El Manifesto

Several years ago, in college, I started taking pictures. I liked it. I took some photos with my Panasonic Lumix ZX-18 that I bought on a meager student salary at around 350 bucks, and I enjoyed doing it. Then, after graduation, life (and work) happened. I got quite busy and fell off with the hobby. With a new job and missing the hobby, I really wanted to jump in with a great new Canon EOS T1i with a couple new lenses! Problem... I obsess about spending money on something that I didn't need. I need to prove to myself that I would have much more fun with a new 850 dollar toy.

Thanks to my girlfriend, birthday, and curiosity, I happen to have 3 new photo project books to learn some new stuff and get cracking:

1. Photo Op: 52 Inspirational Projects for the Adventurous Image Maker
2. The Wild Side of Photography: Unconventional and Creative Techniques for the Courageous Photographer
3. 50 Photo Projects: Ideas to Kick-Start Your Photography

Which brings me to the precipice of this ever-so exciting introductory post...

My plan is to pick 10 projects from these books that I both like and dislike and do all 10 (at least) before I can justify buying my new toys. 

At that point, I'll have plenty more projects to play with with the new lens and camera.

In executing this project...project I wanted to record the whole and half notes that came out of my head during the projects I chose and share the project descriptions so that some others could exercise their shutter fingers with a week-to-bi-weekly project, or get back on the photo bandwagon with me if they so desired.

I'll shortly pick out a handful of projects from these books and share them plus the rules or methods I plan to apply. I encourage any who read to also post any comments or link-backs to their related to the projects.

But now... sadly... Monday approaches :-/. I'll be back soon with Projects.