January 2022

Welcome to 365PictureToday! We’re glad you’ve decided to join us. Taking on a 365 project is an awesome way to document your day to day life. Taking a photo a day may feel overwhelming and daunting at first. Just remember to take it one day at a time. We all feel a bit anxious committing to taking a photo a day for a whole year. It’s normal but I guarantee at the end, you’ll be glad that you did.

Some days may stand out and it’s easy to take a photo. Others may be less than stellar. You may not feel like taking a photo or feel like you have nothing worth photographing. We all have those days. Don’t overthink it. Just grab a quick snap and move on. Tomorrow is another day.

This is your 2022, document it in your way. It isn’t about being good or having the best equipment. It’s about using the camera you have on hand to capture a moment in your day be it a dslr, a point and shoot or a phone camera. It matters not what you use to take your photo. We just want to see your photos and see how your 2022 pans out.

You’ll find so much support in this community. Your photos will get a lot of love here. We enjoy seeing your life, your family, through the good and the bad. We’ll get a glimpse into your life and what’s important to you and you will get a glimpse into ours. You can't help but get to know and care for someone when they’re sharing their life on a daily basis. There is wealth of experience and knowledge in this group. If you have questions about photography, this project or anything in particular ask away. You’ll be surprised at how willing folks are to help.

This is your project, complete it in any way that speaks to you. If you miss a day or two, jump right back in. We’ll be happy to see you back. If the prompt isn’t working for you on any given day, that’s okay. Take a photo that documents the day you are having. The prompts are there to give you inspiration but it’s your project, take a photo that has meaning for you.

If this is your first year taking on a 365 project, welcome. You’ll be surprised at how your photography improves by taking a photo a day. To those who have been around previously, we’re so glad you decided to join us for another year.

Let’s make 2022 a year to remember. Your photos throughout the year will ensure you don’t forget what an awesome year you had.

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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.