OK. After seeing other photographers do it and thinking about doing it myself, I’ve finished my hemming and hawing and committed to doing the Project 365 where one records a photo every day for one year and documents a year of life.

It doesn’t have to be photos of big, momentous things or anything special. It’s just a photo a day of mostly the little things … a scene that grabbed your attention, a new person you met, a new place you’ve never been before, or a great dinner you are about to enjoy. Sometimes it may just be a self portrait.

So starting tomorrow I’m going to be posting one photo per day here on my blog and also on my photography website.

Click on the image for a larger version and caption.

Sometimes the photos will be edited, sometimes they won’t. Sometimes I’ll be shooting with my DSLR and sometimes with my point and shoot and sometimes with my iPhone 4. It’ll just depend upon which camera is with me when I shoot that day’s photo. They say the best camera for any particular photo is the one you have with you.

I hope everyone who sees my photos will join me in this trip around the sun with a camera and maybe some of you will do your own Project 365.

OK. I’m going to get back to collecting some photons now.

 

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by Joe August 20, 2010

Last night at the Canby Rodeo, as Rodeo Princess Erica Roney was making a royalty arena run on her 21-year-old horse Batty, the horse collapsed and suddenly died.

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Finally, a political candidate we can trust

by Joe July 31, 2010

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by Joe Wilson July 12, 2010

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by Joe Wilson May 8, 2010

I completely agree. Well, maybe a trip to Mars might be more accurate. – Joe Star Tribune CEO Mike Klingensmith talks new paywall, digital re-do Via: www.minnpost.com Mike Klingensmith is no rocket scientist, just the son of one. The new Star Tribune publisher/CEO’s dad was an aeronautical engineer for Honeywell in Minneapolis during the Apollo [...]

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by Joe Wilson April 18, 2010

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Have recorder (and mics) … will report

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Joe’s been a newspaper reporter and editor his entire life. Lately Joe’s been studying radio/audio journalism with some help from those in the industry.

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This would almost be too much to bear for the United States of America

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