365 Days (Almost) of Filo Photos
It has been a year now since I started doing
the Filo
(or Planner) Photo of the Day challenge.
I never thought I’d make it through a year. I figured I’d give up somewhere along the
way.
I have to say that I have loved doing
this. Following a daily photo challenge
not only gives me an opportunity to be creative throughout the day, it has also
forced me to look at the world differently: each day, each time I go outside,
or even if I’m inside, I am given the chance to look at the world through the
camera lens (or at least the camera lens of an iPhone). Everywhere I look, I am now looking for that
golden photo opportunity.
I have seen so many in a year. And it has started a new hobby.
I am by no means a professional photographer,
or even a good photographer. I am
mediocre at best. I am lucky to get the
shot at all, really. But the point (for
me) isn’t so much the shot of a lifetime, as it is looking at the world in a
new way and being creative while doing it.
I try my best to capture what I’m going for; sometimes it works and
sometimes it doesn’t. But what matters
is that I’ve had fun along the way.
I have done more photos than the Photo of the
Day shots. But since it was the Filo
Photo challenges that started this, I figured now would be a good time to
highlight my favorites from the past year.
They are posted by month and include credit to the person/group/blog who
created the monthly list. Above each
photo is the date and topic of the day.
If you would like to follow my daily photo
posts, you can request to follow me on Twitter and/or Instagram or follow me on
Flickr. The links are listed at the
left. (I have both Twitter and Instagram
accounts set to request in order to keep out the spammers.)
October 2013 – A Bowl Full of Lemons blog
Day 1 – In Your Bag
Day 15 – Planner Collection
Day 24 – Where It Lives
November 2013 – Bowl Full of
Lemons blog
Day 9 – Apples
Day 27 – Gobble Gobble
December 2013 – Gillio Facebook
Group
Day 15 – Lights
Day 30 – Precious
January 2014 – Gillio Facebook
Group
Day 10 – From Below
Day 17 – Stunning
Day 22 – X Marks the…
Day 23 – Never
February 2014 – Gillio Facebook
Group
Day 1 – Vintage
Day 11 – I Wore
March 2014 – Gillio Facebook
Group
Day 19 – Music
Day 24 – Confession
Day 27 – Far Far Away
April 2014 – Yay for Fridays blog
Day 1 – No. 1
Day 8 – Spinal
Day 9 – Upside Down
Day 22 – Starts With a B
May 2014 – Gillio Facebook Group
Day 10 – In the Card Slots
Day 21 – Selfie
Day 22 – Official
Day 24 – Not Again
Day 31 – So Very…
June 2014 – Gillio Facebook Group
Day 6 – View
Day 10 – Beam Me Up
Day 21 – Please the Crowd
Day 29 – Party
Day 30 – Choices
July 2014 – Yay for Fridays blog
Day 5 – Scheduled
Day 15 – Huge
Day 22 – Plannerd
Day 25 – Something Orange
August 2014 – Mulberry
Appreciation Facebook Group
Day 13 – In My Bag
Day 16 – Makes My Day
Day 20 – Starts with M
Day 21 – Flower Power
Here is where I start to fade. For September
2014, I decided to do my own photos.
I captured whatever I felt like during the day and called it my photo of
the day. None of the ones below are
planner-related.
Photo 1 - Sunrise
Photo 2 – Battery Candles
Photo 3 – Battery Lanterns by my sidewalk
Photo 4 – Some say that Starbucks is bad (not me)…
Photo 5 & 6 – An evening with friends
October 2014 – Mrs. Brimbles blog
In October, I decided to go back to following
an official Planner Photo of the Day because I missed doing photos of my
planner. However, in the end I didn’t
always include my planner, nor did I do a photo each day.
Day 13 – What Autumn Means to Me
Nature at its most beautiful!
There you
have it, one year (almost) of Filo Photos.
Going forward, I would like to continue with these daily photo
challenges, and I would like to include my planner in as many of them as I can
manage. Any thing else would be extras.
Stay tuned
for more Photo of the Day updates.
Amazing! I took part in the iphone-a-day photo challenge many years ago and only lasted 3 months. So going strong the whole year is an achievement!
ReplyDeleteI am surprised (and happy) that I kept up with it. I tried other challenges and they were too much to keep up with. But I love doing the POTD. It's an easy way to keep in touch daily with other Filo users.
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