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Back in 2003, I bought myself my first camera. It was just a standard point and shoot thing although at the time it cost me over $1000. Over the course of the next couple of years, I carried that thing everywhere!

The following year, 2004, I decided I would try and take one pic per day that documented my daily life and all that goes with it. It would be a photographic journal that would try to capture an essence of my existence. I would put these pics online and really, I didn’t care if it had an audience or not, this was a self-made project that would serve as a journal for me and a way to get better at the craft of photography. I believe this thing is still online and if you are so inclined, knock yourself out.

Towards the end of 2004, I found the entire process to be positively exhausting and a big drain, so for 2005, I didn’t continue with the idea. In fact, I barely took any photos through this time. I was burnt out. Bad.

In 2006, I was beginning to dabble with Flickr, so I decided I would have another crack at the ‘Day In The Life’ project. Here we are three years later and my photography has become a much more serious hobby for me and something I think about each and every day.

There have been several DSLR cameras come on board since that fateful point and shoot. Believe it or not, I have gone through 2 Canon 400Ds. TWO! I have invested in decent lenses and the like and to this day, my Canon 450D is constantly by my side. It goes wherever I go. Armed. Ready. Always. Without fail.

And here we are at the death-knell of yet another year and I am pleased to say that I managed to take a photo-a-day, everyday for the third year running. And yes, I will be continuing on in 2009.

At this point in time, I would like to consider this as a five year project but it may very well continue on further than that.

Its all there. Warts and all. Good times. Bad times. Cringeworthy times. There are things I wish I didn’t do or say. There are regrets. There are overwhelmingly happy times. There are times when I was at my absolute lowest.

But it is all there in as honest a fashion as I could muster.

You can view all of 2008’s effort here.

Past years are here: 2007 and 2006.

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