365 Project

I am officially restarting this project with my new camera.

Aug 14
365/365. Tuesday, August 10th. Well, my journey has finally reached its end! I am so glad that I stuck with this project, and I truly feel as though my photography has improved this past year. Some days it was harder than others to stick to taking a picture every day, but no one said it wouldn’t be a challenge. Some of the pictures may not be my best, but I am proud of them nonetheless. This last picture is a collage I made during my last day in Florida. This is the end of my 1st 365 project, but not the end of my photography. I can’t wait to continue on with taking photos and see where the next year leads, 365 project or not. Thank you to everyone who supported me, followed my project, and modeled for me during this past year. I love you all!

365/365. Tuesday, August 10th. Well, my journey has finally reached its end! I am so glad that I stuck with this project, and I truly feel as though my photography has improved this past year. Some days it was harder than others to stick to taking a picture every day, but no one said it wouldn’t be a challenge. Some of the pictures may not be my best, but I am proud of them nonetheless. This last picture is a collage I made during my last day in Florida. This is the end of my 1st 365 project, but not the end of my photography. I can’t wait to continue on with taking photos and see where the next year leads, 365 project or not. Thank you to everyone who supported me, followed my project, and modeled for me during this past year. I love you all!
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364/365. Monday, August 9th. Kara’s 19th birthday and also probably the highlight of the trip…HARRY POTTER WORLD. The five of us kids headed off to Universal’s Islands of Adventure theme park for the day, which now houses The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, where Courtney, Ysa, and I spent our entire day. It was so fantastic to feel like we were a part of the world of Hogwarts and all our HP heroes. You could visit Honeyduke’s Sweet Shop, Zonko’s Joke Shop, the Three Broomsticks, the Hog’s Head Pub, Flourish and Bangles, Ollivander’s Wand Shop, Flitch’s Emporium of Confiscated Goods, the Owl Post, and Hogwarts castle, of course. Hogwarts was part of one of the three rides that are there, and the ride it housed, The Forbidden Journey, was by far the best one. It is part roller coaster and part simulation, so at times you are facing a huge screen and feel as though you are literally flying on broomstick with Harry and Ron, and the next you are in “real life” again, and face dragons, spiders, and dementors. The other rides are the Flight of the Hippogriff, which is a family-friendly roller coaster that lasts all of one minute, but is cool for it’s view of Hagrid’s hut while in line and getting to bow to Buckbeak. The last ride is the Dragon Challenge, which is two separate tracks of roller coasters that twist and turn around each other. Your feet dangle, which makes it even scarier. You get to pass the Flying Car on your way to the entrance, which is also right next to the Hogwarts Express train. You then travel through tunnel-like caverns before getting to the actual ride. I have many, many pictures from our amazing day here, but of course for this project I had to pick just one. I chose a shot of the exterior of Hogwarts castle as you are getting ready to get in line for the Forbidden Journey. It was so awesome that they took the time to create this area of the park and make it as authentic as possible. Ysa and I were commenting all day how there needs to be an entire theme park dedicated entirely to Harry Potter. Even if that doesn’t happen, I’m sure I will be returning to Harry Potter World sometime in the next ten years. If you have the opportunity to visit, I highly suggest you jump at the chance!

364/365. Monday, August 9th. Kara’s 19th birthday and also probably the highlight of the trip…HARRY POTTER WORLD. The five of us kids headed off to Universal’s Islands of Adventure theme park for the day, which now houses The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, where Courtney, Ysa, and I spent our entire day. It was so fantastic to feel like we were a part of the world of Hogwarts and all our HP heroes. You could visit Honeyduke’s Sweet Shop, Zonko’s Joke Shop, the Three Broomsticks, the Hog’s Head Pub, Flourish and Bangles, Ollivander’s Wand Shop, Flitch’s Emporium of Confiscated Goods, the Owl Post, and Hogwarts castle, of course. Hogwarts was part of one of the three rides that are there, and the ride it housed, The Forbidden Journey, was by far the best one. It is part roller coaster and part simulation, so at times you are facing a huge screen and feel as though you are literally flying on broomstick with Harry and Ron, and the next you are in “real life” again, and face dragons, spiders, and dementors. The other rides are the Flight of the Hippogriff, which is a family-friendly roller coaster that lasts all of one minute, but is cool for it’s view of Hagrid’s hut while in line and getting to bow to Buckbeak. The last ride is the Dragon Challenge, which is two separate tracks of roller coasters that twist and turn around each other. Your feet dangle, which makes it even scarier. You get to pass the Flying Car on your way to the entrance, which is also right next to the Hogwarts Express train. You then travel through tunnel-like caverns before getting to the actual ride. I have many, many pictures from our amazing day here, but of course for this project I had to pick just one. I chose a shot of the exterior of Hogwarts castle as you are getting ready to get in line for the Forbidden Journey. It was so awesome that they took the time to create this area of the park and make it as authentic as possible. Ysa and I were commenting all day how there needs to be an entire theme park dedicated entirely to Harry Potter. Even if that doesn’t happen, I’m sure I will be returning to Harry Potter World sometime in the next ten years. If you have the opportunity to visit, I highly suggest you jump at the chance!
Posted at 5:57 PM

363/365. Sunday, August 8th. Today Ysa and I were lazy and stayed in bed until 11am watching tv, then watched “The Hangover” in the middle of the afternoon. It felt like vacation. Then in the evening, we had a nice sit down dinner at the resort’s small restaurant with our entire group to celebrate Grandma and Grandpa’s 60th wedding anniversary. We had the restaurant to ourselves, and the food was really tasty and it was fun to hang out with all the family. My cousin’s son Harrison is the cutest 5 year old ever, and he came over to our side of the table after eating so that we could color with him. He is also super smart and can sometimes be a bit wild, but we loved hanging out with him. I asked him to pose for a picture and this is how he posed. Look at those big eyes! You can’t tell because I made this sepia, but they’re blue and beautiful :)

363/365. Sunday, August 8th. Today Ysa and I were lazy and stayed in bed until 11am watching tv, then watched “The Hangover” in the middle of the afternoon. It felt like vacation. Then in the evening, we had a nice sit down dinner at the resort’s small restaurant with our entire group to celebrate Grandma and Grandpa’s 60th wedding anniversary. We had the restaurant to ourselves, and the food was really tasty and it was fun to hang out with all the family. My cousin’s son Harrison is the cutest 5 year old ever, and he came over to our side of the table after eating so that we could color with him. He is also super smart and can sometimes be a bit wild, but we loved hanging out with him. I asked him to pose for a picture and this is how he posed. Look at those big eyes! You can’t tell because I made this sepia, but they’re blue and beautiful :)
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362/365. Saturday, August 7th. We finally arrived in Florida around 6pm on Friday, so Saturday was our first full day there. We headed over to Grandma and Grandpa’s for part of the day, visited Spook Hill (which wasn’t spooky, but that’s another story), and then Holger, my cousin Heather’s husband, cooked us all burgers for dinner, which was extremely delicious. After dinner had settled, we had an ice cream sundae bar, which was also tasty. There were four flavors and numerous toppings, including M&M’s, which are for some reason really great on ice cream.

362/365. Saturday, August 7th. We finally arrived in Florida around 6pm on Friday, so Saturday was our first full day there. We headed over to Grandma and Grandpa’s for part of the day, visited Spook Hill (which wasn’t spooky, but that’s another story), and then Holger, my cousin Heather’s husband, cooked us all burgers for dinner, which was extremely delicious. After dinner had settled, we had an ice cream sundae bar, which was also tasty. There were four flavors and numerous toppings, including M&M’s, which are for some reason really great on ice cream.
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361/365. Friday, August 6th. We’re still driving to Florida at this point. I’m at the wheel again, and yes I know that I should not be taking pictures while driving. Please excuse my horrible example. But everyone had fallen asleep and it was quite cute and I wanted to take pictures of it. But I also took a picture of the wheel from my view and it looked cool. And yes I know that I am also horribly speeding. I once again apologize.

361/365. Friday, August 6th. We’re still driving to Florida at this point. I’m at the wheel again, and yes I know that I should not be taking pictures while driving. Please excuse my horrible example. But everyone had fallen asleep and it was quite cute and I wanted to take pictures of it. But I also took a picture of the wheel from my view and it looked cool. And yes I know that I am also horribly speeding. I once again apologize.
Posted at 5:38 PM

360/365. Thursday, August 5th. Tonight around 10pm, Courtney, Kelsey, Devin, Ysa, and I piled into my mom’s van and began our journey to Florida. I drove the first leg of the trip, so Ysa sat shotgun to help keep me awake (the loud music helped, too.) This is what the van looked like right before we loaded up. Believe me, we had basically trashed that thing by the time we got to Florida. Five people plus all their stuff plus pillows plus a cooler plus snacks plus failing air conditioning = one messy van.

360/365. Thursday, August 5th. Tonight around 10pm, Courtney, Kelsey, Devin, Ysa, and I piled into my mom’s van and began our journey to Florida. I drove the first leg of the trip, so Ysa sat shotgun to help keep me awake (the loud music helped, too.) This is what the van looked like right before we loaded up. Believe me, we had basically trashed that thing by the time we got to Florida. Five people plus all their stuff plus pillows plus a cooler plus snacks plus failing air conditioning = one messy van.
Posted at 5:32 PM

Aug 5
359/365. Wednesday, August 4th. This photo was Courtney’s idea. She told me to take one of the coasters that she got in Africa, set it against something, and put the picture in black and white. So I took the giraffe coaster, leaned it against the house right outside the back doors, and took pictures. I actually really loved the way they turned out, and I edited some in black and white but they looked good in sepia, lower saturation, and higher shadows as well. The sepia edit won in the end, mostly because it was brighter, I liked the closeness of the shot, and I thought the contrast was nice.

359/365. Wednesday, August 4th. This photo was Courtney’s idea. She told me to take one of the coasters that she got in Africa, set it against something, and put the picture in black and white. So I took the giraffe coaster, leaned it against the house right outside the back doors, and took pictures. I actually really loved the way they turned out, and I edited some in black and white but they looked good in sepia, lower saturation, and higher shadows as well. The sepia edit won in the end, mostly because it was brighter, I liked the closeness of the shot, and I thought the contrast was nice.
Posted at 12:56 AM

358/365. Tuesday, August 3rd. I voted for the first time today! It was pretty exciting :) It was just the primaries but it still mattered. I made sure to get an “I Voted” sticker on my way out, and my bedroom door is now sporting it.

358/365. Tuesday, August 3rd. I voted for the first time today! It was pretty exciting :) It was just the primaries but it still mattered. I made sure to get an “I Voted” sticker on my way out, and my bedroom door is now sporting it.
Posted at 12:51 AM

357/365. Monday, August 2nd. Another flower from the Morris house. David and I went over there to eat pizza and hang out with Mary and Sam. It was a really fun night. Mary told me that I needed to see the flowers that had bloomed, and she was right. This flower was huge. I couldn’t believe how big and beautiful it was.

357/365. Monday, August 2nd. Another flower from the Morris house. David and I went over there to eat pizza and hang out with Mary and Sam. It was a really fun night. Mary told me that I needed to see the flowers that had bloomed, and she was right. This flower was huge. I couldn’t believe how big and beautiful it was.
Posted at 12:48 AM

356/365. Sunday, August 1st. We went out on the boat today, and sailed to Gravely Shoal lighthouse. When we got there, there was another sailboat and a powerboat out there as well. About 4 teenagers from the powerboat climbed the lighthouse and then jumped off. I was lucky enough to get one of them in the air in this picture.

356/365. Sunday, August 1st. We went out on the boat today, and sailed to Gravely Shoal lighthouse. When we got there, there was another sailboat and a powerboat out there as well. About 4 teenagers from the powerboat climbed the lighthouse and then jumped off. I was lucky enough to get one of them in the air in this picture.
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