December 2022

Time Flies When You are Having Fun

May your days be merry and bright

It is December already! Time really does fly when you are having fun! It is also a time to reflect on the year and what it has meant to you, what you have accomplished, what you have left to do, and what you hope to achieve in 2023.

We are here together as photography enthusiasts and a picture blogging community. Take a look at your feed! Isn't it fantastic? You should be very proud. You will see how your photographs reflect your mood and personality. A full year of your photographs seen all together will do that! As you look back on your year of posting a picture a day, do you see a pattern, a change, or improvement? We think you will see all of your enthusiasm and your life story spilling out. Have you noticed and wondered about the lives and photographic experiences of your fellow members? We all have grown to know ourselves and our fellow 365'ers just a little bit better. Posting a picture a day inspires our creative growth. We not only inspire ourselves but others in the group.

As we move forward to 2023, take a moment to reflect on what you have done and where you are going with your photography. Remember that your goals should excite you!

What was your biggest photographic or blogging lesson of the year?
What are your photography resolutions for next year?
What are your predictions for your 365 project?
Do you have a photographic bucket list?
Are you forming a photographic habit?
Are you going to make a photobook of 2022?

These are just some of the questions you might ask yourself. But remember we are all here to cheer you on and help you out and to be your soft place to land.

Taking a picture a day is an eyeopening experience! It is a huge accomplishment. It is no easy feat posting a picture a day but we do believe that once you look back at your own personal feed you will see how fantastic you are and how far you have come. You are to be commended. Give yourself a pat on the back!

Join us on January 1, 2023 for another year of 365 Picture Today prompts to inspire you! We look forward to seeing you!

Wishing you love, light, and laughter and may your heart be filled with all the joys of the season!

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Each month is broken into 4 weekly themes: Picture You, Picture More, Picture Color and Picture Style. These are meant to fuel your imagination, keep you engaged, and challenge your creativity. They give you the opportunity to see the same things in different ways.

PICTURE YOU

Possibly the biggest challenge, but it allows you to chronicle your life and to be included in photos for loved ones who want to have photos of you, even if you don’t like how you look that day. You don’t HAVE to be in the picture every day, but we would love to see you.

During Picture You week you will notice some sub-challenges:

Sunday Selfie
Sunday of Picture You week you’re encouraged to take a selfie, nothing fancy, just your wonderful face.

Picture My Hands
What are you doing today? Show us what you’re doing or holding from your point of view and be sure to include your hands.

Picture the Alphabet
Have you seen the letter “E” in a fence or “O” in a ferris wheel? Find letters in your world, or, if you can’t find them, make them even with just a piece of paper and a marker. Let the letter stand out! You will see two letters for the prompt. We want two photos in a collage for your daily photo. By the end of the year you will have 26 letter photos to make words.

Picture My World
This is a quarterly challenge. We are hoping you can return to the same spot 4 times on these days to document the changing seasons in your world or in your life.

PICTURE MORE

Let’s get technical! This will challenge your creativity with a technical agenda. In these weeks of your year you will look at repetition, triangles, diagonals, textures, centred photos (to name a few!). Don’t be shy to ask for clarification, camera settings or any tips and tricks. We aren’t magicians here, we share our secrets!

PICTURE COLOR

We will focus on a specific color chosen by the Creative Team for these weeks. You can include a little of the color, go completely monochrome or anything in between. You will likely find that this is one of your favourite weeks.

PICTURE STYLE

Landscape, food, golden hour, still life, street, minimalist are just some of the styles you will be encouraged to play around with to try out something new. Some of these might be a little out of your comfort zone. Our hope is that by the end of the week you may have discovered something you love. You might find style in your original photo or add some style in post-processing.

EXTRA CHALLENGES

Along the way you’ll notice a few added monthly challenges sprinkled in to give you extra inspiration.

Macro Monday
For this prompt we encourage you to get in close. Grab your macro lens, macro filters or just crop your photo in post-processing. This is where we can focus on the little details.

Scavenger Hunt
A quarterly challenge where instead of one prompt, you have 9. Take the 9 photos and make a collage. If a scavenger hunt is a bit beyond you that day, see if you can challenge yourself to fit 3 prompts in three different photos, or all nine in one. Make it work for you and your day.

Picture Recreate
In this challenge, all we want you to do is recreate an existing photo, whether that’s a Pinterest photo you’ve been wanting to try, a photo from a fellow 365er you loved, or a photo of you and your siblings in the bathtub when you were 5. As always, you can be as creative or literal as you want.