I have started so many projects. I’m not great on follow-through. Here we are at the start of a new year. 2023. And so many ideas are bubbling in my head, I’m not sure which one to grasp onto.
I took a break from 53frames just before Thanksgiving last year. I’ve been following the challenges and posts on their Facebook page. Toying with the idea of starting up again.
On December 31, 2022, I hesitantly set myself a challenge. The voice in the back of my head kept saying, “And how long will you make it with this one?” Still, with an attitude of something is better than nothing, I decided to give it a go.
A picture a day. To give the photos a consistent feel, I would limit my options in this way: Square format. Taken with phone. Edited with Snapseed. Frame: -30. And… I would make a strong attempt to create my picture with one click. I would wait until something caught my eye and make that my subject. (Except today, when I decided to do a Selfie in my foul weather gear.)
Here are my first three for the year.



An amazing shift in perception has occurred. Strangely, by limiting my “allowed” photographs for the day, I have become much more observant, especially after I have taken the day’s picture. Quoting (or maybe paraphrasing) Dorthea Lange, “A camera is an instrument that teaches you how to see without a camera.”
After snapping my selfie this morning, I delighted in scenes exhibiting texture, color, contrast, leading lines, and many other photographic prompts I have seen in various challenges over the years.
I’m not good at follow-through. But so far, this challenge is appealing to me. And if any of my photos happen to match the 52frames weekly challenge, perhaps I’ll upload. Oh look, this week is “self portrait.”