Thing-a-day.com

office window, originally uploaded by xgray.

trail, originally uploaded by xgray.

study, originally uploaded by xgray.

buddha blur, originally uploaded by xgray.

cat in the sun, originally uploaded by xgray.

i found out about this project only yesterday and signed up immediately. what to do was easy. i take a lot of photos, but i didn’t want this project to be just a rehash of things i’ve alrady done and published online. add to this the fact that i got an iphone a couple weeks ago. it comes with a built-in camera, but i really hadn’t used it. i mean, there’s really no need as i’m usually carrying around a dSLR every where i go.

this is where a happy accident comes into play. see i have this belt-clip case for the iphone and it’s made up clear–but really just semi-opaque–plastic. of course the case covers the camera lens and i didn’t realize this until tried to use the camera one day. i thought it was broken, as the image was distorted and blurry, then i realized that the case was missing the little camera hole that most cases have. that’s when i decided that i loved what it did to images–like having an instant “art” filter–and have been looking for a way to make use of it. then a friend tells me about this project…and here we are.

i hope everyone enjoys these photo experiments.

…and here’s a day one bonus photo as well.

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