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what would you say if a random base ball bat flew in the room and hit us all?
˙ʇno ʇәƃ :ɹәʞɔnɟɹәႡʇoɯ 'әɯ Ⴁɔnoʇ ʇ,uop :ɹәʍsuɐ
02 November 2009
Another year has past.
I never thought I would have ever done a 365days project a few years ago, let alone two years of it, but it has helped me grow in so many ways. The reason I decided to start the second year of this project was because I could just feel that so many things in my life were about to drastically change, and I was very right.
In the past year I have felt the highest of highs and the lowest of lows – it's been an emotional roller coaster that's for sure. I have made it through 6 months of long-distance relationship; packing up my life I had created for myself in Ann Arbor and moved across the country (with two cats) to Los Angeles to be with the love of my life; got laid off from my design job after over three years of being there; left good friends behind along with our families; made new friends along the way; planned our wedding; got married :); celebrated our best friends wedding; learned how to play d&d and actually got into it; got my new D300s!; battled with myself over getting a job and designing my portfolio; and I am continuously trying to find out who I am and who I want to be.
I did find this year was a little harder than the first, trying to keep up the creativeness while being down isn't the easiest of tasks... but thanks to my loving husband who was always there to listen to me rant and complain about it but he also provided ideas and inspirations that helped me make it though :)
I just want to thank all of you for following my life and journey though these pictures, all the comments and support really mean a lot to me and you all gave me the strength to keep it up and not miss a day... plus I knew if I did you'd all give me crap for it :) lol. But really, thank you!
I don't know what the future holds, it's still a bit fuzzy for me, but I do know that I have a lot to look forward to. :)
xoxo, Jill
Well this is it guys our final shot. As my husband and I have done this 366 together it felt right to both be in our final image of this amazing project. 732 pictures between the two of us!! It was Dwayne's idea to start this, I don't think I ever believed I would manage to juggle life to fit this in. You can check out Dwayne's photostream here. www.flickr.com/photos/66982909@N02/ He started this project with a point and shoot and eventually caved in and got himself a digital SLR. Now he is after my gear lol :-)
I have learnt an awful lot about both 'me as a person' and photography throughout this year. I feel as if I still have along way to go but I am moving in the right direction and definately know how to handle my camera so much better. I still have a tendency to strive to be perfect and lose my creativity in the process. Dwayne has been great in trying to ground me. It hasn't been easy trying to juggle work, family life and a 366 but I never missed a day and some of my favourite shots are those that I took when I was tired and totally uninspired.
What next? I would like to take a little break but by that I mean completing my project life albums, getting a photobook of this 366 printed, finish my Kim Klassen 'beyond layers' course and trying to establish a consistent processing workflow. Ha ha that is what I call a holiday! I will still join in with some of my favourite groups such as ODC, bokeh Thursday, macro monday and T189 when I can.
A big thank you to Dwayne who has always been there for me and putting up with me(!), Emily my daughter who has put up with my camera constantly documenting every move she makes and to all my lovely flickr friends especially my T189 friends and ODCers. I would love to personally thank a few people but I don't want to leave anyone out , to those who always look out for my pictures and have been through the ups and downs with me thank you so much..you know who you are xx
Thanks to my Flickr followers for your kind comments and encouragement, to my fellow 365-er's for inspiring me, and to my wife and new daughter for putting up with a LOT of picture taking this year! :)
I will be doing a different photo project in 2015, so stay tuned!
Happy New Year!
The Kakhovka reservoir, which was blown up on June 6, 2023, is said to have lost almost three quarters of its water. This exposed the bottom of the lake. Footage published online shows skeletons believed to be the remains of German Wehrmacht soldiers during World War II.
ODC: THE END 28th December 23- 3rd January 2024
"for they are like dream flowers - childhood dreams - which have broken loose from their stalks and escaped into the sunshine. Air and angels."
-Miriam Rothschild
I have tried for at least three summers now, maybe four, to get something approaching this series of butterflies in flight, but capturing mating butterflies was beyond my imaginings. About a week ago a pair of swallowtails, one male yellow and one intermediate black female, spent the afternoon dancing together about my yard. taking intervals away from each other to eat, and then rejoining each other in the air. i just watched for a while - it was magical - and it felt as though the sound of my shutter might break the spell. but eventually i couldn't help myself and i started shooting, fully expecting, as so many times before, that what i'd see in my viewfinder would be a shadow of the experience. this time was different, i feel like i was granted a gift by the butterflies. and when i saw this image on my monitor my heart leaped. it held the magic.
i don't usually crop my butterflies, save a square to eliminate distracting foliage, because i think seeing the butterfly in the context of how i saw it is important, but at my husband's insistence I have a really tight crop of this shot in comments. also a few others of this dramatic pair as they moved about my yard.
thank you all so much for cheering me on, it means a great deal, and it keeps me going around day 19 when i'm ready to pack it in. i will still be shooting butterflies, because truth be told, i can't stop. the buckeyes, which i love, don't really start showing up here till later in the summer, and if the heat ever breaks and we get out to our c.s.a. i'll see the adorable long winged checkerspots that we don't get around here. so there will still be butterflies, just not every day. and if you would like some of my butterflies for your own, i am making notecards and postcards of some of them, and will be opening an etsy shop in the weeks to come. I'll share the information here on flickr when they are ready.
"Oah, and I am gonna try to do this 365 thingy, wish me luck! I hope I can make it till the end, and make a bunch of new friends! Will this journey change my life? Who knows, I hope! =)" --My First Photo
Answer: Yes! Life Changed. For all the more amazing! ^^
One Year - 365 Self Portraits
A nice bright photo for the end. I hope you like it. I didn't know what to do.
DAY 365 is finally here. Wow.
Never really thought I would get this far. Time flies. I was inspired last year by seeing everyone's amazing photostreams. Everyone had artsy photos. Good crops, lighting, poses, and edits. I looked at my photostream, and just saw uncreative MySpace snapshots, not genuine or interesting photos. I was not proud of this, I knew I could be better, but had no motivation. Then I met Chris.
I saw Chris' photostream last July and said to myself, this guy takes awesome photos. I have to try this "365 thing" he is doing. I waited a month, still hesitating to actually commit to it. Then I started my 365 project on my first day of college, August 27, 2008. I never missed a single day or deadline. I always took my photo before midnight struck the clock. I am very proud of this. However, it was very hard at times. Sometimes, I would even miss going to parties or movies after work, just because I didn't take my photo, and had to go home to do it before time was up. The project was stressful at times. I almost gave up in October even, because nobody was really commenting on my photos. For some reason, I had the impression that I would be mega-famous my first two months out. Ha ha, yeah right. The week I was about to quit, a fellow contact came into my life, Zebra.paperclip. After she starting cheering me on to continue, everyone came to comment miraculously! I became noticed..... popular! This zebra woman brought life back into my photos.
Special thanks to Chris and Zebra. I am here today because of you both.
When I started I didn't know two things. First, how to use Photoshop at all, or how to use my camera at all. I can gladly say I love Photoshop now, going from knowing nothing at all to being self taught. Unlike Photoshop, hilariously I still don't know how to use my camera at all, lol. If people think my photos are good, it is the Photoshop lying and doing the dirty work for me. I am a lazy photographer when it comes to the camera. Most of all my photos were taken on automatic... It would be such a challenge to do a 365 without Photoshop, that's for sure.
I can say that I will not continue my 365- Year 2 right now. I have some more goals I would like to achieve in the short term first, before doing another project again. Currently, my top two priorities / goals now are working out, and learning French fluently in school.
I will try to take some photos every once and a while, don't worry.
I would like to continue the 365 experience or a 52 Weeks project next year, hopefully. Who knows though, I could break tomorrow and end up continuing my 365 this week. It will be so hard not to take a photo tomorrow, as if I was committing a sin or something. It has become such a habit. I think to myself, if I could do this project with such discipline, I could totally achieve another equally difficult goal like exercising. Heck, I will even have 3-4 hours of my life back now. It took me that long on average, daily to take the photo, edit, and upload everyday. It was like a second job.
This project has taught me lots of things: It has taught me to be creative. I didn't want to be a boring Joe 365, with the same face everyday. I loved the challenge of coming up with a theme and ideas. I have gathered lots of new music taste too. I know now of hundreds of new songs I didn't know about before. I felt like the music I added to my photos was an extension of the photo and me.
The photos let me express my emotions of what I was feeling for the day. It was a nice way of letting everything out. Also, before this project, I would never show my body shirtless, even in public swimming, but for some reason this project has made me less shy. I like that.
The best thing about this project: Meeting all my new friends. I have about 10 pretty close fireinds I talk to daily. It's really nice. And strangely, only a couple are American, while most of my friends are the sweetest people from other countries. I've been mailed things, talked with people on the phone, text some regularly, e-mail, etc. I love you all.
Some of my daily friends and people who have been with me from the very beginning months:
Clifford Michael -- Thanks for the phones calls and advice. Glad you found me. Thank you for all the faves! ^^
ukmcbo -- I want to model for you one day! ^^ Best models ever.
CrzysChick -- Best Legs on Flickr. Never could take a good one like you. Lovedthe socks too.
Dustin Diaz -- Best Bokehs ever. I must go on a street shoot with you in San Fran.
joe469 -- Love your silly humor in your photos. The videos are even better. I love PAT!
Konstantin D -- Thank you for commenting on every photo, and the nice e-mails.
Quiiquee -- Hey, teach me better Spanish, and maybe one day edit my photos for me! Love your style.
AntBee72 -- Best icon photo ever! ^^
Strawbleu -- We'll meet in London someday.... (maybe soon)
El_Sol -- We are going to the Sears Tower. Taking tons of pictures! ^^
Cat_With_The_Smokin_Gun -- Just around the Riverbend. Love you. We have such silly conversations.
Lynn Lin -- The only person who has ever sent me something in the mail. I will come see you one day. Prepare China for me!
ZEBRA! -- Zebra. You rock my world. Enough said. (teach me to snowboard)
Miss_ciruelita -- I will kiss you one day! MUAH! MUAH MUAH! All over your beautiful cheeks. You are my flickr girl! I promise to make you your Spanish video someday! ^^
picadilly -- Best dome on Flickr. Thanks for the Facebook comments. :^)
polyglut -- Come teach here. Comeeeee! We need to go on an adventure.
Girard -- Love your sassy humor. We fight, but get over it. I like that. Love checking your photos too. Thank you for the textures.
Erika -- My best flickr friend in real life. Thanks for putting up with me weekly. haha. Must be hard. Thank you for everything. You are so nice to me.
Amanda Photographs -- You are so young and full of talent. Please keep it up. I promise to comment you soon. You are an inspiration.
Chris -- My most beloved and beautiful friend. You are so so so so special. No words to describe you.
There are so many others, probably over one hundred more that I have met throughout the whole journey, but I can't list everyone....
I wish you meet you all one day. I have already met six Flickr in real life so far, let's keep it up.
This 365 has been so special to me. I have learned so much, EVEN traveled AROUND the world, to Europe, because of this project. I am a lucky lucky guy. Thank you again for all the views, comments, and faves. I started my project with 8,000 views, and end it with 213,730 views. 27 photos in Explore. Just Wow!
I'm over and out.
It was fun.
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Desde hoy, abandono esta cuenta de flickr!...
podeis seguir viendo y comentando fotos en mi blog: www.fotografodemoda.net
ha molado durante un tiempo, he conocido a un montón de gente y he hecho amigos... pero ya no tengo tiempo para seguir manteniendo esta galeria, así que ... hasta aqui llegamos!
un abrazo a todos!
JOSEP.
É acabou o projeto 365 Dias, achei que não ia ate o fim mas não é que fui suhashuash, teve dias que foi muito fácil, teve dias que queria meter o pé em tudo, algumas fotos levaram 5 minutos para serem feitas outras levaram 5 horas(sem exagero), algumas fotos adorei e algumas senti ate vergonha de postar.Mas no geral o projeto foi muito gratificante aprendi muitas técnicas, explorei vários lugares, vivi algumas dificuldades e acidentes husahsusuhahs
Gostaria de agradecer todos os modelos que se disponibilizaram para ajudar o projetos desde namorada, irmã, amigos, cachorros,patos, legos e playmobyls ^^ e também todos que acompanharam, é muito gratificante esse retorno, obrigado mesmo e ate o próximo ^^
This is what happened when the Wifey and I hooked up.
We had a baby.
The baby got hit in the face with a shovel a dozen times and then later in life was bitten by a zombie.
Life sucks sometimes.
Ahora sí....me voy de barcelona
Dejo atrás para mi una de las mejores ciudades del mundo, dejo atrás bellísimas personas que he conocido y se acaba una experiencia que para mi ha sido un sueño realidad....pues sí, a veces se cumplen
En breves me voy a Chiclana así que por lo menos me consuelo porque veré a mi familia que hace meses que no veo
un bso a todos
"Time it was and what a time it was, it was,
a time of innocence, a time of confidences.
Long ago it must be, I have a photograph.
Preserve your memories, they're all that's left you." ("Bookends")
I cannot believe the year is over! Thank you to everyone for sharing all your photos throughout the year and thank you for all the encouraging comments. The P52 has been a lot of fun!