Photographer Indy Sagoo Shares What It's Like To Do A 365

So, it’s the evening of January 1st 2018, the first day in a year I haven't had the urge to run to Photoshop and prepare something to post the very next morning. You see, I just completed a project 365. Whats the big deal you might ask? Well, its not. It was an important exercise, which I think everyone who is a creative that is learning should do.

The rules were simple, a picture every day for a year, BUT they had to be fully done and dusted images. Aka, gone through photoshop and retouched fully, no BTS, no phone pictures, no #NoPhotoshop, done, legit, no excuses. To compound this, post production is long when your community of retouchers are perfectionists and it rubs off.

So, to the point. Was it worth it? Yes. Would I do it again, maybe. Do I miss it? NO.

Why it was worth it.

So to shortcut my backstory, I came from a completely unrelated background into being a freelance photography purely by choice after deciding 26 was too old to not be doing what I loved. (I hold mixed feelings on this view now I read it back). Combine this with the 10,000 hour rule and the fact I was a complete unknown, in a new city with relatively few contacts and zero agency experience, I had to get my name out there.