Paul Hammond's Blog

On February 24th of 2008, I started a project on Flickr called the 365 Days project.  Well, 366 days later (2008 was a leap year), I completed the challenge I had set myself.  I had taken 366 photos somehow featuring myself and uploaded them for all to see.  And most likely laugh at.

Some random statistics about my year of self-portraiture:

• 18 involved musical instruments of some kind.
• 22 were taken in Shanghai (23 if you include day 366).
• 22 were taken in the USA (including 10 in Seattle, 8 in Boston).
• 17 were taken in other countries.
• 10 featured one or both of my kids, 3 included our puppy Ruby.
• 2 were pictures of my butt.
• 16 had something to do with the Boston Red Sox.
• 44 were in black and white, or had some selective colouring.
• 5 featured Apple products or themes.
• 2 were taken in the snow.
• 1 day featured a photo that I didn't think I'd taken, but found in my recycle bin 3 days later to prevent the "fail" (day 239).
• 1 had me wearing a wig.
• Day 127 (Red Sox Tickets) got the most views, followed by Day 207 (Out Back) and then Day 232 (Shanghai World Financial Centre).

You can see the whole set of pictures here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/phammond/sets/72157603977922609/

I had great fun doing it, although some days were a real chore.  The ideas well ran fairly dry early on in the project.  There are a number of pictures I am really happy with, and quite a few that were just terrible!  Along the way I met some cool Flickr users.  My Photoshop skills certainly improved during the year too.

Try it, it's fun!