52 Weeks Lit Up

Inspired by a personal photography project (The 50mm Experiment by Matthew Korinek) I wanted to undertake a similar sort of project so that I had a motivator to push my boundaries and present me with a challenge (because being a first time Dad, with a full time job isn't challenging enough!).

In deciding on the subject of my project two things were of utmost importance:
It had to be achievable - aforementioned fatherhood duties and full time work are both a priority and setting myself goals that would take me away from these two aspects of my life simply wouldn't be healthy and would no doubt lead to a premature end for the project.

The second was that it had to push me in an area outside of my comfort zone. There would be little point in setting a subject that I already know like the back of my hand.

My hope is that by the end of this I will have a sound understanding of an aspect of photography that I currently know little about and that I'll have a new bag of tricks to draw upon. Oh and to bring a whole lot of people along with me for the ride!

So, what did I finally decide on?

Artificial light. Every week I will produce a photo (unfortunately I can't always guarantee it will be of an interesting subject...) utilising artificial light as a key ingredient. In putting together the blog, I will include some commentary on how I developed the look and a sketch of the set-up as well as some pros, cons, improvements on the shot and anything of particular interest that I've learnt.

So, 52 weeks lit up, it should be interesting!