Day 006

Well almost all day today has been spent at the Orlando airport so there is a good chance that is what todays foto will be. I've been here since about half eleven so that's right at six hours now. My ass hurts

Unrelated note: I got some records while I was down here. Don juans wreckless daughter (joni mitchell, lovely cover but if I remember it well I don't think I'm in love with the sounds. I kind of wish it had been her album Mingus but the cover is solid and it was four bucks and gives me a good dose of nostalgia), common one (van morrison), some album by owen, and a rerelease of the 94 ep by heatmiser (elliot smiths old band before he went solo)

that's it

Day 001

[ background music: aesop rock //music for earthworms // bad samaritan ]

so today i join the uncountable myriad of camera owners who have set forth to post / shoot a photo every day. to try to create a work worthwhile every single day. to follow in the footsteps of giants. to try to do with photographs what emily dickinson did with poems, what suzan-lori parks did with plays, what paleo did for songs. i'm not trying to go out every day and create the world's greatest photo and i'm certainly not trying to post an image for the sake of doing so. if i can achieve a small part of what david strackany managed over his year long project then i will be beyond elated. i will try to learn from his example, actually. i was lucky enough to witness his journey first hand and get direct insight from him as to how he saw his work and, in a small way, what it meant to him. in short, i will attempt to create something every day and let it stand by itself and not go back an re-edit or have doubts about it later. at the end of the year i hope to have something that ..well..i guess just is SOMETHING. something that has been consistent and hopefully improved over time.

to give myself structure, i will be giving myself a loose set of rules in which to operate.

1_ i must take a photo on any given day
2_ the photo i post for a given day does not necessarily have to be the one taken that day
3_ if the photo for the day is shot film, i can post a place-holder text entry that gives insight into what should be expected to appear once the film is returned and post-processed.
4_ the goal is to keep making photographs in a classic manner, but new ideas should not be written off. that is, i can experiment, so long as it isn't some horrid gimmick.
5_ if for some reason i have no access to the internet, i am not excused for a post for that day.
6_ if a day is missed (ie not photo is taken on that day (rule one, most important)) the project is over.
7_ self portraits are kind of a cop-out, but will pass. creative, abstract, or meta-portrait attempts are encouraged, but i guess not 100% required.
8_ enjoy the process, push yourself, don't be an asshole.

so there we go.

day one was me on my scooter driving to Bryan's house. here is bryan and ashley's kid Noah, whom i call Karl (after Karl Pilkington, as they look the same. long story.)