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The #leesixtyfive Project: Photographs 31 – 60

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Image shot with F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with Vintage Film Lightroom presets

Another month down, another 30 photographs taken and uploaded for the #leesixtyfive project.

That means it’s time for another blog post rounding up how it’s been going.

The short answer to that is much like the first 30 days.

So what, if anything, have I been able to take from the second leg of my 365 project?

The short answer to that is a few things.

The longer answers – the ones that can help you with your own 365 project – follow these few images (that you’re more than welcome to go and like, thank you very much).

red or blue, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm and edited with Vintage Film Lightroom presets which you can get at a price you decide! Check them on the blog. Link in bio ofc m8.

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Aug 21, 2017 at 7:07am PDT

temple lilac, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with my Vintage Film Lightroom presets.

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Aug 31, 2017 at 7:40pm PDT

black and white, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with Vintage Film Lightroom presets which are available to you at a price you can choose Link in bio!

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Aug 27, 2017 at 7:27am PDT




365 project, 20-mile march

I’m not comparing street photography to an Antarctic trek but hear me out.

The 20-mile march refers to a strategy used by Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian who led the first successful expedition to the South Pole and back.

Robert Falcon Scott, an Englishman, led a rival expedition. They arrived at the Pole over a month later than Amundsen and died on the return leg.

The reasons for the expeditions’ respective outcomes are numerous, but one oft-mentioned factor is how much ground each would cover in a day.

In good weather, Scott’s team would slog for anything up to 60 miles. And when the weather was bad, they’d rest up in their tents, ready for another long haul once it cleared.

Amundsen’s party was more consistent.

Every day they would cover 20 miles. While undoubtedly being difficult in bad weather, it was still doable.

When the weather was good, limiting themselves to a relatively easy 20 miles left them in much better condition to attack the next day than Scott’s team.

Whatever it is you’re making, creating or building, that consistency is king. Don’t stop, but don’t burn out either.

A photograph a day, i.e. the very essence of a 365 project, is very achievable. Even when the weather is bad.

But it’s amazing how quickly they build up into something more.

There’s no way I’d have made 60 photographs in the last 60 days if I wasn’t sticking to the plan.

e-bike glum, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with Vintage Film Lightroom presets.

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Sep 2, 2017 at 7:16am PDT

Remember your 365 project #hashtags

From one of the greatest stories and achievements ever told, to Instagram hashtags?

Oh yes I did.

Chasing likes isn’t the point of this 365 project, but that doesn’t mean I want to be shouting into a void either.

Garnering some new followers as we go deeper into it would be nice. For now, though, the Instagram engagement hasn’t seen any extraordinary changes.

The only time it really varied was when I posted and forgot to add any hashtags.

An hour later, I couldn’t understand why the photograph had only got about 2 likes.

I knew it wasn’t the best image I’d ever published, having tiredly taken it in the fading light of a Saturday evening commute home.

But still, 2 likes?

I then realised and added the hashtags but it was too late. It got a few more likes but the moment was gone; as, I presume, was a lot of the post’s visibility in people’s feeds or searches.

Or maybe it just wasn’t that good a photograph.

As the person who took it, I cannot say.

See what you think here (and give it a like, thank you very much).

window dressing, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with my very own (and available to you) Vintage Film Lightroom presets.

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Aug 26, 2017 at 7:18am PDT




The patience and bigger picture of your 365 project

I touched on this in the #leesixtyfive Photographs 1 – 30 post but it’s worth repeating.

Despite how nice it is to get a few Instagram likes, the most important thing with your 365 project is to stick at it regardless.

To look at the bigger picture and have the patience to see it through to the end.

Once you’ve finished it and can look back on the 365 photographs as a body of work and not as a collection of standalone images, you’re not going to care if the one you made on the 3rd of June or the 28th of November or any other arbitrary day got fewer likes or great shot comments than you’d hoped.

Remember why you’re doing this and who for.

For me, the short answers to those questions are to create something I’m going to be proud of, and me.

People talk about what Amundsen and Scott achieved as explorers. Nobody cares how good the food they were knocking up in camp was.

Think about your 365 project in kinda the same way.

Today’s photograph may be below par but, so long as you keep doing the 20-mile march, the end result has a chance of being something special.

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… p.s. if you’re new to the #leesixtyfive and want to catch up with the other updates, click on any or all of the following links: 1 – 30, 31 – 60, 61 – 90, 91 – 120, 121 – 150, 151 – 180, 181 – 210, 211 – 240, 241 – 270, 271 – 300, 301 – 330, 331 – 365  🙂

… p.p.s. if you’ve enjoyed this particular update of the project and think others will too, why not share or pin it?

This 365 project, also know as the #leesixtyfive project, has passed another milestone. Come see how it looks between photographs 31 - 60. You'll like it.

bike lane, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with Vintage Film Lightroom presets

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Sep 15, 2017 at 9:06pm PDT

buddha barrier, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with Vintage Film Lightroom presets which are available on the blog at a price you choose ?

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Aug 20, 2017 at 6:16am PDT

delivery van, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with the Vintage Film Lightroom presets that you can get hold of at a price you choose ? Link in bio…

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Aug 23, 2017 at 6:30am PDT

morning stroller, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with Vintage Film Lightroom presets.

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Aug 29, 2017 at 10:17pm PDT

xinzhen road, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with Vintage Film Lightroom presets.

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Aug 30, 2017 at 7:50am PDT

big shovel, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with Vintage Film Lightroom presets.

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Sep 3, 2017 at 8:56am PDT

green ‘n’ grey, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with the Vintage Film Lightroom presets you can get at a price you decide! Link in bio ofc ?

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Sep 7, 2017 at 7:03am PDT

hello yellow, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with Vintage Film Lightroom presets. ☸☸☸

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Sep 5, 2017 at 7:59am PDT

the running man, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with the Vintage Film Lightroom presets you can get for a price you choose on the website – link in bio ?

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Sep 9, 2017 at 8:10am PDT

hole in the wall, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with Vintage Film Lightroom presets.

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Sep 10, 2017 at 3:07am PDT

wall of glass, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with Vintage Film Lightroom presets. ?

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Sep 13, 2017 at 7:55am PDT

monkey faces, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with Vintage Film Lightroom presets. ?

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Sep 17, 2017 at 4:04am PDT

sleep cycle, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with Vintage Film Lightroom presets. ?

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Sep 18, 2017 at 3:40am PDT

barrel of laughs, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with Vintage Film Lightroom presets.

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Aug 28, 2017 at 6:32am PDT

bridge club, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with Vintage Film Lightroom presets.

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Sep 12, 2017 at 8:53am PDT

pull up a chair, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with Vintage Film Lightroom presets which are available on the blog at a price you can choose ?

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Aug 22, 2017 at 8:01am PDT

bamboo forest, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with Vintage Film Lightroom presets. ?

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Aug 24, 2017 at 7:16am PDT

school run, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with Vintage Film Lightroom presets – available on the blog at a price you can choose ?

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Sep 1, 2017 at 6:21am PDT

arch enemies, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with Vintage Film Lightroom presets.

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Sep 4, 2017 at 8:23am PDT

friday night, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with the Vintage Film Lightroom presets that you can get at a price you choose! Link in bio ?

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Aug 25, 2017 at 7:04am PDT

breakfast club, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with Vintage Film Lightroom presets.

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Sep 6, 2017 at 7:18pm PDT

little greens bag, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with the Vintage Film Lightroom presets.

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Sep 8, 2017 at 8:44am PDT

parking lot, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with Vintage Film Lightroom presets. ✌

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Sep 11, 2017 at 11:48pm PDT

wall call, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with Vintage Film Lightroom presets. ?

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Sep 14, 2017 at 6:43am PDT

light and shadow, #shanghai #streetphotography Shot with the classic F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and edited with Vintage Film Lightroom presets ?

A post shared by Lee Webb (@myfavouritelee) on Sep 17, 2017 at 8:19am PDT

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