The View Across Town: project

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

13,491

Another successful year in my daily photo project. I had more pictures this year than the last 3 years, and I know why! A full year with my iPhone, Instagram, family pictures for some of my friends, lots of traveling, Ellen & Georgia, and a goal to become a better photographer.

I plan to continue this project for the fifth year ... I love the challenge of finding something to photograph each and every day. It's becoming harder and harder to pick a favorite picture to share on the blog, but that's a nice problem to have. I'll update the banner soon ... I'm doing good at this point just to have my photos uploaded from the holidays.

Add my site to your favorites, and continue to come back and see my daily photos. Thanks for all your encouragement and positive words when it comes to my photographs ... it all means the world to me!

TWO finished projects!

Sunday, January 1, 2012

10,553

Here we are! Gearing up for year FOUR of this silly, little, photo blog. I can't wait to get started. It's going to be a challenge. I'm going to push myself. This blog allows me to carve out a piece of each day for time for me to be creative.

I took 10,553 pictures this year. I was surprised that when I totaled up the months, it was only 219 more pictures than I took in 2010. The summer months were HUGE when it came to photography. I had a trip to Carmel and a trip to Denver. I got my iPhone in October, which made photography more accessible for me. I can actually say that since I got my iPhone, I've picked up my DSLR only a handful of times, and I don't think I've even turned on my Point & Shoot, which used to be the camera I used most days. The pictures on my phone are SO clear, and SO easy to take! If you aren't an iPhone person, I would HIGHLY suggest one if you're in the market for a new phone!

Many of my pictures come from the Instagram app, which happens to be free. For the amount that I use it, I think it would be worth paying for! If you scroll down a bit and look along the right-hand side of the blog, you can now see more of my Instagram pictures. This updates every 10 minutes, so you can see them as I'm taking them throughout the day. If YOU are on Instagram, you can click the "Follow Me" link to follow me (duh) in the app. You'll also find my Pinterest "Follow Me" button for those of you that are a part of the Pinterest party. It's fun, isn't it?

The other update for year four is the URL address. I finally decided to purchase my own domain. IT is still run through Google's Blogger, but the website has changed from www.theviewacrosstown.blogspot.com TO www.theviewacrosstown.com. If you go to the old site, it should connect you to my new address ... but you may want to update your favorites or links in your blog rolls just to be safe. You'll also find newly added "share" buttons below each post if you'd like to share one of my pictures with your Twitter or Facebook followers! How cool is that?

I can't wait to continue this project for year four ... I hope you'll join me along my journey!