Last time I tried a photo-a-day challenge, it was for a class. I took pictures representing health and fitness, and more specifically, representations of ME doing things to care for myself physically. I strayed from it quickly, and a lot of the images were uninteresting. The time before that was a 365-day challenge, and almost every photo was terrible. I had no idea how to use my camera, other than how to shoot in manual. It’s not difficult to see why I would be uninterested in doing yet another challenge.

But, I’m doing it. I’m doing it because photography is what I want to do. I might work as a graphic designer, but photography is what started my life as a creative, and having Jimmy Chin’s job is where I want to finish it. In the meantime, I have to keep shooting. This is how I’ve chosen to do it.

I started this late, so I’m still playing catch-up, but here is five of the first seven days. Stay tuned! Days 2, 4 and 8 are on their way!