This is a one-year photo-a-day project called 52 Weeks of Photography. Even though it is a year-long undertaking, I’m taking it one week at a time, because it’s a little easier to manage many small blocks than one large chunk. This is the fifth week, so the fifth set of seven images.
The reason why I’m doing this 365 Day project is because I noticed some gaps in-between my images last year. I didn’t pick up my cameras daily. On several occasions, four or five days passed by without a single picture created. Twice in 2024, I skipped a whole week. I want to rectify this, and get back into the habit of daily photography. I also want to elevate the quality of my craft in 2025, and am hoping this will help with that.
The plan is to capture a year’s worth of notable images, either personally or artistically. Ansel Adams famously stated, “Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.” It’s important to keep expectations realistic, but I’m also trying to avoid thoughtless snapshots just to fulfill the day’s requirement. I want to push myself to be better, and hopefully that will happen. Not every photo will be great—in fact, most won’t—but I hope they are all at least decent enough to be shared without embarrassment.
I had three especially productive days this week, and four not-so-productive ones. On two of the days, I barely met the minimum obligation, and nearly chalked them up as losses; however, I decided that there was one photo on each day that was just good enough to share, so by the skin-of-my-teeth I made it. I have built into this project two days that I can miss, just knowing that life happens, and it would have been a shame to have used both of them on week five, especially since I didn’t have a good excuse. Thankfully, I didn’t have to, but I do need to be a bit more careful and purposeful moving forward.
Below are the fifth set of seven pictures from this 52 Weeks of Photography project.
Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025
Thursday, January 23rd, 2025
Friday, January 24th, 2025
Saturday, January 25th, 2025
Sunday, January 26th, 2025
Monday, January 27th, 2025
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Fujifilm GFX100S II:
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Fujinon GF 80mm f/1.7:
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Fujinon 27mm f/2.8:
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Fujinon 35mm f/2 in black:
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Fujinon 35mm f/2 in silver:
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Fujinon 90mm f/2:
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Both the ballon shots are fabulous, I will need to try that recipe when the summer comes
Thanks so much!
The photo of the balloons and the pile of leaves with the pacific blue recipe are my favorites.
Toilet Trash proves that we often miss banal subjects that can make a photo!
Courage in your project, we follow you!
Thanks so much! I appreciate your encouragement. Sometimes I’m not sure if this project is all that interesting to other people; glad to know that it is. 😀
I think that many readers are more interested in the recipes that you create but for me you certainly encouraged me to photograph in JPEG but you also serve as inspiration with your photos of articles, experiences and this project!
It’s a pleasure to read you every week, being part of the silent mass of your audience 🙂
I truly appreciate your kindness and encouragement!
Nice work Ritchie.
Glad you share your journey with us as this project is a challenging one 💪
While I like most of them, my favourite of this week is the “Orange desert” with your X-T4 ES.
I’m glad too you enjoy a lot IR / FS photography 👌👍
Looking forward the teased “upcoming recipe” that goes with it 😉
Thanks so much!