I was emailed a link recently to an online project called Week of Life. I immediately thought how fun and interesting it would be if people around the world would photograph their life with a Blue Weimaraner. You shouldn’t only photograph your Weimaraner, but it would be great to see your life with your Blue Weimaraner. Where do you go for your walks? What kind of training do you do? Do they sleep with you? Do they come snuggle in the morning? Have they been Bad Blue Dogs and counter-surfed?
This project resonated with me because when I was a photography student at the University of Oregon, my teacher, Ted Orland gave us an assignment to photograph a day of our life every hour. It was a wonderful assignment. It is in the end the little things in life that go unrecorded that are perhaps the most important and most valued later in life. A friend commented, but won’t every day look the same? I know we all pretty much have a routine for the week that seems pretty repetitive and mundane. Think of this as a chance to look at your life with fresh eyes. Find the magic in the everyday. Also, what seems mundane today will be history tomorrow. What about that election poster you see while you are waiting for the bus?
We are perhaps also making our own history right now with our Blue Weimaraners. Let’s record where we are right now. Today.
So, I challenge you to participate in this project. I’ll post the links here on the site. I’ve set a start date of October 26th, but really, you can start when you want. Even if you do this in 6 months, I’ll post your link.
Be sure to read the How To page on the site. There’s valuable information you need to know before you start.
- Only photograph in horizontal (landscape) format.
- Use a wide angle instead of zoom. (Go in closer if you need to.)
- You are the only one to photograph, but you can photograph yourself in a mirror or by holding the camera out.
- Scatter your photographs throughout the day. Take several so you can choose later, but don’t submit 2 taken at the same time.
Go have fun! I look forward to seeing the results.
October 24, 2009 at 6:36 am
OK, I’ll give it a try. First pic taken a few minutes ago.
October 30, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Great idea. Life with a Weim is always an adventure. You’ll soon have pics of ours, Jack Bauer.
October 30, 2009 at 8:57 pm
That’s great, Kelly.
I’ve been doing mine this week, but I have to admit it’s harder than I thought to remember. I keep forgetting and also forgetting to not photograph vertically.!
January 6, 2010 at 6:06 pm
I have wanted to do this…….. But all I would be sending in is SPirit sleeping. Sleeping on the sofa, sleeping in the chair, in her kennel, on the floor, on the bed. It would be so much easier when we can go outdoors longer than just to potty