you click on the link on your photo stream homepage.

Not sure if I want to join the one a day group but I'll give it a go on my own.

Just put in a request to admin to join, worth a punt.

Started a couple of days ago.....

See here

http://adayatatime-lardy.blogspot.co.uk/

Quite tough to do one a day every day!

Here is a couple from my ride today. Breaking the rules with 2 photos but Im new to this. Hope it works.

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/91725112@N03/8329915531/ ]Sun Setting Over Loch Leven[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/91725112@N03/ ]Paul Murray2[/url], on Flickr

[url= http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8363/8330975972_accfecae3b.jp g" target="_blank">http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8363/8330975972_accfecae3b.jp g"/> [/img][/url]
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/91725112@N03/8330975972/ ]Sheep munching cabbage.[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/91725112@N03/ ]Paul Murray2[/url], on Flickr

sorry stuartie am a wee bit early with photos .

Murr, are you mcmoonters mate who was on the STW Clova ride a few years back? With Gary Beall as well?.

I'm in too, found my camera, it'll be going out on a wee road ride tomorrow in rural ayrshire.

yes that's me how u doing? should try and get another weekend trip some time again it could even be a road bike some great routes in Perthshire or wherever any way hope you have a good new year look forward to looking at the photos.

I'll be beginning this again tomorrow after one successful year (2010) and two faltering starts (2011 & 2012). Probably mainly convenient instagram & smartphone piccies as I seem to have difficulty motivating myself to upload anything from an SD card these days 😕

[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/8308384@N06/sets/72157622593388547/ ]365 Flickr Set - Slugwash[/url]

Cool, hope yer well Paul!. Aye, need to get a stw weekend going again, march or April sound good? Been keeping any eye on Gary's results, he's flying these days, tell him I'm asking for him.

Can you use a phone camera ? Or does it have to be a proper one?

Also do the photos have to be uploaded on the day or do they just have to be taken each day?

upload when you want, just make sure they are taken one a day, camera, phone, cardboard pin hole, anything goes

Cool, v tempted by this, will be good to force me to record a bit more of what happens

I am going to try this but think I will do stealth and see what my pictures are like and if I remember 🙂

Aye, go on then, I think it'll be a good idea to spur me on to take more photographs.

Nice idea, but I can't even do it with Bliphoto, cameras and phones are prohibited at work, and taking a photo going to work and coming home would be very tedious, and I don't go out much in the evenings. Great for people who are out and about during the day, though.
I wish I was... 🙁

Gwahn then.

Looks like the numbers may swell again this year!

I have done 2010, 2011 and 2012 and am going to keep going. This year saw far too many snap shots of my two wee boys, the cats and the dog so I need to try and get some more interesting stuff for 2013... it would be nice if life and the weather were on my side this time!

[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/alpinist-photography/ ]My attempts thus far...[/url]

The reason I love the project is that it just maps life - which for me has been mental over the last 3 years with so many changes that it is good to look back and be reminded of everything that has happened.

Now... what should I do for my first photo of 2013. I may still get out on the bike - but after a late night and an enforced early start due to "Number 1 Son" I am slightly less convinced and may leave it until tomorrow 😉

would it be possible to have a daily photo thread on here then we can all see whats happening

I've requested to join so I'm in.

Went out for a ride with all the intention of getting some good photos for day one. Then once I found a suitable subject to photograph I discovered that the battery in my camera was flat 😳

So, an idiot question...

I've joined the group.

How does it work? How do I choose which photo goes into the group? I presume when I upload 10 photos from a holiday that they won't all show in the group...

Graham - I have lost count of how many times that has happend to me!

Sounds like a good challenge so I've requested to join the 365 group 🙂

spooky_b329 - Member

So, an idiot question...

I've joined the group.

How does it work? How do I choose which photo goes into the group? I presume when I upload 10 photos from a holiday that they won't all show in the group...

You take one photo every day and post that up on the group, you can take hundreds of shots that day but only the one that YOU think is best from that day can be posted up, no cheating as they are date stamped.

You can take a shot a day while on a holiday (or if your too busy to do it every evening) and post the shot a day up when you return in bulk.

Just added my first 🙂
[url= http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8075/8332433569_2047444bcb.jp g" target="_blank">http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8075/8332433569_2047444bcb.jp g"/> [/img][/url]
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/27084274@N08/8332433569/ ]Pig by the river[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/27084274@N08/ ]john_henry_mtb[/url], on Flickr

How does it work? How do I choose which photo goes into the group? I presume when I upload 10 photos from a holiday that they won't all show in the group...

If I can do it anyone can 😉

tempted, can I clarify the ruleage, do they have to be posted every day, or can I take them daily and post when I get round to it?

Brilliant response guys!

The old hands will need to keep us newbies motivated. I'm away out for a New Year's Day daunder up a wee hill to get started.

@Greg & @Paul:

yes that's me how u doing? should try and get another weekend trip some time again it could even be a road bike some great routes in Perthshire or wherever any way hope you have a good new year look forward to looking at the photos.

Road ride would be excellent - lots of great routes around here as Paul says.

tempted, can I clarify the ruleage, do they have to be posted every day, or can I take them daily and post when I get round to it?

You can post at your convenience but you must TAKE one photo every day for the whole year. You can take more than one, obviously, but only one gets posted to the group. You might decide to post all 7 for a week on a Sunday, for instance.

Last one I did was organised by Sanny, riding out of Pitlochry and just by coincidence I came across a photie of the group yesterday. Will try scanning but not a great pic.....
His idea of an "easy Sunday" ride turned into a 50ml hill ride and darkness before we got back!! Nice warm up, beer and food at the Blair Atholl hotel with Peter Laing and others whilst Sanny rounded up and kept the stragglers motivated and pedalling 😉

I think I can commit to at least have go at that since I have one of them there smart phones now...

I tried and failed miserably a few years ago ( 2010 ? ) so I'll give it another bash ...

At least I got [url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/33039569@N03/sets/72157632402949028/ ]todays photo OK [/url]

So lets see how long I can keep going

Great response to this thread Stuartie_C, lots of people taking up the challenge for 2013. Good luck to you all, looking forward to seeing some of your year in pictures 🙂

I've requested

I have put a request in too

Tried to do this a few years back using polaroids, without giving it much thought, got a tad expensive 😉

Heres ma picture from todays walk over Benarty.

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/91725112@N03/8334273956/ ]Ochil Hills from Benarty[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/91725112@N03/ ]Paul Murray2[/url], on Flickr

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Up on Cadair Bronwen this afternoon. At 2500ft just too cold for words...

I'm in, request sent.

I've got a good enough phone camera to have a stab at it now 🙂

Thanks for the help, however;

I use the Uploadr app on PC and my Android phone to upload pics to Flickr. Can I set my account so I can add a tag or select a set at the point of upload, rather than needing to upload and then remember to log in to Flickr later on to submit that photo to the group?

i.e. I want to upload a photo and by tagging it STW or adding it to my STW set, it would automatically be submitted to the group.

Day 1:

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartie_c/8334375600/ ]1/365[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/stuartie_c/ ]stuartie_c[/url], on Flickr

I'm not intending posting any more of my pics in here - they'll all go in the Flickr group.

mine. just to make the point that it isn't just for ****y arty types 😉 (ie mine will be rubbish)

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i.e. I want to upload a photo and by tagging it STW or adding it to my STW set, it would automatically be submitted to the group.

No. You need to explicitly add it to the group, as follows:

Click on the photo once to take you to the photo page (ie so that it is displayed on its own)
Click on the "Actions" menu at the top left of the photo
Choose "Add to/remove from group"
Find the "One Photo a Day 365" group and click to add to it.

OK, thanks Stuartie