week 03: chili john's

this is chili john's in burbank, california. awesome. awesome. awesome.

week 02: ballet

oday was my three year old girls first day of ballet. amazing, amazing, amazing.

week 01: at the park

I've decided to do anther project this year, but I'm opting for one a little less demanding for this father of two. So here we are! Week 1 of project 52!!!

To get this project started, here's a photo of my boy doing a little people watching at the park.

instant lillian in living color

I'm still experimenting with my new (old) Polaroid Land Camera continues. I'm starting to get the hang of the fujifilm 100C film, which proved trickier then the higher ISO black and white.

This is my girl, offering me a fall leaf.

instant charlie in living color

I'm still experimenting with my new (old) Polaroid Land Camera continues. I'm starting to get the hang of the fujifilm 100C film, which proved trickier then the higher ISO black and white.

Here's my boy enjoying the view at Lincoln Park.

animation

This is the old animation building here on the studio lot. Not sure why there was a work light blasting the animation sign, I just know that I love the shadows it cast! This was taken on my Polaroid Land Camera, so what appears to be the ghost of Walt flying out of the building is actually light leakage from when I was forced to open the back to pull a crumpled tab loose.

charlie in the dark

This shot was taken with my Polaroid Automatic Land Camera 100.

lillian the little helper.

Lillian is helping her mommy bake some cupcakes for our neighbors birthday.

Me and my Polaroid Automatic Land Camera 100

Just got this puppy up and running! I'm shooting with the fuji film, my first attempt was a disaster, wasted a lot of pix because of the plastic film case. I found success with a new pack and I swapped out the plastic back for an old metal one I found in the camera. WooHoo! I'm hooked!

Day 365 : Served - 365 Days of Photos

That's it! All she wrote! End of the line! Project 365 is complete!

It was a wonderful, challenging, and illuminating experience. It feels strange to not have a camera on me at all times ready to capture each unique moment into a million little pixels.

In the last 365 day, I started my new job at Walt Disney Studios, done a little traveling, watched my baby girl Lilly grow into a big girl, and introduced a new baby, my son Charlie, to the world.

Since I started project 365, the economy was brought to it's knees, the people of the United States voted for a new direction, and the king of pop passed away. Meanwhile I was so busy with work and family that I hardly noticed a thing.

Project 365 gave me many excellent photos that I never would have captured without it, but also brought about the demise of my Canon Powershot SD850 (used to shoot this picture, (it's hard to tell on this shot, but there is a smudge on the lower right side of the photo)).

Big thanks to my lovely wife for putting up with me constantly pulling out the camera to a point that I'm sure boarded on obnoxious. Big thanks to my kids for being such excellent photo subjects. Big thanks to the 365 community for your comments and sharing all of your incredible work.

P.S. - I plan to take a little break from any big projects, but will continue posting. I think I will start a new project in January of the 52 weeks variety...perhaps something to do with all the insanely cool old signs in Los Angeles...perhaps.