i want to thank all of my friends and family for putting up with me this past year….and understanding how important this project was to me.

i want to thank every single person that checked out my blog…..even if it was just once or on a regular basis.  you guys kept me motivated and definitely helped me to get through this past year and push myself to make my photos as interesting as possible.

i especially want to thank those of you that told someone you know about my site and my project!  looking through the statistics some days…..i just can’t believe where some people are viewing my site from.  Japan, The Netherlands, all over Canada and the US…Russia…Africa!!  seriously……thank you from the bottom of my heart.

so what next?  i have had a lot of people asking me what comes next…….what’s my plan after 366?  another 365 days?  a photo a week?

honestly i don’t quite know just yet.  i plan to keep shooting and posting quite often just not every day…..so i hope you guys keep coming back and checking things out.

thank you all again so very much from the bottom of my heart….love you all!

“three sixty six”

this has been an epic year of my life.  i know i will never forget it.  i can’t think of a better way to commemorate everything from this past year….what it meant to me and what i’ve learned from it than this…..

i had a lot of good times……and a lot of bad times.  lost some friends along the way……gained a few along the way as well.  new lives enter the world……and had one taken from it.  SOO much can happen in a year….  i just can’t even believe it’s over already.  i guess that just goes to show that you need to appreciate every day for what it’s worth.

a huge thank you to Ryan at Eye of the Lotus for doing such an amazing piece of work on my arm.  i’m glad you love what you do as much as i love what i do.  seriously……thank you!  and thanks for being so accommodating with the photo gear and whatnot….  you guys at EOTL are awesome!

thank you to Colin for being my human tripod….and watching the pain on my face to see which letters sucked the most.  it was officially the “h” that was the shittiest…lol.   plan “a” was to set my camera up on a tripod and take shots with my remote…..that worked ok.  plan “b” was to hold my camera and just try and shoot whatever i could by myself.  well plan “b” wasn’t going to work because of the angle that i was at…..and well…..the discomfort of being stabbed 100 times a second with needles in my arm…..so Colin stepped up to the plate to hold the camera while i snapped away.  lol

i have learned so much about so many things.  this project has done more for me and my photography than i think most people can appreciate……i’m so excited for what is yet to come.

so exactly 1 year ago today i started this project…..ironically enough it was with a picture of a car.  my buddy and i decided to check out the edmonton motorshow this evening….so of course i brought my camera thinking it would be a great opportunity for photos.  in all honestly…..i don’t really like car shows that much….for photos anyway.  they are crowded, terrible backgrounds, distracting lighting, people walking infront of the camera, people bumping into you, all the nice cars roped off….  blah.  the one thing i do enjoy though is the detail shots.  i love taking small details out of context and appreciating them for what they are.

there are few cars that appeal to me quite like the Audi R8…  it is a beautiful piece of engineering and design.  it’s just beautiful from every angle……and it sounds even better than it looks!

The Setting Sun

This isn’t even to close to the shot i had planned for today…..but with the terrible weather we’ve been having and all the snow, traffic was ridiculous.  ….so with the sun still setting fairly early, i wasn’t able to make it where i needed to be before the sun set.  so on my way there i decided that it was time for plan “b”

what you see above is “b”  The thing i love the most about it……is that it was like -25 when i took this……..but it looks like it could have been shot at +30 in the middle of some middle-eastern country.

I can’t believe this is the last sunset photo i’ll ever take for 366…….  *sniff*   it’s hard to believe a year is over already…..

“I’ll love you forever”

My friend Stef getting a piece done that’s she’s been wanting for a LONG time.  It was written in her mothers hand-writing which makes it pretty special!  Spencer from Eye of the Lotus was kind enough to finally make it a reality for her.

Looks great, Stef!!  Hope you love it

Thanks for letting me tag along…even if i did make you laugh a few times….haha……sorry….

Happy Last Bokeh Wednesday!!!!!