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11/29/2003 07:19:21 AM · #1 |
I had this idea the other day when I saw a short program on TV about Monet, the painter. I think it would be an interesting project to think about.
Pick a spot of natural beauty (or just somewhere outside if you want) that is easily accessable to you. One day in January, go there, and take a photo. Remember where you were and what time you took the photo. If you took the photo on Jan 4th, go back to the same spot and take another photo on Feb 4th. You could print out your January photo as a reference so you can get in exactly the same place. Do the same on March 4th, April 4th, etc, right up to December. It doesnt have to be the exact same day, but the nearer the better.
It will be interesting in a years time to see everyone's collections. If the photos are good, you can use them to make a 2005 calendar, a perfect gift for Christmas :)
I'm going to give this a go, and I'd like to see other people's series' too at the end of next year.
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11/29/2003 07:43:11 AM · #2 |
I've only taken two, about 6 months apart:
 
Message edited by author 2003-11-29 07:44:17. |
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11/29/2003 07:48:35 AM · #3 |
Great shots, and a great example of the type of thing I mean. :)
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11/29/2003 07:52:26 AM · #4 |
Thanks. I didn't pay too much attention taking the second, so they're not quite as close as I would have liked.
I'll have to scope out some good sites over the next month for January. :-) |
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11/29/2003 08:02:01 AM · #5 |
| Neat idea Konador. Site selection seems to be the key to an interesting series. Glad you gave a month to think about it. |
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11/29/2003 08:21:05 AM · #6 |
| Great idea Konador - I'm going to do it! :-) |
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11/29/2003 08:49:41 AM · #7 |
Not attempting to steal thunder at all - but I thought exactly the same thing earlier this week! It's a great idea and I'll definitely have a go too.
Really like your two shots Paul. But why the hell isn't the second one taken from exactly the same place? It's just unacceptable. ; ) |
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11/29/2003 08:56:43 AM · #8 |
Great minds think alike ;)
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11/29/2003 08:58:56 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by Jon Lucas:
But why the hell isn't the second one taken from exactly the same place? It's just unacceptable. ; ) |
I'm sorry. ;-)))
Thanks Jon. And thanks for your comment - even BEFORE I posted the pic! |
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11/29/2003 09:01:45 AM · #10 |
| that is an idea i like. a real eye opener on how scenes change over time, usually so gradual it is never noticed. a very note worthy idea |
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11/29/2003 11:00:50 AM · #11 |
I actually thought about doing this a year ago when I first got my digital. I was gonna do the same thing with my house only on a weekly basis and email to my mom so she could see the neighborhood...
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11/29/2003 11:08:33 AM · #12 |
I am lazy, i have made it from my window, it is quite interesting too and i can see trees. There are 2 weeks between.
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11/29/2003 01:30:36 PM · #13 |
Really cool idea, Konador. Can you post a reminder come January? And then each month after that? lol I'm very forgetful. ;-) I can't wait to see all of your images. Should be a fun project!
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11/29/2003 02:01:09 PM · #14 |
| wow! that's a really great idea, Ben! i'm definitely gonna give it a try. |
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11/29/2003 02:05:01 PM · #15 |
Good idea Ben. I already have something like that going. I call it the "La-Z-Boy" project to track how my son is growing and changing. Samuel was born on September the 10th. I'm going to take a picture him on my La-Z-Boy chair on every 10th day of the month. Here it is:
La-Z-Boy project
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11/29/2003 02:10:17 PM · #16 |
| very good idea punkin! i like the fact that it makes me think in terms of more landscapish photography--of which i have virtually none. |
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11/29/2003 05:45:21 PM · #17 |
I'll try. :)
Why not make it a challenge? ;)
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11/29/2003 06:41:48 PM · #18 |
Hey Ben,
I'm in. This sounds like a great idea to me. :-)
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11/29/2003 06:51:29 PM · #19 |
After a couple of Cuba Libre's I have an even better idea:
Make a selfportrait on each first day of the month in exactly the same setting. See yourself grow old. :)
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11/29/2003 06:57:55 PM · #20 |
Make a selfportrait on each first day of the month in exactly the same setting. See yourself grow old. :) Azrifel
I'm to late.:) |
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11/29/2003 07:59:40 PM · #21 |
| I've done something similar based on a layout I saw in a magazine years ago (I think it was Life). A father took his infant daughter to sit on Santa's lap shortly after she was born, then took her again every year for 18 years. He only stopped when Santa pinched her on the bottom. I took my first daughter (and now my second) to get pictures taken on Santa's lap every December 16th since they were born. I still have a while to go till it's finished, the older one is just 13. Eventually I will have to figure some way to mount them in a single frame. |
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11/29/2003 08:29:48 PM · #22 |
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11/29/2003 08:35:48 PM · #23 |
| Kostia, that is amazing. To see the years fly by like that and the changes. The kids grow up real fast, as I know, but to have a record. Wonderful. |
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11/29/2003 08:36:46 PM · #24 |
Thanks for posting that, kostia. It's really cool. I'm impressed that they were disciplined enough to do it every year for that long. It's amazing how much people change in only one year. Thanks again.
Edit: Spelling
Message edited by author 2003-11-29 20:37:19.
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11/29/2003 09:10:19 PM · #25 |
| Great find Kostia. Not too hard to see a family resemblance in the brothers, lol. In all of them really. |
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