Everything old is new again

The last month of doing my 365 project tore me up inside. It was frustrating and on a daily basis I flipped and flopped between what I wanted to do come 1/1/12. It was a monumental day for many reasons, let us not forget that it may very well be our last one on this earth if the Mayans have anything to say about it. But it also would mean my deciding to continue or to stop shooting every day.

On the one hand I would be excited to leave. Often times it was something very stressful, worrying about not only if I would be able to shoot one in time but if it would be any good. I know the point isn't to create a masterpiece every day. But to simply use your camera. Even so, when the photo was bad I would lament over even posting it. Sending me into a photographic depression and not updating the 365 project blog for days. But when the images were good, they were great. Working to get that perfect image on imperfect film was a challenge. And jumping over the hurdles required to get something fantastic made victory all the sweeter.

And yet when it came down to it, the strangest part would have been actually to just let go. It seems strange to say that about a project. Projects in themselves are conceptual and even if completed are still just an idea. So letting go of an idea pulled at me for quite some time.

In the end however, I made the decision to go at it again for 2012. Only with a minor tweak...

I'll be using Polaroid film as well! I had so much of it lying around that it didn't seem fair to let it sit and be destroyed with time. So may as well get it out of the way this year. And maybe by the time I run out of it and my stockpile of Impossible film, they will have come out with some even greater stuff to play with so I can finish off the year.

In the meantime however, check out this video of my 2011 365 project!

Here's to a great year! Follow the Polaroid 365 project blog at:

www.the-365-project.com