Photography | TeachingSagittarian

The idea is simple. Take one photograph a day for the next 365 days.

I will be using my Nikon D40x and new Kodak Zi8 or whatever else I can lay my hands on. All photos will be uploaded to my Flickr 2010 365 set and then embeded in this blog. I began the 2009 365 Flickr Challenge but did not get past day 263. My photography definitely improved and this time my goal is to complete the whole 365 photo a day challenge.

January 1, 2010- December 2010.

Last year I joined the Flickr group 2009/365photos It was started in 2008 and has rolled over each year ever since. Thanks to D’Arcy Norman and Alan Levine for getting this one started and keeping it going! It will be renamed to 2010/365photos for the 2010 photo challenge.

There’s also a Flickr group for those in Education and/or Technology, EdTech 365/2010.

For all those in Education and/or Technology who are looking for a 365 group. Please tag all your images ‘edtech365/2010′ and please consider using Creative Commons licensing so that we may all benefit from these images.

Want to participate or have your own challenge? Perhaps 365 photos is too much of a commitment. How about a 52 Challenge? It’s only one photo a week.
Here are some great hints and tips for doing so:

Project 365: How to Take a Photo a Day and See Your Life in a Whole New Way – Photojojo
Tips for a ‘One photo a day’ Project – Jason Webber
PhotoChallenge.org- For inspiration and themes

Thanks to Silvia for starting this brilliant list of fellow Edubloggers taking part in the 2010 challenge!! Let’s support and help each other make right through to the finish!

Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano 365 Photo Challenge
Allanah King Allanah’s Photo Blog
Roswellsgirl Martha’s 365 Challenge
Patrick Woessner 365- Challenge on Flickr
Steven Anderson 365 Project 2010
The Shoe Diva A year in Shoes
The Shoe Diva 52/2010 Ed Tech Challenge- 1 photo a week.
The Shoe Diva 365/2010 Ed Tech- 1 photo a day
John Evans- Speaking of…A Photo a Day for 2010
Cyndi Danner Kuhn 365 Photos: An iPhone Photo a Day
Matt Guthrie 2010 in 365
Bob Sprankle 365: A Photo a Day
Cheryl Oaks 365 Photos

I love my NikonD40. It was extremely valuable piece of equipment to record my travels on the way home from Argentina recently. I’m am convinced that when you know you have a good camera in your hands, you tend to take better pictures. Well, subconsciously I think you do anyway.

I was kinda “chuffed” then, when I got this email from Schmap Guides

Hi teachingsagittarian,

I am writing to let you know that one of your photos with a Creative Commons license has been short-listed for inclusion in the fifth edition of our Schmap Auckland Guide, to be published at the end of this month.

www.schmap.com/shortlist/p=10747684N00/c=SH51013676

Clicking this link will take you to a page where you can:
i) See which of your photos has been short-listed.
ii) Submit or withdraw your photo from our final selection phase.
iii) Learn how we credit photos in our Schmap Guides.
iv) Browse online or download the fourth edition of our Schmap Auckland Guide.

Our submission deadline is Sunday, July 13. If you happen to be reading this message after this date, please still click on the link above (our Schmap Guides are updated frequently – photos submitted after this deadline will be considered for later releases).

Best regards,

Emma Williams,
Managing Editor, Schmap Guides

After thinking about it for a couple of days I did eventually click on the submit the day of the deadline.

Today, when uploading some new photos to flickr I saw an email from Emma Williams congratulating me on the selection of my photo and details of how it looks in the Schmap Auckland Guide. It also gives me credit for the photo.