About
I first began my 365 days journey in January of 2009 but due to personal circumstances I only made it for 19 days. I wanted my second and current journey to start on a significant and meaningful date which was on July 7th, 2009, my 20th birthday. As my birthday kept approaching it finally hit me, why not go from birthday to birthday? I knew that turning 20 was going to be bittersweet for me, it was a mix between being a significant smack in the face for me that time is flying by, the fact that I’m getting older with more responsibilities coming my way, and a new exciting chapter of my life peeking it’s head through the door. All of this made my 20th birthday the perfect time to restart.
So the question you ask is “why are you doing this?!” and my answer to you is this: I have many reasons for doing the project. [1] I have always been intrigued with photography before I even knew what exactly I was doing and how it worked. When I was younger I would unleash the shutter on all of my stuffed animals and then it turned into friends and family members having to pose for shots. I hope by taking a self portrait a day for a year I will learn and grow as a photographer. [2] I’m also debating on what I would like to college for and one of those possibilities is, you guessed it, photography. It’s part of my envisioning process of “can I see myself doing this pretty much everyday for the rest of my life and be happy doing it?”. [3] Lives are always changing and so are the people in them. Many things are going to change for me in the next year and it’s going to be nice to have a photo a day to look back on to see my change and growth as a person. [4] I like to push myself to try new things. [5] And the list could go on, but those are my top four reasons on why I’m doing this project. I hope you enjoy!
If you would like to contact me you can do so by either:
using the contact form or emailing at Cathryn@CathrynGray.com
I can also be found at these different places on the internet:
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