a picture a day: the best of project 365, 2010 edition

i've left this thing hanging for too long, so it's time to call this project closed. i had too many pictureless days for december, so i thought i'd just gather here some of my fave pictures from the whole project, including my best from the december set.

so with the 2010 edition of project 365 done, a few things i've learned:

1.) there are lots of good pictures out there waiting to be taken. and it can be a simple matter of opening one's eyes.

2.) corollary to no. 1, always bring your camera with you, even on the most mundane occasions. you never know what'll come falling from the sky after taking that left turn on the street.

3.) creativity requires ***a lot of work***. it can be exhausting, but ultimately, rewarding.

4.) still, it helps to be lucky... most especially in photography...

5.) i'm starting to appreciate this thoroughly postmodern notion: nothing is original.

6.) very important: things aren't always how they appear to be.

7.) empathy is useful. but so is a sense of humor.

8.) technical perfection is not the end all and be all of the photograph. it is the story.

9.) sunset photos are cliches, but one can't help taking a picture of it everytime you see one.

10.) no matter how many times it's been said, or how corny it sounds, it still rings true: the world is beautiful.

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2010.01.06 yesterday's news



2010.01.07 street urchin, on a jeepney from sm to ayala, mabolo, cebu city



2010.01.20 a fading portrait of my late stepfather



2010.02.10 reminds me of the matrix, with fish instead of humans, and without the cables and plugs. fish for sale outside mandaue central school, mandaue city.



2010.02.17 at the saints peter and paul church, ormoc city.



2010.02.21 sunset, ormoc bay.



2010.03.08 guardia civil driving away the children, intramuros, manila



2010.03.17 off with her head! mannequins, mango square, cebu city



2010.03.23 mascot seducing kids to go to jollibee, downtown, cebu city



2010.04.02 good friday, gethsemane church, casuntingan, mandaue city



2010.04.14 street light, f. ramos st., cebu city



2010.04.21 palm reading, near sto. nino church, cebu city



2010.04.22 my morning meds



2010.04.28 shelter, cebu city



2010.05.02 bonfire at the beach, bantayan island



2010.05.07 parhelion, cebu city



2010.05.10 waiting to vote on election day, maguikay elementary school, mandaue city



2010.05.16 near city hall, cebu city



2010.05.21 downtown, cebu city



2010.06.06 dinner time.



2010.06.19 on a trip to the mountains, sitio cantipla, baranggay tabunan, cebu city.



2010.06.26 bookshop, lahug, cebu city



2010.07.04 still life with gulay



2010.07.05 playing with my strobe again



2010.07.14 the river crossing, after an afternoon of heavy rain, talamban, cebu city



2010.07.22 rainy days don't have to be so bad, if you have somebody to share them with



2010.08.05 light and shadow: the city at night



2010.08.15 "i know that face..."



2010.08.20 the malleability of pictures: either he's repairing the jeepney, or the jeepney just ran over him, or the jeepney ran over him while he was repairing it, or ...



2010.08.24 puddles are windows, where eyes from under the ground stare at you. a rainy evening in the city.



2010.09.01 a lonely street, a quiet evening



2010.09.02 unreachable



2010.09.08 going home, after another stress filled day.



2010.09.19 let your light shine



2010.10.05 the street photo as self portrait, near tesda, lahug, cebu city



2010.10.22 a picture of my sanity, on one of the most stressful months on record



2010.10.30 hubog



2010.11.01 all saint's day, mandaue city public cemetery



2010.11.07 la nina



2010.11.16 this was supposed to be a sign saying "no tresspasseng", near tesda, lahug, cebu city



2010.11.20 2 girls



2010.12.04



2010.12.27 again, my affinity for dark lonely streets



2010.12.31 the end and the beginning

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for the january 2010 album of my project 365, click here.
for the february 2010 album of my project 365, click here.
for the march 2010 album of my project 365, click here.
for the april 2010 album of my project 365, click here.
for the may 2010 album of my project 365, click here.
for the june 2010 album of my project 365, click here.
for the july 2010 album of my project 365, click here.
for the august 2010 album of my project 365, click here.
for the september 2010 album of my project 365, click here.
for the october 2010 album of my project 365, click here.
for the november 2010 album of my project 365, click here.