New Year's (Photography) Resolutions

Well, not really. Just a load of things I'd like to achieve in 2012, photographically.

I'm not really into resolutions - they are proven to fail - but apparently they do focus the mind a little bit more and make you more likely to achieve personal goals.

So I've decided to set myself some photographic goals for 2012:

1.) Take a picture of our son, Samuel, every day.

- I started this the day he was born and have posted a photo from every day of his life on Flickr (you'll need to be one of my Friends of Family members to see the photos from this set).  I intend to keep it going until 3rd December 2012 at the very least.

Samuel, taken from the set, SGR on Flickr (permission required to view pics of Samuel)

2.) Take more film

- Last year, for some reason, I decided to invest in medium format and bought a Mamiya 645 Pro TL on eBay.  It's a great piece of kit, but I've put one film through it and that's it (mainly because it's pretty expensive to develop medium format film).  I also bought a Canon EOS 1V-HS, their final 'analog' SLR, but again, I only used it for one film and the results were superb.  I want to use the cameras a bit more, even though with a child, it's simpler to use a digital camera and delete all the blurry ones.  I like a challenge...

- A friend of mine (Rumbers!) asked me why I wanted to buy film cameras when I had a state-of-the-art digital camera.  It's a good question.  The answer is: because I can.

3.) Carry on writing this blog

- Sure, I get about 6 people reading this blog each time I post something new, but it keeps my writing skills fresh.  Writing is part of what I do for a living and I enjoy it.  I hope you enjoy reading it as much.

4.) Learn more about Photoshop/Lightroom

- Photography is one (very important) part of producing a picture; processing the photos is another part, just as darkroom techniques once were.  I use the same techniques in Photoshop/Lightroom most of the time - I'd like to do something more snazzy.

5.) Print more photos

- My Mum likes looking at photos on a computer, but LOVES holding them in her hand and actually seeing them printed out.  So do I.  Whether it's in a photobook or on individually printed photographs, I want to make sure I print more often.

So - any photography resolutions from you six??