So, if you have not yet heard about the "optional" summer project, then you will by the time you have finished reading. Documenting our lives is one of the best ways we can examine growth... Or, sometimes, lack of growth in our own life. At the very least, documentation gives us an accurate glimpse of a story or event we may be many months removed from. The written or photographic artifacts give personality to the life we lived and the way we navigated challenges, triumphs, sorrows, success and yes, even the ordinary.
Below, you will find details on how you can document the next year of your life. Good luck and happy photographing! :)
Project 365: How to Take a Photo a Day and See Your Life in a Whole New Way
People will often say that their whole lives flashed before their eyes after they experienced a traumatic event. Perhaps it’s a bit morbid, but we think that sounds pretty incredible.
When Taylor McKnight started taking a photo a day on January 1st, 2004, he never imagined the project would not only serve as a way to remember a year, but also help him understand what was important to him in his life.
Whether it was his relationships, his career, or his fashion sense, recording a photo a day for a whole year left him with a rich visual history of his life. And it made him a better photographer to boot!
Now that he’s in the middle of doing it for a second time, we asked Taylor to write about it for us. Read on for our tutorial on how and why to create your own daily photographic history.
