I saw someone on the NaNoWriMo "Big Fun Scary Challenge" forum mention a challenge she was doing with her friends, to take 366 photos. Now there are two photo challenges people are doing - the first is to simply take a photo each day (they called it the 365 one, I think they forgot 2008 is a leap year). However the one I really liked, was the 366 one, where they thought up 366 ideas and have to take a photo covering each one.
I was going to use their list, but realised some are a little country/age specific (they're 15-16 year old girls in Canada). So I've created my own - have you any idea how hard it is to come up with 366 things, without resorting to using all basic colours, animals, etc.?
Anyway - the idea I'm borrowing from the girls, who set up a Blog for it, right here. I've adapted their rules, as they had a few based on their challenge being for the group of them.
Rules
- Photos must be taken between 12:01am January 1st 2008 and 11:59pm December 31st 2008.
- Photos must be your own, not taken from other people.
- Photos to be posted in your Blog/Blurty/Photobucket (linked to), etc.
- All images remain yours.
- You don't have to take the photo themes in order, nor to take exactly one photo each day - many people work long hours or hours which mean few free daylight hours - you might find you cross off three themes in one day. Think of it as a photographic treasure hunt or quest.
- All images must be original, not photoshopped - the point is to have fun and challenge yourself to improve photography, not how well you can correct your mistakes with manipulation (this one is reliant on people's honesty, but hey, I never PS).
- No nudity, porn, or illegality!
Here are the 366 ideas I came up with (I made a spreadsheet and just filled 366 cells with ideas at random, dotting my new ideas around the grid, not in a list order - so I as I thought up more, I just filled in holes in. Hopefully this means a jumbled order!)
Edit - I've edited in the permalink to each theme's post, so just click on a theme to see the photo for it.
- Sparkle
- Laughter
- Soup
- Hat
- Needlework
- Buttons
- Smile
- Cat
- Newspaper
- Underground
- Knot
- Performance
- Chocolate
- Wooden
- Chalk
- Handmade
- Yo-yo
- Pastel
- Trinket
- Fingers
- Diary
- Technology
- Water
- Make up
- Ruined
- Sundial
- Job
- Mirror
- Challenge
- Ribbons
- Boat
- Rain
- Stripey
- Pizza
- Park
- Clouds
- Blue
- Such great heights
- Body
- Bench
- Time
- Fences
- Friend
- Steam
- Celebrate
- Ironwork
- Red
- Ice
- Obstacle
- Fruity
- Library
- Secret
- Pasta
- Festival
- Rubbish
- Magazine
- Pop culture
- Slippers
- Candlelight
- Measure
- View
- Exotic
- Key
- Collections
- Invention
- Money (notes)
- Eyes
- Perfume
- Tangled
- Spider webs
- Sunrise
- Dandelion
- History
- Bubbles
- Chronicles
- Torn
- Coins
- Ice cream
- Desire
- Doodle
- Radio
- Politics
- Retro
- Cafe
- Shock
- Telephone
- Precious
- Ink
- Rainbow
- Juice
- Lonely
- Postcard
- Feminine
- Post box
- Print
- Reminder
- Rock and roll
- Origami
- Climbing
- Carved
- Mask
- Paint
- Vintage
- Cake
- Plug
- BBQ
- Donate
- House
- Nationality
- Snowflake
- Ball
- Ancient
- Iconic
- Love
- Flag
- Lock
- Mountain
- Torch
- Map
- Leather
- Alcohol
- Sunglasses
- Treasure
- Bed
- Take away
- Tool
- Sadness
- Tomato
- Tissue
- Sacrifice
- Cuddle
- Frown
- Urban
- Fancy dress
- Surf
- Magnified
- Childhood
- Stars
- Ticket
- Casual
- Forgotten
- Shiny
- Birds
- Big
- Family
- Quirky
- Bones
- Volunteer
- Sinking
- Photo
- Anniversary
- Tattoo
- Footprint
- Elastic
- Calendar
- Health
- Carriage
- Fear
- Gift
- Hug
- Sky
- Keyhole
- Temperature
- Tall
- Quilt
- Balance
- Model
- Archway
- Music
- Shoes
- Cheese
- Black and white
- Wild
- Collage
- Crowd
- Pattern
- Fireworks
- Clothes
- Commitment
- Forbidden
- Midnight
- Statue
- Uniform
- Herb
- Traffic
- Touching
- Broken
- Playing card
- Spots
- Farm yard
- Corkscrew
- Sunset
- Duplicate
- Opening
- Icing
- Fog
- Wavy
- Tick
- Souvenir
- Life
- Coffee
- Soap
- Spiral
- Cow
- Generations
- Bow
- Fish
- Sugar
- Chinese
- Magic
- Bookworm
- Warning
- Running
- Spork
- Baubles
- Telescope
- Train
- Games
- Cupcake
- Bridge
- North
- Perfect
- Reflections
- Direction
- Fairground
- Heat
- Blur
- Wool
- Horseshoe
- Transport
- Cocktail
- Sport
- Stamps
- Shadow
- Umbrella
- Dog
- Motorbike
- Comfort
- Curry
- Cinema
- Lost
- Museum
- Chilly
- Magnet
- Leaf
- Swing
- Tradition
- Pyramid
- Knife
- Halfway
- Expensive
- Doll
- Tender
- End
- Jagged
- Timetable
- Charity
- Ring
- Doubtful
- Beginning
- Gold
- Balloon
- Silk
- Box
- Faith
- Sweets
- Mystery
- Code
- Feet
- Knight
- Masculine
- Pineapple
- Wrinkles
- Puddles
- Play Doh
- Pride
- Holographic
- Power
- Inside out
- Picnic
- Royal
- Monument
- Passport
- Glass
- Honey
- Cartoon
- Medicine
- Bagel
- Cooking
- Piercing
- Emergency
- Distance
- Ladder
- Crossword
- Pastry
- Rocket
- Bookmark
- Smudge
- Poem
- Dawn
- Church
- Socks
- Costume
- Lottery
- Varnish
- Jump
- Pens
- Skill
- Self portrait
- Camera
- Rose
- Grafitti
- Silhouette
- Queue
- Knowledge
- Apple
- Help
- Tiny
- Hand
- Feather
- Fountain
- Portrait
- Wheel
- Joke
- Toy
- Barcode
- Flight
- Sandwich
- Jewellery
- Cobbles
- Green
- Egg
- Cactus
- Car
- Unusual
- Fan
- Fuzzy
- Lamp
- Borrowed
- Holiday
- Go wild
- Summer
- Angel
- Clutter
- Pancake
- Moonlight
- Initials
- Distorted
- Mints
- Signs
- Cross
- Tinsel
- Waiting
- Beach
- Monday
- Arrow
- Geek
- Bent
- Pirate
- Zips
- Bell
- Friendship
- Delicate
- Zig zag
- Forest
- Discovery
Who's up for the challenge? Ah go on, go on, go on! It'll be fun. Feel free to go ahead and use my list, I tried to make it have some easy, some hard (the idea being to make myself hunt for some of them), some concretes (like bell or eyes), and some abstract (laughter, sadness). If you join on, please credit the original creators of the challenge (
here's the link again), and if you use my list, please credit me!
And Happy New Year!
