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    • Adjective Challenge
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    • Aircraft - BW Portraits
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    • Angel in Albuquerque
    • Art-o-Mat
    • Astro Zombies Murals
    • Behind the Scenes at the Circus
    • Birds
    • Black and White Photos
    • Black Mesa, San Ildefonso Pueblo
    • ​​Book Review: "Orale! Lowrider: Custom Made in New Mexico"
    • Breakdancing (b-boying or break-boying)
    • Brothers
    • Cabezon Peak
    • Calf Canyon, Hermits Peak Fire
    • Carlton, Oregon
    • Car Portraits
    • Cesar Chavez and the UFW
    • Cell Phones
    • Cerro Pedernal
    • Chama River (Rio Chama) Overlook — New Mexico
    • Chiaroscuro: Light and Dark
    • Chicano Park Murals
    • Children Portraits
    • Churches
    • Circus Behind the Scenes
    • Classical Gas Museum
    • Close Up Photos
    • Cloud Photos
    • Colors
    • Comic Con New Mexico
    • Computers
    • Concorso Santa Fe
    • Contrast
    • Crosswalk Painting
    • Cumbres Toltec
    • Day of the Dead, Albuquerque's Marigold Parade
    • Descansos
    • Design photographs in the style of Charles Sheeler
    • Detroit Street Photos
    • Dogs
    • Dragonfly Bus
    • Emma Eckert's Pendants
    • Explora Albuquerque
    • Fisheye Lens Portraits
    • Fisheye Lens Photos
    • Fisheye Lenses Discussed
    • Fog Smoke Haze in Photos
    • Gay Pride Parade
    • Ghost Ranch
    • Goggles Sunglasses and Masks
    • Goofing Around with mime Mark Wenzel
    • Gordon Tooley, Apple Guru
    • Hasselblad XPan Modification
    • Hats
    • Highway 550
    • Horizont Camera Panoramic Images
    • Humor
    • Industry
    • Indian Market Native Costumes
    • Infrared Photos
    • Infrared with a Leica M8 Camera
    • In Praise of Kit Lenses
    • In Praise of Manual Lenses
    • Insects
    • Instagram
    • International Center of Photography
    • Isabro Ortega, Truchas, NM, Woodcarver
    • Isolated Trees
    • Isolation Photos
    • Jeff Brock and Bombshell Betty
    • John Lea's Painted Truck
    • Juxtaposed
    • Kaleidoscope Photos
    • Lady of Guadalupe
    • Landscape Photos
    • License Plates
    • Light Quality
    • Lomography Spinner 360
    • Lowriders
    • Lowrider Day Espanola, NM
    • Lowrider Show 2013 Revisited
    • Lowrider Show Story August 2012
    • Lowrider Summer
    • Lowriders: Vintage San Francisco Bay Area Show
    • Luck in Photography
    • Luck in Photography vers 2.0
    • Luck in Photography vers 3.0
    • Luck in Photography vers 4.0
    • Luck (or Timing) in Photography vers 5
    • Luck in Photography vers 6.0
    • Luck in Photography vers 7.0
    • Luck in Photography vers 8.0
    • Luck in Photography vers 9.0
    • Luck in Photography vers 10
    • Luck in Photography vers 11
    • Luck in Photography vers 12
    • Luck in Photography vers 13
    • Luck in Photography vers 14
    • Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego
    • Matachines de Alcalde
    • Mirror Images
    • Moody, Dark, Mysterious Photos
    • Moon Photos
    • Mountains
    • Moving Arts Espanola
    • Moving Landscapes
    • Murals in Espanola, New Mexico
    • Murals: Santa Fe, New Mexico
    • National Museum of Nuclear Science and History
    • Natural Dyeing with Glenna Dean
    • New Mexico Press Association 2022 Award Winner
    • New Mexico Press Association Award Winner
    • New Mexico Press Association 2024 Award Winner
    • New Orleans Street Photography
    • Nicholas Herrera El Rito Santero
    • NM Treasures 2023 Calendar Image
    • Northern New Mexico
    • Norteno Artist Portraits
    • Olympus Pen FT Half Frame First Photos
    • Owl Cafe, Albuquerque
    • Panoramic Mosaics
    • Panoramic Photos
    • Patterns in Photography
    • Pet Store Animal Photos
    • Photographers
    • Photographing Lowriders
    • Pic of the Day
    • Pink Cadillac
    • Plants and Flowers
    • Polaroids of Northern New Mexico
    • Portfolio of Ten
    • Portraits
    • Port of Portland
    • Portraits of Strangers
    • Published Favorites
    • Repetition in Photos
    • Resurrecting Film
    • Rio Arriba: A New Mexico County
    • Road to Pedernal
    • Rocket Heads Jewelry
    • San Francisco Chinatown
    • Santa Rosa de Lima Church Rluins
    • Scale in Photography
    • San Francisco Street Photos
    • Service People Portraits
    • Sequential Series Photos
    • Shadows
    • Shadows
    • Shooting Into The Sun
    • Snow Photos
    • Spanapalooza
    • Stand Alone Photos
    • Still Life Photos
    • Storm and Rain Photos
    • Street Photography
    • Sunset / Sunrise Photos
    • Sunrays
    • Surplus Love
    • The Yin/Yang of Families
    • Tibetan Monk Sand Painting
    • Timing in Photography
    • Trailer Landscapes
    • Trees
    • UNESCO Creative City - Santa Fe
    • United Farm Workers
    • Urban Landscapes
    • Variations on a Theme
    • Very Large Array Radio Telescopes
    • Vibrant Saturated Images
    • Vintage Ford and Cadillac Manufacturing
    • Vintage - Pre -digital photos
    • Water
    • Why I Take Photographs
    • Widelux F6: First Roll
    • Widelux Panoramic Photos
    • Working
    • WWII Reenactment
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2022 Pic of the Day Project

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January 1, 2022

A couple of years ago my oldest daughter, Emma, started sending me a photograph she would take each day. She had been posting them on a dedicated Facebook page and since I don’t do social media, she took the time to email me a photo each day.
 
I thought since she was taking the time to send images to me, I would reciprocate by initiating my own daily series.
 
The project was called “Pic of the Day,” and was inspired by a photographer Emma had discovered on the Internet.
 
Emma came across the work of a photographer Kindra Nikole online. Nikole’s web page read: “Artist focusing primarily on surreal and fantastical photography. Located in the Seattle, WA area.” The description captivated Emma.
 
“She was finishing up a photo-of- the-day series, and had some really amazing stuff,” Emma said. “She also put quotes and even music selections to listen to while viewing the photos. Her work inspired me to create my own photo of the day series.”
 
Coming up with a photo per day may seem like an easy task, but when you think that you want to come up with an image that is worth sharing with others, it becomes a bit more difficult. You are putting yourself and your thoughts — visual and verbal — out there to be judged. In addition to posting the photos online, Emma wanted to add some sort of text.
 
“I used quotes to give another aspect to the photos, to give some insight into the thought process I was having looking at the photo – sometimes it would be obvious why I chose the quote, other times not as apparent,” she says. “More often than not, I’d use quotes to accompany the photos. Occasionally, I’d write something of my own, or not have any text and let the photo speak for itself. Sometimes I felt like the quote made the photo – in that the photo was sort of mediocre, but the quote made it funny or interesting in a different way,” Emma explained and then added, “yes, not every single day of the project turned out a fantastic photo – it was a learning process, and part of it was accepting what I’d gotten. If the shots from the day were so-so, that was what I had to work with.
 
She admits that the hardest part of the project was staying motivated and finding new subjects to photograph in the same place, often in and around her home.
 
“It really gave me an opportunity to look at things in a whole new light — that’s a photographer’s joke, ha ha. Noticing details in things that I may had taken for granted, or observing things at different times of day were key to developing new images from familiar surroundings,” she said.
 
And the easiest?
 
“Some days, something would just happen, and I knew that it would 
be perfect for the pic of the day. For example, on St. Patrick’s Day, I came home to find a green butterfly sitting just outside my door, waiting for me to take its photo — or for the wind to die down. Some days, the images were just waiting for me, in the situations that I encountered. Those were the best days, the best images, rather than the ones I tried to make happen. I began to go out thinking, ‘what great opportunity is going to present itself to me today?’ Most days I got something in response. Some days not.”

I've continued picking out photographs for my "Pic of the Day" pics and below (and the photo above, which was taken on Jan. 1, 2020, are what I've accumulated to date.
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January 2 2022 — Icicle, Northern New Mexico
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January 3, 2022 — Ice crystals, Espanola, New Mexico
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January 4, 2022 — A lovely snow pattern on branches, Coyote, New Mexico
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January 5, 2022 — One of my grandsons working on a Lego stop motion film
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January 6, 2022 — Light replacement, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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January 7, 2022 — Ducks on Rio Grande in Espanola, New Mexico
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January 8, 2022 — Lone crane takes off from Rio Grande in Espanola, New Mexico
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January 9, 2022 —High power poles seen off I-25 near Bernalillo, New Mexico
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January 10, 2022 — One of the Tortilla Brothers at Taco Cabana, their home base in Albuquerque, New Mexico
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January 11, 2022 — Sunrise over the Convento on the Espanola, New Mexico, Plaza
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January 12, 2022
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January 14, 2022 — Cabezon Peak, New Mexico, with contrail crossing the sun
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January 21, 2022 — Rio Chama in Northern New Mexico at sunrise. This is a mirror photo where I duplicated the original image and flopped it
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January 22, 2022 - Pigeons over Albuquerque, New Mexico
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January 30, 2022 — Weed burning in an irrigation ditch in preparation for this year's crop planting. Northern New Mexico
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February 1, 2022 — animal tracks in snow, Coyote, New Mexico
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February 2, 2022 — snow covered branches with sunburst lens flare
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February 17, 2022 — yucca with snow
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February 19, 2022 — Chama River Overlook, Abiquiu Valley, with snow
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March 1, 2022 — small church used in a movie filmed at Ghost Ranch in Northern New Mexico
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March 2, 2022 — a young boy silhouetted on a swing, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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March 4, 2022 — large elk herd in Rio Chama, Abiquiu, New Mexico
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March 11, 2022 — Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, Northern New Mexico. Small church used in a movie filmed at Ghost Ranch along with surrounding landscape
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March 12, 2022 — Anti-circumcision protest, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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March 15, 2022 — Two fishermen enjoy the smooth surface and warm weather, and apparently the Abiquiu Dam to themselves. Northern New Mexico
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March 16, 2022 — Red Shoes Albuquerque, NM
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March 31, 2022 — Pedestrian overpass and Railrunner Train, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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April 10, 2022 — Mike Martinez performs and is photographed by his son, Albuquerque, NM
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April 18, 2022 — Etch A Sketch's subtle dig on everyone's fascination with being online
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April 24, 2022 — Horses running after their breakfast feed truck (fast food), Espanola, New Mexico
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May 6, 2022 — Solitary Magpie, Coyote, New Mexico
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May 19, 2022 — Florida State University geology students swarm a hillside near Abiquiu Dam, Northern New Mexico
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May 28, 2022 — Lovely early morning sunrise, Santa Rosa de Lima church ruins, Abiquiu, New Mexico
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June 2, 2022 — Dragonfly on cattail, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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July 14, 2022 — Full moon setting west of Cerro Pedernal, Northern New Mexico
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August 3, 2022 — Alaska Airlines jet taking off from Albuquerque Sunport airport
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August 17, 2022 — Large, pregnant praying mantis, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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    • 2022 New Mexico Treasures Calendar
    • 2022 Pic of the Day
    • 2023 Pic of the Day
    • 2024 New Mexico Treasures Calendar
    • 2024 Pic of the Daly
    • Abandoned Buildings Series
    • Abiquiu Dam
    • Abiquiu Livestock Sale
    • Adjective Challenge
    • Aerial Photos
    • Agricultural Profile: Christopher Bassettt: Freshies of New Mexico Farm, Velarde, NM
    • Aircraft - BW Portraits
    • Agriculture
    • Albumen Prints
    • Albuquerque Aquarium
    • Albuquerque, New Mexico, Murals
    • Albuquerque Sunport Lowrider Show
    • Alt Fashion
    • Alt Portraits
    • Amish, Kalona, Iowa
    • Angel in Albuquerque
    • Art-o-Mat
    • Astro Zombies Murals
    • Behind the Scenes at the Circus
    • Birds
    • Black and White Photos
    • Black Mesa, San Ildefonso Pueblo
    • ​​Book Review: "Orale! Lowrider: Custom Made in New Mexico"
    • Breakdancing (b-boying or break-boying)
    • Brothers
    • Cabezon Peak
    • Calf Canyon, Hermits Peak Fire
    • Carlton, Oregon
    • Car Portraits
    • Cesar Chavez and the UFW
    • Cell Phones
    • Cerro Pedernal
    • Chama River (Rio Chama) Overlook — New Mexico
    • Chiaroscuro: Light and Dark
    • Chicano Park Murals
    • Children Portraits
    • Churches
    • Circus Behind the Scenes
    • Classical Gas Museum
    • Close Up Photos
    • Cloud Photos
    • Colors
    • Comic Con New Mexico
    • Computers
    • Concorso Santa Fe
    • Contrast
    • Crosswalk Painting
    • Cumbres Toltec
    • Day of the Dead, Albuquerque's Marigold Parade
    • Descansos
    • Design photographs in the style of Charles Sheeler
    • Detroit Street Photos
    • Dogs
    • Dragonfly Bus
    • Emma Eckert's Pendants
    • Explora Albuquerque
    • Fisheye Lens Portraits
    • Fisheye Lens Photos
    • Fisheye Lenses Discussed
    • Fog Smoke Haze in Photos
    • Gay Pride Parade
    • Ghost Ranch
    • Goggles Sunglasses and Masks
    • Goofing Around with mime Mark Wenzel
    • Gordon Tooley, Apple Guru
    • Hasselblad XPan Modification
    • Hats
    • Highway 550
    • Horizont Camera Panoramic Images
    • Humor
    • Industry
    • Indian Market Native Costumes
    • Infrared Photos
    • Infrared with a Leica M8 Camera
    • In Praise of Kit Lenses
    • In Praise of Manual Lenses
    • Insects
    • Instagram
    • International Center of Photography
    • Isabro Ortega, Truchas, NM, Woodcarver
    • Isolated Trees
    • Isolation Photos
    • Jeff Brock and Bombshell Betty
    • John Lea's Painted Truck
    • Juxtaposed
    • Kaleidoscope Photos
    • Lady of Guadalupe
    • Landscape Photos
    • License Plates
    • Light Quality
    • Lomography Spinner 360
    • Lowriders
    • Lowrider Day Espanola, NM
    • Lowrider Show 2013 Revisited
    • Lowrider Show Story August 2012
    • Lowrider Summer
    • Lowriders: Vintage San Francisco Bay Area Show
    • Luck in Photography
    • Luck in Photography vers 2.0
    • Luck in Photography vers 3.0
    • Luck in Photography vers 4.0
    • Luck (or Timing) in Photography vers 5
    • Luck in Photography vers 6.0
    • Luck in Photography vers 7.0
    • Luck in Photography vers 8.0
    • Luck in Photography vers 9.0
    • Luck in Photography vers 10
    • Luck in Photography vers 11
    • Luck in Photography vers 12
    • Luck in Photography vers 13
    • Luck in Photography vers 14
    • Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego
    • Matachines de Alcalde
    • Mirror Images
    • Moody, Dark, Mysterious Photos
    • Moon Photos
    • Mountains
    • Moving Arts Espanola
    • Moving Landscapes
    • Murals in Espanola, New Mexico
    • Murals: Santa Fe, New Mexico
    • National Museum of Nuclear Science and History
    • Natural Dyeing with Glenna Dean
    • New Mexico Press Association 2022 Award Winner
    • New Mexico Press Association Award Winner
    • New Mexico Press Association 2024 Award Winner
    • New Orleans Street Photography
    • Nicholas Herrera El Rito Santero
    • NM Treasures 2023 Calendar Image
    • Northern New Mexico
    • Norteno Artist Portraits
    • Olympus Pen FT Half Frame First Photos
    • Owl Cafe, Albuquerque
    • Panoramic Mosaics
    • Panoramic Photos
    • Patterns in Photography
    • Pet Store Animal Photos
    • Photographers
    • Photographing Lowriders
    • Pic of the Day
    • Pink Cadillac
    • Plants and Flowers
    • Polaroids of Northern New Mexico
    • Portfolio of Ten
    • Portraits
    • Port of Portland
    • Portraits of Strangers
    • Published Favorites
    • Repetition in Photos
    • Resurrecting Film
    • Rio Arriba: A New Mexico County
    • Road to Pedernal
    • Rocket Heads Jewelry
    • San Francisco Chinatown
    • Santa Rosa de Lima Church Rluins
    • Scale in Photography
    • San Francisco Street Photos
    • Service People Portraits
    • Sequential Series Photos
    • Shadows
    • Shadows
    • Shooting Into The Sun
    • Snow Photos
    • Spanapalooza
    • Stand Alone Photos
    • Still Life Photos
    • Storm and Rain Photos
    • Street Photography
    • Sunset / Sunrise Photos
    • Sunrays
    • Surplus Love
    • The Yin/Yang of Families
    • Tibetan Monk Sand Painting
    • Timing in Photography
    • Trailer Landscapes
    • Trees
    • UNESCO Creative City - Santa Fe
    • United Farm Workers
    • Urban Landscapes
    • Variations on a Theme
    • Very Large Array Radio Telescopes
    • Vibrant Saturated Images
    • Vintage Ford and Cadillac Manufacturing
    • Vintage - Pre -digital photos
    • Water
    • Why I Take Photographs
    • Widelux F6: First Roll
    • Widelux Panoramic Photos
    • Working
    • WWII Reenactment
  • Archive