Kyle Hepp

September 5, 2007

I started reading this a blog called Watch Me Turn 30. Holly C. has been taking a picture of herself every day and posting it with a little blurb underneath as well. It’s a great blog…she’s a good writer and I’m sure it doesn’t hurt that she’s gorgeous! So I got inspired by her.

A while back, I tried to do the 365 Days Project on Flickr. I failed miserably. On my flickr, I try to keep the pictures I post pretty high quality. But, I just didn’t have time to take and post process a high quality photo every day. I really didn’t like posting crappy snapshot pictures on a website that clients see so I decided to quit the project even though I had enjoyed doing it. After seeing Holly C. do a version of 365 days on her blog, I decided I’m going to do the same.

By posting the self portraits on my blog, I’ll have a little more freedom to post pictures that strike my fancy without worrying about whether clients will see them. And what I like most about this project and doing it on the blog instead of Flickr, is that I will be forced to write every day. Writing for me is a lot like exercise. I LOVE doing it. But sometimes I get into a rut where I don’t write, or don’t feel inspired. And when I stop it’s hard to make myself start again. This way, it will become a habit. Picture and prose everyday, you just can’t go wrong

So without further ado, here is Day 1:

I woke up and went outside to snap this, it was super bright out so I tried to find a spot where I could shade my eyes a little bit. Even though technically this photo is all wrong I still like it! I ended up with shadows that make me look like I’m wearing a mask of Zorro…or maybe they just make me look like I had a rough night out on the town and ended up with hangover bags under my eyes. But either way, I think it’s a pretty interesting picture.

So this is the start of my project 365. I think it will be fun to look back in a year and see all the changes that I go through. Call me narcissistic, but hey, isn’t that what blogging is all about?