I didn’t decide to start a Project365 until after I made this photograph.
Armed with my Fujifilm X100V and a prism I’d bought years ago but rarely used, I headed out for an evening walk with my wife and son. The idea was simply to experiment a little and see what happened.
What happened was this.
If you’ve followed my photography for any length of time, you’ll know I lean towards a fairly minimalist and purist approach. I rarely use props or effects, and I’ve often felt that if an image drifts too far from what came out of the camera, I’m somehow taking the easy way out.
This photograph challenged that thinking.
The scene isn’t quite real. The prism bends light, duplicates reflections, and transforms an ordinary street corner into something more abstract. Yet everything happened in front of the lens. There are no digital tricks, no compositing, and no heavy editing. The image came together at the moment the shutter was pressed.
Looking at it afterwards, I realised something. Over the years I’ve created a set of rules for what counts as “my kind” of photography. Most of those rules were self-imposed, and I started wondering how many of them were actually helping me grow.
That’s where Project365 began.
The goal isn’t to create a masterpiece every day. It’s simply to shoot, post, and keep learning. Like going to the gym, progress comes from showing up consistently and putting in the reps. Some days I’ll make images I love, and some days I won’t. Either way, I’ll learn something.
Day 1 is a reminder that sometimes the best thing you can do is question your own rules.