Mitchster, the Minneapolis Daily Photo Blog, celebrates it’s 100th post today. I’ve had a lot of fun over the past 100 days. If you have a daily photo blog, you know how much work and dedication is required to maintain a daily schedule. It’s driven me to shoot a lot more pictures than I normally do and that has been worth it alone, but I’ve met many really nice people along the way and learned a lot about blogging and photography as well.
Here’s some of my favorite posts:
Oct. 26 Hydraulic Crane - post processing gone crazy and no one has yet answered my question.
Oct 31. Adventures in a railyard - not only one of my favorite abstract photos, I went on to tell the tale of almost getting clobbered by a train.
Nov 9. The Blue Bridge - an all around crowd-pleaser, I learned to, as President Bush would say, choose the time and place. I went to the grand opening of the Sabo Bridge the day before and the lighting sucked. The daily papers published pictures from this gray, gloomy time like the one at the bottom of the post, but I chose to come back that next morning at 5 and got the beautiful shot at the top of the post. If the light sucks, spend the time scouting and go back with the right gear at the right time and try it again.
Nov. 26 Minneapolis Skyline - back when 35° seemed cold, I braved the morning wind and found the hole in the fence over 35W to get the ubiquitous skyline shot. This post holds the record for the most viewed, stumble upon (the little green SU circle under my posts) got hung up on it and sent me thousands of viewers. If you get a chance, clicking on the social bookmarks at the bottom of the posts can cause a photo blog to get lots of traffic!
Dec 14 - Caribou Coffee - I’ve done quite a bit of portrait and corporate photography, but this is the first time I crashed an event and directed people for my own interests. I felt like such a renegade!
Dec 18 - Rice Park and Night Photography - another cold moment, it was near zero and I forgot the good gloves. I had fun playing with the Christmas lights and ended up writing an extensive article about night photography. I’m trying to carve a niche as the photo blogger with photo tips; this was the post that inspired me to create a category for Photo Techniques.
Dec 12 - Holidazzle Parade - the last in a series of photos of this odd Minneapolis commercialism, moving fits of light at night, mmm, tasty. I like to call it the Festival of the Iluminati — if that term means nothing to you, then you probably don’t watch the skies for black helicopters. I took these holidazzle shots with Greg from View from the Tundra.
Dec 27 - Raccoons - though I took this earlier in the year, I loved this pic and had so much fun taking 257 pictures of the same thing. Digital Rocks! You can get a good shot if you take enough of them. As my dad says, a good photographer only shows you the good shots.
Jan 1 & Oct 21 - Sarah’s Greenspace - I chose this as my best of the year, so obviously I like it.
That’s just a quick list, I wanted to reflect a bit & pick a few to point back to. As far as telling the experiences of photblogging, well, I already did that on the last day of the year. So I won’t burden you with that here, but I talk about my personal history with photography and how moving to a DSLR changed everything (including my bank balance).
Reflecting is good, but I want to think about the future as well, though this is a milestone for any web venture, I am not stopping! There’s much more to explore around here. I plan on diving further into infrared photography, night photography and try to find new options to make some $ from this obsession. In fact, I do sell pictures, squirrel pictures for that matter. I haven’t mentioned them to you guys because I need to rebuild the site for them. I have them in a few stores, but need to back up and retool my approach with them.
I also want to explore selling or giving pictures to local media for the exposure. Have you done this? How did it work out for you? Comment!
Thanks to the CDPB for instantly hooking me up to a great community of bloggers. It’s a great place to see the world — not the view on TV where everything os going wrong 24×7, but the happy day-to-day world of the people who live there.
Thanks to you the reader for visiting this site and keeping me going with comments and suggestions. You always see broadcasters thanking the viewers which always seemed a little trite to me, but now I get it. An audience is an amazing thing. As I’ve accumulated experience here on the planet, I’ve discovered that the success of communication is more dependent on the listener than on the speaker. Don’t believe me? Ignore someone while they are telling you something important to them and see how that works out for you.
So thank You,
- Mitch
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YOU’RE WELCOME, MITCH!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! This is a really nice blog to visit!!!
Congratulations! This is a labor of love, isn’t it? Slick design today, but we expect that from a good designer. Your blog is unquestionably one of the best on CDPB and I regret that my crazy work life gets in the way of me posting more comments.
Bob
Dear Mitch, A smashing anniversary photo. I’ll add my voice to the bloggers who wish you many more years with us and CONGRATULATIONS!! The design of the post is awesome, not only a collage but a message on it as well. Since you graciously help us all with suggestions, how about a question, which I suppose many already know but–how do you print/write on a photo?? I saw the temperature in the Cities–whoa!!
Congratulations on 100 Days!
Fun, isn’t it? This CDPB is my Daily Virtual Vacation Tour around the world. A great way to start the day with my first cup(s) of coffee and travel to places I may never get a chance to visit.
Also, while participating in CDPB I think I can say the experience has made be a better photographer along the way. This has been a fun learning as I go process, and I thank you for ll of your tips and information.
100 POSTS! That’s awesome. Congrats on staying the course! I check out your pics everyday. I like the collage too. Everyday, I’m always impressed by your work. you’ve got a great eye for it.
Happy 100!
It IS an achievement and well worth the effort.
Congratulations Mitch. Great achievement and look forward to the next 100 days.
congrats and many returns! all the best
Thank you everyone! I appreciate all the kind comments.
Kate - I made the collage in Photoshop. There are many photo editing programs that are a lot less expensive though. You might consider Photoshop Elements, it’s included with several products like printers and cameras. It’s very powerful for the price.
Congratulations on your 100th! Thanks for all the great photos and how-to tips–I always find them to be so helpful–it’s very thoughtful of you to share them…looking forward to your future photos!
Congrats, Mitch! I’ve watched this blog since before the beginning, and it’s been great to see it take off and evolve. I love how a blog like yours can be a great outlet for ideas and creativity, a connection with an audience and community. It can give one direction and promote discipline, and perhaps lead to even more. Keep it up! As long as your posting, I’ll be visiting, every day.
CONGRATULATIONS ON TURNING 100!!!
You don’t look a day over 20!!! What a great blog. I look forward to returning time and time again.
See you in Guelph!!
Pat
Guelph Daily Photo, Pat’s Photo-a-Day
Congrats on 100! You have a nice blog and excellent photography.
Congratulations on your 100th!!! Way to go! I love your choice for your opening…nicely done. I hope you have many 100’s more.
Hi Mitch, I know what a work and commitment it takes to keep the daily character of a blog up, so congratulations from the other side of the big pond and keep up the good work
Cheers! I wish you great and chalenging photo opportunities!
You have a super blog - contents and presentation!
Congratulations on a job well done, Mitch!
Congrats on 100.
I cant read everything right now, because I am at work, but I had to say keep up the great work.
Congratulations Mitch. I’ve enjoyed your photos and posts. I am particularly tickled by the “Global Warming, Please” in your sidebar.
Best wish in the next 100 posts!!
Congrats! I enjoy browsing your website. You have some amazing photos!
Happy 100!! Looking forward to the next 100!
Congrats Mitch on a steady flow of great pics!
Congratulations!
Always great photos and advice for me!
Bravo !
Congratulations on 100 Posts. Pass the 1000
Yeah! Congratulations. The first 100 ones are the most important! I wish you many many many more…
Congratulations, Mitch! This site is like an awesome break for me in the day, I love it! And you’re doing a great job showing off some of the awesome Minneapolis sites. Happy Anniversary and Many More!!!
Congratulations Mitch! Here’s to 100 more.
Congrat’s Mitch! You’ve got a great blog here, and I can tell you put a lot of work into. Luckily you did not put your last breath into it, while in the train yard. I enjoy visiting and learning from your blog very much. Thanks! And thanks for making me feel warmer, no matter what the temp is here!
in no time at all, it will be a year….
congrats once again Mitch
Mitch, Thanks for inviting be here for your 100th day. You really do some great work and I enjoyed the links in this post. Not just the amazing pics but your enthusiasm which is evident in your text.
Keep it up!
WOW! Thank you all for such wonderful compliments and the rousing support! It has been a great 100 days. I think you’ve given me enough encouragement to make another 100!
- Mitch
Am so proud of all 100 — pictures and writings! Mom
Happy 100th, Mitch (and what a sweet note from your Mom, too!. Wishing you many, many more…
Hi Mitch, I’ve been under the weather and am catching up with my visits. Congratulations to you on your 100th (now 100+) post. As I have told you, I get a lot from looking at your photos AND reading your tips. Look forward to learning and seeing more.
Well done reaching 100, i look forward to seeing a lot more posts in the future!