January 2023

Welcome to 2023

Welcome to 365 Picture Today! We’re so happy that you’ve decided to join us on this journey. Taking on a photo a day project can be so rewarding. It can also be a challenge from time to time. Documenting your day to day life can be a little overwhelming at times but you will find that at the end of it all, you’ll be glad you stuck it out.

Make this project about you and make it work for you. It’s your life, reflect it in whatever way works for you. What’s important to you? What do you want to capture? When you look back at the end of the year, what will make you smile? Capture that! The prompts are there for guidance to give you ideas on what you might want to photograph on that day. You may not like some of the prompts or some of the challenges and that’s ok. I don’t think there’s one person in our community who would like every prompt, every day. Take a photo that fits your day and share it with us. Just take the photo and move on. Tomorrow will be another day.

There will also be times throughout the year where your motivation will wane. We’ve all been there. It’s not easy to keep the creativity flowing each and every day. Sometimes one and done is enough for that day. You are not alone. This community that you’ve just joined is full of photographers just like you. We have good days and we have bad days. Regardless of what kind of day you’re having, we’ll be there for you. You’ll find lots of love in this community. We’re here to encourage you, cheer you on, lift you up when you need it and support you as you move through this journey.

All levels of photographers are welcome in our 365PictureToday community. Whether you are a beginner or at a more advance level, you are welcome in our group. Whether you use your phone as your camera, a point and shoot or a DSLR, this group is for you. We hope that you will learn from our members and we hope that you’ll share your experience with us. Don’t compare yourself to others in the group. We all bring different levels of experience. Compare yourself to who you were yesterday. You will learn and grow by taking a photo a day. At the end of the year you will be able to look back and see how far you’ve come. We will be there every day cheering you on.

It’s time to get started. Pat yourself on the back for taking this project on and especially for joining the most supportive and compassionate group on the internet. We’re glad you’re joining us and we’re betting that before long, you’ll be glad you joined too!

Explaining the Prompts

Each month is broken into 4 weekly themes: Picture Life, Picture Basic, 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 LIFE

Picture Life is where you will be challenged to chronicle your life. Each Picture Life week will have a theme which will give us a glimpse into your day to day life. This is where we all will have the opportunity to get to know one another a little more. We encourage you to show us all aspects of your life, including your beautiful self! In Picture Life week there will be a Where I Stand prompt coupled with a time of day prompt. Here we encourage you once a month to show us what you are doing at a certain time of the day by showing us where you are standing.

PICTURE BASIC

Let’s get technical! This will challenge your creativity with a technical agenda. In these weeks of your year you will look at leading lines, flat lays, lights and shadows, (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. This year our colour choices will be a little beyond just the basics. 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

Lifestyle, architecture, landscape, sports, golden hour, 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 4 . Take the 4 photos and make a collage. Make it work for you and your day.

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.

Extra Seasonal Challenge

We are introducing something new this year…. Seasonal challenges. Seasonal challenges are extra technical challenges to help you learn or practice technical skills. The challenge is separate from daily prompts and is there to give you that extra boost if you want to take it on. The extra challenge will occur 4 times a year and will come with technical instruction. Once the challenge is offered, you will have a week to think about it, practice, and then take and post your image.

Daily Prompts