About

Welcome to the Photo-A-Day project. The purpose of this site is to provide a place to publish my Photo-A-Day project. Every day, I publish one photo that I took that day to this site. You use the calendar control on the Home page to navigate through the thumbnails of the photos. Click on a thumbnail to see a bigger version of that day's photo.

What are the rules to the Photo-A-Day project? The rules are few:

1. Each day, I can take as many photos as I want.
2. I choose a photo that I took during that day and publish it on this site as the photo for that day.

That's about it. But here is more information for the curious:

1. I do not have to put the photo for the day on this site that same day. (I usually do, but if I am off on vacation or something, I may not be able to get any photos onto this site until I return.)
2. I can go back and choose a different photo for a particular day at my discretion.
3. Photography is defined as "recording images with light". I usually use an ordinary camera, but I am free to use a pinhole camera, cyanotype, or any other "alternate" forms of photography.
4. A day is usually 24 hours. But there are daylight savings days (23 hours) and questions about what to do when you travel to a different time zone, cross the International Date Line, etc. I don't have hard and fast rules here, but so far I have used digital cameras while traveling and have left my cameras set to my home time zone. When I returned from my travels, I used the datestamp on the photos to determine to which day they belonged.
5. I started this more or less on a whim. I was looking for a project and had heard of the "photo a day" idea (yes, it has been done by others; lots of others) and seemed like an interesting idea. I have loved it so far and it has actually forced me to take more photos than I otherwise would and, as a result, I have learned a lot.
6. Most photos were taken within a mile of my house while taking my dog for her walks.
7. So far, I have never had any problems coming up with a photo for a day. In fact, for most days, I usually have several "keepers" to choose from. Usually, the photo for a particular day represents that day (my Dad on Father's Day, fireworks on July 4th, etc.); it is not necessarily the best photo that I took that day.

Who is this Eric Desch person anyway?

1. He's a photographer and a programmer (he made this Website). Other than that, he's like most people you meet in line at the DMV.
2. His other photo Web site is http://www.ericdesch.com and his email address if eric@ericdesch.com.

Are these images for sale?

1. Not really. I do this project for myself, but if you are really interested in a photo, feel free to ask.