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07/11/2009 01:49:34 PM · #1 |
Hey guys!
I've always been impressed by people who are able to undertake and complete photography "projects". There are plenty of examples out there such as taking at least one photo every day for a year or taking a photo in every state of the US.
I was thinking about undertaking a portrait photography project where I would attempt to take a portraits of people from the ages of 1-100. The project would be finished when I had a photograph of someone of each age.
Has anyone ever tried something like this? Was it enjoyable and were you able to complete the project? |
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07/11/2009 02:10:20 PM · #2 |
| I've never tried it, but that's an amazing idea. |
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07/11/2009 02:16:09 PM · #3 |
The closest I have done to that is last year when we did a side challenge where we did a photo of a chosen object for the month. I did a photo of my shoehorn every day. I don't think I missed a day, though I may have been late with one or two. I drove my family crazy. I did some real oinkers and some creative ridiculousness that I am proud of.
I also have an ongoing project with this one tree I pass on my way to work every day. One of those photos has been my only ribbon shot to date. Some of the others are linked in the notes to this one.
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07/11/2009 02:17:11 PM · #4 |
I'm starting to work on one with a group of people, so less of a personal project.. it's semi-affiliated with //www.photovoice.org/ - going to be creating a photo essay/journal regarding the health+lives of underserved and disadvantaged populations. I'm working at a youth crisis center this summer, which is where I'll be getting most of my photos, but might also try to go on some "outreach" adventures during which they visit homeless populations and try to encourage them to come to the shelter. Should be interesting.
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07/11/2009 02:17:41 PM · #5 |
I actually did an "Alphabet" side challenge and that was a great deal of fun - shooting the alphabet in objects that I found around my town/ area. The result of it was I was looking more closely at things, at how lines interact, how light hits objects, and my photography actually started to blossom after it. It was only a month, but I was busy every day shooting.
Message edited by author 2009-07-11 14:18:10. |
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07/11/2009 02:20:49 PM · #6 |
| Most of the "side challenges" here involve something along this line; I'm not usually able to stick with those consistently though. However, I and several other DPCers did complete a Solo Photography Book in a Month (SoFoBoMo) project, as did 2-300 others from around the world. Check out their home site -- it might be something to keep in mind for next year. |
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07/11/2009 02:26:48 PM · #7 |
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07/11/2009 02:31:53 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by CaseyAllen:
Hey guys!
I've always been impressed by people who are able to undertake and complete photography "projects". There are plenty of examples out there such as taking at least one photo every day for a year or taking a photo in every state of the US.
I was thinking about undertaking a portrait photography project where I would attempt to take a portraits of people from the ages of 1-100. The project would be finished when I had a photograph of someone of each age.
Has anyone ever tried something like this? Was it enjoyable and were you able to complete the project? |
The problem is, if this takes multiple years, you can just take portraits of the same people over and over again :D |
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07/11/2009 02:59:58 PM · #9 |
| Here's a video of something similar to your idea: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUHLa1qSy24 |
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07/11/2009 05:04:40 PM · #10 |
| The BBC made a program ten years ago, °The Human Body° by prof. The Lord Robert Winston, in which the opening titles (of one episode at least) had the camera panning across a group of people aged from 0 to 100. They were in a forest. |
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