Linda Eckwerth's 52 Week Photo Project

I have always thought of myself as a photographer.  Maybe not a good one, but I work at it.  I received my first camera for Christmas back in either 1965 or 1966.  It was a Kodak Instamatic 104.  I loved that camera and used it for many years.  Occasionally my parents would let me use their camera on school field trips.  It was a Kodak Tourist II. In 1979 I purchased my first SLR camera a Minolta XG 9 with a Rokkor-X 50mm 1.7 lens.  That camera served me faithfully until the Spring of 1999 when I purchased a Nikon N70.  I moved into the digital era with a Kodak Easy Share C360 and Kodak P850.  I still own all of these cameras.  (see photo in above header)

This past Spring my early birthday present was my first digital SLR.  It is a Canon 40D.  I have two lenses I use.  A Canon zoom 18 – 200 mm 3.5 – 5.6 lens and a Canon 50 mm 1.4 lens.  On occasion my brother is very generous and will let me borrow his Canon 100 mm 2.8 Macro lens.

I have had so much fun getting to know my camera and taking photos that I wanted to commit to something more.  I started reading about the 365 Photo Project and thought that would be fun to do.  But, after much consideration and talking with a few folks, I decided that would be too much and I probably would not finish.  So I opted for the 52 week project.  I plan to post one photo per week for 52 weeks.  I asked myself what do I want to accomplish and this is what I came up with:

1.  Follow a project through to completion.
2.  Learn to use my camera, hopefully to its full potential.
3.  Become a better photographer.
4.  Have fun.

I will start this adventure the first week of January 2010.  I hope you will enjoy the journey with me and I welcome any feed back.