Yearly Challenges

Last year I set myself a challenge.

I had to take one photo a day.

You have probably heard of this photo challenge as I think it's been

quite popular in the past few years.

I'll start by admitting I failed.

It was actually quite hard!

I started off really well and the first half of the year was a  complete success

but then by September I started missing days.

And all my hard work went down the drain.

But I'm glad I gave it a go and would definitely encourage everyone to try it.

As silly as it sounds, it makes you appreciate things more.

Nature especially - as it's just picture perfect every single time.

It makes you look at the world more...

random things become so interesting you need to photograph them.

It also made me do more with my life.

I very quickly ran out of objects around my house to snap so I had to get out.

I would have to wake up at 4am on a Saturday to catch the sunrise.

I needed to think of constant outings just to find something interesting to photograph.

It's strange that I needed a challenge to get out more.

But it worked.

Here are some of my personal favourites.

Most are nature type shots.

It's difficult to take a bad photo of something naturally beautiful.

Not sure if I'll actually give this challenge a go again in the years to come...

But I would like to think I will.

Try it.