5 posts tagged “project 365”

Not a very good photography week. Looks like I need to be more conscious of the things I'd like to be reminded of. Seems like often this week I just tried to make do with a hastily taken shot just so I have a shot for the day.

I'll probably remember this as a week of being breathless (and for some intense parts, really gasping for air) ...

...having to skip work because of asthma and me having the lung capacity of an 80-year old
...watching Payton Manning finally win a big one in what's probably the best NFL game I've ever seen
...watching the Suns twice (thank you Solar Sports) including their 16th in a row...
...going through lots of meetings, including attending to some matters that involve just blowing off some steam
...coming home early to do some "CPR

You know what? At the end of the day, it's still my girls that leave me most breathless.

I guess it's true what they say with that old, corny cliche: “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” (or something like that)

I wish you all more breath-taking (and picture-taking) moments. Great week to y'all.

Pretty eventful week that happily led to a lazy weekend. This was a week of many blessings amidst all the hectic demands of work and home. It's great that I'm doing project 365, or else because of a jampacked work agenda, I would have probably forgotten about all these...

A surprise birthday party that ended up as a surprise engagement announcement.

A chocolate buffet to celebrate a dear co-worker's birthday.

A visit from the "emperor" who had much wisdom to share.

A touching honor from people that matter.

A wedding of a good buddy, and a good reminder of the power of family, friendship, and love.

A lazy weekend spent cocooning at home with my girls, Hiro Nakamura and Meredith Grey.

One week into the new year and I've managed to remain faithful to my project 365. There have been days where I just had to make a last-minute shot because I almost forgot, but thanks in large part to the trusty cameraphone, I'm so far able to develop a photographic memory of my days and evoke the sights, sounds, smells and feelings that each new day brought. I could write at length about the experiences of these days, but the reason I actually take all these photos is so I don't have to.

I'm still finalizing my list, but for sure, one resolution is to take more pictures and to hone my eye for photography and make it a more serious hobby.

In '06 (especially through the Europe trip), I (re-)discovered my love for taking photos (especially of buildings, structures and quirky found objects, apparently), and I also discovered that with basic photo-editing (3 C's - crop, color, contrast), I could have so much more fun with photography.

In '07 I resolve to...

...finally buy that digital SLR that the wifey and I can share
...have more "photography dates" and "photography travels" with the wifey
...undertake my own project 365 to "take a photo a day, and see my life in a different way" (Now this is gonna be quite a personal commitment, so let's see how it goes...)

Originally uploaded by sicamoli.

"The eye is supreme in taking a brilliant photo. The camera is secondary." - Ali Kurshid, Pakistan's most famous flickr enthusiast