photo-a-day

As a person who aspires to use my camera as frequently as possible, I've flirted several times with a new year's resolution to take one photo per day.

It sounds like a lovely goal, doesn't it? Just one photo each day! No problem! But usually I get to January 8 or 9 and then give up in frustration. Finding interesting photos is really challenging (at least for me). It takes a lot of effort to get a good image on a consistent basis.

Somebody who does this very well is Seattle photographer Doug Plummer. He's been posting an image a day for 600 days in a row (!). What's remarkable is that his daily photos are really good. You can view a Flickr slide show of 2006's photos here, or scroll through his photo-a-day site here.

One of the things I like best about Doug is how thoughtfully he writes about his photographic process in his written blog. He gracefully articulates a lot of issues for which I've never found language. Which is one reason that I make a point to visit the blog every day.

Even without the words, his work is delightful, and his dedication to his work is deeply inspiring.