Project 52

Update:  It’s official, I completed my Project 52 on 4/17/2013, one year and two weeks after I started.  It has been an amazing journey of discovery, challenge, and growth.  I am now drawn to projects, and have collected over 100 that I still want to try.  I will continue to explore new creative assignments and techniques….stayed tuned.

Initial Post:  I have to admit, after finishing my Project 365 (one iphone photo a day for a year), I’ve been a bit lost.  I was thinking back to some of my favorite images from 2011, and many of them were for projects I had done for on-line classes, or that I had given to myself.  I found that I really broke some creative blocks with these “weird” projects, and decided I needed to do more.  Besides a little piece of me cries every time I put my camera away – there just aren’t enough official outings I can plan giving everything else that is going on.

So here we go, one project a week for 52 weeks.  I have a list of 70 to choose from; gathered from different books I have read over the years.  And I have given myself until May of 2013 to finish in anticipation of some weeks where I just won’t be able to do a project.  I will start a project each Wednesday, create a post with my results (and trials and tribulations), and then post my favorite photo from the project here.

Week 52:  Funky Portraits

To see more, read the post, Funky Portraits

Week 51:  Tilt the Horizon

To see more, read the post, Tilt the Horizon

Week 50:  Photographing Negative Space

To see more, read the post, Photographing Negative Space

Week 49  Photographing Refraction through a Crystal Ball

To see more, read the post, Photographing Refraction through Crystal Ball

Week 48:  Creating Illustrations from Photographs

To see more, read the post Creating Illustrations from Photographs

Week 47:  Photographing Points of Intersection

To see more, read the post Photographing Points of Intersection

Week 46:  Creating a Poster using Tri-color Toning

To see more read the post, Creating a Poster using Tri-Color Toning

Week 45:  Photographing through Textured Glass

To see more, read the post Photographing through Textured Glass

Week 44:  Hands Holding an Object

To see more, read the post Hands Holding an Object 

Week 43:  Photography and Light Painting

To see more, read the post Photography and Light Painting.

Week 42:  Photographing Abstracts using Kitchen Items

To see more, read the post, Photographing Abstracts using Kitchen Items

Week 41:  Creating an Etching from a Photograph

To see more, read the post, Creating an Etching from a Photograph

Week 40:  Holga Photography

To see more, read the post Holga Photography

Week 39:  Photographing Stupid Signs

To see more, read the post Photographing Stupid Signs

Week 38:  Photographing Flowers Using High-Key

To see more, read the postPhotographing Using High-Key

Week 37:  Photographing through Ice

To see more, read the post, Photographing through Ice

Week 36:  Pinhole Photography with Lensbaby

To see more, read the post, Pinhole Photography with Lensbaby

Week 35:  Christmas Tree Bokeh

To see more, read the post, Photographing Christmas Tree Bokeh

Week 34:  Creating Abstracts with Straws

To see more, read the post, Creating Abstracts with Straws

Week 33:  The Orton Effect

To see more, read the post The Orton Effect

Week 32:  Photographing Water Reflections

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Week 31:  Shooting through a Kaleidoscope

To see more read the post, Shooting through a Kaleidoscope

Week 30:  Street Photography and Shooting from the Hip

To see more, read the post Street Photography and Shooting from the hip

Week 29:  Photographing Refraction Through Water

To see more, read the post Photographing Refraction Through Water

Week 28:  Photographing Mini-Dioramas

To see more, read the post Photographing Mini-Dioramas

Week 27:  Photographing Product Packaging

To see more read the post, Photographing Product Packaging

Week 26:  Photographing Americana

To see more, read the post Photographing Americana

Week 25:  Photographing with a minimal horizon

To see more, read the post Photographing with a Minimal Horizon

Week 24: Isolating architectural lines and curves

To see more, read the post, Isolating Architectural Lines and Curves

Week 23:  Photographing Flags

To see more, read the post, Photographing Flags

Week 22:  Classic Cars

To see more, read the post Photographing Classic Cars

Week 21: Photographing a Color

To see more, read the post Photographing a Color

Week 20:  People jumping

To see more, read the post Photographing People Jumping

Week 19:  Double Exposures and Symmetry

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Week 18:  Seeing Your Everyday Surroundings Differently

To see more read the post, Seeing Your Everyday Surroundings Differently

Week 17: Telling a Story with Pictures

To see more read the post, Telling a Story with Pictures

Week 16:  Creating Collages from Murals and Other Street Art

To see more, read the post Creating Collages from Murals and Other Street Art.

Week 15:  Photographing Blades of Grass to Create Natural Abstracts

To see more, read the post, Photographing Blades of Grass to Create Natural Abstracts

Week 14:  Creating Graphic Silhouettes

To see more, read the post, Creating Graphic Silhouettes

Week 13:  Creating painterly interpretations from photographs

Too see more, read the post, Creating Painterly Interpretations from Photographs

Week 12:  Working with one lens

To read more, see the post Working with one lens

Week 11:  Photo Essay of Someone you Love

To see more, read the post Photo Essay of Someone You Love

Week 10:  Photographing Everyday Objects (Eggs)

To see more, read the post Photographing Everyday Objects (Eggs)

Week 9:  Color Blocking

To see more, read the post Color Blocking

Week 8:  Theme week – Photographing old clocks

To see more, read the post Photographing Old Clocks

Week 7:  Camera and lens movement

To see more, read the post Camera and lens movement

Week 6:  Ten steps from the front door

To see more read the post, Ten steps from the front door.

Week 5:  Geometric Shapes in Shades of Gray

To see more, read the post, Geometric Shapes in Shades of Gray

Week 4: Portraits without Faces

To see more, read the post “Portraits without Faces.”

Week 3:  Below the Knee

To see more read the post, “Below the Knee”

Week 2:  Patterns in Nature

To see more, read the post “Patterns in Nature”

Week 1:  Reflections in Metal

To see more, read the post “Reflections in Metal”