Documenting your year: Project 365

Here at DIY Life, we like to have a photo with every post. When we don't take the photos ourselves, we often use photos from Flickr that have been tagged with a Creative Commons license. Finding the right photo can require a lengthy search, during which we get to see a lot of great photos that don't quite fit the mood of the post we're trying to illustrate.

I've noticed that many of the photos I've considered lately have been tagged with "project365." I thought that this must be some kind of web challenge, and I couldn't resist trying to learn more about it. It turns out that Photojojo, a great site with lots of DIY photography information, has popularized the concept.

Find out more about Project365 after the break.

The aim of Project 365 is simple: take one photo per day, every day, for a full year. You need not necessarily take self-portraits; the photos can be of anything you want. At the end of the year, you'll have a record of the passage of time: maybe your own changing hairstyles, maybe your child or pet's growth, maybe your home in different weather.

If you decide to tackle Project 365, you should carry a camera with you everywhere you go. The camera on your phone is fine. Camera quality doesn't matter: the only aim is to take the photos consistently and upload them regularly. If you'd rather not upload your photos to Flickr, try starting a blog for the project: Vox would be perfect for this, because it handles photos very well, but any other blogging service that handles photo hosting, like Livejournal (paid accounts only), would also work.

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