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Wanna see your life flash before your eyes. Or maybe just a year? Join us as we kick off our 365 Project. All you gotta do is take one picture each day! Along the way, we’ll keep you inspired with chances to win prizes (Picaboo cash, cameras and other fun stuff), shooting assignments, organizing tips and photo lessons.
This is a great chance to sharpen your photography skills, capture a year in your life and have fun. And of course, when the year is over, you’ll have an amazing photo book to show! You don’t need a professional camera to take part. Any camera will do. Even the camera on your phone. Think we’re kidding? Take a look at some of these images that were taken with an iPhone. This book was made by Brandon Scharr and photographed by Mike Carroll.
This spread shows some of the interesting numbers he found on the street.
Flowers were an unexpected theme in Brandon's book.
Even a fan or a beaten-up street can be a thing of beauty.
Wanna get started?
2. Read our tips below.
3. On January 2nd, take a picture of anything and post it on our Facebook page. That will let us know you’re in!
365 Project Tips
Your camera is Your New BFF
Take her everywhere. Pop her in your purse, your glove compartment or your back pocket. You’re gonna be hanging out a lot this year. And remember: Any camera works!
Don’t Be A Scene Snob
Sometimes the best pictures happen in the grocery store or in line at the DMV. Pictures of shiny apples or shoes waiting in line can make for an interesting shot.
Shoot Differently
Vary your angles, your lighting and your subjects. One day you may take a picture of a plate of pasta. The next day, capture the foam from your latte or the toothy grin of your dog. Get down on the floor or the grass to get the shot. Or zoom much closer than is comfortable. Variety is key.
Organize Frequently
Since you’ll have 365 pictures at the end of year, its important to think about organizing your images. And we’ll help you with this along the way. Consider using Flickr or it’s app counterpart, Flickd. This free tool allows you to edit the file name and enter a description. We suggest you name your file by the date it was taken. This will assist you later on. And Picaboo easily imports images from Flickr. Another app available at iTunes is Photo Manager Pro. This app allows you to create folders, rename photos, add captions, share pictures with your social networks, view Geotag and Exif along with many other fine features. This app retails for $1.99.
Find Your Story
Don’t worry about coming up with a consistent theme. Your story will come out through pictures and you may be quite surprised at the things that are important to you. Consider this a visual journey and you’re just along for the ride.
Take Notes
At the end of the year, you may forget why you shot that yellow leaf or the speeding taxi. But it caught your eye at that moment. Consider taking notes along the way that share some of your thoughts. This will help you frame your story at the end of the year.
Keep Going
If you miss a day, that’s ok. It happens. Take two pics the following day. Or there may be a moment when you think you’ve captured the whole world and there’s nothing left to shoot. When that happens, put yourself in a new environment. Take the kids out for ice cream or talk a walk around the block. You never what you find. But don’t quit because this is a really fun journey and you’re gonna love the results.
Got questions? Take a look at this FAQs post.
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I think this is a great idea! Thanks for making it public!
We hope you’ll join us, Kimmarie!
Can’t wait. Did this in 2011. Looking forward to making a Picaboo book out of my 365 photos in 2012!
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Awesome! Thanks for joining us, Erica!
I started in 2011… I was so excited and doing great for 3 months, but then my camera broke and I didn’t get a now one until mid may so I didn’t continue…
I have a better camera now, so I’m even more excited!!
Thanks! it’ll be fun!
We’re thrilled you’re joining us, Shantl! Thanks for your comment.
Going to do this with my husband and daughter. I think it’ll make a neat book with our pictures together!
Glad you’re on board, Lori! Thanks for your comment.
This sounds like a fun project… I’m going to mention this to the other members of the Winnipeg Photo Community (http://wpgphoto.com/).
Awesome! Thanks! By the way, we are looking for professional photographers to help share tips and join our review panel. Take a look at the post here for more info: http://bit.ly/uQ1wMF
Thanks Becca! Unfortunately, I’m not a professional…yet! But if any of the other photographers show interest to the posting on our community website, I will mention it to them.Our community is a mixture of beginner, amateur, and professional photographers.
Um, I was just thinking…2012 is a leap year. Should it not be “The 366 Project”?
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Nice way to say it, Flavia. The truth is, our team did not realize it was a Leap Year. But, to make it a true 365, we are starting on 1/2/11. That way, everyone has a chance to recover from their New Year festivities.
Yes. It should. Thanks for pointing that out. The good thing is, we’re starting on 1/2. That way, everyone has time to recover from their New Year festivities.
Sorry Becca, I did not realize the start date was January 2nd. Once it starts is there somewhere specific Flickr Group we should be posting our photos, our just to our own websites? I’ve looked and can not see anything specific as to where to post.
Happy to review/comment on pics!
Excited to have some motivation to do the 365 Project!
Can wait to see the photo ideas and see what others capture, too! 
Happy New Year!
Looking forward to this project!
Bring it on!
Count me in! Thanks for the opportunity to learn more.
Is there an email where we can send our posts for the project 365? This would go to the Picaboo Facebook page. Would be so handy.
How do we post our pic to the FB site? I’ve been trying multiple ways on 2 diff computers w/o luck, by clicking on Photo, uploading my pic, clicking on Share. It shows that it’s processing but then it stops w/o posting anything. What am I doing wrong?
I was able to upload to the reg Picaboo FB pg. Hope that’ll count.
That’s perfect. Thanks Anna. We are aware of some glitches on Facebook due to a recent release that make uploading images on brand pages difficult. But we’re glad your image finally loaded. Thanks for joining us!
I’m in! I’ve been uploading my photos to the 365 Project website (http://365project.org/).
This looks great… I have seen it done before but I think this will be the yr I actually do it
Thanks for the inspiration to go out and shoot. Look forward to seeing what the year holds!
Greate project!
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