Post 0

I am Thomas.  I am  currently preparing to do a 365 day photo challenge (though technically this year it will be a 366 day challenge).  I am going to keep track of my progress through this blog, intending to post at least one picture a day everyday for a year - though I allow for the possibility that some days might just merit an extra picture. I thought it might be good in this "Post 0" post to explain a little about me and such.

Who am I?
I am a senior in Computer Science at the University of Wyoming, and am in my final semester.  I am happily married, and we hope to begin our new lives in May when I finally graduate.

Why am I doing this?
I am doing this for a few reasons.  The first is to have something to do for a year to maintain some kind of consistency.  The second is that I feel like taking a picture a day because I think it sounds like something interesting to do.  The final, and most important reason, is that a lot of things in my life are going to be changing, and I wish to document it in some way, and I feel that this will be my method.

What do I hope to get out of it?
I hope to achieve a sense of accomplishment, as well as having a photographic documentation of my year, and various things I thought were important or interesting from it.

I start this year of documentation on Monday, January 23rd.  I am really looking forward to it, and I might "cheat" and post something before then (like a picture of me), but on the 23rd I will be maintaining the posts at one a day (though I tend to be up till the wee hours, so some might technically be posted the day after).


Finally I would like to provide a link to a great project that inspired me to start this photo blog, the Day Zero Project.  It is a great idea, and I have also just recently begun a list over there.  I recommend that people go there and try out their own 101/1001 list!

-Thomas