SoFoBoMo: Theme idea

It seems as the Solo Photo Book Month ‘project’ is picking up quite a bit of interest and also a bit of blog space as far as posts are concerned. When it first started, one could search Google for SoFoBoMo and find nothing, which in itself is amazing, as there are usually some hits to most anything you search for.

Today’s search has yielded dozens of pages to sites referencing this challenge. Paul Butzi, you’ve created a monster! If you don’t yet know about it, read Paul’s post here.

So, since I signed up for the challenge to create a book in 31 days from start to finish, I figured that I’d better get to thinking about a theme, or at least if not actively thinking, then letting it percolate in my brain a bit. At one point, I wished that it started in February, as I’m going to White Sands National Monument, but it doesn’t start until April.

Yesterday evening, I was sitting down and talking to my wife and, as usual, recognized all of the beautiful light that streams through the windows from about 1.5 hours before sunset until it goes behind the trees and thought: “Why not?!”.

So, I have the theme of the book, tentatively: Around The House. These will be shots that are constrained strictly to my property, or perhaps even more so, to the inside of my house. I won’t have to go far to exotic locations. It falls right in line with my philosophy that there is beauty, mystery, and interest all around … all we have to do is open our eyes.

I had thought of doing one that had to do with shots taken while walking the dog, but then I read Paul’s post from yesterday, I changed my mind. That’s what he’s doing.

There’s so much to learn, but it’s fun. I plan to read a book or two on book design and layout so that I can make it a look like a real book. I’ll have to swing it in M$ Word, though, as I don’t have an extra $680 to spend on InDesign to make a professional looking book … but then again, I don’t need to.

Now, all I have to do is hope that it doesn’t rain for 60 consecutive days, or the theme will be a whole lot different and may involve fast water rescues, helicopters, and lots of boats! !