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PAD Extras 2006 | Thursday Challenges 2006

It’s 20 years since starting a Photo a Day in 2006, in my 40th year.
During that year I gave up a very steady safe job & launched a
successful wedding photography business. Having enjoyed 20 years
of working at my ‘hobby’, to finally giving up all the pressures of
running the business in my 60th year & first year of retirement.

Back in 2006…. in the days of camera less mobiles, slow
painful dial-up internet, no instagram or TikTok, no Ai and a dodgy
piece of editing software. Each day seemed a task in itself just to
‘make a photo’!

The PAD project was a simple way of looking, trying to improve,
learning new techniques & join a community of like minded
photographers, who gave honest, positive critiques to your work.
Some are still friends today - PBase was way ahead of its time!

So very simple nowadays, with high res smart camera phones, Ai and all that!

So with a little extra time available, I thought I would revisit the Pad &
keep the cameras working. This time, no pressure to improve or worry
about getting the perfect image each day. Way too many images these
days stay unloved, stored away in a cloud of hidden memories, hopefully just
by picking out one a day, will become more of a visual diary of my year....

Image Recording Devices :
[iPhone 14 + GoPro Hero5 + Nikon Z7ii + Fuji XPro3, XT5, x100f]