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Photography projects: creative challenges with prime lenses and technical constraints.
Project 365: one photo a day for almost eight years
365 photos, one a day. That was the plan when I started, on November 10, 2018. It took me 2,843 days — seven years and nine months. In 2019 I was in rhythm and reached 141 photos; in all of 2020 I took four. The pandemic, the constant job changes as a contractor, creative block and a 168-day stretch without touching the camera broke the premise completely. But I never declared the project dead and never restarted it from zero: nineteen photos one year, twenty the next, thirty-one after that, until I completed all 365 on August 23, 2026. Only 10.5% of the days in those almost eight years had a photo. That percentage is the whole project — it isn't the story of someone consistent, it's the story of someone who didn't close the door. They're all here in chronological order, bad ones included.
Photography project: 30 days with 10-18mm
As an amateur photographer I decided to take on my first photography project, with the goal of learning more about composition and improving my photographic eye. For this project I chose a single lens, a 10-18mm, to learn more about wide-angle photography, shooting at least one photo every day for 30 consecutive days.
Photography project: 30 days with 24mm
Continuing to learn more about photography every day, especially composition. For my second project I chose to shoot with Canon's pancake lens (the 24mm).
Photography project: 30 days with kit lenses
My third photography project. I decided to use two kit lenses (the ones that come by default with cameras and that many look down on). My opinion is they can take great photos. I used the Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 and the Canon 15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM.
Fisheye Challenge
A fully manual focus challenge with the Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 Fisheye II. No autofocus, no stabilization, no mercy. Every shot demands mastering the extreme 180° distortion and turning it into deliberate composition — where a millimeter twist on the focus ring makes the difference between a memorable photo and a spherical disaster.
Photography project: 60 days with an 8mm fisheye lens
One of my most challenging projects. First time using a manual focus lens, the Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 Fisheye II for Canon EF-M, and first time composing with a fisheye. I doubled the duration to 60 days to master it.