I love how all the photos that are essentially rejects — out of focus, poorly framed, and over exposed shots — become useful again and add character to the film and provide vital motion.

I take so many pictures that seeing this project work really excites me in that I will finally be able to put ALL my photos to work in a final product, not just the selects, and I can really start to capture the flow of time visually.

While it can be a bit harrowing to take and color correct a photo EVERY SINGLE DAY (not to mention the thousands of unused shots), there is something magical about it too. Especially when you can look back over a year and visually digest how much actually happens in that time — people coming and going, new haircuts, moving, parties and weddings, seasons changing, vacations, broken camera lenses…

It has particularly been a pleasure working alongside Nina Barry — she is a talented + enthusiastic photographer and placing my photos next to hers each morning was always delightful and revelatory. It is really surprising how often we were in sync — her creative vision and eye for framing most certainly raised our project to a whole new level of awesome.

Oh! Be sure to check out the Random Photo Pairing Generator — there are 133,225 possible combinations!

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