12 Ideas for Your Next 365 Video Project

Taking a photo or video clip each day for a year can be a fun way to recap your life, capture memories, and improve your photography skills while you’re at it. So if you’re looking to create a photo-a-day or 365 project, we’ve got some inspiration for you. Take a look at our list of ideas to help you get started.

• Video a day. Forget photos — try recording short video clips every day, as video storyteller Sabrina Koch did this for her family and you can check it out on our blog.

• 52 Project. Can’t commit to taking a photo or video clip every day? Then promise to shoot at least one photo a week for a year.
• Gratitude. Each day, take a photo of something you’re grateful for. Check out Hailey Bartholomew’s 365 Grateful project for inspiration.
• Self portrait. Turn the camera on yourself — take a look at Brendan Burton’s incredible series for ideas.
• Baby’s first year. Watch your baby grow up before your eyes with one photo or video clip a day. Take a look at some important milestones to capture during baby’s first 365 days.

• One location. Want to test your photography skills? Try taking a picture of the same place every day for a year, like Alves Filho did with the Barra Lighthouse in Brazil.
• Around town. Not ready to be tied down to one spot? Choose a town or city that inspires you, as Satoshi T does with Tokyo in his ongoing photo-a-day project.
• Your daily life. Record your life as it is, just as Mae Burke and Gray Tham did in their photo-a-day projects.

• Prop. Take one item (say, a teddy bear, as Joy Bobrink did) and photograph it in as many ways as you can come up with.
• Nature. Go outside and get inspired, like Kelly Brennan from the Metropolitan Field Guide.
• Your own theme. Find one idea to focus on, and take your photos wherever you find them. Try shooting images featuring numbers, animals, food, or choose a 365 Challenge, like these ones from Capture your 365, to get you motivated.
• Composition. Want a more advanced 365 project? Make your photo-a-day project about honing your abilities with lighting, editing, or composition challenges.

One more idea — to keep your project manageable, create a monthly video to organize your work and help you easily share it on social media.

Have a photo project already in the works? Post a video of the work-in-progress for us on Facebook or Twitter with hashtag #MyAnimoto and we may share it with our audience.

Note: The videos in this article were created with Animoto Memories, an Animoto legacy slideshow-making tool. As of October 2018, all Animoto customers have access to our new easy-to-use, drag-and-drop video maker.

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