Why I Did A PAD

[blachly]

I realized that the only time I was seriously taking photos was on vacations which I only took a couple of times a year. It caused me to realize that if I wanted to push myself anymore in my photography, I would have to start taking photos year-round. So, at the end of December 2006, I challenged myself to a Photo A Day. I didn't require that I take a Photo every day but that I at least posted something new and different every day (and it had to be shot within the week). I did very well at my PAD until August when work got really crazy and it caused me to loose the time I was devoting to my challenge.

As the year comes to a close I didn't manage a Photo A Day, but I did manage to push my photo skills to a new level. The best part of the Photo A Day is it also pushed me outside of my comfort zone on photography. I always shot landscape and animals. But when you live in a city, you don't have a lot of that around.

Below is the link to my Best Photos of 2007:
http://www.pbase.com/blachly/2007best

And here is the link to my PAD:
http://www.pbase.com/blachly/pad

I thank all of you for your comments and commitment. I hope to continue my PAD into 2008 and hopefully be back to focussing on it some more again. Happy New Year!

Mike

[septembermorn]

Happy New Year to you, too. It does take some effort to do a PaD and there are some days when one becomes desparate around 5 p.m.
You seem to have accomplished a lot and tried to stick to your goal.
Best wishes for PaDing in 2008.
Coleen

[norm4fun]

probably the pony express fault!
http://www.pbase.com/norm4fun/image/91587624