365 seconds

Happy 2016, everyone!

As some of you already know, last year I decided to create a one-second-a-day video.  It ended up being one of my favorite projects I've ever worked on, and I was absolutely blown away by the kind words and compliments I received online.  I want to share a little bit more about the project for those who are interested.

First off, here it is for those who haven't seen it yet:



Second, this was not my original idea.  I got the inspiration from other people who had done it on Youtube, though I hadn't seen anyone else add music to theirs, which I thought would be cool.

Like I said, it was super fun to make.  I worked on it throughout the year, so every week or so I would watch what I had already edited.  I like to write in my journal frequently, but this project allowed for a snippet of video to look back on for each day of 2015.  As I often realize from going back and reading old journal entries, it's amazing to see how much can happen in one year's time.

From the technical stand point, I shot primarily on my iPhone 4 before upgrading to an iPhone 6 in September.  Fifteen shots were on my GoPro, with only one shot being altered (the April 20 timelapse rotation).  Each day I had a reminder set on my phone for the evening in case I hadn't filmed anything for the day.  This really helped me out a lot, and in some cases resulted in random last minute shots (say for example, the spinning avocado).  I will be honest with you, there was ONE day that I forgot to shoot and had to use a shot from the following day... but I'm not gonna say which day that was.  Nobody's perfect.

Some days there wasn't a whole lot happening (shots of cats, coffee, beer), while other days had a lot going on, and it was pretty difficult to choose just one second for that day (for instance, anytime I was road tripping... gosh, I could've used so many from Yellowstone!).  My favorite clips were ones involving family and friends.  I think people are the most interesting subjects to film and photograph, and those are the shots I cherish and am most thankful for.

I want to thank all of you who allowed me to stick a camera in your face throughout the year, and again, thank you for your kind words and support.  There will be another video for 2016 :)

And in case you were wondering, there were 37 seconds of cats.  You're welcome.