The End of my First 365

A year ago today I started my first 365 photo project, which was taking one photo a day. Didn't matter what, just taking a photo.

I am proud to say that I have finished that project, complete with 365 photos. I really enjoyed taking part in it and am very glad that I finished and didn't miss any. I think when I started the project I was hoping to gain more photography knowledge and become better, but I am not sure it happened.

Dz taught me about ISO, which has been very helpful and I think that a lot of my pictures are better because I have a better understanding of ISO. Mind you, I can't tell you what it means or how it works...or even why... BUT I do know that if you can, you usually want to shoot at 100/200 ISO for good light and then turn the ISO up when the lighting gets worse. (If I am wrong, I am sure dz will correct me). After learning this tid bit, I went from using 800 and 1600 ISO to using 400 most of the time. Because of that my pictures came out less grainy, which in turn, helped them come out better.

I still have miles to go in learning photography, but I think while doing this project I have come up with some of my best shots as of yet and some definite favorites (which is to say they are my favorites, not necessarily the best or even good). Overall I am happy with how the project turned out and I think I will miss it.

So now, I will go on to finish my Year of Me 365 project...still have a few months left on that one.

Click below to see the pics...