Like many others, I took part in a January photo a day challenge that's been doing the rounds on the internet. All of these pictures will be familiar to you if you follow me on instagram and many were shared on twitter as well but I think together they give a fairly good insight into what a month in my life is like. Except there is usually more cake.
you // breakfast // something you adore
letterbox // makes you smile // something you wore
favourite // your sky // daily routine
childhood // where you sleep // close up
in your bag // something you're reading // happiness
morning // water // something you bought
sweet // someone you love // reflection
shoes // something old // guilty pleasure
something you made // colour // lunch
light // in your fridge // nature
And because 31 doesn't divide by 6, you get a bonus picture of me in the bathroom at work. Aren't you lucky?
All of the pictures were taken with my iPhone and uploaded to instagram. For those of you that don't know, instagram is a social networking app where people can upload their iPhone photos and apply various effects and filters. Like twitter, you can follow people and comment on their pictures.
I have found, however, that the photo editing tools in instagram are slightly limiting and so I use a variety of apps to create different effects. For general editing, I use snapseed which allows me to crop, blur, and straighten the image as I see fit.
After that, I tend to use other apps to play with the image. Two of my favourites are Noir which lets you create some very atmospheric black and white and tinted images (for example the first picture of me taken, incidentally, on the tube home after our New Year's Eve party or the nature picture) and Picture Show which allows you to use various coloured filters and lens effects like the scratched surface of the sweet picutre.
I think iphoneography is a very different discipline to standard photography. The emphasis can be as much on how you process the image as how you capture it. I don't think it will ever replace my proper camera but I have enjoyed seeing what it's possible to do within the limits of my iPhone. February's photo challenge starts today and I can't wait to get started.
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I've loved following everyone's photos on Twitter - clicking on the Feb link now as thinking I might like to get involved!
Such a fun project! I am amazed at how cool Instagram turns out!
That's so fun! I can't believe that you took all those photos on your IPhone. Absolutely brilliant!
@thelittleloaf - The February one has some quite interesting prompts as well so I think it will be fun!
@Jordan - Instagram has really transformed the way people think about iphone pics!
@Skye - Thank you! It's more do do with filters etc I think than anything else but it's so fun to play with!
This post is lovely! I saw February's one over on pinterest I might give it a go, hopefully it will be better than my 7 months of project 365 and about 14 days of the august photo challenge!
I regret not doing the January one. I didn't find out about it until the 2nd week of january & i had wanted to do it with my real camera instead of my iPhone so i started carrying my camera with me everywhere..and then never took any pics :( so this time, i'm doing the february one and my background for my phone is the feb challenge list haha..your pictures are great :)
Great pictures! I'm impressed you stuck with it the whole month...I don't think I would be able to! ;)
Great photos! I love photography challenges like this, it's so cool you decided to take them on your iphone. Sometimes I wish I had an iphone just because the instagram app looks so cool...
@Jenny - I found it surprisingly easy to keep up with, I think because there are lots of other people doing it too!
@Julie - Ooh you're a genius! I can never remember what photo I'm supposed to be taking and have to google it every day so that's a great idea!
@Erin - Thank you - it was actually quite fun having to think of what to take a picture of for that day!
@Emilia - It was the first photo challenge that I've done but I really enjoyed it, it was so fun to see what I could do with my phone!
I'm lovin your fridge, full of G&B chocolate, fudge and butter - (I'm so nosy!). Still don't have an iphone but this is such a lovely idea.
Kathryn - your photos are really genuinely fantastic! They look extra good against your blog backdrop as well! :)
I'm debating if I should participate for Feb... hmmm I guess I got to decide today! LOVE your pictures :)
@Claire - The best part about it is seeing other people's pics too. I loved other people's fridges!
@Em - Oh thank you, you're so sweet!
@Krissy - To be honest, I started a couple of days late but I luckily had the appropriate pictures for the first days! It's so much fun though :)
you were so good about adhering to the challenge! i am still about 5 days behind...eep!
anyways, that picture of London gets me everytime. love!
I invented post-it notes.
I saw all those pics and wondered if there was a theme - all is revealed! I'm doing it during February. Interesting comments on using the iPhone and Instagram - it's not the same as a "proper" camera, but I do enjoy how spontaneous it can be, and Instagram is actually pretty nifty at making an average pic into something special.
Ive been following your photos on IG and have been loving them :) fun job with the filters! I've started playing with feb photo a day since so many others are now too! See you on IG lovey. Keep up the beautiful work x
Lovely photos! ^^
I'm aiming to do a photo a day in February, but I'm not following a list as I think remembering to take a photo will be struggle enough some days, without it having to be something specific!
Photo diaries are always such fun!
@holly - Even I impressed myself! It helped seeing other people do it because that kept reminding me.
@Amee - Just the best film ever.
@londoneats - I've loved your tube pictures as well. Can't wait to see your Feb pictures!
@Elaina - Hurrah! I look forward to seeing your pics x
@AikoVenus - Thank you!
@Liz - I find the list helped me think of things to photograph otherwise it would get very repetitive I think! Look forward to seeing your photos :)
@D - I really enjoyed doing this one, I can't wait to do more!
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