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“A Day in the Life Of” Photo Blog

So A couple weeks ago I received the following from a friend via Facebook.  Unlike most of the crap on there, this actually interested me:

What: It’s as easy as 1-2-3

1. Copy & paste this note and tag friends you want to participate.
2. Create a 24-hour digital photo journal documenting an average weekday in your life. Share your photos through a FB album.
3. Enjoy getting to know your friends as you look through their pictures.

When: Monday, May 11 – Thursday, May 14

Why: This annual event is intended to help you really get to know your friends through an intimate peek into their “Normal Everyday Lives.” We challenge you to find beauty in the color of your office stapler or the pattern of chaos at your kitchen table after having lunch with your toddler.

It’s an exercise in taking notice of and appreciating the many small things that make up our lives through the eyes of creative photography.

Guidelines
• Document 24 hours of your everyday life on an average WEEKDAY. This is not a competition to see who leads an exciting weekend existence; please limit your photo journal to a date between Monday and Thursday.
• Shoot, shoot, shoot! Collections should have an absolute minimum of 30 photos (that’s just about 2 per waking hour of any given day).
• Post your photos and share. After your 24 hours frenzy is up, edit and select your top 30-60 photos to load into a FB photo album no later than Sunday, May 17.

Well, I decided to give it a go.  The results are below.

For the complete photo set (with additional images), check out my Flickr stream.

posted by JD in Life and have Comments (5)

5 Responses to ““A Day in the Life Of” Photo Blog”

  1. KT says:

    Awesome! What? No self portraits? I especially like the blurry alarm clock…that’s what mine looks like in the morning, too.

  2. Matt Bamberg says:

    Really cool video. Great use of blur for that alarm clock!

    Matt Bamberg
    –Author, http://www.amazon.com/Quick-Secrets-Create-Winning-Photographs/dp/1598639021

  3. Paul says:

    Very nicely done. Great job of choosing interesting angles to shoot from. What’s the song you used on that?

  4. Sara says:

    This was very interesting. I just might make one of these – even though I missed the deadline.

  5. JD says:

    Definitely, I invite anyone to do one and share it even though the deadline has past. It was a lot of fun.

    Paul, the song title and artist is in the “credits.”

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